To mask or not to mask
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, and to aspire to […]
Hope does not put us to shame
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that […]
Ambassadors for Christ
Pastor Jim Fikkert
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through […]
Every thought captive
Pastor Jim Fikkert
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, […]
World, Flesh, and the Devil
Pastor Jim Fikkert
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the […]
Do not run aimlessly
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as […]
I love to tell the Story
Pastor Jim Fikkert
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. | Luke 24:27 I love to tell the storyBecause I know ’tis trueIt satisfies my longingsAs nothing else can do | Classic hymn On Sunday, we defined wisdom as the fear of the Lord, codified […]
6.21.20 Pastoral Prayer
Communion Church
Father, You are merciful, gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. You keep steadfast love and forgive iniquity and transgression and sin. You are just. Out of your character you showed your love for us in that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. If, while we were your […]
How Long, O Lord?
Pastor Jim Fikkert
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, […]
Why God?
Pastor Jim Fikkert
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,and by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are holy,enthroned on the praises of Israel.In you our fathers trusted;they trusted, and […]
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