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Today on January 20, 2021, we are inviting Eastbrook Church into a day of prayer and fasting on behalf of our nation on the day of the presidential inauguration. The goal of this day is not to pray in a partisan way, but to bring our hopes and fears about the future of our nation …
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Join us today at noon for a 30-minute prayer service via Zoom to call out to God on behalf of our nation at many different levels. For more information and the Zoom invite, reach out to me via email. For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as …
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The fourth-century church historian, Eusebius, relates a story gathered from the lost works of Hegesippus during the second century about James "the Just," who likely wrote the epistle of James and was the earthly brother of Jesus. In the midst of outlining the persecution of the church in his Ecclesiastical History , Eusebius details the death of James …
Today we have more than enough activity but less than enough praying in the church today. Today we have more than enough hearts distracted by many things and less than enough hearts that live with the solitary focus of approaching God in prayer. I do not say this to make us feel guilty, but to …
I continued our series on prayer this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, "Great Prayers of the Bible", by looking at the prayers of Nehemiah that spur his role in the rebuilding of Jerusalem after exile. Turning to Nehemiah 1:1-11 and 2:1-8, we see a man troubled by the situation of God's people and also stewing his …
Matthew Erickson 