Storyside Church

John 14:15 If you love me, keep my commands. Do my ACTIONS say that I love God? 1 John 3:18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. 1 John 1:6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. Does my HEART say that I love God? Matthew 15:8 “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are...

John 1:42 — Then Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas.” (“Cephas” means “Peter.”) Matthew 16 15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by...

Am I trustworthy? Do I trust those around me? Where do I place my trust? Psalm 20:7 — Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Do I trust God? Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. What is the area in your life that you are strugg...

Psalm 150 1 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his Temple! Praise him in heaven, his strong fortress! 2 Praise him for the great things he does! Praise him for all his greatness! 3 Praise him with trumpets and horns! Praise him with harps and lyres! 4 Praise him with tambourines and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flutes! 5 Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with crashing cymba...

Who are your friends? What is a friend? Why do you need friends? Are you a good friend? Are you friendly? Proverbs 12:26 — Good people are careful about choosing their friends, but evil people always choose the wrong ones. James 4:4 — You people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving what the world has is the same as hating God. So anyone who wants to be friends with this evil world...

Storms can get our attention. Storms can show us the fragility of life. Storms can help shape our lives. Luke 15 4 If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? 8 Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp and sweep the e...

When We Worship, God Will Work! Where is Your There? Are You Stuck in the Middle? Perhaps You Were Made for this The Best Place to Live is on a Prayer!

YOU ARE NOT ALONE ISAIAH ‭41:9-10‬ ‭ 9 I have called you back from the ends of the earth, saying, ‘You are my servant.’ For I have chosen you and will not throw you away. 10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. YOU BELONG PSALM 100:3 Know that the Lord is God— he made us; w...

“I don’t wanna live without your love…” - Chicago Underestimated Outcomes What am I underestimating? Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you would ever want to pay. Undesired Outcomes Lawrence H. Pfaff, Sr. was born in Belmont, NY, on April 16, 1941. He passed away on June 27, 2022, living a long life, much longer than he des...

Always Another What are inner voices telling you? I am the subject of depressions of spirit so fearful that I hope none of you ever gets to such extremes of wretchedness as I go to. — Charles Spurgeon 2 Corinthians 10 4 We fight with weapons that are different from those the world uses. Our weapons have power from God. These weapons can destroy the enemy’s strong places. We destroy men’s arguments...

The Broken Road Who is to blame for your brokenness? Lost Direction Lost Dreams Lost Time What have you lost in life? Our life is full of brokenness — broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God's faithful presence in our lives. Psalm 34:18 — The Lord is close to th...

For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44 The devil does evil things. Thelete Poiein The devil is a murderer. Anthropoktonos — A man-slayer Th...

Pentecost But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. John 14:26 John 16 7 But I tell you I am going to do what is best for you. This is why I am going away. The Holy Spirit cannot come to help you until I leave. But after I am gone, I will send the Spirit to you. 8 The Spirit will come and...

Has our society created spaces for snakes in our lives? Snakes are secretive. Are you in a “season” that’s “susceptible” to a snake attack? The enemy will attempt to wait you out? Sexually Financially Seasonally Positionally Emotionally And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil. Ephesians 4:26-27 Hurt...

There’s A Snake In The House Genesis 3:1-5 ESV 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the...

Each relationship that we have will nurture a strength or a weakness within us. Jude 1 3 Dear friends, I wanted very much to write to you about the salvation we all share together. But I felt the need to write to you about something else: I want to encourage you to fight hard for the faith that God gave his holy people. God gave this faith once, and it is good for all time. 4 Some people have secr...

Do you always seem to be in a hurry? Do you always seem to be pressed for time? Has anyone (that cares for you) ever asked you to slow down? Do you feel guilty when you do rest or relax? Do your priorities ever get out of order? I will be happy when… Luke 10 38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister call...

Often, the worst excuse, is a good excuse. — John Maxwell Proverbs 18:19 — A brother offended is harder to win over than a fortified city, And contentions [separating families] are like the bars of a castle. Hebrews 12:15 — Look after each other so that not one of you will fail to find God’s best blessings. Watch out that no bitterness takes root among you, for as it springs up it causes deep trou...

Matthew 22 36 “Teacher,” he asked, “which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and the most important commandment. 39 The second most important commandment is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ Love God Love Others Love Yourself Matthew 3 16 As...

Isaiah 53:6 — All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all. 1 Peter 2 24 Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and start living for what is right. And we are healed because of his wounds.  25 You were like sheep that went the wrong way. But now you have...

Why would I want the Holy Spirit? Do I need the Holy Spirit? Have I submitted my life to the Holy Spirit? Acts 1 4 Being assembled with them, He commanded them, “Do not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, of which you have heard from Me. 5 For John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6 So when they had come togethe...

How healthy is my thought life? Do I let things get to me? Do I let them get in my head?  Am I allowing (entertaining) too many toxic thoughts?  Genesis 6:5 — The Lord saw that the people on the earth were very evil. He saw that they thought only about evil things all the time.  Proverbs 15:26 — The Lord hates evil thoughts, but he is pleased with kind words. Ecclesiastes 9:3 — Of all the things t...