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The starting line of a marathon... a place of enthusiasm and excitement. But mid-way through the race, runners start to stumble, falter, even quit. For many, the lack of appropriate fuel is their downfall. True in a marathon. True in the Christian life. The beginning of the journey of following Jesus is full of energy and excitement. But how do we keep going? How do we finish the race God has marked out for us? Jesus gives his followers the race plan, the way he wants us to run this race we call life. Some of Jesus’ most powerful and demanding instruction about how he wants us to run. We call it the Sermon on the Mount. And it begins with Jesus providing us the only fuel that can keep us running - the whole race - with power and joy. And that fuel is grace. The grace of Jesus… It’s not just for the start It’s not just for the final push to the finish The grace of Jesus is the only energy source powerful enough to propel us through the beginning, middle, and end of our journey. Only Jesus’ gra

The starting line of a marathon... a place of enthusiasm and excitement. But mid-way through the race, runners start to stumble, falter, even quit. For many, the lack of appropriate fuel is their downfall. True in a marathon. True in the Christian life. The beginning of the journey of following Jesus is full of energy and excitement. But how do we keep going? How do we finish the race God has marked out for us? Jesus gives his followers the race plan, the way he wants us to run this race we call life. Some of Jesus’ most powerful and demanding instruction about how he wants us to run. We call it the Sermon on the Mount. And it begins with Jesus providing us the only fuel that can keep us running - the whole race - with power and joy. And that fuel is grace. The grace of Jesus… It’s not just for the start It’s not just for the final push to the finish The grace of Jesus is the only energy source powerful enough to propel us through the beginning, middle, and end of our journey. Only Jesus’ grace can help us

The starting line of a marathon... a place of enthusiasm and excitement. But mid-way through the race, runners start to stumble, falter, even quit. For many, the lack of appropriate fuel is their downfall. True in a marathon. True in the Christian life. The beginning of the journey of following Jesus is full of energy and excitement. But how do we keep going? How do we finish the race God has marked out for us? Jesus gives his followers the race plan, the way he wants us to run this race we call life. Some of Jesus’ most powerful and demanding instruction about how he wants us to run. We call it the Sermon on the Mount. And it begins with Jesus providing us the only fuel that can keep us running - the whole race - with power and joy. And that fuel is grace. The grace of Jesus… It’s not just for the start It’s not just for the final push to the finish The grace of Jesus is the only energy source powerful enough to propel us through the beginning, middle, and end of our journey. Only Jesus’ grac

Stories From the Seats: Greta Magee by Orchard Hill Church

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PART 6 - Derailed: Service - Brian Steenhoek by Orchard Hill Church

Our lives can be pictured as two rails. One rail represents the joys set before us as gifts from God. The other rail represents the pains, struggles and disappointments that are part of living in a broken world. We are often on both rails at the same time. Grandpa dies the same week his first grandchild is born. A family feels great joy at a Christmas Eve service and leaves to go visit mom at the hospice house. My marriage is everything I’ve always dreamed but we cannot seem to get pregnant. I’ve just graduated with honors and I cannot find a job. It looks like I’ll be going back home for a time. Every life gets derailed at some point. The derailment can be a tragedy, a deep loss or even a serious disappointment. The derailment requires a journey to get back on the tracks. The journey may have 6 stages: Shock, Sorrow, Struggle, Surrender, Sanctification and Service. Often people get stuck especially in the gap between struggle and surrender. These six stages of the derailment journey can take y

Our lives can be pictured as two rails. One rail represents the joys set before us as gifts from God. The other rail represents the pains, struggles and disappointments that are part of living in a broken world. We are often on both rails at the same time. Grandpa dies the same week his first grandchild is born. A family feels great joy at a Christmas Eve service and leaves to go visit mom at the hospice house. My marriage is everything I’ve always dreamed but we cannot seem to get pregnant. I’ve just graduated with honors and I cannot find a job. It looks like I’ll be going back home for a time. Every life gets derailed at some point. The derailment can be a tragedy, a deep loss or even a serious disappointment. The derailment requires a journey to get back on the tracks. The journey may have 6 stages: Shock, Sorrow, Struggle, Surrender, Sanctification and Service. Often people get stuck especially in the gap between struggle and surrender. These six stages of the derailment journey can take y

Our lives can be pictured as two rails. One rail represents the joys set before us as gifts from God. The other rail represents the pains, struggles and disappointments that are part of living in a broken world. We are often on both rails at the same time. Grandpa dies the same week his first grandchild is born. A family feels great joy at a Christmas Eve service and leaves to go visit mom at the hospice house. My marriage is everything I’ve always dreamed but we cannot seem to get pregnant. I’ve just graduated with honors and I cannot find a job. It looks like I’ll be going back home for a time. Every life gets derailed at some point. The derailment can be a tragedy, a deep loss or even a serious disappointment. The derailment requires a journey to get back on the tracks. The journey may have 6 stages: Shock, Sorrow, Struggle, Surrender, Sanctification and Service. Often people get stuck especially in the gap between struggle and surrender. These six stages of the derailment journey can take y

