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Hurricane Milton is headed toward our beloved Central Florida cities. Even the most hopeful models show it shooting straight across the Peninsula over Volusia County. The majority of people who attend GraceLife Church could possibly experience the very center of that storm passing over their home. We’ve been here before. Discussions have spun regarding whether to evacuat...

Back to the Beginning: What is parenting? How does it work? And why is it so hard?...

I told many lies about Mr. Rogers when I was growing up. “You know he’s a Navy Seal with dozens of confirmed kills, right? Skull and crossbones tattoos cover his arm; that’s why he wears that Cardigan sweater. Mr. Rogers could destroy Rambo.” I didn’t make those stories up. I heard them. But I believed every one of them. And like any kid in grade school with a sc...

I’m fortunate enough to live within easy access of several popular service stations. Circle K, WaWa, and Race Trac. When I pull in, if there’s a line of cars waiting, I’m instantly aggravated and begin to re-think my decision. If the gas price seems too high, I’m tempted to jet over to one of the others and check their rates. If the pump is going slow, I’m annoye...

I was saved at an early age. We started going to church, and I heard about being a Christian and if I confess my sins and ask Jesus into my heart, I would go to heaven. I believe in him and I remember really being on fire for him. I'd would tell my friends and family about Jesus, and wanted everyone to hear the good news.Over the next few years, I really started to stray f...

“Do not be conformed to this world.” That command—one of the firsts in Paul’s letter to the church in Rome—comes after 11 chapters of deep, rich, beautiful gospel doctrine. Paul has taken his readers on a voyage from the depths of human guilt and depravity that resulted in God’s wrath, to the heights of Jesus death and resurrection that has resulted in our f...

What part of your story do you share in 5 minutes when there is so much to share. The part of my story that I would like to share with you today is the part that haunted me for many years, it’s called Anxiety. Not just anxiety but crippling anxiety. Mayo Clinic describes anxiety as intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations. It can cause f...

“Discipling your child is not primarily your church’s job, your child’s school’s job, or your pastor’s job. This job is yours. This job is vital and requires your unique best... Making disciples at home is not ‘one more thing’ to add to your list of parental tasks. It is the thing, the primary mission and calling that should undergird every single interact...

“This is not at all how I thought God would work in my life.” Ever heard that one? Ever thought it yourself? God’s ways are strange. Inscrutable. That’s the word translators used in Romans 11:33. It’s a hunter’s term that means untraceable. You can’t track God. His ways are elusive and beyond us. They’re past finding out....

My name is Vitali. This is my story/testimony: Matthew 5:16 "In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." The Lord has always been very gracious to me. Looking back now, I can clearly see His plan being at work in my life, when He brought me from Russia to America 26 years ago. ...