New Life Fellowship

New Life Fellowship BELONG~BELIEVE~BECOME
Jesus made it simple. Love God, Love Others, Make Disciples. We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted. Sundays @ 10:45am

We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor, yo no habla Ingles. We extend a special welcome to those who are crying new-borns, skinny as a rail or could afford to lose a few pounds. We welcome you if you can sing like Andrea Bocelli or like our pastor who can’t carry a note in a bucket. You’re welcome here if you’re “just browsing,” just wok

e up or just got out of jail. We don’t care if you’re more Catholic than the Pope, or haven’t been in church since little Joey’s Baptism. We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome soccer moms, NASCAR dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome you if you’re having problems or you’re down in the dumps or if you don’t like “organized religion,” we’ve been there too. If you blew all your offering money at the casino, you’re welcome here. We offer a special welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or because grandma is in town and wanted to go to church. We welcome those who are inked, pierced or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down your throat as a kid or got lost in traffic and wound up here by accident. We welcome tourists, seekers and doubters, bleeding hearts … and you!

06/24/2026

Grace and Peace

In the greeting to the churches in Revelation 1:4-5, the Lord Jesus pronounces grace and peace. In all the writings of the New Testament, it is always grace and peace. Have you ever asked yourself why none of them would write peace and then grace? No one can ever have the peace of God before receiving the grace of God. Only the grace of God through Jesus Christ can give you peace -- true peace that reigns even in the midst of turmoil and the difficult times of life.

It is because of grace that we have had peace, have it now, and will have peace forever. If we confess Jesus as our Savior, that we are sinners saved only by His atoning blood, then we have had peace imparted to us. As God’s Word says, “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5). We are now at peace with God because we have been made righteous in His sight: “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21).

The grace of Jesus has not only established peace between God and us, but also among us. We can have peace in our relationships as we walk in the Spirit of the Lord. We can extend grace and forgiveness to one another in the present, remembering and experiencing now the grace and peace we have with God.

And we look forward to a day when that peace will be made complete and perfect for eternity. Peace will be forever. Shalom will be restored -- wholeness will be all we know, for there will be no more crying or tears or pain or brokenness because the old order of things will have passed away (see Revelation 21:4). Are you ready for that day? Are you resting in the grace and peace of the Lord yesterday, today, and forever?

Prayer: God, I praise You for the grace and peace You have given to me. Help me to own it in the present in my relationships with You and others as I anticipate my future in the glory of Christ. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

06/23/2026

Awesome

When John walked and talked with Jesus as one of the twelve disciples, he couldn’t fully understand whom he was dealing with. But in Revelation 1, John sees Jesus glorified, magnified, transfigured -- and that’s how we need to see Jesus today.

When John saw the glorified Lord Jesus, he didn’t embrace Him or lean his head on the Lord’s shoulder as he had in the Upper Room. When John saw the glorified Jesus, he was stricken with awe and dread. He realized his own sinfulness and inadequacy in the presence of Jesus. John wrote, “When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead” (Revelation 1:17).

John demonstrated the awe and reverence with which we should approach Jesus. I have heard many Christians pray as if Jesus was their pal, their roommate, a guy from the neighborhood. And I’ve heard people abuse and misuse this word awe, or its adjective form, awesome. I’ve heard people say, “This pizza is awesome!” But when you experience true awe and reverence for Jesus, your legs turn to Jell-O, and you fall on your face as though dead. Have you ever had a pizza that made you do that?

Nothing and no one is worthy of our awe but God -- God the Father, God the Spirit, and God the Son. Only the glorified Lord is truly awesome. Nothing else comes close.

Prayer: Father, You alone are awesome. The wonders of Your love are astounding. I cannot comprehend Your greatness. Help me to honor You as You deserve and have mercy on me. Thank You for Your grace. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

“[Jesus] asked them, ‘Who is it you want?’ ‘Jesus of Nazareth,’ they replied. ‘I am he,’ Jesus said. . . When Jesus said, ‘I am he,’ they drew back and fell to the ground” (John 18:4-6).

06/22/2026

Revelation Completes the Gospel

The word revelation has an important meaning: the manifestation or unveiling of something that has been hidden. In other words, the book of Revelation is the unveiling of God’s plan for the future.

God revealed this plan to John when he was in his 90s, exiled to the island of Patmos. Through John’s exile, God gifted John and His people with the most powerful heavenly vision for all of eternity: the Revelation of Jesus Christ. This vision completes the Gospel, giving hope to, sternly warning, and deeply comforting all those who trust in Jesus. As you read it, remember these three purposes of Revelation:

Revelation completes our understanding of God’s purpose for history and for our future. Revelation assures us that, while the world may look out of control, it’s not out of the control of God; He holds His children in His loving hand. From Genesis to Revelation, God has a plan, and Jesus is at the center of it all.

Revelation shows us the danger of compromise and the ultimate destruction of Satan and those who reject Christ. In Revelation we see that God has secured the victory, and judgment will come at the end times. Therefore we must not compromise, but stand firm against the spirit of this age, who says we can have salvation without the Savior, power without prayer, spirituality without the Holy Spirit, and morality without the Bible.