Our lives can be pictured as two rails. One rail represents the joys set before us as gifts from God. The other rail represents the pains, struggles and disappointments that are part of living in a broken world. We are often on both rails at the same time. Grandpa dies the same week his first grandchild is born. A family feels great joy at a Christmas Eve service and leaves to go visit mom at the hospice house. My marriage is everything I’ve always dreamed but we cannot seem to get pregnant. I’ve just graduated with honors and I cannot find a job. It looks like I’ll be going back home for a time. Every life gets derailed at some point. The derailment can be a tragedy, a deep loss or even a serious disappointment. The derailment requires a journey to get back on the tracks. The journey may have 6 stages: Shock, Sorrow, Struggle, Surrender, Sanctification and Service. Often people get stuck especially in the gap between struggle and surrender. These six stages of the derailment journey can take y

Our lives can be pictured as two rails. One rail represents the joys set before us as gifts from God. The other rail represents the pains, struggles and disappointments that are part of living in a broken world. We are often on both rails at the same time. Grandpa dies the same week his first grandchild is born. A family feels great joy at a Christmas Eve service and leaves to go visit mom at the hospice house. My marriage is everything I’ve always dreamed but we cannot seem to get pregnant. I’ve just graduated with honors and I cannot find a job. It looks like I’ll be going back home for a time. Every life gets derailed at some point. The derailment can be a tragedy, a deep loss or even a serious disappointment. The derailment requires a journey to get back on the tracks. The journey may have 6 stages: Shock, Sorrow, Struggle, Surrender, Sanctification and Service. Often people get stuck especially in the gap between struggle and surrender. These six stages of the derailment journey can take y

We find true hope at the empty tomb of Jesus. The message of Easter really matters as we face our own death or the death of our loved ones. Join us as we focus upon hope for this life and the next!

The apostle Paul was the original church planter. He established so many churches in the early days, and much of what we call the New Testament is made up of letters Paul wrote to the churches he started and cared for. His letter to the Philippians is one of these letters. Paul writes from a jail cell. Jailed for his Christian faith, he writes to his friends at the church in Philippi and imparts several things: That he loves them and prays for them That he is content and even joyful while in jail because he believes his suffering connects him with Jesus, and while imprisoned he has a “captive” audience as he shares the Gospel of Jesus. That they are to live humbly like Jesus in this world, and therefore, to shine like stars. That they are to trust in Jesus’ goodness alone, and not in their own religious accomplishments. That, through Christ, they can be content, at peace, and full of joy no matter what their circumstances might be. This is Paul’s most joy-filled letter, overflowing with encouragement, tendern

The apostle Paul was the original church planter. He established so many churches in the early days, and much of what we call the New Testament is made up of letters Paul wrote to the churches he started and cared for. His letter to the Philippians is one of these letters. Paul writes from a jail cell. Jailed for his Christian faith, he writes to his friends at the church in Philippi and imparts several things: That he loves them and prays for them That he is content and even joyful while in jail because he believes his suffering connects him with Jesus, and while imprisoned he has a “captive” audience as he shares the Gospel of Jesus. That they are to live humbly like Jesus in this world, and therefore, to shine like stars. That they are to trust in Jesus’ goodness alone, and not in their own religious accomplishments. That, through Christ, they can be content, at peace, and full of joy no matter what their circumstances might be. This is Paul’s most joy-filled letter, overflowing with encouragement, tendern

The apostle Paul was the original church planter. He established so many churches in the early days, and much of what we call the New Testament is made up of letters Paul wrote to the churches he started and cared for. His letter to the Philippians is one of these letters. Paul writes from a jail cell. Jailed for his Christian faith, he writes to his friends at the church in Philippi and imparts several things: That he loves them and prays for them That he is content and even joyful while in jail because he believes his suffering connects him with Jesus, and while imprisoned he has a “captive” audience as he shares the Gospel of Jesus. That they are to live humbly like Jesus in this world, and therefore, to shine like stars. That they are to trust in Jesus’ goodness alone, and not in their own religious accomplishments. That, through Christ, they can be content, at peace, and full of joy no matter what their circumstances might be. This is Paul’s most joy-filled letter, overflowing with encouragement, tendern

The apostle Paul was the original church planter. He established so many churches in the early days, and much of what we call the New Testament is made up of letters Paul wrote to the churches he started and cared for. His letter to the Philippians is one of these letters. Paul writes from a jail cell. Jailed for his Christian faith, he writes to his friends at the church in Philippi and imparts several things: That he loves them and prays for them That he is content and even joyful while in jail because he believes his suffering connects him with Jesus, and while imprisoned he has a “captive” audience as he shares the Gospel of Jesus. That they are to live humbly like Jesus in this world, and therefore, to shine like stars. That they are to trust in Jesus’ goodness alone, and not in their own religious accomplishments. That, through Christ, they can be content, at peace, and full of joy no matter what their circumstances might be. This is Paul’s most joy-filled letter, overflowing with encouragement, tendern