Matthew 7:7-14 NIV Jesus continues His sermon on the mount by exhorting His listeners to petition God for their needs – and trusting that God will hear and answer those petitions with good things.  In that section, we see that He’s also talking about relationship and salvation as well as meeting our physical needs.The ask, seek, knock progression implies that we are to continually approach God for...  Read More

Matthew 7:1-6 NIV The narrative changes as we move into Matthew chapter 7.  As Jesus continues to teach in His own authority, He starts this section with the theme of judgment.  The obligation or need for judgment is for only a limited number of people.  The context here makes it clear that this doesn’t apply to most of us.  God is a judge as well as the few people who were assigned by God to judg...  Read More

What is worry but faith in the wrong direction?  Our minds have a propensity to think of negative possibilities in our daily lives.  Not only that, sometimes we rehearse them and fully expect them to happen.  Jesus gives us the truth about how we can lean on God and trust Him for provision and timing.When we pray to God that He will supply our daily needs, we can trust Him to show up just in time,...  Read More

As Pastor John stated in his recent post, "The Lord's presence and the moving of Holy Spirit are high values here at Wellspring. Before anything else, we approach our Sunday worship gatherings intentionally, seeking to cultivate an environment where the Lord is not only pleased to dwell, but where He is welcomed to remain. We believe this is the Lord's response to our 'Sacrifice of Praise' (Hebrew...  Read More

As part of our ongoing security upgrades, we will be having the exterior door locks changed on Tuesday, July 21st. We are asking anyone who currently has keys to the building to turn them in. You can turn in keys on Sundays to Peter Burk or stop by the office Monday-Thursday during the day. ...  Read More

Matthew chapter 6 continues with an ongoing treasure in the words of Jesus.  In this 4th installment, Jesus talks about selfless generosity, God-focused prayer, proper fasting, and living with a kingdom mindset.  These seemingly diverse statements all lead to one question:  Does your heart fully belong to the Lord?Jesus points out the opposite of our hearts belonging fully to God…hypocrite.  A hyp...  Read More