When Joshua and the Israelites were finally about the enter the Promised Land, they faced a formidable obstacle in the walled city of Jericho. Joshua began seeking God about how to take the city, and the commander of the army of the Lord, Jesus himself, appeared and gave Joshua the battle plan. There are lessons in this story for us whenever we are faced with an impossible task.

Job suffered unimaginable pain when he lost all his wealth, his children, and his health. In his suffering, he cried out to God but didn't hear an answer. God eventually spoke to him out of a whirlwind and it changed Job's perspective entirely.

Throughout the Bible, various people had life-changing encounters with God. In the first message of a new series about these encounters, we look at the wrestling match between Jacob and God.

A few years after Isaac, the promised child, was born, Abraham faced a pivotal moment in his journey of faith. It was the most faith-filled, yet frightening moment any of us could imagine as God asked Abraham to lay his Isaac on the altar pf sacrifice.

In the first message of our series entitled "Christmas Surprises," we learn of one of the greatest surprises we could imagine. This shocking surprise is a baby with a sword.

There are many hurting people in our world and many of them have lost hope because they don't think they will ever be free from the pain of their past. The good news is that when we turn to God, He turns our lives around. There is hope for those who hurt!