by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jan 20, 2016 | Weekly Words
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! | Psalm 34.8 When I was little I hated mushrooms. I would pick them off of pizza and out of beef stroganoff. They were slimy and tasted like dirt. As I grew up, they began to bug me...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jan 6, 2016 | Weekly Words
God’s Word is the means by which He speaks to us, and offers us grace through revelation. In order for us to receive the value of Scripture, we first have to believe that it is valuable. Not just valuable, but we have to trust that the Bible is truly...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 30, 2015 | Weekly Words
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 2, 2015 | Weekly Words
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Nov 25, 2015 | Weekly Words
My heart is glad that you are my father Adopted to you as sons and daughters And your love endures As you said it would, and my heart sings Teach me the sound of your voice With the faith to respond, to love you Teach me to follow you close With the faith you bestow,...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Nov 20, 2015 | Weekly Words
Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything.| Ecclesiastes 10.19 When you run across certain verses in Ecclesiastes it causes you to pause and ask: did the pundit really just say that? This is part of the reason why I like this...
