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Douglas Mott

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May 4

2025
May 4, 2025

Surprising Grace

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Ruth 1:5

Apr 6

2025
April 6, 2025

The Winnable Fight

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Galatians 5:16–26

Dec 15

2024
December 15, 2024

Unconquerable Joy

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Psalm 30:1–12

Nov 10

2024
November 10, 2024

The Truth that Sets Us Free

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 3 John 1:1–8

Oct 13

2024
October 13, 2024

Born of God

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 1 John 5:1–12

Apr 14

2024
April 14, 2024

Suffering Well

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8–22

May 29

2022
May 29, 2022

A Hill To Die On

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Hebrews 8:1–6

Apr 24

2022
April 24, 2022

When Faith Wears Thin

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Hebrews 6:13–20

Apr 17

2022
April 17, 2022

Lost and Found - Resurrection Day

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 24:13–35

Mar 27

2022
March 27, 2022

Inside an Envelope Marked: Sluggish

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Hebrews 6:1–8

Feb 27

2022
February 27, 2022

Stretching Out On Jesus

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Hebrews 4:1–7

Jan 9

2022
January 9, 2022

Your Jesus Is Too Small

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Hebrews 1:1–4

Nov 28

2021
November 28, 2021

Bright Hope For Tomorrow

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Romans 15:1–13

Oct 31

2021
October 31, 2021

Riveting Attention on Jesus

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 3:1–26

Sep 26

2021
September 26, 2021

A Fledgling Faith

by: Douglas Mott

Aug 1

2021
August 1, 2021

The parable of the three sons

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 15:1–32

Jun 27

2021
June 27, 2021

Afraid of Jesus

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 8:26–39

May 30

2021
May 30, 2021

A Look In The Mirror

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 9:23–27

Apr 25

2021
April 25, 2021

A Faith Sandwich

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Mark 5:21–43

Mar 28

2021
March 28, 2021

Cheers and Tears

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 19:28–44

Feb 28

2021
February 28, 2021

A Holy Adventure

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 5:1–11, Luke 5:27–32

Jan 31

2021
January 31, 2021

Looking for Jesus

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 2:41–52

Dec 25

2020
December 25, 2020

A Christmas Surprise

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Galatians 4:4–7

Nov 29

2020
November 29, 2020

A Hope That's Alive

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3–0

Oct 25

2020
October 25, 2020

God Where Are You?

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Esther 3:1–6, Esther 7:1–6, Esther 7:10

Sep 27

2020
September 27, 2020

Obadiah - The Spleen of The Old Testament

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Obadiah 1:1–21

Aug 9

2020
August 9, 2020

Living By Faith

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Habakkuk 1:2– 3:19

Jun 28

2020
June 28, 2020

A Door of Hope in a Valley of Trouble

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Hosea 2:14–23, Hosea 3:1–5, Hosea 14:1–4

May 31

2020
May 31, 2020

That We May Know

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 1 Kings 18:1–2, 1 Kings 18:17–40

Apr 19

2020
April 19, 2020

A Heart of Wisdom

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 1 Kings 3:5– 2:28

Mar 22

2020
March 22, 2020

Getting Away With Murder

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1–15, 2 Samuel 11:26–27, 2 Samuel 12:1–15

Jan 26

2020
January 26, 2020

Seek and Sing

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:1– 2:10

Nov 17

2019
November 17, 2019

At a Time Such as This

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Mark 1:14–20

Jun 30

2019
June 30, 2019

Final Words

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 20:17–38

Jun 23

2019
June 23, 2019

God Will Make A Way

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Exodus 14:1–31

Jun 9

2019
June 9, 2019

The Spirit of Jesus

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 18:24– 19:7

Jun 2

2019
June 2, 2019

We Need His Fire

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Exodus 3:1–15

May 19

2019
May 19, 2019

Joseph...sold out to God

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Genesis 39:1–23

May 12

2019
May 12, 2019

Clues that Point to A Redeemer

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Genesis 37:3– 3:8, Genesis 37:12–28

May 5

2019
May 5, 2019

Blessing in the Wrestling

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Genesis 32:22–32

Apr 21

2019
April 21, 2019

Hope In The Midst of Death

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1–11, 1 Corinthians 15:19–26

Apr 7

2019
April 7, 2019

Shake your Head and Marvel

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Genesis 27:1–20, Genesis 28:10–17

Mar 24

2019
March 24, 2019

Children of the Promise

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Genesis 25:19–34

Mar 17

2019
March 17, 2019

The God Who Guides Us

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Genesis 24:1–27

Mar 3

2019
March 3, 2019

Abram's Faith Walk - And Ours

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Genesis 12:1–4

Jan 27

2019
January 27, 2019

What's Wrong With The World?

