Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute. Rescue the poor and needy; save them from the power of the wicked.
Psalm 82:3-4
The Freedom Church Alliance is helping churches raise awareness, fight trafficking, and support anti-trafficking initiatives.
Many people in our area have never heard of the term Sex Trafficking and those that have don’t know how to help fight this very real problem that exists. This is one of the ways to take action!
Please help our community through a GOBAG initiative?
Watch this video about GoBags and how they help.
This is a huge problem and requires a huge effort by the Body of Christ!
Our goal is 25 bags.
The cost $30 to fill one bag.
Contact Angie Wolfe to make a donation.
Let Angie Wolfe know if you want to help at the packing event. Date TBD.
Ask Angie Wolfe how you can help combat trafficking.
Let’s unite and ignite the flame! Together we can make a difference! Are you in?
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.”’”
Exodus 8:1 (ESV)
“Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink” (Exodus 17:6).
Water is a basic necessity of life. Without it no one would last long.
And it doesn’t just provide life through drinking, it also is needed for cleansing and waste removal; and even for recreation.
So it is understandable why the Israelites are…testy…when they are living in the wilderness with no water – for themselves or their livestock.
So they revert back to their seemingly only playbook – complain about God and bemoan how good Egypt was.
Sigh.
After countless displays of His faithfulness to them, He is once again at the end of their displeasure and lack of trust.
So He provides a means of, literally, getting water from a Rock; providing water from the very Water of Life, the pre-incarnate Christ! If we go to Him for drink and believe in Him, “out of [our] heart will flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38).
We are guaranteed of all this because blood and water flowed from His side on the cross. We see that it is through God’s Words and promise joined to water in our Baptism that we are united with Him; with His suffering, in His victory over sin, death, and the Devil; in His resurrection.
“Strike the Rock” was the command, and the result was the saving of the Israelites with the Living Water.
God saves us through the same Living Water, Jesus, through faith and baptism. God saves us from being struck down in death because He was struck as the Rock; struck before Pilate; struck on the Cross.
We are saved by the Living Water, Jesus! Drink Him in fully and, strengthened in Him, flow in that Water to drench others with Him; His Word, His love; His forgiveness; His life.
The Rock was struck! Through faith in Him, you and I are saved!
How amazing! Thank You, Lord!
“Gracious Father, thank You for providing Your Son, the Living Water to save Your people in the wilderness and saving us through the waters of Baptism. Grant us a continual thirst for Him so that we always seek, drink, live, and share Him in all our dealings with life and others. In His precious and life-giving name do we pray. Amen.”
“Stop trying and start trusting.” That’s the truth God teaches his people in Exodus 14. And that’s the Gospel truth God teaches us as well.
People like to be independent. We like to chow the world and ourselves that we can do it and don’t need help. We want to show we can “pull ourselves up by our bootstraps.”
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.”’”
Exodus 8:1 (ESV)
But the reality is, we can’t do everything by ourselves – and that’s good!
When you believe you need no one, you believe you are God.
The Israelites had “won.” Pharaoh had let them go and they were on the way to the Promised Land.
Then God told them to turn back just as He was hardening Pharaoh’s heart to pursue them and bring them back.
What?!
The people were understandably upset. Why was Moses leading them back; so they could “die in the wilderness?” They would rather have been left alone, so that they “may serve the Egyptians” instead of God.
What a terrible statement!
But Moses answers that they will see “the salvation of the Lord” today and that “The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”
What an amazing statement!
We know the story; the Israelites crossed over the sea on dry ground and the Lord destroyed the Pharaoh’s army in that sea.
God saved them!
Sometimes we get the mistaken impression that we must handle everything – including our salvation. We believe that we are the reliable ones in the couple of God and us. But the reality is, God is the only One who is reliable. Always!
This is manifested most fully in our salvation. Jesus fulfilled the Law; we couldn’t. Jesus lived perfectly in love; we wouldn’t. Jesus died; we didn’t.
