Sermon Series:The SOARer's Prayer

One night a little over a hundred years ago, a woman—she was a Christ-follower—this woman couldn’t sleep. It was well past her usual bedtime, but she couldn’t rest—because some unexplainable reason she felt overwhelmed with fear. At that same precise moment, her husband, Colonel Archibald Gracie, was about 400 miles to the east crossing the […]

How many of you have heard the story of George Washington and the cherry tree? Tell the truth now! Sure, we all have—and in case you’ve forgotten it, the pun I just made is from a story about when Washington was six years old he received a hatchet as a gift. He tried it out […]

For thousands of years people have been eating bread—and during those multiple millennias a wide variety of types of this staple food have developed. For example, there’s Arepa bread which is popular in Venezuala and Columbia. As you can see, it flat and round. It can be baked, fried or cooked on a charcoal grill, […]

This week I did a little “google research” on campaign promises—things people who wanted to become President—people who wanted to be in charge—said they would do if they were elected. For example, in 1928 at the height of the Great Depression, Herbert Hoover said if he were in charge of the country there would be […]

Shasta’s encounter with the Lion – Aslan, the King of kings – did not so much change his circumstances as it did his perspective on them.  He no longer felt sorry for himself and looked at his misfortunes in a different light.  This is a beautiful picture of what happens when we encounter God through prayer.  Encountering God through prayer changes us.