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Genesis 3:1–21

Jan 20

2019
January 20, 2019

Creation and the Rolling Stones

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Genesis 1:26–31

Jan 13

2019
January 13, 2019

Let Everything That Has Breath Praise The Lord

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Genesis 1:1–13

Jan 6

2019
January 6, 2019

The Change That Matters Most

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 2:1–18

Dec 24

2018
December 24, 2018

The God Who Doesn't Give Up

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 2:8–20

Dec 16

2018
December 16, 2018

The Spirit of Repentance

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 3:7–18

Dec 9

2018
December 9, 2018

The Word of God Came to Who

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 3:1–6

Nov 25

2018
November 25, 2018

A King Unlike Any Other

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 18:33–37

Nov 4

2018
November 4, 2018

A Glimpse of Heaven

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Revelation 4:1– 5:14

Oct 21

2018
October 21, 2018

Deep and Wide

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Revelation 2:1–7, Revelation 3:1–6

Oct 7

2018
October 7, 2018

Thankful for Patience

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 2 Peter 3:1–13

Sep 30

2018
September 30, 2018

Keeping The Faith

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Jude 1:3–4, Jude 1:17–25

Sep 23

2018
September 23, 2018

What Happens When You Die

by: Douglas Mott

Sep 16

2018
September 16, 2018

Fresh Grace

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Philemon 1:4–22

Jul 15

2018
July 15, 2018

Hope when things look hopeless

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 23:1–24

Jul 1

2018
July 1, 2018

Joy the Root...Generosity the Fruit...

