Category: Pastor Cheryl’s Blog

For Christians, our greatest comfort is that our final home is heaven. We may love people and places on this earth; they are gifts from God that hold a special place in our hearts. But we also know that our loved ones may pass away and the places we will…

Have you ever had a prayer request that you longed to be answered in the affirmative? You prayed for years before you realized that your request was not going to come in fruition so you had to trust God that His will was going to be worked out in your…

It is raining again! Last week I could never predict that I would need my umbrella this week. Our plans must change with the weather. The way we dress, our activities and chores are dictated by forces outside of ourselves. But as Christians we can trust God even though everything…

Speaking of the Holy Spirit can conjure up images of emotional worship services, supernatural encounters with God, and mystical gifts given to Christians. But when the bible talks about the Holy Spirit it talks about God’s power being exercised in order and the profound witness the Holy Spirit gives in…

This is Mission’s Month at Calvary Church! This week’s we will be hearing from the ministry of Adult and Teen Challenge. Adult and Teen Challenge is the only Christian group that I know that freely offers a community of support while someone seeks freedom from drug addiction. Most drug rehabilitation…

Have you ever tried to walk in windstorm? Not an easy task! Amy Grant wrote a song called “Raining on the Inside” that talks about trying to walk in the midst of a personal storm where she says, “It’s hard to walk in shifting sand.” As Christians, we walk in…

What a relief it is to sit down after a task is completed. We often let out a sigh of relief as we lean back and quietly celebrate our accomplishment of completing a task that we might have dreaded. The book of Hebrews talks about Jesus sitting down at the…

Why didn’t Christ raise immediately after He died? Why did He have to lay three days in a tomb before He rose again? God’s plan for us often involves some time waiting. The first church waited without expectation. No one knew what was going to happen. The disciples were hiding…

This Wednesday night we will be examining the scripture where Jesus surrenders His spirit to God in John 19:30. Jesus had finished the task that God gave Him to do, now He was ready to surrender to God everything that only the Father could do. Resurrection was just around the…

Life has surprises for us that require us to adjust. Even pleasant surprises may call upon us to make changes that inconvenience us. It must have been the joy of lifetime for the Israelites to see the promise land for the first time. But this site was also the fear…