“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked ...  Read More

The more chaotic life gets (which it has been increasingly more chaotic in the last couple weeks), the more tempted I am to disconnect, dissociate, and for a lack of better words “bed rot” while scrol...  Read More

"Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."— 1 Corinthians 15:58 (AMP) Tithing,...  Read More

Psalm 46:8-10: “Attention all!  See the marvels of God!  He plants flowers and trees all over the earth, bans war from pole to pole, breaks all weapons across his knee.  Step out of the traffic!  Take...  Read More

I listened and heard Raquel’s sermon with all my soul. When she said - “What if death teaches us how to truly live?” (David Gibson, ‘Living Life Backwards’) I felt that deeply. I too have had an event...  Read More

"Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water ...  Read More

But who do YOU say that I am? (Matt 15:16). From 9/22/24 Sunday’s sermon by Pastor Pete was thought provoking at the least. If someone asked you who Jesus was, what would your answer be? Would it be j...  Read More

Thrive had its 12th “birth-aversary” this past weekend! Our family has been a part of 10 of those birthday anniversaries. Thrive was the first church we tried out when we were looking for a church hom...  Read More

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself fo...  Read More

Psalm 139:1-71 O Lord, you have examined my heart    and know everything about me.2 You know when I sit down or stand up.    You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.3 You see me when I travel    a...  Read More

Joel 2:12 "Yet even now," declares the Lord, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and with mourning; Pastor Pete in his sermon last week told us the reason we should fast is Divin...  Read More

Listening to Pastor Pete's recent sermon on prayer and fasting, I was vividly reminded of a consequential chapter in my journey—a transformative period that nudged me toward vocational ministry.Althou...  Read More