Impact of Discipleship: Hannah Hatton
Discipleship changed my life because it changed my heart.
Applications from Mission Focus: Learning to be a Living Sacrifice
Mission Focus revisioned me and caused me to see that I must lay my questions and cares before him, know that they are not mine but his, and he is trusting me to steward them how he wants me to.
Jonah: Establishing an Obedient Heart
God is teaching me the same simple concepts he was teaching me when I first chose to follow him, but this is just a new season with different specific circumstances and people.
Lynnsie: Impact of Discipleship
I am praying that God would continue to break my heart for the lost people around me so that I would be steadfast in the faith he has called me to.
Giving Thanks in the Midst of Hardship
"There is not always something practical to be done when things aren’t going the way you want them to. Sometimes all you can do is just rest and know that the Lord is supplying all of your needs."
But Prayer: Applications from Acts
"…no matter the answer God gives us, his answer is always better than any solution we can come up with. We should not settle for our solutions; rather, we should be desperate for the Lord to give us the resolution he knows will be best."
The Sin of Witchcraft
In C&YA, through religious masks, cheap worship, and actions of disobedience we welcome the chastening of the Lord.
Isai: Impact of Discipleship
I wasn't truly hiding God’s word in my heart, and I had a major struggle with confessing my sins up until that point. I'd cover them up, sweep them under a rug, and act surprised when they would show up again.
Fall Retreat 2019 Testimonies
Every year at the beginning of fall, our College and Young Adult Ministry goes to Arkansas to get away together in God’s Word. We eat, hike, float down river, worship God and get envisioned to reach Kansas City for Christ. Here are just a few of the testimonies from this years retreat.
A Season of Suffering
We hope that this poem gives insight into this season and that wherever you are, you stand fast in what God has already promised all of us.
Finding the Secret Place: Lessons from the Emotions Study
Emotions are not evil or a nuisance, but they can be both of those things when they are outside of God’s will.
Congregational Worship
True, celebratory, and glorifying congregational worship will be at its greatest when it stems from worshippers who have a powerful personal worship relationship with the Lord.
Jasmin: Impact of Discipleship
God gave Tori the key to my heart and through that special relationship, she was able to talk me through trauma and uncover my reservations about God.
A Tension Filled Room: Applications from Acts
"I’ve learned not to fear the tension. I’ve learned to be a willing and ready vessel that isn’t concerned with self or convenience but has been emptied of that to be used in whatever way God sees fit."
The Ongoing, Everchanging Stewardship of Time
"After decades of ministry, I have come to realize that I have the most peace, joy, and satisfaction when I have taken my eyes off myself and my circumstances in the flesh and put them on the mission field, the souls of men."
Nick: Impact of Discipleship
“There was a faint feeling of knowing I had done something life-changing. However, simply attending church on Sunday and getting a weekly charge to “live life for Jesus” absent the details was not challenging me to be changed through God’s rule over my life.”
The Tendencies of the Fatherless: Applications from Acts
I need to engage my relationship with the Lord not in pride and secrecy or striving to prove myself in works but in genuine humility.
How to Manage Your Finances Biblically
"If God is not supplying a need that you want, does that make the Bible wrong? Or is God just testing your faith before giving you the blessing? Or, does He have a better direction, that you can’t see yet?"
The Temptation of a False Repentance: Applications from Acts
Let’s go back to that genuine faith and love that regarded no sin dear to us. When we were so full of life and had just repented of sin. Let’s remember our first love.
Never Easy, Always Worth It: Lessons Learned from Small Group Bible Study Splits
It has been the greatest joy to labor together with God and with colaborers in the ministry to invest His Word into faithful ladies, see them mature in the Lord, and then see them invest in others.