Loving One Another“Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us a...  Read More

It is God's job to save.It is our job to unashamedly bring the Gospel to others.It is everyone's opportunity to believe.We should have no doubt that God will do his part.So let's keep doing our part and prayingthat those who see and hear the Gospel will be ready to believe it!At NLC, we transform lives through Jesus Christ. The Gospel is where it starts. TUESDAY-FRIDAY, AUGUST 1-410 a.m. - Noon - ...  Read More

Last week I talked about some common themes that, we as a group discussed while we were at the Summit. One theme that stood out was flaws. Everyone of us has those character defects or flaws that pop up in our lives. For me it seems like just when I thinkI have got life handled, BOOM! I’m reminded that I am human.Accepting our Flaws.Romans 3:23 says, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glo...  Read More

I get a verse on my phone every day from the YouVersion Bible app.The daily verse for Tuesday, the 25th, was Romans 15:4."For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope."This verse immediately connected me with our own month's memory verse!It also gave me another remin...  Read More

Strength and Grace in CommunityThis past week myself, and seven other men and women had the opportunity to spend three days at the Celebrate Recovery Summit in Lake Forest CA. Their were 3000 to 4000 people there, that were in some part of Recovering from there own hurts, habits and hang ups. Everyday our group sat down and talked about how God showed up in their lives that day. Each day it seemed...  Read More

Embracing Grace in RecoveryEphesians 2:8-9 - "God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.“‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭8‬-‭10‬ ‭NLT‬‬Having received grace, one would understand that it is not something that we earn or deserve. God freely gives His grace to...  Read More