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DEVOTIONS – FRIDAY MARCH 13, 2020
Luke 22:31 (NIV) “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat…” Satan “sifts”—i.e. “he seeks to put a believer through the sieve of the pressure of circumstances and temptation and thus bring to light any inherent propensities to failure.” Our problem is that we usually don’t recognize that some pressures are clearly subversive attempts to lead us to abandon our faith, our calling, our God-given mission. “This warfare cannot be fought in the weakness of the flesh…
DEVOTIONS – THURSDAY MARCH 12, 2020
Daniel 7:25 (NLT) (Satan) will defy the Most High and oppress the holy people…” Spiritual warfare is real. It was real in Daniel’s day, and it is real today. And as we move into an increasingly “post-Christian” culture, we must be aware (and prepared) because evil will “by means of many instrumentalities and circumstances, endeavor to wear out the saints. The heart of the Christian warrior tends to faint and, craving for peace and rest, is tempted to a cessation…
DEVOTIONS – WEDNESDAY MARCH 11, 2020
Hebrews 10:36 (NLT) Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that He has promised. We live in a quick-fix and easy-answer society. Patient endurance is not a high value when we can pick up our phone and get instant answers. We want to fix the problem and jump back into life as usual. But where, then, does patient endurance get developed? How quickly does our faith…
DEVOTIONS – TUESDAY MARCH 10, 2020
Hebrews 10:23 (NLT) Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep His promise. What is the reason this verse gives us for holding firmly onto our faith? Simply this: God is faithful. He can be trusted. When you walk through a segment of your life journey that feels like the “valley of the shadow” (Ps. 23) and it seems like you will never get back into the light of day, …
DEVOTIONS – MONDAY MARCH 9, 2020
Hebrews 10:25 (NLT) And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of His return is drawing near. Why do Christians need to meet together regularly? The synergy created by corporate worship has power to lift us into Heaven’s throne room where we can catch a fresh glimpse of our omnipotent God and be reenergized in our spirits. Everyday challenges have a way of draining our joy. On…
DEVOTIONS – SATURDAY MARCH 7, 2020
Romans 8:5 (NLT) Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit Consider your fixations. What do you tend to obsess over? What fears tend to take the reins in your heart and mind? You don’t have to be a slave to those thoughts and fears. Through Jesus you have power to interrupt your thoughts and redirect them. Christ has…
DEVOTIONS – FRIDAY MARCH 6, 2020
II Corinthians 10:5 (NIV) We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. We have about 30,000 thoughts a day. What if we took just one thought captive? “What if one thought held the power to interrupt our downward spirals and bring peace to our mental chaos?” What if we lived aware of the power of Christ in us? What if we…
DEVOTIONS – THURSDAY MARCH 5, 2020
Romans 12:2 (NKJV) And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind; that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. In her new book, “Get Out of Your Head,” Jennie Allen says: “The danger of toxic thinking is it produces an alternate reality, one in which distorted reasoning actually seems to make sense.” We have an enemy that Jesus labeled “the father of lies”…
DEVOTIONS – WEDNESDAY MARCH 4, 2020
Hebrews 12:1 (NIV) …let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles… How we think shapes how we live. Bad habits and troublesome patterns of living are usually rooted in ways of thinking that sabotage a healthy, Christ-centered life. We break free through the redeeming power of Jesus Christ. We throw off anything that hinders or entangles us by applying the truth of God’s Word. With more than 30,000 thoughts passing through our minds daily,…
DEVOTIONS – TUESDAY MARCH 3, 2020
Hebrews 10:22 (NIV) …let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith…. When life tries to beat us down with discouragement there are things that we can do. Hebrews is replete with “let us” phrases meant to teach us how to rightly respond to hardships. Do you draw near to God or isolate yourself? What is your default coping skill? Is it helpful or does it make things worse? Have you learned how to…
DEVOTIONS – MONDAY MARCH 2, 2020
Hebrews 4:14 (NIV) Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. The writer of Hebrews wrote to encourage the persecuted new believers who faced such hardships that they wondered if their faith in Jesus Christ was worth it. When life hits us with crushing blows and there seems to be no answer, Hebrews reminds us that Jesus is our advocate.…
DEVOTIONS – SATURDAY FEBRUARY 29, 2020
Matthew 6:13 (KJVS) …For thine is the kingdom… God’s Kingdom is both future and present (Luke 12:32). The fullest expression is coming; but the Spirit is at work today as we submit to God’s rule in our lives. Do you live for Him on Sunday alone or does He rule in your heart every day of the week? Begin and end your day by praying: “Jesus be the Lord of every Kingdom of my heart.”
