Mill Creek Church

Pain and trouble in life will come and how we navigate those moments says a great deal about our trust in God. Through the story of Joseph, we discover a belief that God works all things—even calamity—for his glory and our good. Even when it might not make sense, can we still trust Him?

Sometimes our faith journey can feel like wandering in the wilderness. We don't know where we are, where we are going or if God even cares. Has he abandoned us? Punishing us? Through the story of Moses, we discover that God hears his people and will not leave them without a rescuer. Following God does not mean we will never have doubts. Instead, it calls us to trust him rather than ourselves and t...

There is a real sickness that permeates the human existence. It causes us to compare our lives with others and be unsatisfied with what we have, where we live and who we are. It destroys relationships and our hearts. In a time of great disappointment, Paul shares about the power of learning contentment and most importantly, how contentment is not contingent on our circumstances but on God’s faithf...

Sometimes our spiritual lives feel like a series of peaks and valleys. One moment, we feel like we are soaring high; the next, we experience a crushing low. In the story of Elijah, we can discover that through our times of victory and of depression, God shows himself to be a faithful provider. Instead of just trying to fix the problem, what can we learn in the valley about ourselves and God?

We are not okay. But through Jesus, peace is available to us, regardless of our circumstances. This peace is not the cessation of hostilities from enemies, but rather the gift of calmness and confidence that comes from union with God and faith in him and his purposes. The peace that Jesus gives is grounded in God and not in circumstances. Even in our not okay, we can find peace.

The year 2020 was a worldwide struggle. Many people are still not okay—but we can all find a friend in Jesus, knowing that he had moments of not being okay too. Instead of hiding our struggle or pretending like we have it all together, we can be honest with God and trusted family and friends. God is okay with our "not okay" moments.

The idea of worship can be one of the most debated and misunderstood parts of following Jesus. Instead of rituals, locations and styles, Jesus offered a different picture. We can begin to worship God through our working and resting when we recognize that we can worship him in ALL things.

Followers of Jesus should honor the idea of Sabbath and a time to rest, even though we live in a “go, go, go” culture that demands productivity. Our main goal in understanding rest is knowing that it isn’t synonymous with laziness, but is actually a gift from God, meant for our overall health and well-being.

There is no doubt about the importance of work, rest, and worship when it comes to our lifestyles and how each affect our daily lives. We must work to eat, rest to keep going, and worship to glorify God and strengthen our relationship with him. Yet, striving to balance all these integral pieces can often feel overwhelming. But when we aim to find a rhythm in all three, we can begin to make progres...

We can become good at putting our words in God's mouth. We hear the ancient words of hope and promise of prosperity for God's people and believe we can put our plans ahead of His. While Jeremiah's message was written to a specific group of people, there is still an encouraging message for us. **There is some low buzz on this recording, we apologize for that.

Making snap judgments of people can be a bad habit most of us struggle with and it can be a not-so-great quality of Christians. If anyone has the right to judge, it's Jesus. Yet he came to save the world, not to condemn it. As we become more like Jesus, how do we learn to restore the people around us, not to destroy them?

The Bible is full of wisdom. People love to quote their favorite verses to encourage and inspire each other—but sometimes, those verses get taken out of context. If not careful, we can see the truth of God twisted and we can miss the truth that truly sets us free. As we kick off this series, Chris dives into some words of Jesus that can be discouraging if we miss the context of the real message.

There is more to this world than we can see. Beyond all that we are able to measure and understand is a spiritual world; a world that we can neither see nor touch, yet we feel its impact everyday. We live in a world in which an evil influence exists that deceives us and desires to ultimately lead us on a path of destruction. But we do not need to live in fear because God gives us all we need to st...

In his letter to the Ephesians, the apostle Paul drew from Jesus’ use of power what is perhaps the most powerful relational teaching of all—an instruction that changes everything in family dynamics. It all comes down to asking a simple question: What can I do to help?

As God is forming his followers into his masterpiece, they are called to shine as light in the darkness. Before God, we lived and walked in darkness. But he changes everything about us. We should live wisely, rejecting what displeases the Lord and embracing what pleases him. As we do, our light shines bright!

Following Jesus changes everything for us. Put off the old and put on the new. Paul’s solution to walk in this new way? Be an imitator of God! That imitation is seen in the love and forgiveness we offer to others, even to those undeserving. How is that even possible? We remember how undeserving we are of Christ's love and forgiveness.

Being any kind of leader can be a terrifying feeling. Each Christian, however, no matter their status in life, is called to be a spiritual leader in the lives of the next generation. As we celebrate dads, we remember the kind of impact they can make.

Instead of being trapped by the old ways, old thoughts and old habits, we can experience the freedom of new because of Jesus. In order to embrace our access to a new attitude and a new way of life, we must guard our thoughts and words because they determine our heart’s attitude and, therefore, our choices.

God’s idea of saving us is to transform us from the inside out so that we continue to grow in a relationship with him. Growth is a natural part of our faith journey - just as a parent desires their children to grow and mature into responsible adults - God desires us to grow. But growth takes effort and growing together in a faith community is a major part of God's plan.

Paul explains that the turning point of history is God’s plan of redemption made evident by Jesus Christ. The mystery was built up for generations, revealed in pieces through the Law and the Prophets, and now the culmination is this, that God would send his own Son to live, die, and rise again in order to save humanity. The church is now called to make God’s glorious riches known, to show that his...

Divisions and relational tensions have existed among people since sin entered our world. The beginnings of the church was no different. Conflict between Jewish and Gentile believers was a real issue but Paul reminds them that God reconciles people to each other through Jesus. When we are walking in fellowship with God, we can walk in fellowship with other believers in spite of our differences.

A part of knowing God is knowing how He sees us. God makes reconciliation with Him possible by making us alive when we were dead. He is an expert at restoring broken things, especially his beloved children. God doesn’t make mistakes, and makes each of us a display of his goodness and grace.

Society’s ever-changing expectations of what ideal motherhood looks like can be exhausting—especially to a woman who might feel she’s fighting an uphill battle on her own. The Old Testament books of Ruth and 1 Samuel include two examples that show us that God’s concern and care for mothers extends to all women, not just the ones society deems “ideal.”

We begin a new series through the book of Ephesians, discovering that Paul emphasizes God’s action at work in our lives both to restore us to himself and to restore our relationships with each other. The purpose of God was to bring all things together under Christ and knowing God better allows us to experience that purpose.

Too many people are consumed with worry and anxiety about what tomorrow might hold. This fear can be paralyzing. As Christians we believe that our loving heavenly Father is always looking out for us. He takes care of the birds of the air and the flowers of the field and that gives us confidence that he will take care of us too. There is no benefit from worry, in fact, anxiety only hurts us. We sho...