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What To Do With Your Feelings

I have at many times in my life following Jesus been frustrated by my feelings. It is sadly not an unusual thing to go a few days doing very well, and then for no apparent reason the next day is hard, unmotivated, and just lame. I've slogged through many days hoping to become more chipper merely as time passes, but to no avail. I try praying and even get very honest with G...

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Explaining Online Giving at Harvest Bible Chapel

Harvest is changing its method of online giving. This is a move that will save the church money and make an already good accountability system into an even better one. Online Giving is a convenient way to give, and can be set up for recurring automatic donations so you do not need to worry about forgetting, particularly during busy summer months. That being said, it is imp...

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7 Marks of Grace Giving

When you look at 2 Cor 8:1-7, the word grace appears 4 times in 7 verses. Grace is so connected to the context of giving that all acts of generosity should be viewed as an extension of God's grace from you to others. Paul had spent several years organizing an offering among the Gentile churches for the poor saints in Jerusalem because the church was populated by pilgrims, ...

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From Church Plant to Church

Sunday was a very special day for us in the history of our church. Perhaps the best way to describe Sunday was that it acted as a church graduation of sorts. Being a church plant, the question many people ask is when will Harvest go from a church plant to a church. I proposed that Sunday was that day because we officially became an autonomous church in every way with the i...

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Grace is Indeed Amazing

During a British conference on comparative religions, experts gathered from around the world to discuss whether Christianity truly had a distinguishing feature that set itself apart from all other world religions. The debate went on for a while until C.S. Lewis heard the topic and said, "Oh, that's easy. Grace." No other world religion has a God of grace. Grace is stunning...

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Introducing the HBCS Pastors Blog

Good news! Harvest Bible Chapel Sacramento is rolling out another way to stay connected and learn from God's Word. We're starting this blog in order to address more key issues and help folks become better disciples of Jesus Christ. Here's some of the kind of content you can expect from the blog: Pastoral updates about matters in the life of HBC Sacramento Thoughts about ...

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