Psalm 30:4-5 "Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime."
Something has been in my heart these past weeks regarding sin, unrighteousness, the past, repentance, and joy. You may say, "Randy, that's a…
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joy in repenting
Posted December 31, 2010
on call
Posted October 16, 2010
good morning. right now the coffee maker is dripping behind me and it feels like it may be a pretty good saturday. i get to drink coffee for one thing, i get to see a personal trainer around 9:00 a.m., i may take leslie up to the Fourmile Fire for her to see the damage it's done (she hasn't seen it …
don't shoot the messenger
Posted October 13, 2010
when you watch the news and the anchorperson tells you the news for the day, do you get upset with them if you don't like the news they are reporting? most of the time when i watch the news, i hate what they are saying. a lot of what they report is not good but it's not the reporter or the anchorp…
our worship
Posted July 27, 2010
Is worship only giving what you offer to God during the course of your day, your week, in prayer and services? Or does it include what you receive? Why do so many leave churches claiming they are not being fed or they are getting nothing out of it as if reception is fundamental to worship? If it doe…
a tight fit
Posted May 10, 2010
I've been really talking to God about my life lately as a 27 year old and as the pastor of @orchardchu…
weary? don't be in God
Posted May 6, 2010
Life can be very wearying at times for a variety of reasons. Perhaps we have wearied ourselves with our sin (Jeremiah 9:5). Perhaps life has just pushed us physically and emotionally to great lengths, and we are simply tired and worn out. Maybe we have reduced the Christian life to a legalistic sys…
famine of fear: a God who comforts
Posted May 4, 2010
God told me to start a sermon series called, "Famine of Fear." This coming Sunday will be Part II. I'll be speaking on how God comforts us. Last week I hammered on things we hide--fearing that people will judge, also hiding things from God--thinking we can fool Him.
I asked questions like:
Wha…
why i lift my hands
Posted April 20, 2010
On more than one occasion I've been asked: "Randy, why do you lift your hands when you worship?" My answer is two-fold.
First, I raise my hands when I pray and praise because I have explicit biblical precedent for doing so. I don't know if I've found all biblical instances of it, but consider this…
lest we become wolves
Posted April 3, 2010
“The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion, but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly…
living in repentance
Posted April 1, 2010
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
(Job 42:5-6)
Because a man has altered his life it does not necessarily mean that he has repented. A man may have lived a bad life and suddenly stop being bad, not beca…
yes Lord I will follow (as long as it is where I want to go)
Posted March 7, 2010
There are many fascinating records of both obedience and disobedience to the Word of God. Certainly the record of Adam and Eve indicates that people had a problem obeying the voice of God from the time they appeared on this earth. Throughout the book of Genesis we can see great examples of people w…
dost thou trust?
Posted November 30, 2009
"Now oh whom dost thou trust." - Isaiah 36:5
Reader, this is an important question. Listen to the Christian's answer, and see if it is yours. "On whom dost thou trust?" "I trust", says the Christian , the Son the man Christ Jesus. I trust in Him to take away all my sins by His own sacrifice, and to…
the god who feeds us
Posted October 29, 2009
The God Who Feeds Us
Isaiah 55
Imagine a person coming to the end of their life. What kind of life experiences would a person near the end of life most likely describe as deeply satisfying?
Love of God and personal relationship with Jesus Christ, finding the love of your life and marrying her/him, memo…
light in a dark place
Posted October 20, 2009
The world is filled with lost and dying souls.
But you won’t just find them in the usual and expected places - like the dark, mean streets of our cities or some distant, unexplored jungles, or tropical, remote islands. If you want to see where these forlorn souls are living, just look in the cubicle …
language
Posted October 7, 2009
“[A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.] O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.”- Psalm 63:1
When you look at this scripture, we always think he was in a dry and weary land in h…
the ultimate gift
Posted October 6, 2009
So I guess you can say I'm a little in the season of Christmas already. I love it! Come on, it's the day Jesus was born. Awesome day! I just want to start off with this comment cause I have to. My wife calls it, "opening the envelope." My comment is this: If you're one of those who say you hate reci…
spiritual warfare :part I:
Posted October 5, 2009
To the unsaved world Christianity is a mere crutch for weak people. We who are Christians know that it is altogether different.
Warfare is an inevitable everyday aspect of Christianity. Most of us would prefer if we could just live a normal life. You know the kind where you get up and go to your lov…
finding your faith
Posted October 2, 2009
Some people are trying to find it. Some aren't even searching for it.
Some...don't even know where to start.
Some.
Like this guy to the left has sold everything he's got, risking it all to find it a state away.
"Where do I begin?" you ask.
Begin looking up. Jesus.
Jesus is the only hope that t…
indwelling of the Holy Spirit
Posted September 30, 2009
I desire for people to give their hearts to Jesus. To repent and turn one hundred and eighty degrees away from sin and chase after God. I also desire for every believer to be baptized in the Holy Spirit to empower the believer. The Holy Spirit can bring power into your life. Lets start with this and…deeper than the ocean
Posted September 27, 2009
from on Vimeo.
Now whatever you do, don't put me in a box. What we're going to look at is more than just a trite religious saying. More than just "Yeah, I know God loves me."
You don't have a faith problem, you have a LOVE problem.
You don't have a money problem, you have a LOVE problem.
When …
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