Chosen, therefore Comforted, Assured and Free
The elect are chosen in Christ, therefore comforted and assured of their eternal standing with God....
Keep ReadingFebruary 24, 2024 by Mike Sciarra
Love the Lord not the world....
November 18, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
Dear Christian, we seem too often to wrongly think that everything and everyone must align to please us, or all is loss and everything is a failure. This is painful idolatry and must be replaced with sincere worship....
September 2, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
When Jesus changes your heart, your motives and affections and desires change....
August 21, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
Rejoicing in Regeneration and Hope ...
August 18, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
People wonder all the time if they are really a believer. Sometimes other people see a person who says they are Christian and wonder if that is a true profession of faith. This can be for any number of reasons. But there is one specific way found in 2 Timothy 2:19 where are you can know if a person is truly a Christian....
August 17, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
Let’s pattern our baptisms and church membership as closely to the scriptural pattern as we can. Let's link baptism and church membership more closely. Let's see them as part of a unified process to glorify God, build up believers, and reach the world....
July 28, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
As we live a Christ-honoring life… Pure gospel living looks different than posing for pictures It stands in stark contrast to life lived under lights A sovereign God changes our motives The authoritative Word renews our minds ...
May 20, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
As I am alive, raised, and seated with Christ by God’s grace… 5 ongoing outcomes I observe about God’s grace towards me....
February 23, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
Has life put a lot of mileage on you? Are you weighed down by the toll it has taken? Are you weary? Are you troubled? Do you feel hopeless? There is hope of forgiveness in Jesus....
May 30, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Election, elect, comfort, assurance of salvation
The elect are chosen in Christ, therefore comforted and assured of their eternal standing with God....
Keep ReadingMay 8, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus Christ, Church, Community
We exist to...Glorify God through lives transformed by the Gospel...in Christ-Centered Community....
Keep ReadingMay 7, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: pastors, God's Word, preaching, Elders, Jesus, Vision
Tag-team preaching is not the norm. At best, it is a once-in-a-long-while way to present a unified front to a congregation and expose them to the entire pastor/elder leadership team in concentrated form. In the month of May at Grace Orange you'll hear our team preaching our new vision....
Keep ReadingMay 7, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Grace Orange Basics, Vision
What are we doing? Why are we doing it? How are we communicating it?...
Keep ReadingApril 17, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Mailbox, reminders, Jesus, family worship, devotions, bible, Prayer, Daily family worship, family devotions, spiritual leadership, God's Word and prayer
Here's my story of why my mailbox reminds me daily of something really important, a ministry that is often ignored, looked down upon and thought unimportant or just impossible. ...
Keep ReadingApril 16, 2014 by Mike Sciarra
Why should Jesus Christ be the focus of a Christian marriage? Actually the real question should be how can any marriage be considered Christian if it isn't focused on Christ?...
Keep ReadingApril 16, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Tags: Beware false teachers, sharing
Believers Must Beware, Believers Must Share...
Keep ReadingApril 16, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Sin, Forgiveness, Mercy, condemnation, salvation
I know that some people celebrate and condone sin. But most people I know, and most people that would show up to a church, feel more condemned for their sins....
Keep ReadingApril 11, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: John 3:16, Jesus, Cross, blood, Sin, Life, Forgiveness
John 3:16 is big. It is not light and fluffy, it is significant and weighty. It tells us the basis of the cross. It tells us why Jesus died in our place. It tells us why his precious blood was shed. And it gives us the answer for why we can have any hope of being saved. Nicodemus came to Jesus at night, because he was afraid of his fellow countrymen who hated Jesus. It is...
Keep ReadingMarch 24, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Peace of Christ, Gospel, freedom, slavery, clock, dollar, money, Time
Are you serving the clock and the dollar, or are they serving God's good gospel purposes? What's the reality in your life? Would you like to know how you can break free?...
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