Rooted with Rachel

<p>How often do you come to a holiday like Easter and it seems to be over before you even get a chance to enjoy it? One way to be more present is to spend time during the season before Easter (which is called Lent)...

<p>A couple weeks ago, we looked at the first part of Psalm 91:1 and how this speaks to our trials and difficult situations. The shelter of the Most High is not just a place we run to when we’re in trouble, although...

<p>I have a confession…most of my prayers have come from a very desperate place. They are hasty arrows shot into the dark in a moment of crisis. Maybe you experience this same conviction in your prayer life. Your...

<p>If you feel like there is no point to putting in effort towards something maybe because you are unsure of your ability or insecure of your calling then today’s message is for you! </p><p>Currently at our church, we...

<p>There is so much buildup to a new year isn’t there? I think we tend to be let down so quickly in January because we build it up so much coming into the new year. We all love the idea of a fresh new page, a fresh new...

<p>Today is our last day on this Advent journey through The Sounds of Silence. But it doesn’t end here. You are most likely still in your season of waiting or about to enter into a season of waiting. My prayer is that...

<p>Seasons of suffering and silence grow us in ways we would have never grown if we had not walked though the fire. There are aspects about God and his character we wouldn’t have known had we not experienced those hard...

<p>You know what it feels like when you are tired, exhausted and ready to go home, but someone asks you at the last minute to do them a favor? Or a child asks you to pick up something from the store on the way home? You...

<p>Have you ever known someone that just seems to always find the perfect gift? They are the best gift givers. Gift giving seems to come naturally for them. It is their joy to give gifts as an act of love and service to...

<p>How do you typically react when God’s plan doesn’t fit with your expectations? Sometimes our rescue comes from small and insignificant places. Our silence breaks when we least expect it to and in ways we would never...

<p>How many times have you wished God would put a sign in the sky telling you which way to go, what to do, which path to choose; just something that would give you a clear direction? I think we’ve all been there and we...

<p>If you have ever experienced love and then have known the loss of that love, you are familiar with the unimaginable pain this leaves in your heart. Or maybe you long for love and hold the empty space of not having...

<p>My younger brother liked to always give us a little scare, you know, to keep us on our toes. I remember one time, we were out shopping with my grandmother and he suddenly was no where to be found. The panic from...

<p>Have you ever waited for something so long, that you almost gave up hope that you would see it in your lifetime? Maybe it is a prodigal child you are waiting to return to the Lord, or a broken relationship you are...

<p>Have you ever experienced such a special and sacred moment that you couldn’t even find the words to talk about it? You just wanted to sit and savor it. Maybe you were inwardly processing all that had taken place...