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1–15

Jun 10

2018
June 10, 2018

Cross Shaped Love

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Romans 12:9–21

Jun 3

2018
June 3, 2018

What's Next, Papa

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Romans 8:12–17

May 27

2018
May 27, 2018

When You Die

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1–8

May 13

2018
May 13, 2018

Growing Faith

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1–17

Apr 22

2018
April 22, 2018

The Humbling Gospel

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10–31

Apr 1

2018
April 1, 2018

Jesus Knows Your Name

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 20:1–18

Mar 18

2018
March 18, 2018

Building Bridges

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 17:16–34

Mar 11

2018
March 11, 2018

The Courage to Speak

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 16:11–34

Mar 4

2018
March 4, 2018

Christ Alone

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 15:1–35

Feb 25

2018
February 25, 2018

An Appointment With Suffering

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 13:1– 14:28

Jan 21

2018
January 21, 2018

Stunned By Love

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 4:32–37, Acts 5:1–11

Jan 14

2018
January 14, 2018

Opening Tongue Tied Lips

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 3:1–10, Acts 4:5–31

Jan 7

2018
January 7, 2018

Alive Inside

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 2:1–4, Acts 2:22–47

Dec 31

2017
December 31, 2017

Simeon and Anna

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 2:22–40

Dec 24

2017
December 24, 2017

Coming Home

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 2:1–14

Dec 17

2017
December 17, 2017

Beyond a Smile... the Gift of Joy

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Psalm 126:1–6

Dec 10

2017
December 10, 2017

Into The Wilderness

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Mark 1:1–8

Dec 3

2017
December 3, 2017

Waiting For God

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Isaiah 64:1–9

Nov 19

2017
November 19, 2017

How To Change The World

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 28:16–20

Nov 5

2017
November 5, 2017

The Benefit Of The Doubt

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 20:24–29

Oct 22

2017
October 22, 2017

On The Road of Broken Dreams

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 24:13–35

Oct 15

2017
October 15, 2017

Resurrection Mission

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 28:1–15

Oct 8

2017
October 8, 2017

Thankfulness When Things Are Out Of Control

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Isaiah 12:1–6

Oct 1

2017
October 1, 2017

God Rescues Us By Breaking Us

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 27:32–51

Sep 17

2017
September 17, 2017

The Foot Washing Gospel

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 13:1–15

Sep 10

2017
September 10, 2017

Born To Praise

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 21:1–17

Sep 3

2017
September 3, 2017

All or Nothing

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 26:6–16

Jul 23

2017
July 23, 2017

Signed, Sealed and Delivered

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 28:16–20

Jul 9

2017
July 9, 2017

Christ The Cornerstone

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 21:33–46

Jun 18

2017
June 18, 2017

God In The Ditch

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 10:25–37

May 28

2017
May 28, 2017

Crazy Love

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 19:1–10

May 21

2017
May 21, 2017

Who's In Charge

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 4:14–30

May 14

2017
May 14, 2017

Breaking The Sound Barrier

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 4:1–42

Apr 9

2017
April 9, 2017

God on a Donkey

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 21:1–11

Apr 2

2017
April 2, 2017

Lifting High The Cross

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 3:1–17

Mar 26

2017
March 26, 2017

Taking Care of Business

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 2:40–52

Mar 12

2017
March 12, 2017

Magnifying Jesus

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 1:26–38, Luke 1:46–55

Mar 5

2017
March 5, 2017

A Family Tree For You and Me

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 1:1–17

Feb 26

2017
February 26, 2017

Finding Our True Identity

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 3:21–22

Feb 12

2017
February 12, 2017

A Long Hard Look In The Mirror

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 6:35–51

Feb 5

2017
February 5, 2017

Jesus Makes Us Family

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 6:24–35

Jan 29

2017
January 29, 2017

If I Should Die Before I Live

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 15:1–8

Jan 22

2017
January 22, 2017

When You Want To Run Away

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Psalm 11:1–7

Jan 15

2017
January 15, 2017

Connecting the Dots

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 6:16–21

Jan 8

2017
January 8, 2017

A Word to the couch-bound

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 5:1–15

Jan 1

2017
January 1, 2017

The One Block

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 18:18–27

Dec 24

2016
December 24, 2016

Not So Silent Night

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 2:1–20

Dec 18

2016
December 18, 2016

God the Bridge Builder

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 1:18–25

Dec 11

2016
December 11, 2016

Rejoicing in the dark

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Habakkuk 1:2–4, Habakkuk 2:1–4, Habakkuk 3:17–19

