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LORD God, you are our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. In these days, we are deeply aware of just how greatly we need Your help. We see the pestilence that stalks at night and the plague that destroys at midday. Like Habakkuk, we say to you, “How long, Lord, must …
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“He will call on me, and I will answer him.” (Psalm 91:15) When we pray, it sometimes feels like we are talking to ourselves or to the wind currents in the air. We may wonder: does God really hear us, and if so, does He respond? Where Psalm 80 reaches out to God with an …
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This weekend, we will begin a three-week series entitled "Rooted" at Eastbrook Church. So many of us long to live full of life. Of course, the question is how we can really live that way. Psalm 1:3 says that those who live with God will be “like a tree planted by streams of water, which …
We begin a new series this coming weekend at Eastbrook Church called "Life Verse." God does something unique in all of our lives. There are things God speaks into our lives over time that mark us deeply. Throughout this series, we will hear what God has spoken into the lives of some key pastors and leaders around …
Matthew Erickson 