This coming Sunday at Eastbrook Church we begin a new preaching series entitled "Joy Appears." This series continues our celebration of Christmas through Epiphany. Joy appears with Jesus. The angels announced His birth, saying, “I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people” (Luke 2:10). But sometimes joy elusive. Many …
His Glory Brings Joy
This past weekend at Eastbrook, we continued our Advent journey and our new preaching series entitled "'Tis the Reason." This second week of the series takes us to one of the most fascinating stories in all the Gospels. In Matthew 17:1-13, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John with him to a mountain where Jesus is …
Finding the Secret to Contentment and Joy
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (Philippians 4:12-13) The …
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A Prayer for Abundant Life in the Lord
"God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us." (Acts 17:27) Thank You, Lord, that You are not far from any one of us. Thank You for the promise of Scripture: "Come near to God and …
G. K. Chesterton on the Joy of God
In his marvelous book Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton writes one of the most powerful paragraphs on the joy of God. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, 'Do it again'; and the grown-up person does it again until he is …
Matthew Erickson 