Revelation gives us an awe-inspiring portrait of the glorified, soon-coming King Jesus. John’s vision completes the Gospel of salvation -- past, present, and future. For in Revelation we see Jesus no longer hanging on a cross, but glorified in white and gold, with hair white as wool, with eyes that blaze with fire, with a voice like rushing waters (see Revelation 1:13-15). We see Jesus as the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end (22:13).

The same Jesus born as a helpless babe in Bethlehem is coming back to sit on the judge’s bench. If He were to return today, would you be thrilled or afraid? Would you be unprepared or ready to face the King? Examine your life. Look through the lens of eternity. Ask the Lord how He wants you to prepare for that glorious day when you see Him face to face.

Prayer: God, thank You for the hope I have in You. May it fill me with joy and overflow in love for others as I share the Truth of Your Gospel. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

“I have become [the gospel’s] servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness . . . this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:25, 27).

06/21/2026

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06/21/2026

Fellowship with the Spirit

When Emperor Domitian came to rule in 81AD, he demanded that everyone worship him as god. He required everyone to burn incense in front of his statue in every town in the Roman Empire and declare him their god.

John, then in his early 90s, was the pastor of the church of Ephesus, and he led the church in Truth. He continued to preach that Jesus alone was to be worshiped as the only way to salvation amidst the idolatry of the surrounding polytheistic culture. Because John did not compromise, he suffered exile to the island of Patmos.

Emperor Domitian thought he could silence John by exiling him, but John would not be defeated. Exile may have separated him from Christian fellowship, but it never separated him from the Lord Jesus Christ. The emperor thought that he could break John’s spirit, but John was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he would not be broken.

The enemies of God thought they could banish John and silence the message of the Gospel, but God turned it into the most powerful vision of eternity we’ve ever been given -- the book of Revelation. Because John yielded to the Holy Spirit and not to his circumstances, God transformed his punishment into praise, his pain into gain, and his stagnation into revelation.

When you are in your Patmos, go to God and let Him remind you of His promises so that by His Spirit He will grow your faith and lift you up.

Prayer: God, give me a vision of eternity with You so that I can bear up under pressure. Holy Spirit, help me to be more like Christ. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

“We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us” (Romans 5:3-5).

06/20/2026

Past, Present, and Future

The Bible teaches us very clearly that the past, the present, and the future must be held together if we are to live a balanced Christian life. From the past we learn from mistakes and grow through them. In the present we walk with God today. And we joyfully anticipate our hope in Christ in the future. All of these must be together.

The Bible teaches us that many aspects of Christian life are past, present, and future:

Salvation -- We were saved in the past. The moment you said “yes” to Jesus, you were saved. We are being saved every day. And we will be eternally saved.

Transformation -- When we received the gift of salvation, God also poured into our hearts the Holy Spirit, and we became new creations -- a past event. But we must also grow in Christlikeness in the present. In the future we also will be changed, and this is the most glorious change of all because we will become perfect like Christ.

Kingdom of God -- The Kingdom of God came with Jesus. In Mark 1:15 Jesus said the Kingdom of God had come -- the rule of God in lives and hearts. This happened in the past, but the Kingdom of God is also now as God reigns and rules in our hearts every single day. And the Kingdom of God is yet to come: At the end times we will see Jesus reigning and ruling with our very own eyes.

The End Times -- In the book of Revelation, we see that prophecy has been fulfilled, is being fulfilled, and will be fulfilled meticulously.

We must have this complete picture of the Christian faith -- past, present, and future -- to fully grasp the awe-inspiring hope that we have in Jesus, our Savior.

Prayer: Lord, give me wisdom and understanding as I look into Your Word to see Your sovereignty at work and grant me joy, love, and thankfulness as I remember the past, follow You in the present, and anticipate my future with You. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

“And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18).

06/19/2026

Just That Good
Psalm 40:1-3

If you grew up in church, chances are you can still hear the melody of “I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart…” echoing somewhere in your memory. But if we’re honest, the older we get, the more that song can feel disconnected from reality. Life doesn’t always feel joyful. Circumstances shift, prayers go unanswered the way we hoped, diagnoses come, relationships strain, and the weight of the world presses in.

But our joy was never meant to rise and fall with the tide of our circumstances. If it did, we would be a bunch of seasick Christians—unsteady, anxious, and constantly bracing for the next wave. No, our joy is anchored in something far more secure: the unchanging character of God. In Psalm 40, David reminds us that God hears, lifts, and establishes. He pulls us from the pit, sets our feet on a rock, and gives us a firm place to stand. That’s not poetic fluff. It’s reality.

Joy is not pretending everything is fine. It’s not a denial of the pain or brokenness we experience. It’s a deeper confidence in what is most true. It’s the settled assurance that God is who He says He is— that he’s faithful, present, and good. And that Jesus has already dealt with the most devastating problem we could ever face.

The inescapable truth is that we are all sinners and that sin separates us from God. Sin doesn’t make us bad; it makes us dead. And a dead person can’t resuscitate themselves. A dead person can’t bring themself back to life. We need a Savior. And that’s exactly what Jesus came to do. He paid the price for our sin in full, offering His life on the cross to restore and reconcile us to the Father once and for all. He didn’t just improve our condition. He completely transformed it, bringing us from death to life!