Rather than bemoan when we realize we need God, we should rejoice; for in faith we see God waiting when we get to the end of ourselves.
It’s time to “stop trying and start trusting” that God’s got us and all our issues. He fights for us and we have only to be silent.
“Thank You, Lord!”
“O Lord, thank You for providing all our daily needs for body and life. Forgive us when we fail to trust You and try to do things ourselves. Help us to look to You, trust in You, and live in You for all things, through faith in Jesus. In His name we pray. Amen.”
Come join us for the SEDER MEAL (with Holy Communion) at LifeBridge!
DATE:
April 2, 2026 (“Maundy/Holy Thursday”)
TIME:
7:00 PM
LOCATION:
LifeBridge Sanctuary
The meal is FREE (though a freewill offering will be taken)! ALL people and ages are welcome!
Due to the extreme preparations needed, sign-up for the meal is needed for EACH PERSON ATTENDING. DEADLINE is SUNDAY, MARCH 29! – You can do so by the sign-up form here.
Mark it on your calendar, sign-up, and plan to attend! You won’t be disappointed!
Jews the world over celebrate the Seder as a reminder to the Passover. For Christians, we see the deep and deliberate connection of the Passover and Jesus as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world” (John 1:29). We will see the how God has saved us from death by the blood of His Lamb, Jesus, just as He saved Israel from death through the blood of lambs in the Exodus.
And all of this will tie into the Passion of Jesus through Holy Week as well as Holy Communion.
Join us for a very special Seder Meal for Maundy Thursday. Those gathered will engage in the rituals associated with the Passover meal Jesus shared with his disciples, the traditional…
Join us, precious little ones for our 4-week T.Y.K.E.S. series this March.
Tagline
Teach Preschoolers To Pray.
Idea
Idea: When we pray, we are talking to God, just like we talk to mommy and daddy. We can thank God for things he’s given us, ask him for help, and talk to him when we’re Scared.
Memory Verse
“Never stop praying.”1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIrV)
4-Week Series
Thank God
Little Ones will learn that they can thank God for all the great things he has done for them. Luke 17:11-19, Jesus Heals Ten Men.
Ask for Help
Little Ones will learn that they can ask God for help in every situation. Daniel 6:10-23, Daniel In The Den Of Lions.
Talk to God When You’re Scared
Little Ones will learn that they can talk to God whenever they are afraid – he loves us and will help us not be afraid anymore. Jonah 1:17-2:2, Jonah Prays From Inside A Fish.
Pray for Others
Little Ones will learn that they don’t just pray for themselves but for other people too. Acts 12:1-17, Church Prays For Peter In Prison.
When God makes Himself known in our lives, we are changed.
For some that change is done in pride and obstinance, resulting in a tenacity of rebellion.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.”’”
Exodus 8:1 (ESV)
For others, it is a transformation of our very core identity, life of sacrifice, and cross-bearing unto everlasting life.
We see in our Scriptures from Exodus 3 how God changes us through
His presence,
His Plan,
His Purpose, and
His Messiah!
And how we, as ones now changed in Jesus, are:
humble in stature,
bold in action,
steadfast in adversity,
confident in uncertainty.
God has changed you through Jesus! He has broken into your life and moved you from the deepest depths of your sins to the highest pinnacle of perfection! But as His redeemed ones, He also calls us to service outside of our plans, ourselves; outside out comfort zones; outside of ourselves.
And that will changes us too.
That will changes others through us.
Because God uses His people to change people; to free people; to work His Plan in Jesus!
“Thank You, Lord, for changing us forever through Jesus’ suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension. Give us boldness when You call us to a life of change with Your presence, Your plan, and Your provision, because of Your Messiah. Give us humility, boldness, steadfastness, and confidence to live in You and Your change for us every day. In Jesus’ precious name do we pray; Amen.”
