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This past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I continued our series "Power in Prayer: Learning to Pray with St. Paul." After looking at Ephesians 3:14-21 on praying our way into God's power and love, this week I looked at how prayer shapes our souls from Colossians 1:9-14. You can watch my message from this past weekend …
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[This is the final devotional I wrote for Eastbrook Church‘s Advent 2018 devotional. Find the daily journey through Advent here.] “While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room …
“We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you…For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you.” (Colossians 1:3, 9) To conclude the 30 Days of Prayer, I want us to have some interactive exploration of the Apostle Paul’s prayers …
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A quick search online reveals that a lot of us have image problems. Not only do you and I have image problems, but it seems like every category of person, career, human activity, and individual has an image problem. The Satanic Inversion of the Image of God As I mentioned in my message this past …
With our current series at Eastbrook Church, "Who Am I?", we are exploring biblical answers to questions about finding our identity in God. This past weekend, in my message "I Am More Than My Image," I spoke to the ways in which we are tempted to live according to false images of ourselves instead of living …
Matthew Erickson 