How Did We Get Here?

Colton White

Sunday, April 21st, 2024

In the book of Exodus, we discover that God’s people have been enslaved in Egypt. In order to understand what unfolds throughout the rest of the book, we must first understand what has already happened. In week 1, we will look back at what God has already done and what He has declared to do throughout the book of Genesis.

Hope in the Dark

Colton White

Sunday, April 28th, 2024

The people of God face horrible tragedy as the king of Egypt decrees that every newborn male be killed. In this text we see God’s provision and care as he begins to unfold his plan to bring His people to freedom. In our lives today we can hold onto the provision and care of God when we face grave darkness. Life can be very cruel sometimes, and though God does not always spare us from that cruelty we can hold onto the promise that God is with us and leading us to something better.

The Necessity of the Wilderness

Tristan Krider

Sunday, May 5th, 2024

Sometimes due to our own decisions or the mere circumstances of life expose our deepest weaknesses. Like Moses, we are forced to flee into the wilderness where we are left searching for hope and meaning in life. All throughout the Bible the wilderness is a place of refining. A refining of who we are, what we value, and what we believe. Before God sends Moses to Pharaoh, He sends him into the wilderness.

God Remembers His Promises

Colton White

Sunday, May 12th, 2024

How many of us today still groan in our slavery and cry out for help? Our slavery today comes in various forms. It separates us from our God and we wonder, "does God care?" This text in Exodus reminds us that God does hear us and He does care that we remain in slavery. And just as He remembered the promises He made to the Israelites, He remembers His promises to us.

I AM WHO I AM

Colton White

Sunday, May 19th, 2024

Exodus 3 is one of the significant pivot points in our Scriptures. As Moses is in exile in the wilderness, God speaks to him through a burning bush. Their conversation set forth a trajectory for the people of God that is still felt today. As God calls Moses into His eternal purposes we learn that God has heard the cries of His people, and He comes to intervene.

The Power of God and Our Weakness

Colton White

Sunday, June 2nd, 2024

Do we always respond to the call of God with joy and confidence? Probably not. Moses sure didn’t. Even after God displays to him His miraculous power, he still doubts if he can be used by God. Rather than focusing on who He is, we set our focus on where we fall short. This chapter is a reminder that even though we do have weakness, at the end of day, when the power of God is involved, what others will see is not our weaknesses, but His glorious power!

The Sting of Disappointment

Colton White

Sunday, June 9th, 2024

Sometimes, it is difficult to understand the reality that God has promised to us: freedom, joy, and restoration. And yet, many times, the road to those things zig-and-zag through a lot of pain. Here in this moment, God allows more pain and suffering for His people, before He will fully step in to free them. At the end of the chapter Moses leaves us with a question that is still asked by us today, in 2024: “Why?”

A Broken Spirit

Matt Oberhelman

Sunday, June 16th, 2024

Sometimes the weight of the world is so heavy that it deafens us to what the Lord wants us to hear. This is what we see in God’s people, Israel. They have been beaten down to the point where their spirit is broken. So, the question is, how do we find healing in our spirit when we find ourselves in that same place? How does God take a broken spirit and renew it? It makes sense that Scripture continues with the genealogy of Moses and Aaron — God shows us the history of his remembrance and grace. He has been faithful to Moses and Aaron up until this point, and He will continue to be faithful to His people. In the same way He will be faithful to us.

Yes, God Will Use Even You

Colton White

Sunday, June 23rd, 2024

On Elder nomination Sunday we will remember that God will use who He chooses to use. It is not based on what we are capable of. It is solely based on His perfect will. Even though Moses is quick to point out his weakness and failures God will still continue to use him to accomplish His purposes.

The Plagues - Part 1

Colton White

Sunday, June 30th, 2024

God’s plan of redemption begins to rapidly unfold as He sends ten plagues into Egypt. Plague-after-plague, God is declaring something very specific. God is going make sure that it’s not just the Egyptians and the Israelites who understand this message. He is going to make sure that the entire world understands who He is and that there is no other God like Him. The plagues demonstrate the sovereignty, power, and majesty of the Lord for all nations to see.

The Plagues - Part 2

Colton White

Sunday, July 7th, 2024

The Passover demonstrates the great redemption of God, the judgement of God, and sets the stage for the final Passover that would occur years later in Jerusalem. In this text, we learn the cost of forgiveness and the lengths that God will go to make sure that His mercy is known. Just as the blood of the lamb showed mercy from God’s judgment, we will be reminded that the blood of the Lamb ensures that we are found to be without sin, and that can know the grace and mercy of God too.

Crossing the Red Sea

Colton White

Sunday, July 14th 2024

Sometimes, in order to see the full plan of God, we must trust in His leading. Even when it seems that He is leading in the opposite direction. As God’s people approach the Red Sea, they question if they are really going in the right direction. But, just like in our lives, God’s plan will demonstrate that His ways are better and higher than ours.