by Steve S. | Dec 16, 2008 | Church, community, Courage, faith, Fear, God's purpose, Heaven, joy, love, Obedience, peace, possessions, Prayer, purpose, Trust
Saturday morning came and Cora Lee’s chickens never entered my mind. Christmas was just three days away and I had a hundred last minute chores still undone. Sunday morning Ray asked the congregation to remember Cora Lee in prayer. She had slipped into a coma...
by Steve S. | Dec 16, 2008 | Church, community, Courage, faith, God's purpose, Heaven, joy, love, Obedience, peace, possessions, Prayer, purpose, Trust
“And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw also a certain  poor widow putting in two mites. So He said, ‘Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all …'” (Luke 21: 1-3) Terry Creek...
by Steve S. | Dec 16, 2008 | Church, community, Courage, faith, God's purpose, Heaven, Hell, joy, love, money, Obedience, peace, possessions, Prayer, purpose, success, Tapestry, Trust
“Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths;” (Psalm 25:4) One of my favorite movie scenes comes from “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” It’s where Indy discovers the cave where the Holy Grail is supposed to be, but he’s...
by Steve S. | Dec 16, 2008 | Celebrity, community, Courage, faith, God's purpose, joy, love, money, Obedience, possessions, Prayer, purpose, success, Trust
“For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.” (I Corinthians 1:25) Purpose Weekly is a success newsletter. I know it doesn’t always appear that way. Sometimes it’s...
by Steve S. | Oct 24, 2008 | faith, God's purpose, Israel, Oil, purpose, Shalom
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.” (Hebrews 11:1-2) Last week we learned that faith – believing in God – is a lot more than holding some concept in our...
by Steve S. | Oct 16, 2008 | faith, God's purpose, God's Voice, purpose
“But someone will say, ‘You have faith; I have deeds.’ Show me your faith without deeds, and I’ll show you my faith by what I do.” (James 2:18) Last week we talked about responding to God. Really that’s all we can do. We can’t act...
