Today is the National Day of Prayer and I'd like to encourage you to pause where you are to pray for our national, state, and local governmental officials.  We think of the President all the way down to the Board of Supervisors, School Board, and even our neighborhood associations.  I have been reading Philip Yancey's book Prayer which is a very moving read.  In it he speaks to the power of prayer for others, especially our enemies.  He asks, "What effect might it have if every Christian church adopted th  Click to read more »

When we become a believer in Christ, we are immediately born again and filled with the Holy Spirit of God. We are baptized into the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Click to read more »