DEVOTIONS – FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2020
I Peter 5:6 (NLT) So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time He will lift you up in honor. When we have prayed in faith we can rest firm in our confidence that God has heard us. He will attend to all the issues; and even when we don’t see our preferred timing in the answer, keep in mind that His purposes are not being lost. Human nature rests in the power of the…
DEVOTIONS – THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2020
II Peter 2:9 (NLT) The Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials… “A clear translation of Matthew 6:13 shows that Jesus actually directed us to pray: Father, should we at any point be led into any temptation, test or trial, we want to come out delivered and victorious.” Any circumstances designed to lead us astray obviously do not come from the Lord (James 1:13-14). But the reality of everyday life confronts us with challenges and trials, which…
DEVOTIONS – WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Mark 11:25 (NIV) And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. Those who have received forgiveness need to be forgiving toward others. Christ asks us to go the extra mile and take on the role of reconciler—just as He did for us when He reconciled us to the Father. “The effects of sin and Satan’s discord in our lives makes us all terribly vulnerable…
DEVOTIONS – TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2020
I John 1:9 (NLT) But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. Not one of us is flawless. Selfishness and pride grow all too easily in our hearts. “Sin is an inherited inclination in us all, and it needs to be forgiven.” Jesus taught us to pray for forgiveness—not to remind us of our sinful nature as much as to “keep us from…
DEVOTIONS – MONDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Matthew 6:12 (NLT) …and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us. Jesus teaches us that if we do not live in “God’s dimension of release and forgiveness toward others, we will inevitably become an obstruction to our own life, growth and fruitfulness.” Forgiving faith works both ways. We must confess our own violations against God, and we must forgive others who we believe have violated us. Forgiveness is a primary, essential truth to…
DEVOTIONS – SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2020
Deuteronomy 33:25 (NIV) As your days, so shall your strength be. When we pray, “Give us this day our daily bread,” we find in the Lord a strength proportionate to each day’s needs. “Whatever challenges a day holds—confrontations, difficulties, even tragedies—we will receive the strength to face them. Just as we derive physical strength and nourishment from eating daily bread, so we will gain spiritual strength and nourishment when we learn the wisdom of acknowledging our dependency upon the Father—and…
DEVOTIONS – FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Matthew 6:11(NIV) Give us today our daily bread. This supplication shows our need to learn an accountability for each day’s hours and events. Jesus is teaching us to ask for the Father’s direction and provision in every event and during each hour of our day. “Committing each day’s details to God in prayer—requesting today’s bread—can deliver us from pointless pursuits and wasted time.” Such prayer paves the way to victorious days. “Daily bread” prayer is “daily victory” and “daily overcoming” …
DEVOTIONS – THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Psalm 90:12 (NLT) Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. This is a “sound-minded request for wisdom to recognize how few days we have and how much we need to employ them wisely. The psalmist also says, My times are in Your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies (Ps. 31:15). What wisdom! When we put our day in God’s hands, any enemy we face can be conquered. Whether…
DEVOTIONS – WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Matthew 4:4 (NIV) Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” When Jesus prayed, “Give us this day our daily bread,” He was talking about more than having enough food or having our physical needs met. He was inviting us to come to the Father daily for refreshing, renewal and nourishment for both soul and body. We must recognize our dependency on the Lord…
Membership
If you’re ready to take the next step here at WEAG and make us your home, email amy@weag.org to be added to the list for our next Membership Celebration! The upcoming date is to be determined. In this gathering, we discuss church history, polity and what’s required to be an official WEAG member.
DEVOTIONS – TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Luke 19:13 (KJV) And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, “Occupy till I come.” The promise of Christ’s future Kingdom “must not keep us from possessing the dimensions of victory that God has for us now.” We must not neglect our prayer responsibilities but “occupy” by drawing on the resources of God’s Kingdom and power and reach into the realm of the invisible through prayer and change one circumstance after another. It…
DEVOTIONS – MONDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Genesis 1:28 (MSG) God blessed them (Adam and Eve): “Prosper! Reproduce! Fill the earth! Take charge (KJV: have dominion). Jesus prayed, “Your will be done.” And He teaches us to pray for the reinstatement of God’s will on earth as in heaven. “Most of the confusion, agony and distress in our world today exists as a direct result of our having betrayed God’s initial entrusting of earth to us.” We violated our God-given responsibility at the fall of man and…
DEVOTIONS – SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2020
Matthew 6:10 (NIV) Your kingdom come, your will be done… Prayer is not getting God to do what we want. Rather, people “need to invite God’s rule and power into the affairs of their lives through prayer. For if humans will not pray, God’s rule in their circumstances is forfeited. This thought runs counter to the common supposition that if God wants to do something, He will do it. This sorry strain of fatalism infests most minds. But the…
Resources
A library of various resources for individuals, groups, churches, and organizations is coming. For now… The Tech We Use
The Tech We Use
