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10/13/2026

HOW TO BE PREPARED FOR DANGER
Bryant Wright, Founder

"He who is not with Me is against Me..." Luke 11:23a

People often run back to faith when a crisis hits...
..and in today's volatile society that can be a daily occurrence.

Whether it's a devastating natural disaster, a terrorist attack, or a mass shooting...when it occurs, many people quickly seek comfort and protection from God.

Indeed, the psalmist writes: "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1)." But I want you to understand something. While God wants us to run to Him in times of trouble, if your motivation is to escape danger, you will be grossly disappointed. God does not promise that we'll escape danger or even death. Whether it's a terrorist attack or a heart attack, a plane crash, or a car crash, we will always have disasters in this life, and we will all face death one day.

The way to come to the Lord is with a spirit of repentance that says:

Lord, I realize how much I have ignored Your will in my life and focused on my own self-interests. I now come to You with a repentant spirit. I want to call on the forgiveness and salvation of Christ. I know it's a dangerous world we live in, but Lord, I want to get things right with You from here on out. I want to do things Your way through the salvation of Christ and the teachings of scripture.

Being ready for the hereafter is the best way to live for today. You will never be disappointed if you get right with God. He not only extends forgiveness but promises an abundant, eternal life with Him both now and forever more.

So what's it going to be?

You only live once; how will you choose?

10/12/2026

WALK WITH ME
Bryant Wright, Founder

"When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, 'I am God Almighty; walk before Me faithfully and be blameless.”’ Genesis 17:1

Walk with me.

Wouldn’t it be great if, like Abraham, we heard those words from God?

Just imagine - after a long, stressful day at work, or a big, blow-up fight with your spouse, or when facing a huge life decision…you hear the Lord say, "Walk with Me." On the days when we could really use a face-to-face with the Creator of the Universe, the only One who can see past the current crisis, how can we walk with God?

Just like any relationship, communication is key. It’s a two-way street: I speak and you listen; you speak and I listen. As you learn more about one another, trust, vulnerability, and intimacy develop. Learning to walk with God happens in the same way – by staying close to God through Jesus. We do this by speaking to God through our prayers and listening to God as He speaks through His Word. Simply put, we begin to walk with God through prayer and reading the Bible.

Too often we approach God like a negotiator – we hand over a long list of requests backed up by the reasons we deserve them. But, let’s be honest. Is this really the type of friendship we want with anyone? Is this even really a friendship? It probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise that God wants something so much more with us.

Abraham, the only person in the Bible to be called a friend of God, talked with God – praises, doubts, regrets, everything. And he listened to God. Ultimately, through it all, he trusted God. And that’s what made him so great. His faith was honest and real.

Through the good and the bad, through faith and doubts, Abraham walked with God.

What about you? You have one life and one choice. Walk with God or walk alone.

God says, "Walk with Me."

Which choice will you make?

10/11/2026

JESUS STILL HEALS TODAY
Bryant Wright, Founder

"When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death. 'Go,' Jesus replied, 'your son will live.' The man took Jesus at his word and departed. While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living."
John 4:47 & 50-51

It was a 4-6 hour journey home and his son was critically ill. So ill, in fact, that this father risked what could have been his son's final hours to beg Jesus for a miracle.

Can you imagine the journey home?

The thoughts swirling around this man’s head – did Jesus really just heal my son? He didn’t even see him! Can this really happen? Or did I just miss my son’s final hours to go on this ridiculous journey?

So many questions. So few answers.

Many of us can relate. We pray for a miracle, but we’re restless and full of doubt. In the case of this desperate father, Jesus did heal his son, bringing his entire household to faith in the process.

What can we learn about Jesus from the miracle of healing?

Nothing is impossible with God.
Jesus can heal because of the faith of others.
Jesus doesn’t have to be physically present to heal.
Only God sees the full picture and knows why some are healed and others are not.
Our role is to trust the results of our prayers, whether or not they make sense.

How does this miracle relate to our lives today?

If we’re honest, we could all use healing in our lives – right? Maybe twenty years ago you had an abortion. Overwhelmed with guilt and pain, you’re in desperate need of God’s healing and forgiving power. Perhaps it’s abuse you experienced growing up. You need God’s supernatural power to forgive and move on because you just can’t.

Whatever it may be, the same Jesus who healed this sick little boy still heals today.

Do you need physical, spiritual, or emotional healing in your life? Take your needs before Jesus and leave the rest to Him.

Why? Because Jesus still heals today.

Let Jesus reveal what healing can look like in your life.

10/10/2026

DON'T SETTLE FOR LESSER SAVIORS
Michael Kelley, Guest Contributor

"Then the Lord raised up judges to rescue the Israelites from their attackers. Yet Israel did not listen to the judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. How quickly they turned away from the path of their ancestors, who had walked in obedience to the Lord’s commands." Judges 2:16-17 NLT

You know their names – Gideon. Deborah. Samson.

