Category: plan

• Noah: Nobody’s Perfect

  There are movies and books and stories that we allow to speak to our hearts. We fall in love with the characters and root for them, or want what’s coming to them to happen. The stories we seem to pay more attention to add to our notion that life is all about us. One of […]

  Ryan Stratton

  07/21/2020

  anger, attitudes, belief, Bible, bible stories, bible study, character, Christian Life, Christianity, church, confrontation, Creation, disciples, eternal life, evangelism, Failure, faith, forgiven, glory, glory to God, God, God’s grace, God’s promises, good news, gospel, grace, holy, holy life, holy living, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, leadership, learn, Life, methodism, methodist, ministry, mission, people pleasing, perfection, plan, planning, priority, purpose, relationships, rest, sin, trials, trust, Truth, Uncategorized, wisdom, Work, worship, writing, youth ministry

  Genesis 6, in Christ alone, Jesus is the way truth and life, live a holy life, narrow is the gate, noah and the flood, noah found favor in the eyes of God, nobodys perfect, perfection in Christ, Trust in Christ

• Discovering God through the Book of Jonah (Part 1)

  

  What can we learn about God through the short Old Testament book of Jonah?

  Ryan Stratton

  10/09/2019

  attitudes, belief, believe, bible, bible stories, bible study, calling, Challenges, character, Christian Life, Christianity, confession, devotionals, disciples, eternal life, faith, glory to God, God, God’s grace, good news, gospel, Identity, Image of God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Love, mercy, methodism, methodist, ministry, mission, plan, power, proclaiming Christ, reconciliation, revival, trust, Truth, worship, writing, youth ministry

  bible study on Jonah, book of Jonah, discovering God, Jonah chapter 1, Jonah the prophet, knowing God, mowing the lawn, running from God, Who is God

• Loving to Life Pt 4

  

  VISIONING This is one of my favorite things to do – visioning for the possibilities of the future. I have said before that I do much better in bigger picture planning and thinking than I do when it comes to the minor details. The details are important. Visioning is not just about long term planning […]

  Ryan Stratton

  07/20/2018

  belief, believe, belonging, calling, challenge, Christian Life, church, Communication, disciples, faith, glory to God, God, God’s grace, God’s promises, good news, gospel, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, leadership, learn, learning, legacy, Life, live, memory, mercy, methodism, methodist, ministry, mission, pastor, plan, possibilities, prepare, questions, revival, trust, Truth, uncategoried, Worship, writing, youth ministry

  blog series, building relationships, daydreaming for the future, getting a new church, getting a new job, God’s plan, listening to God, looking at the big picture, looking to the future, moving to a new area, setting future goals, visioning for the future

• Along the Journey

  

  Click here to read Acts 16:1-15. Whenever we go on a journey, many of us have everything planned out and mapped out. This is so we can stay on schedule and know what it is we’re getting into and will do. It is more comforting to know what exactly it is we will be doing […]

  Ryan Stratton

  10/24/2017

  Apostle Paul, belief, bible study, calling, challenge, character, Christian Life, Christianity, church, Creativity, devotionals, disciples, faith, God, good news, gospel, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, leadership, learn, Life, Love, mercy, methodism, methodist, ministry, mission, pastor, people, plan, relationships, Spirit, travel, trust, Truth, uncategoried, worship, writing, youth ministry

  Acts 16:1-15, along the path, Apostle Paul, book of Acts, Hebrews 3:15, leading of the Holy Spirit, life is an adventure, life journey, listen for the Spirit, making plans, Proverbs 19:21

• Peace: Have No Fear

  

  ADVENT WEEK 2: Peace The four weeks leading up to Christmas is a time we should take each year to prepare ourselves Jesus Christ coming into the world: a time of celebrating his birth, and also preparing ourselves for his return. When we take this time seriously, we have the opportunity to again place our […]

  Ryan Stratton

  12/06/2016

  Advent, anger, anxiety, belief, believe, bible, Blessings, Christian Life, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas story, church, disciples, faith, God, God’s grace, God’s promises, good news, gospel, Gospel of Luke, grace, holy life, Holy Spirit, invitation, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus’birth, Life, Lord, Love, mercy, methodism, methodist, pastor, peace, plan, praise, Prayer, prayer life, preach, relationships, revival, Spirit, Spirit led, spiritual gifts, spiritual growth, trials, trust, Truth, uncategoried, Worry, worship, writing, youth ministry

  advent reflections, embrace God’s grace, finding peace in life, God is big enough, God’s grace, God’s promises, have no fear, It’s Christmas time, Jesus Christ’s birth, Jesus gives peace, live in hope, no fear in love, nothing is impossible with God, peace is the presence of Christ, perfect love casts out fear

• John the Baptist

  John the Baptist is one of my favorite biblical characters because he definitely stands out and people take notice of him. He is memorable, not only of his message, but of his clothing and food choices. Though the Gospel of Luke does not mention him wearing camel’s hair and eating locusts and wild honey, Matthew […]

  Ryan Stratton

  12/07/2015

  Advent, advent devotional, attitudes, belief, believe, bible, bible study, calling, Christian Life, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas story, church, daily devotionals, devotionals, disciples, evangelism, faith, faithful, forgiven, Forgiveness, glory, glory of Christ, glory of God, glory to God, God, God’s grace, gospel, Gospel of Luke, grace, heart, Holy Spirit, humanity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus’birth, Life, light, Love, mercy, methodism, methodist, new creation, new life, new year, passion, pastor, plan, planning, prasie, pray, preach, preparation, prepare, reconciled, reconciliation, relationships, repent, repentance, revival, spiritual gifts, spiritual growth, spiritual transformation, Spirituality, transformation, trust, Truth, Uncategorized

  Christian life, God, God’s greatest gift, Good News of Jesus Christ, gospel of Jesus Christ, Gospel of Luke, greatest days of our life, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, life of Jesus Christ, message of Christmas, message of Jesus Christ, reason for the season, reconciled to God, see the full picture, stand out from the crowd

• Me?

  Ephesians 3:8-13 God gave his grace to me, the least of all God’s people, to preach the good news about the immeasurable riches of Christ to the Gentiles. God sent me to reveal the secret plan that had been hidden since the beginning of time by God, who created everything. God’s purpose is now to show the […]

  Ryan Stratton

  02/11/2015

  bible, bible study, Christian Life, Christianity, church, Ephesians, faith, faithful, God, good news, gospel, grace, Holy Spirit, hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Love, methodism, methodist, ministry, new life, plan, pray, Prayer, purpose, Spirit, spiritual growth, Spirituality, transformation, trust, Truth, youth ministry

  all things work together, Apostle Paul, bible, bible study, book of Ephesians, glory of God, God, God changes things, God has a plan, God is love, God is with us, God with us, gospel of Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, live by faith, live differently, Trust God, Trust Jesus