Posts by Michael Nelson (Page 15)

Weekly Update – September 1st, 2021 What an interesting weekend! On Friday morning I woke up feeling incredibly sick, so I went and took three tests that day to see if it was Covid. I didn’t really need three, but I wanted to confirm, just in case one was off. Well, all three came back positive. Then, due to the fact that I had been around a number of people from church on Thursday, we decided that it was best…

Weekly Update – August 26th, 2021 September 12th is a day that I have been looking forward to for several weeks. It is not as though this day is significant for any reason, but at least in my mind, it is a date that will kick off many of the ministries of our church. For the last year and a half, we have restricted many of our functions as a church, but coming in September, my hope is that we…

Weekly Update – August 19th, 2021 One of the most disheartening developments over the last week involves the plight of the Afghan people. Whatever you think about the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, whether they should have stayed or come home, is not the argument here. The treatment of fellow image of God bearers by a wicked terrorist organization should cause us all to cry out to God for mercy upon these people. Beyond this, it is even more…

Weekly Update – August 12th, 2021 Have you ever thought about why you would share the gospel with someone who doesn’t know Christ? Hopefully you have. Typically answers to this question would be, “because I don’t want that person to go to hell”, or “I want that person to be in heaven one day.” Those are both good answers, but yet they don’t go quite deep enough. This past Sunday in Ezra chapter 6, we saw that when the people…

Weekly Update – August 5th, 2021 This summer I did a bit of reading on the formation of habits. After a busy period of life, I realized that I needed to take a step back and consider how to form better habits for the time that the Lord has given to me each day. One book that I read is titled, The Common Rule. In it, Justin Earley gives eight basic habits that shape his life. I won’t share all…

Weekly Update – July 28th, 2021 If you remember from our Sunday morning study in the book of Ezra, the Lord kept his promise to bring his exiled people back to their land and rebuild the temple. The temple, which was the place of God, had been destroyed 70 years earlier, effectively changing the identity of God’s people. Over 42,000 exiles make the journey from Babylon to Jerusalem in response to the king’s decree (Ezra 1:2). After getting the necessary…

Weekly Update – July 22nd, 2021 What should be our focus in worship? Now that may seem like a vague question. Regardless, consider the first things that come to your mind. Many would say that the way you feel ought to be priority, or the songs that you sing, or even the mood of the room in which you gather in for worship. We even have a tendency to personalize it a bit by saying, “Well, for me to worship,…

Weekly Update – July 5th, 2021 What a week so far! Today we had 51 kids! I am so thankful for all of the workers who volunteered their week for this outreach. It is not an easy endeavor to put together. It is great to be back in our typical format this year, and to have this amount of participation from both students and adults. Thank you for praying for this week, and thank you to the many who are…

Weekly Update – July 8th, 2021 There is always this sort of nervous excitement when you come back to a place that you have been gone from for an extended period of time.  It is almost like that feeling you may have had on the first day of school when you were younger. Many of you can relate to this more recently as covid kept you away from places that you had always frequented in the past.  As you anticipate…

Weekly Update – April 29th, 2021 Over the last few weeks, we have begun to see more and more people returning. This past Sunday almost felt like we were getting back to normal. Then with Mayor Lucas keeping the mask mandate, but getting rid of the social distancing and capacity limits for Kansas City, it seems as though we are on a good path. Hopefully Jackson County will follow his lead. Either way, we can be thankful for the Lord’s…

Weekly Update – April 22nd, 2021 For the second week in a row, we will be talking about prayer in our Sunday morning service. Last week was a warning from Jesus about how not to pray from Matthew 6:5-8. This week, from Matthew 6:9-15, we will see what we might call “The Model Prayer.” As we continue through this subject, I think it would be helpful to look at what some of the purposes of prayer are. Therefore, consider these…

Weekly Update – April 15th, 2021 On April 23rd, beginning 6:00pm at the church, we will join David Platt via simulcast for an intense evening of Bible study and prayer. The goal of this event is to simulate the experiences of churches who are persecuted for the Word of God, but yet hungry for it at the same time. We will join with thousands of other people from all over the world for this 6 hour night. Come and join…