Posts with the tag “pastor-jon-shabaglian”

There were 3 young men, full of faith, while surrounded by fear and fire. The King made an edict for every person to bow down and worship his 90 feet tall golden idol …a serious problem for any true w...  Read More

Thankfulness is a powerful and sacred thing, and yet I see it becoming more and more foreign in our culture. We now do transactions, as if hiring someone with money, replaces the need for character or...  Read More

Representing is something we know all about in western culture: whether you work for Macy’s, Chick-fil-A, Fresno Unified, or represent Campus Bible Church.… carrying something bigger than ourselves is...  Read More

What a question to ask the Man who’s been sent to be our Savior! In Mark 4 Jesus begins this emotional scene with a statement that seems casual and a simple directive, yet casual is rarely the case wi...  Read More

I’m sure all of us could acknowledge there are wonderful benefits of growing up in a 1st world country in a 70 year window of relative peace from war. Everything from ice cream cones to insurance, hel...  Read More

How long has it been since you stared into “eyes like blazing fire?” It may sound like a strange question, and yet this question is at the core of the infinite wonder of our faith, the risen Christ Je...  Read More

Have you ever found yourself wanting a different side of God to be present in a particular situation? Maybe you’ve told your friends at a certain life juncture, “I know what you’re going to say, but r...  Read More

To PRESERVE is defined as: 1. to keep safe from injury, harm or destruction: protect. 2. to keep alive, intact, or free from decay. The question is, is God able to preserve His children and His promis...  Read More

“We’ve got you surrounded!” Does that statement give you a feeling of confidence or fear? Being surrounded can actually conjure either one of those strong emotions, all based on our perception of what...  Read More

Many times believers look at the dire state of our world and say things like, “God you sure got work to do.”, or “God come back and get me out of here!”, or the ever unhelpful critical evaluation of p...  Read More

 As we come off the heels of Christ’s Passion week and Resurrection Sunday, what confidence and promise we have to drink in, the very last words Jesus said after the Great Commission and then He ascen...  Read More

Each day this week we are releasing a video devotional from one of our pastors related to the Passion Week designed to help you meditate on the events of Jesus' final week.We invite you to go through ...  Read More

Each day this week we are releasing a video devotional from one of our pastors related to the Passion Experience - an online, interactive experience designed to help you meditate on the events of Jesu...  Read More

What feelings come to mind when you think of being “seen and known?” Is it feelings of comfort and safety? Does it make you feel fear or insecure, or feelings of being valued?As a musician I’ve spent ...  Read More

What distinguishes something from royalty versus common, the ordinary versus extraordinary, or worthy and less worthy? It has to do with the value of the items or cause, not the cost to attain. It’s r...  Read More

A new year, with new hopes…but can you say you genuinely sense His tangible peace as your reorient for 2022? Our whole puts so much attention on progress as well as entertainment, and yet neither of t...  Read More

It’s remarkable how much understanding who we are, affects how we live. If we are over confident in our own strength, pride and selfishness are rarely far behind. When we understand we’ve been purchas...  Read More

Ok, its feet checking time saints!  How beautiful do your feet look today?? Now I’m not asking about the dirt you’ve collected or your shoe style, but of the radiance the scripture speaks of when you’...  Read More

What an image of a “sacrificial yes!” Elisha chooses to follow Elijah and the Lord’s will, and in determination and complete resolve, decides to burn his job and livelihood, for God’s best. Honestly, ...  Read More

Have you noticed that we have more infrastructure, support and assets in our everyday life than any human since the beginning of mankind, and yet in all our progress, it’s clear by simple skim of the ...  Read More

This is an extraordinary promise that God tucked into the divinely inspired Book of Jeremiah, and it made me stop and think recently, are we calling to God and looking to Him for insights, strategies,...  Read More

Noise. Emails. Notifications…. before we know it, it can all become such soul clutter! And since our enemy, the “god of this age” the devil (2 Corinth 4:4), is committed to building a culture that ste...  Read More

This line, “He who has ears, let him hear” is restated by Jesus many times in the scriptures and clearly is a theme from our Lord for us not to miss. And yet if that’s the case, I wonder if we are pos...  Read More

Isn’t it crazy to think that Jesus meant for the Great Commission of making disciples to even continue through COVID!? Have you noticed that when things shake over prolong periods of time, that it is ...  Read More

Are you someone who keeps your promises? Do people trust your word when you commit to something? Integrity is shown over time, when promises are made and keep.Thankfully, we have a God who’s word is s...  Read More

Well, I guess it’s a choice. Jesus’s words specifically were “command” & “you must.” Love is such a wonderful mystery, whose origins are from God Himself. After all, He’s the only selfless, holy sourc...  Read More

Every day we have 2 options friends, “Yes Lord” or  “No Lord.” One is much more natural for us than the other… I wonder if you can guess which one that is? See since the fall we have a powerful gravit...  Read More

The power of the sun is really quite amazing, and yet seems normal to us because it simply comes up every morning like clockwork. But really it’s a massive exploding source of nuclear fusion that hurl...  Read More

What a year, people of God?! And yet any day on “fallen” planet earth can be a curve ball even without COVID, wild fires, ordered isolation, or racial strife. But the real question, “How soft is your ...  Read More

Everyone wants to “live,” “thrive,” or live “the good life.” We are told nearly every day through media ways we can look out for ourselves, and yet depression and anxiety reign in our culture so signi...  Read More

Can you look back and remember a moment when your heart was flooded with despair? One where you wondered if your heart could actually make it through the night? I know I have. It’s in these pivotal mo...  Read More

When’s the last time you stepped into 6 feet of fresh powder snow? I did recently, where the snow was so deep that I had to crawl on my hands and knees just to traverse about 30 feet! I was amazed at ...  Read More

As we walk through experiencing potential numbness from social isolation, job insecurity, health scares and nation fears, I’d be willing to bet our feelings aren’t of warmth at a banqueting “table.” B...  Read More

What a time to be alive?! Challenge, division & weakness around each new corner, while the promises of God are still ever before us. You may wonder, is it even possible to live in God’s Shalom (peace)...  Read More

Friends, what would you say is one of the clear distinguishing differences between saints and sinners, beyond being magnificently pardoned? It is that we get to live with a distinct Divine purpose. Be...  Read More

Does He still see me?This is such a significant question that I’ve asked so many times in my years of faith-walk with Jesus, and can only imagine how many of us are also asking this same question now....  Read More

Dark, smoke-filed skies, isolation weighing on nearly every heart…and yet the Lord still speaks. But what is He saying to you now? Do you know? Is your heart so clouded with ache you can’t tell what H...  Read More

On a scale of 1-10, how “done” do you feel right now? Jeremiah was a prophet that God used significantly, and yet he had to walk through much challenge himself. As his faith walk turned heavy, he bega...  Read More

Oh what to do with the “Red Letters” when they are contrary to how we feel. It’s true we spend so much time training ourselves to react to how we feel…but what about when the Savior of the World has d...  Read More

What is the role of the believers when the world gets even darker? Is it to complain? To hide? Or to shine? As vessels of the Holy Spirit of God, WE are the one redeeming seed in a fallen world. Our A...  Read More