Run to the Wilderness II: Moses

In this week’s continuation of the Run to the Wilderness series, we learn about Moses’ first journey into the wilderness and how God chose to connect to him and use him not in the season of plenty, but in his season of lack.     [Part 1, Part 3, Part 4]

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Run to the Wilderness I: Hagar

These days, most of us don’t go out of our way to go camping. Being away from the comforts of your home like a warm bed, electricity, and entertainment isn’t something most of us would willingly sign up for. The wilderness is not our favorite place to be… but maybe running into the wilderness isn’t […]

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Out With The Old (…Just Kidding!)

As people, we can become sentimental about things of zero consequence. An old sweater, your favorite shoes — things we’ve outgrown and can’t use anymore. It can be like that with habit patterns, ways of thinking, and relationships, too. Paul wrote to the Ephesians to encourage and correct them in their walk and in chapter […]

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Homecoming 2017

Homecoming is a tradition in many Southern churches. Past and present members of the faith community come together to worship, hear God’s Word, and fellowship around wonderful food. It’s a time to renew familiar relationships and make new acquaintances. This year Maranatha celebrated its 40th Homecoming celebration. The four pastors who have led Maranatha since […]

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The Struggle Is Real

Laundry, school work, fatigue — life can be hard! In fact, Jesus told us that in this life we would have trouble. But James, His brother, encouraged us to consider our trials as “pure joy”. In this message from James 1, Pastor Ben challenges the congregation to consider a different perspective when the trials in life come […]

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Worshipping Freedom Or Freedom To Worship

Taboo is a game that involves getting your teammates to say a word without saying other specific ‘”connected” words to describe it — all while still trying to get your meaning across. And just like in the game, in our lives there are unspoken things across cultures that we all know not to say or do. The Messianic […]

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Right Place, Wrong Position

A GPS is handy device that can sometimes get us to the right area, but not quite the exact place we want to be in. Using the story of Eutychus in Acts 20, Pastor Ben encourages the congregation to consider where we are ‘positioned’ in our relationship with the Lord and to reach out to […]

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Fire

In the Word of God, the use of and reference to fire is consistent. The fire of God draws Moses into His presence in a bush, set ablaze but not consumed (Exodus 3), a pillar of fire that leads the Israelites through the desert at night (Exodus 13), the baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire […]

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Restless

Being restless is uncomfortable and usually not a feeling we find great joy in experiencing, but consider, for a moment, that being restless might be the very thing that can push you to being all you’re called to be. In this week’s message, we go to Genesis 27 and hear about how the birthright and […]

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