Recognizing that WEAG is a part of the global body of Jesus Christ, we publish this list of the tech tools we use for communications and media in hopes that other churches will find the right tool for their needs. Communications Website WordPress Divi Church Themes MonsterInsights – Highly detailed website analytics. Maps Marker Pro Forminator Marketing GetResponse – Online data entry forms, email collection, and automated email messaging. Offers non-profits 30%-50% off their Plus plan. 30-day trial option. MailChimp…
DEVOTIONS – FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2020
II Corinthians 3:18 (NASB) But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. Encounters with God on a regular basis bring transformation—the conforming of our wills to God’s and the shaping of our lives into His likeness. We must respond to the Word of God, obey the Holy Spirit and walk in daily obedience; …
DEVOTIONS – THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Psalm 22:3 (NASB) Yet You are holy, O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel. This verse helps explain “why worship is so important and so potentially transforming of our lives and circumstances. It teaches that through worship, God’s people may literally make an earthly place for Him to be enthroned in the midst of them. We see that the dynamic objective of worship is not simply an exercise in religious forms; instead, worship is God’s assigned way…
Baby Dedications
Here at WEAG | Church, we celebrate life and the responsibility we have as parents, family, friends and church community to raise up children who know the Lord and will one day accept Him as Lord and Savior, follow Him and make more and better disciples. A baby dedication ceremony is an opportunity for parents to publicly proclaim their faith in Jesus and their commitment to pass their faith on to their children. It also provides an opportunity for…
Baptism
ARE YOU READY TO TAKE YOUR NEXT SPIRITUAL STEP? Baptism is such an important and exciting step in your faith. This is the moment you get to make your faith public and let the whole community celebrate with you! If you’d like to be baptized, register through the button below! Interested or have questions? Contact Mac Dunn! MAC DUNN · COMMUNITY LIFE ASSISTANT mdunn@weag.org · 804-256-7181
DEVOTIONS – WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2020
I Peter 1:15-16 (MSG) As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy.” Jesus taught his disciples to pray: Hallowed by Your name. In these words we are invited to experience the transforming power of prayer. The throne of God is an actual place—not some mysterious place “up there somewhere.” John describes it (Rev. 4:8) and tells…
DEVOTIONS – TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2020
I Thessalonians 5:5 (NLT) For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night. “Nothing is more crippling to effective prayer than not having confidence in our relationship with God.” When Jesus taught His disciples how to pray, He began with the words: Our Father… “We are given grounds for confidence in prayer on the strength of a Father-child relationship, which the Bible says is established and secured through Christ (I…
DEVOTIONS – MONDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2020
I Thessalonians 5:17 (MSG) Pray all the time. To pray all the time is to live in constant contact with the life flow of God, to live in continual communion with Him. Prayer is the one discipline over and under every other spiritual practice. Few thinking people, (even those who deny the existence of God) deny that there is something to this practice of prayer. The materialist and the Eastern mystic describe prayer as quiet creative reasoning or transcendent…
DEVOTIONS – SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2020
Psalm 139:23-24 (MSG) Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. The prayer for self-examination evokes a sense of dread. We are inviting God to help US know ourselves better (He already knows us best and loves us most). Only under God’s steady gaze of love are we able to find the healing and restoration…
DEVOTIONS – FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2020
I Kings 19:7 (NLT) Then the angel of the Lord came again and touched (Elijah) and said, “Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you.” The angel helped Elijah pay attention to the condition of his body as the vehicle that would enable him to take the journey that lay ahead. If he did not care for his body, the journey into the presence of God would be too much for him. …
DEVOTIONS – THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2020
I Thessalonians 5:17 (NLT) Never stop praying. All of life can be prayer because there are so many ways for us to connect with God. Solitude and silence help us experience the more contemplative elements of prayer. Lectio-divina is a way to pray the scriptures. The prayer of examine is our expression to God to search us and reveal to us the things we need to understand about ourselves. “Discernment is the listening part of prayer: sitting with a question…
DEVOTIONS – WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Romans 8:26b (MSG) …God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. The Holy Spirit is the One who really knows how to pray. Be alert for the “breath prayers” that emerge deep within you. They are “words that find their way to the surface from the depths of your soul…
DEVOTIONS – TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit (NIV). With less of you there is more of God and His rule (MSG). Have you discovered wordless prayer? It is when we come to God with no agenda. “Half the time we don’t even know what we need; we just come with a sense of our own spiritual poverty.” Emptiness is the prerequisite for receiving. “Rather than working so hard to put everything into words, we rest from the noise…
DEVOTIONS – MONDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2020
Song of Solomon 2:10 (MSG) My lover has arrived and he’s speaking to me! “Get up, my dear friend, fair and beautiful lover—come to me! Prayer at its best “requires letting go into that relational free-fall that we call intimacy, giving ourselves fully and openly and vulnerably to God.” We cry out for Him, yet resist at the same time because we sense risk. “As long as we continue to reduce prayer to occasional piety we keep running away…