I began our "Becoming 7" series this past weekend at Eastbrook with a message called "7 on Discipleship." This series is an overview of our vision for the year, focusing on our big five vision objectives: becoming a Revelation 7:9-10 church; growing in discipleship depth; growing in mission width; growing in leadership multiplication; and increasing in …
Sunday Prayer 17
This is how God showed his love among us: he sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. (1 John 4:9) Father, lead me into Your love today; the love that preexists all time and events, that centers in the person of Christ, that brings life over death, …
Becoming 7
The next three weekends at Eastbrook Church we will launch into a new series that charts out our vision and direction for the coming year and beyond entitled "Becoming 7." This series is an overview of how we want to move from 'what' of our mission - "to proclaim and embody the love of Jesus Christ in …
Sunday Prayer 16
Lord, our city has been on fire and the nights fly by with stones thrown back and forth. Deep fissures reveal subterranean angst and the lava of pain erupts forth. We confess that we have pressed down pain into stony ground and hardened hearts. Only You can replace the heart of stone with a heart …
Four More Quotations on Prayer
Last week, I shared four quotations on prayer from my message "Making Space for Prayer." Here are four more quotations from my message, "Praying Like a Master," which is the second part of our series "The Art of Prayer" at Eastbrook Church. “The Lord’s prayer is the essence of prayer. The essence and limit of all …