These are the characters found in the book of Judges. The Hebrew word for “judge” has a broader meaning than just acting judicially. It means “to govern, administer, and exercise leadership.”

So, the judges were people operating under God's empowerment in local, tribal contexts. Yet none had the moral or spiritual constitution to return the people to God. In other words, Judges is not a book of heroes. It is a book of broken saviors.

And we know what that’s like, too, don’t we?

Time and time again, we find that all these “saviors”—money, position, relationships, pleasure, or even Gideon, Jephthah, or Samson—are broken and insufficient, unable to truly deliver us. So, we are forced to confront all the broken saviors in our lives and become disappointed.

But that disappointment can lead us to see something amazing: In the book of Judges, we find the determination of God.

We can see God's abject, steady, and faithful determination. He is immeasurably more committed to His people than we are to Him. It is a remarkable testimony to God's faithfulness that He would continue in this cycle with His people despite their (and our) consistent fickleness.

In His determination, God has given us the only Savior we need–

Who resolutely turned His face and made His way to Jerusalem, even knowing what awaited Him there.

Who bent low the night before His death and prayed, in faith, that not His will but God’s be done.

Who, though He could have called upon armies of angels to rescue Him, willingly laid down His life for the very ones who were abandoning His lordship.

We need this kind of Savior because only a perfect Savior can deliver us.

The book of Judges calls us to recognize and abandon the imperfect saviors we have crafted for ourselves, considering God’s steadfast and determined commitment to His people for the perfect Savior.

And that is the Savior we find only in Jesus Christ.

Don't settle for lesser saviors.

10/09/2026

Dealing with Stress
Bryant Wright, Founder

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest…you will find rest for your souls.” Matthew 11:28-29

Stress has a way of taking more from us than we realize.

It can keep us awake at night, drain our energy, and take a toll on us physically and emotionally. In fact, WebMD says 75%-90% of all doctor’s visits are for stress-related ailments.

Maybe you can relate.

Personally, I’ve noticed I’m often most stressed when I overcommit or try to handle difficult circumstances in my own strength.

That’s what makes Jesus’ words in Matthew 11 so encouraging.

Jesus spoke to people who felt tired and overwhelmed. Just before these words, He explained that we come to know God the Father by knowing Him (Matthew 11:27). Then He offered a deeply personal invitation: “Come to me.” Jesus wasn’t promising to take away our problems or eliminate all our stress. He was offering something deeper: rest for our souls in the midst of stress through a relationship with Him.

A close relationship with Jesus and walking with Him through life changes how we handle stress.

We no longer have to carry it alone.

Bringing our stress to Jesus and leaving it with Him acknowledges that not everything depends on us. It shows that we trust Him with what we can’t control.

So, what’s stressing you today? Could some of your stress be coming not just from your circumstances but from trying to handle everything on your own?

Take a moment to give it all to Jesus. Let Him help you shoulder the weight.

The stress may not disappear, but it will become much lighter when you stop carrying it in your own strength.

10/08/2026

IT WAS NEVER OURS IN THE FIRST PLACE

Bryant Wright, Founder

"I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity, in any and every circumstance. I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me." Philippians 4:12-13

Sorting through your yearly expenses can be a sobering experience.

Believe me, I have been there, especially when our boys were in college. First, I paid the credit card bill, and then my quarterly estimated state and federal taxes. This was followed by an exorbitant check for out-of-state college tuition, which had risen 17% that year. (At that point, I imagined a giant vacuum cleaner in the sky, sucking up all our money.) Next, I checked on our retirement account, noting it had dropped double digits - for the third year in a row.

Slowly, this sinking feeling of despair began to creep over me. I must admit that I walked around pretty discouraged for a few days.

Then the Holy Spirit began to minister to me. It was like the Lord was saying, "Didn't you have enough to pay all your bills? Haven't I met all of your needs? Haven't I ALWAYS met all of your needs? What makes you think that after all these years of so-called "spiritual maturity" that I'm no longer going to meet your needs?"

Let me tell you something: that was very convicting.

And then the Lord said to my heart, "Bryant, it never was yours in the first place. Whether you're riding high one year or down in the dumps the next, that's My decision. It has always been My decision. It has never been yours. I'm just interested in you striving to manage, to the best of your ability, what I entrust to you. And trust Me to take care of the rest."

God has always taken care of me. And He will always take care of you.

All we must do is trust.

10/07/2026

Our ultimate hope is found in Jesus. Through His death and resurrection, we can receive forgiveness for our sins and the promise of eternal life. That’s the good news of the gospel—and it changes everything.

