When I was a kid, I had a friend who had an obnoxious little brother. When he didn’t get his way, he started to scream. When I say scream, it wasn’t your typical little kid throwing a fit, but he would scream so loud and so hard that he would literally [...]
Monday night, November 7th (6pm), a group will be gathering at Pastor Mark's office for a special time of intercessory prayer for our country. You are invited to join us! The Bible says in 2 Chronicles 7:14, "If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and [...]
In John 6:35, Jesus said, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” When Jesus was speaking to the woman at the well, He said to her (in John 4:13-14), “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the [...]
A meek person never says, “I don’t deserve this, God!!!!” Instead, they say to the Lord, “I can’t wait to see your power on display in this impossible situation.” Psalm 37:25 indicates that David was old at the time[1] and he had seen a great deal of trouble in his life. Evil people were trying [...]
CJ Mahaney says in his book Humility, “Waiting is not resignation: waiting is an active trust in God to provide fulfillment in his perfect timing.”[1] People who are waiting on the Lord aren't lazy, but they are free from frenzy. They don’t think they have to make everything happen themselves. They trust that God hears their prayers and [...]
Luke 18:9-14. This is a parable for all people who trust in themselves and their own good behavior to get them to heaven instead of putting their trust in Jesus and His perfect, imputed righteousness. In this parable, Jesus compares two figures: a Pharisee (who was considered the ultimate law-abiding citizen) a tax-collector (who was considered [...]
To understand the Jesus of the holy scriptures, we must recognize that He was both fully human and fully divine. There are several direct scriptural claims that assert the deity of Jesus. THEOS The word for God the Father in the original Greek is “Theos.” There are seven examples of Christ being referred to [...]
We gather every week to pray for God's people because the leadership at Canyon is convinced that a group of 2 or 3 or 8 people gathered together to earnestly seek God’s will for those in His church is a powerful and effective use of time. A group of intercessors gather every week in Pastor [...]
