By Melissa Pearson: “How long must I put up with this wicked community and its complaints about me? … You will all drop dead in this wilderness! Because you complained against me, every one of you who is twenty years old or older and was included in the registration will die.” – Numbers 14:27, 29 NLT  Read More

By Pastor Aaron: This week, I wanted to do a two-part series on “waiting.’ The first part was on Saul. You can see it here: The Hardest Gap. Today, I want to look at two verses on David’s journey of waiting and how it was much different than that of Saul.  Read More

By Mary Beth Dunn: Have you ever felt trapped by the belief that you’ve done too many bad things for God to love you anymore? I know that I definitely have. This misunderstanding of God's vast love for me affected my later teenage years and much of my twenties.  Read More

By Pastor Aaron Kennedy: The hardest gap is the time in between God saying something would happen and the time it actually happens. This week, we are going to look at two stories in Scripture and how God uses time to get out of us what needs to be gotten out and also uses time to put into us what needs to be brought into maturity.  Read More

By Guest Author | Ashley Piner: Do you ever read the Bible and just sit in awe of how God uses the inspired authors to communicate His message? I love how the Psalms are beautifully poetic, while Romans and Jude are epistles, letters full of doctrine and encouragement.  Read More

By Theresa Golden: “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33 NIV Recently, I was talking with a friend about some big decisions they were facing. As we discussed the pros and cons of staying where they were or making a big change, I found myself saying something that has been on my heart a lot lately: “No matter what you choose, it’s going to be hard. You just have to choose your hard.”  Read More