10/07/2026

Whose Side Are You On?
Jerry Maxfield, Guest Contributor

“When the people heard Paul speak about the resurrection…some laughed…and some believed.” Acts 17:32-33

In a discussion with Charlie Kirk on God and Christianity, comedian Bill Maher chuckled and said, “I don’t know how it could be that so many intelligent people can wall off part of their mind and believe in something that part of their mind must know is not true.”

Some laughed in the 1st century; some still laugh in the 21st century.

Christianity is the only major religion that believes Jesus Christ is the Son of the Living God and was resurrected from the dead. The resurrection of Christ is the very foundation and backbone of the Christian’s faith. If Jesus was not resurrected, just as He said He would be, then everything else Jesus said cannot be trusted as truth. Jesus would be a liar. The believer’s faith rises and falls on the resurrection of Jesus.

Faith is an absolute key in Christianity. Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as “the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things unseen.” It is a good thing to have assurance of one’s eternal destiny. It is a good thing to know I have the Holy Spirit guiding and comforting me. It is a good thing that God will be my refuge, my strength, and my shield. And it is a really good thing to be assured that as I confess my sin and failure before the Lord, He has promised to remove it from His memory as far as the east is from the west. These assurances then bring about a changed heart with conviction and steadfastness. I cannot see into the future, but I know those “things unseen” are secure in Him even in the tough and uncertain times.

The story is told of the young man in John 9 who had been blind since birth. Jesus healed him on the spot. When those around him continued to challenge him on the legitimacy of Jesus, the man responded, “All I know is that I was once blind, but now I see!” (John 9:25). In Acts 4, Peter and John were threatened by the religious and government leaders to stop preaching about this Jesus. They simply said, “We cannot stop speaking of what we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20). These men were assured and convicted in their faith!

All of us must choose a side. There really is no in-between. Some 3,400 years ago, Joshua encouraged his own people to decide for themselves…whether to laugh or believe. He said in Joshua 24:15, “…if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today who you will serve… but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

The same question is relevant to us today. Whose side are you on? As for me, I choose to believe in Jesus. What about you?

10/06/2026

CHOOSING JOY
Bryant Wright, Founder

“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.” Luke 15: 22-24

In Luke 15, Jesus shares three powerful stories of joy.

He illustrates the immense joy of finding what is lost—a lost sheep, a lost coin, and a lost son. These stories resonate deeply with us because they reflect our innate desire for joy and the celebration of finding something precious that has been lost.

We often encounter moments of loss and disappointment as we journey through life. It could be a lost opportunity, a broken relationship, or a shattered dream. Yet, amidst these challenges, there's a longing for joy, for something to be found or restored.

Think about the joy you experience when you find something valuable that was lost—a missing item, a renewed sense of purpose, or a prodigal child who returns home. That joy is a glimpse of the joy that God experiences when one of His children comes back to Him.

In our desire for joy, remember that true joy is found in God's presence. It's great to find a lost pet and great to find the money we thought we had lost. But there’s no joy like the joy of a prodigal child being found at home again.

This brings God the greatest joy—and believing in Him is our greatest joy.

10/05/2026

THE REAL REASON JESUS CAME
Bryant Wright, Founder

"From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. 'You do not want to leave too, do you?' Jesus asked the Twelve. Simon Peter answered him, 'Lord, to who shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”’ John 6:66-69

I remember, as a teen, calling myself a Christian.

I believed Jesus was God’s Son, but my life was all about using God. I wanted Him to meet my needs. Whether it be winning the big game, passing a big test, or wanting things to go well on a big date. It was all about me. “God, can you just give me what I want?”

But Jesus didn’t come to be my meal ticket in this life.

Yes, Jesus is a compassionate God. He cares about the hurting, the hungry, and the rejected. He cares about our needs. But Jesus Christ's primary mission was to be our Savior. He came to save us from sin and to make us right with God. And just like in Jesus' time – so many people still don’t get it. They aren’t interested, because people feeling basically “good” simply don’t see their need for a Savior.

When Jesus was on Earth, people wanted Him to be their king, fixing all their problems with health and finances, and fighting against injustice. They wanted Jesus to be their meal ticket, meeting all their material needs. They didn’t understand that Jesus’ purpose was so much bigger. They didn’t get it, so they left.

Looking at the twelve disciples, Jesus asked them a question. Do you want to leave too? And Simon Peter answered. Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

You see, Simon Peter got it. He knew that Jesus is more than just a quick fix-it for our problems. Jesus is more than a meal ticket – He is the Holy One of God, the Messiah.

Are you looking for God to be a quick fix for life’s problems?

Don’t miss out on the real reason Jesus came: to save us from our sins so that we can live out God’s will – not our own.

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