Half Truth #2: God helps those who help themselves. Flip the Script: Grace and mercy show us that God helps those who cannot help themselves. Prayer and worship empower us to actions even as we trust in God who is our help and is working for good. From a practical standpoint, we need help from […]
We’ve heard certain phrases all of our lives, but in Adam Hamilton’s book, Half Truths: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other Things the Bible Doesn’t Say, we learn that although they capture some element of truth, when compared to the wisdom found in Scripture, they’re really just popular saying. What is the truth? […]
Life-giving and loving relationships require us to reflect the love of Jesus for others. The challenge is putting others first and understanding that intimacy is beyond a simple physical connection, but includes deep spiritual connection. This is the fourth and final week in our series, “God’s Good Gift of Sexuality.” Pastor Mary’s message is based […]
Physical intimacy and desire are a part of God’s design for us – meant to bond us to another person in a loving, healthy, consensual, committed relationship. Our struggle to honor that gift can cause great harm and diminish the blessing of it. This is the third week in our series, “God’s Good Gift of […]
For more than twenty years, Lake Harbor has taken a collaborative approach to planning worship. Planning for a whole year just takes this collaborative process to the next level, something that we have done annually since 2017. Each retreat’s success was due largely to the work done prior to the retreat. We sought input using […]
Though we all use the word “love,” we don’t all experience love in the same way. We’ll explore the five love languages (words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch) as a way to understand how God loves us and how we love one another. To find our your own […]
All Church Worship Brainstorming Monday, August 8, 2022 at LHUMC 12:00 noon Potluck 12:45 – 3:30 p.m. Brainstorming for Worship “Half Truths: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other Things the Bible Doesn’t Say” September 4 – October 2 (5 Sundays) We’ve heard certain phrases all of our lives, but in Adam Hamilton’s book, […]
Sexuality is one of the first topics addressed in Scripture. It’s important as a good gift of God and should be a topic we don’t shy away from. We are created in God’s image, and sexuality is a part of our full identity. Our Worship Team also wanted to share a video created by Rob […]
Though we may not be honest about it, we face temptation every day. Anything that leads us away from life-giving connection to God and others threatens our spiritual lives – and has potential to cause harm. Jesus knew temptation, is clear about its power, and calls us to pay attention to it in our prayers. […]
We come to God in need of grace and forgiveness because sin is like a debt that we cannot repay. We seek forgiveness from sin that offers new life – and a new relationship that both demands and makes possible forgiving others, which isn’t simple, easy, or quick. However, it is the call of Christ. […]