Common Ground Church Willard, MO

04/19/2025

04/18/2025

EASTER SERVICE
9:30 Breakfast
10:30 Worship
CHRIST IS RISEN!

03/31/2025

Open your Bible today and get to know the Living Word…Jesus Christ! He loves you more than you can fathom!

03/24/2025

Make this your prayer today 🙏🏼

03/24/2025

This is from the Bible App Daily Verse and Devotional for today. NO COINCIDENCES! It goes with Mike's message yesterday! ❤️

Becoming Like Christ
2 Timothy 2:15 ESV
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved (after being tested), a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”
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Scripture tells us that we who belong to Christ are now ambassadors for Christ. As ambassadors, we are tasked with two things: the mission of God and the character of Jesus.

The goal this passage sets out for us sounds pretty simple: to become more and more like Jesus in the way that we act, think, and feel, and to also accomplish the purposes that God has for our life. We are tasked to accomplish the work of God in the way He wants it done, following the "word of truth," or the Bible.

As Christians, we should strive to be like Christ. We want to have the same mind and attitude that He had. Paul’s encouragement to Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:15 reinforces that mindset about our character. In the midst of a culture that is grumbling and fighting, act like Jesus.

In this letter, Paul tells Timothy not to be ashamed of his past, but instead to let his past be a testament to how Jesus has changed his life. Your past is part of your story, and it’s not something to be ashamed of. It’s a way that you can show others how Jesus changed your life.

The best way that we can continue to be transformed by Jesus is to continually seek His truth in Scripture. As we engage with Scripture and the Holy Spirit, our mind, heart, and hands are changed to be more like Christ.

How can you be more like Christ today? Think of a few small steps you can take to begin to shift your thinking and action towards the mission of God or the character of Christ. Ask God for His help as you seek to follow Him daily.

02/16/2025

Cancelling today! 2/15/25

01/04/2025

We are cancelling church tomorrow Jan. 5! Stay safe and warm!

03/29/2024

Mary Jo Rhea, age 81, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away on March 26, 2024, at Ash Grove Healthcare Facility. Mary Jo was born to Russell Montgomery and Vestelene Price on November 4, 1942, in Greenfield, Missouri. She was raised in Willard and graduated from high school in 1960. Mary Jo was unit...

03/30/2023

https://www.wilsongriffin.com/obituary/jimmy-rutledge?lud=A299E45DC5DF8D5EF1999AFEBD04A71E&fbclid=IwAR25sppeYoijAaC3eTxT-dX6tGYP8UChrW3hr00dekbbuHl5ApH_2Sh7Wsc

Jimmy Dale Rutledge, 91, of Walnut Grove, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. He was born on September 29, 1931, to Henry David and Ethel Myrtle Maines Rutledge. On May 21, 1954, Jim and Beverly Stockton were united in marriage and shared almost 69 years together. Jim graduated from

08/13/2022

August 14
CALL A TIMEOUT!
Jeremiah 33:3

08/06/2022

August 7
COMPLACENT NO MORE
Matthew 21:28-32

07/30/2022

July 31
CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK
Matthew 16