Fall Creek Christian Church

“Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus."  Philippians 4:6-7 I used to be very confused when people told me about panic attacks. I'm ashamed to admit this thought to you, but I used to think that panic attacks were for the weak. I've since learned that they are a common experience for people who are well ... in a word, human. My first bout with them caught me totally by surprise and I honestly had no idea what was happening. I couldn't catch my breath or stop my heart from racing wildly. My prayer life went to a whole new level that day.  In our verses for today, Paul dealt head on with the "life muzzler" of worry. His instruction? Pray more. Ask more. Thank more. Worry loves a vacuum, an idle heart and mind. Paul told us to...

“So now the Lord pleads, 'Stop right where you are! Look for the old, godly way and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, 'No, that's not the road we want!'"  Jeremiah  6:16 I've made it a point recently to go for drives with no particular place to go. No time crunch. No agenda. Just open windows and radio on. I'll turn somewhere thinking, "I wonder where this road leads." Off I go to find out. I've learned that every road ends up somewhere even if it's nowhere ... as in a dead end.   Through his prophet Jeremiah, God spoke about paths and roads too. We never just end up somewhere. We've made numerous choices along the way that have taken us exactly where we are right now. God told his people that the godly way, the right path laid out by God himself is the one that leads to a rest-filled soul. Yet, we reject it. "That's not the road I want!", we say. What's the condition o...

"As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water.  'O my Lord,' he cried out, 'it was borrowed!'  The man of God asked, 'Where did it fall?'  When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float.  'Lift it out', he said.  Then the man reached out his hand and took it."  II Kings 6:5-7 Everyone needs a friend who has a truck.  Inevitably something needs to be hauled that neither car nor minivan can handle.  I borrowed my friend's truck recently and it saved the day without question.  We hauled and hauled without a single hiccup.  I was thankful to return the truck and keys without any dramatic story to tell.  I would have felt terrible if anything would have happened to that truck not to mention responsible to fix it.   Apparently, I'm not the first person with those feelings.  Our verses for the day record a man so upset over losing a borrowed ax head...