Fall Creek Christian Church

"I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians  2:20 I look forward to going home. My wife and kids are my favorite people on the planet. No matter how many crazy and unhappy events a day may hold, there's something about holding them in my arms that just tells my soul, "Everything's going to be okay." Being loved changes everything. In our verse for the day, Paul proclaimed this principle from a divine perspective. Jesus' love for us, as declared on the cross, creates a life of confident trust. He loves me so I'll surrender to his leadership. He loves me so I'll take my pain to him instead of blaming him for it. He loves me so I will believe, really believe what he says. He loves me so I matter. Being loved changes everything. Days of difficulty are upon us all or soon will be. Fear, anger, broken hearts, bitterness, depressi...

"Jesus said, 'My friend, go ahead and do what you have come for.'  Then the others grabbed Jesus and arrested him.  One of the men with Jesus pulled out a sword and slashed off an ear of the high priest's servant.  'Put away your sword,' Jesus told him.  'Those who use the sword will be killed by the sword.  Don't you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands of angels to protect us and he would send them instantly?  But if I did, how would the scriptures be fulfilled that describe what must happen now?'"  Matthew 26:50-54 As the tires spun wildly, the truck made absolutely no forward progress.  The snow and ice were not impressed with horsepower or towing capacity.  As the tires began to smoke, I caught myself saying, "Gentle ... gentle ... gentle"  Why?  Simply, the faster the tires spun the less traction they had.  The power needed to be restrained. In our verses for the day, we see this same principle at work. ...

Definitions to consider: a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can  encourage healthy behaviors. an online community of people with a common interest who use a Web site or other technologies to communicate with each other and share information I spent a day this month in a meeting learning about social media as part of being on a task force for our  company. The above definitions really got my attention especially some of the key words above such as  “Encourage Healthy Behaviors” and a “Community of People.” About 4 hours into our meeting it hit me that the really cool piece of this online community is that  most people don’t have a clue about what anyone looks like or what they use to be known as in the  community etc, so you guessed it the prejudices that are unfortunately built into us from a young age  don’t exist. We just simply connect with people based on common interests, and sharing...