Prayer - Prayer
The Harvest is Plentiful
At the edge of our neighborhood, there is an apple tree. And over the past few weeks every time I drive by I see the tree weighed down by apples, then slowly they keep dropping because there is no one there to pick the harvest. The apples are there, ripe, ready to be harvested. Tonight, as we kick off an electric season of Ignite, we are stepping straight into that kind of situation. In Luke 10:2 , Jesus told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers…
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No Smell of Smoke
We wrap up our four week series today, looking at Daniel chapter 3. Let me ask you this: do you love a good bonfire? Living in the Midwest, a good backyard fire pit is practically a requirement! But you know exactly what happens when you leave the fire. That smoke gets into everything. It gets into your jacket, it gets into your hair, and you can even wake up the next morning and your pillow smells like a campfire. You can take a shower, throw your clothes in the wash, and somehow, that smell of smoke still lingers for days.…
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Even If He Doesn't
We are heading into week two of our Daniel 3 series. The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. King Nebuchadnezzar builds a massive, 90 foot tall gold statue and demands everyone bow to it when the music plays. We see Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego do not bow to the king. But that poses a challenge. They are completely out of options. They refused to bow to King Nebuchadnezzar's massive gold statue, and now they are standing in front of the most powerful man in the world. He looks at them and says in Daniel 3:15 18 , "Now when you…
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