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Fingerprints of God: In Divine Direction
If God appears to be silent in your life right now, trust God’s providential hand— that everything in your life is guided in divine...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Jul 1213 min read


Fingerprints of God: In Sovereign Silence
If you feel God has abandoned you, don’t mistaken the silence of God for the absence of God; trust God’s Word— it says, He will never...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Jul 512 min read


Spiritual Warfare: Prayer Support
The Spirit aligns our prayers with God’s will, timing, and purpose of God while He comforts and encourages us to stand firm.  Ephesians...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Jun 2810 min read


Spiritual Warfare: Armed to Stand
God gives us the means not just to endure but to stand as His triumphant Church, rooted in truth, ready with peace, shielded by faith,...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Jun 2110 min read


Spiritual Warfare: Schemes of Satan
Stop Satan from distracting by not fighting against what you can see because our problems are rooted in the unseen. Christ’s victory is...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Jun 1410 min read


Spiritual Warfare: Cosmic Battle
Stay plugged in to God, the source of our strength, to stand firm against the power of darkness.  Ephesians 6:10-13 - 10 Finally, be...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Jun 710 min read


Doing What Comes Naturally
You can’t do everything and can’t help everybody but you can do something as God enables you to and you can do it for His glory and be...

Dr James Miller
May 3116 min read


Marriage and Family: Mutual Surrender
Pray for the filling with the Spirit so that you may learn to surrender in your respective role, responsibilities, and relationship...

Dr Alfonse Javed
May 249 min read


Marriage and Family: Mutual Service
In God’s design for marriage, neither the husband nor the wife is the boss; God is. He calls all of us into mutual service out of...

Dr Alfonse Javed
May 1710 min read


Marriage and Family: Mutual Sacrifice
Make Jesus the standard for how you love others, especially in the context of marriage and family. Â Ephesians 5:21-33 - 21Â submitting...

Dr Alfonse Javed
May 1010 min read


Marriage and Family: Mutual Submission
Without the Spirit, we cannot submit to Christ, and without Him, we cannot submit to each other, married or not. Ephesians 5:21-33 - 21Â ...

Dr Alfonse Javed
May 110 min read


Walking in Wisdom
Be watchful of your priorities, pursuits, and the purpose of life. Give God your first fruits, not the leftovers. Â Ephesians 5:15-21 -...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Apr 269 min read


Becoming Easter People
Don’t stay in the hopeless dark shadows and death of your old life. Start fresh with the glorious hope of renewal and eternal life of...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Apr 1910 min read


A Reflection on a Dying Man’s Final Words
In our Sunday morning services, we have been going through the book of Ephesians verse by verse. I am in the habit of not breaking away...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Apr 173 min read


Examine Your Allegiance
When we do not imitate God and do not manifest His characteristics, we prove by our actions that we do not belong to God but to the...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Apr 129 min read


Practical Christianity: Missional Conduct
Like tongue and temper, temptation needs to be consistently and constantly monitored in the fellowship of believers. Alone, we cannot do...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Apr 510 min read


Practical Christianity: Missional Challenge
Our encounter with Christ changes our philosophy, practice, and purpose of life which changes our thinking, understanding, and living.  ...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Mar 2910 min read


Practical Christianity: Missional Community, Part 2
Christ has equipped the church with supernatural unique spiritual gifts to raise up spiritually mature Christians to build the church. Â ...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Mar 2210 min read


Practical Christianity: Missional Community, Part 1
Do not ask what the church can do for you but rather what Christ wants you to do individually, collectively, and communally for His...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Mar 1510 min read


God’s Heart for the Nations
Live your life in such a way that when you die, people remember it, but then it points their eyes to the greater story that one day the...
Bryan Padgett
Mar 935 min read


Practical Christianity: Missional Calling, Part 2
Act out your faith because that’s what it means to walk in a manner worthy of your calling. Let’s not do  church— be  the church.  ...

Dr Alfonse Javed
Mar 29 min read
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