God’s goodness isn’t theoretical or conditional; it’s proven, personal, and complete. He doesn’t just pull us halfway out of the pit and ask us to finish the climb. He lifts us out entirely and places us on solid ground.

And then He puts a new song in our mouths! Joy becomes the natural response of a redeemed life! It’s the natural posture of a heart that remembers where it’s been rescued from! Not because everything around us is easy, but because everything within us has been made new. So when life shifts, as it always will, we don’t lose our footing. We stand firm on the unshakable goodness of God, and our lives echo the only fitting response: Thank You, Jesus!

06/18/2026

When Love Makes You an Intercessor

A prayer warrior is a spiritual fighter not only because they obey or persist, but because they love deeply.

Intercession is born out of love. A mother intercedes because she loves her children. A wife intercedes because she loves her husband. A believer intercedes because they love souls who are wandering, hurting, or bound. Love compels us to stand in the gap. God Himself declared, "I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none" (Ezekiel 22:30). Will you be that man or woman who stands in the gap?

Love makes you push past your own battles to fight for someone else's breakthrough. Love keeps you awake in the midnight hour, crying out to God for a prodigal child. Love causes you to travail for a backslider. Love pulls you to your knees when someone else's life is at stake.

Jesus modeled this kind of love perfectly. When Peter faced his darkest hour, Jesus told him, "I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not." Love interceded. Love preserved Peter when the enemy desired to sift him as wheat. In the same way, your prayers stand between your loved ones and destruction. Your love, fueled by the Holy Spirit, builds a hedge of protection around their lives.

The enemy hates praying people because he understands the power of love wrapped in prayer. When you pray for someone, you help rescue them from spiritual harm. You partner with Heaven to pull them out of darkness. You help birth deliverance in their situation.

Reflection: Love makes prayer warriors unstoppable. Intercession is one of the highest forms of love you can give. Keep standing in the gap. God hears you. Heaven responds to you. Someone's future is being shaped by your prayers today.

May the Lord strengthen you as you commit to the journey of prayer. Your obedience, persistence, and love are changing eternity.

06/17/2026

When Persistence Becomes Warfare

The widow in Luke 18 was more than a woman seeking justice; she was a picture of a faithful prayer warrior.

She faced rejection. She faced delays. She faced an unjust judge who cared nothing for God or people. Yet she kept coming. She refused to quit. Her persistence broke through resistance. Jesus said, "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint" (Luke 18:1). Then He asked this powerful question: "And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?" (Luke 18:7).

This is the nature of spiritual warfare. The enemy wants to wear you down, to make you stop praying for that child, that spouse, that healing, that breakthrough. He throws distractions, discouragement, negative reports, and spiritual pressure—anything to make you stop pressing in.

But here's what he doesn't want you to know: persistence wearies the enemy. Every time you enter into prayer, you weaken the influence of darkness. Every time you cry out to God, you break another layer of resistance. Scripture promises, "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16). When you pray in the morning, you shake the devil's kingdom. When you pray in the midnight hours, you shake it again.

Prayer warriors understand something crucial: the battle isn't over until God says it's over. They stand on the promise that "the LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace" (Exodus 14:14). They don't quit at the sight of bad news. They don't turn around when circumstances worsen. They don't fold when delays stretch on. They push. They persist. They keep knocking on Heaven's door until God moves.

Reflection: Persistence is spiritual warfare. When you keep praying, you fight back. When you keep believing, you tear down strongholds. Like the widow, keep coming. Your breakthrough is closer than the enemy wants you to think.

06/16/2026

When Obedience Keeps You Praying

Why do prayer warriors continue to pray even when life feels heavy, answers seem delayed, and storms appear unending?

The first reason is both simple and powerful, they obey the Word of God.

Prayer warriors don't pray because everything looks good. They don't wait for perfect circumstances or ideal emotions. They pray because obedience is greater than feelings. Scripture is clear: "Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you" (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, KJV). When Paul instructed believers to pray without ceasing, he wasn't suggesting we pray only when we feel like it. Jesus Himself taught that we "ought always to pray, and not to faint" (Luke 18:1, KJV).

To faint means to lose heart—to give up, to let discouragement stop your pursuit of God. Every prayer warrior has moments when weariness knocks on the door. Life whispers that prayer isn't working. Situations arise, and say it's too late. But obedience steps in and says, "Keep going."

For the mature believer, prayer becomes more than a moment. It becomes the oxygen of the spirit, the anchor that holds the soul steady. As David declared, "Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice" (Psalm 55:17, KJV). You don't pray only when you feel strong; you pray because you know your strength comes from prayer itself. The psalmist understood this: "But I give myself unto prayer" (Psalm 109:4, KJV). The enemy fights your prayer life precisely because he knows that obedience keeps Heaven open and your spirit renewed.

Reflection: When life pressures you to quit, remember that prayer is not about what you see. Prayer is an act of obedience that positions you for what you cannot yet see.
Keep praying.
Keep obeying.
Heaven hears every whisper.

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