Elevation Point Church

We live in a headline society. Many times, we pass along articles without even reading them, all based on the headline. When Mary and Joseph found out that Mary was pregnant with Jesus, it was a scandalous headline. Based on the headline, it wasn’t good news. The same is true for many of us — based on the headlines of our lives, it’s not good news. However, as we know — there was more to the story...

God always gives His children instructions of how to handle whatever it is they face. Whether it’s through His Word, through the leading of the Holy Spirit, or through another follower of Jesus — He leads us. The problem, however, is that sometimes…those instructions don’t make sense. And yet, it’s generally the instructions that make the least sense to our natural minds that bring about the most...

Everyone wants to see miracles take place in their lives, but not everyone is willing to do what’s required to see them. Jesus gives instructions, and we obey. As we obey, we see the fulfillment of what He has said. And then once He brings about all He promised, our responsibility doesn’t stop there. The Leper in Luke 17 that returned to praise Jesus and thank Him was the one who Jesus said was ma...

Miracles and blessings are wonderful, and we should celebrate when they take place in our lives. However, they should not be our primary pursuit. Whenever a miracle from the Lord becomes our pursuit, rather than the presence of the Lord — we’ve missed the point. We must be careful not to become entitled and take the gifts and blessings of the Lord for granted. When He performs the miracles we desi...

When it comes to believing for miracles in our lives, we have ideas of how God can move. We know of ways he’s done it before for us, our family, our friends, and others. Because of this, we tend to make plans based on what’s common when it comes to God’s past miracles. The thing about God, however, is that He is consistent in showing up — but that doesn’t mean He’s consistent in the way he goes ab...

We’d all agree that life would be easier if there were never any attacks or reasons to fear. The reality, however, is that will never be the case. Attacks will happen. Attacks from the enemy, people, and sometimes ourselves. But just because something arises to bring fear, that doesn’t mean it gets to win. Paul experienced a snake bite in Acts 28 — he experienced an attack — but even though the sn...

Fear and worry cause us to overcomplicate what God has really made simple. We begin to look for answers, and we overlook the solution God has already spoken. Because when we face earthly battles, it’s easy to believe that we need an earthly solution. This only causes us to overcomplicate things that God has already handled on our behalf.

When Jesus was preparing to ascend to heaven after His resurrection, He told the disciples that He was leaving them His peace. Jesus knew that the disciples would face scary days ahead, just like He knew we would face difficult days. There are legitimate reasons to fear all around us…when we try to face it on our own. Jesus said — rather than trying to face fear with things you think will bring pe...

Fear arises when we lose our confidence. We lose our confidence when we lose our faith. This is almost never done intentionally, but it takes place when we begin to trust in the wrong things. For many of us, it’s not that we’ve completely lost our confidence — it’s that we’ve put our confidence in the wrong things. Life isn’t easy…the life of a follower of isn’t easy. The enemy is always busy, and...

It seems as if there are always reasons to fear, always reasons to be afraid. We feel weak, and we automatically assume we’ll fail. We get a bad report from the doctor, and we automatically assume the worst. We lose our job, and we automatically are tempted to believe we’re going to lose everything. However, it doesn’t matter what it looks like — it matters what God said. In His word, He told us t...

All throughout the Bible we are instructed to control our words. This is even more important in times where we may be upset, discouraged, or hurt. The more we speak, the more we risk saying the wrong things. Our response to this is often, “I didn’t mean it.” But the Bible also says, “out of the heart, the mouth speaks.” This gives all the more reason for us to guard what we allow ourselves to say....

Trusting in God is easy to say but often difficult to do. The reason it’s difficult is because it generally involves unknown moments, scary moments, and uncertain moments. While most followers of Jesus would claim they fully trust in God, their actions reveal the opposite. At the very least, their actions reveal a limited trust. Yet, in order to fully embrace God’s plan, purpose, and direction — i...

God is always leading and directing. For many of us, we listen and obey His voice once…maybe twice. We follow one instruction, and then we feel good about ourselves. And because we’ve become so comfortable, we’re no longer listening to his guidance or direction. So when he gives us another instruction to go to another place where He will provide, we miss it. And then we wonder why those areas of o...

Zacchaeus had an undesirable reputation. He was known to be a shady tax collector and crook, among other things. We all have our undesirable characteristics or past events that we’re not proud of. When we allow those things to become what we focus on, or our identity, then we begin to believe the lie that the goodness and grace of Jesus doesn’t apply to us. While we may not verbally admit it, the...

There are seasons of waiting, and then there are seasons of moving. While seasons of waiting bring their own challenges of patience, trust, and peace…seasons of moving can be even more difficult. While we’re waiting, we can talk about doing great things for the Lord. However, when it’s time to move into those moments, we have to actually do great things for the Lord. And that is when fear and disc...

Being told to leave a stronghold doesn’t make sense. A stronghold was/is a safe place for David during his time running from Saul. If someone told us to leave a place we felt completely safe, we’d question them as well. And yet, that’s exactly what the prophet, Gad, told David to do. Because sometimes, the place of isolation that we think keeps us safe and protected, turns into the most dangerous...

In James 1, he tells us that we are to be joyful, even in the midst of our greatest trials. This is the opposite of the way we live our lives. We live in such a way that when things go how we want, we’re happy. And when things don’t go how we want, we’re not. However, with Jesus, the reason we find joy in trials is because we know that nothing is wasted with Him. As we persevere, we grow and are s...