Dec 4

2016
December 4, 2016

Dying to Live

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 3:1–12

Nov 27

2016
November 27, 2016

Living With Hope

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 24:36–44

Nov 13

2016
November 13, 2016

From Knowledge to Trust

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 4:43–54

Nov 6

2016
November 6, 2016

Listen! ...God is Speaking

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14– 4:5

Oct 23

2016
October 23, 2016

Living Water or Stagnant Water

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 4:5–42

Oct 16

2016
October 16, 2016

How to Make Disciples

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 3:22–36

Oct 9

2016
October 9, 2016

A Pun for Thanksgiving

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 2:23– 3:21

Oct 2

2016
October 2, 2016

A Passion for God's House

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 2:13–22

Sep 25

2016
September 25, 2016

681 Litres of Grace

by: Douglas Mott

Sep 18

2016
September 18, 2016

The "E" Word

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 1:35–51

Sep 11

2016
September 11, 2016

Who Are You

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 1:19–34

Jul 31

2016
July 31, 2016

Take Us to the River

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1–14

Jun 12

2016
June 12, 2016

Wake Up and Look Around

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 4:1–42

Jun 5

2016
June 5, 2016

Dying to Live

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 12:20–36

May 15

2016
May 15, 2016

Come, Holy Spirit

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 2:1–21, Acts 2:36–41

May 8

2016
May 8, 2016

Where Is Your Faith

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 14:22–33

May 1

2016
May 1, 2016

Faith Comes One Step At A Time

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Genesis 12:1–9

Apr 24

2016
April 24, 2016

Sharing Our Lives

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1–8

Apr 3

2016
April 3, 2016

Gone Fishin

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 21:1–14

Mar 27

2016
March 27, 2016

He Knows My Name

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 20:1–18

Mar 20

2016
March 20, 2016

Before the Parade Passes By

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 19:28–44

Mar 13

2016
March 13, 2016

From Despair to Hope

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Psalm 130:1

Feb 28

2016
February 28, 2016

Exposed, Cleansed, and Unsealed

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Psalm 51:1–19

Feb 21

2016
February 21, 2016

The Joy of Confession

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Psalm 32:1–11

Feb 14

2016
February 14, 2016

Love That Moves Us

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:11–21

Feb 7

2016
February 7, 2016

Examining Ourselves

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:17–34

Jan 31

2016
January 31, 2016

Taking Care of Business

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 2:41–52

Jan 24

2016
January 24, 2016

Passing the Torch

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1–14

Jan 3

2016
January 3, 2016

The Case of the Extravagant God

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Ephesians 3:1–12

Dec 27

2015
December 27, 2015

STOP! Spontaneous Thanksgiving Or Praise - to God

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Psalm 46:1–11, Mark 4:35–41

Dec 24

2015
December 24, 2015

The Big Picture

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 1:1–14

Dec 20

2015
December 20, 2015

The Original Christmas Gift

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 3:16

Dec 6

2015
December 6, 2015

Singing for Shalom

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Ephesians 5:15–20

Nov 29

2015
November 29, 2015

From Groaning to Hope

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Romans 8:18–25

Nov 22

2015
November 22, 2015

Living in the Power of the Resurrection

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1–15

Nov 1

2015
November 1, 2015

What Kind of Soil Are You

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Luke 8:4–15

Oct 18

2015
October 18, 2015

At the Doorstep of Great Opportunity

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Deuteronomy 1:1-8–19-40

Sep 20

2015
September 20, 2015

Wake Up and Look Around

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 4:1–42

Sep 13

2015
September 13, 2015

Cultivating a Life in Common

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1 :1– 1:17

Sep 6

2015
September 6, 2015

The Rest We All Need

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 11:20–30

Jul 26

2015
July 26, 2015

Christian Maturity

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Ephesians 4:1–4:16

Jul 19

2015
July 19, 2015

Burning Grace

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4–3:12-17

Jul 12

2015
July 12, 2015

59 Reasons

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Hebrews 10:19–10:25

Jun 21

2015
June 21, 2015

Living as God's Children

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 14:1–14:14

Jun 7

2015
June 7, 2015

It Takes a Church

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 28:17–28:31

May 24

2015
May 24, 2015

Fanning the Flame

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:3–1:9

May 17

2015
May 17, 2015

Paul's Testimony - and Ours

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 26:1–26:19

May 10

2015
May 10, 2015

Mothers, Martyrs and Members

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 22:30–23:24

May 3

2015
May 3, 2015

Two Urgent Questions

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 21:37–22:23

Apr 26

2015
April 26, 2015

The Way of Humility

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 21:17–21:36

Apr 19

2015
April 19, 2015

The Temptation to Escape

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 21:1–21:16

Apr 5

2015
April 5, 2015

He is Risen!

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 28:1–28:24

Mar 22

2015
March 22, 2015

The Power of Prayer - Part II

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Ephesians 6:10–6:20

Mar 14

2015
March 14, 2015

The Power of Prayer

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: James 5:13–5:20

Mar 8

2015
March 8, 2015

The "Why" of Prayer

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Psalm 42:1–42:11

Mar 1

2015
March 1, 2015

The "How" of Prayer

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Hebrews 1:1–1:4

Feb 22

2015
February 22, 2015

The "What" of Prayer

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Galatians 4:4–4:12

Feb 1

2015
February 1, 2015

Why Church

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 20:7–20:12

Jan 25

2015
January 25, 2015

The Antidote to Discouragement

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 20:1–20:6

Jan 11

2015
January 11, 2015

Impacting the City

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 19:23–19:41

Jan 4

2015
January 4, 2015

The Splendour of the King

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:1–32:47

Dec 24

2014
December 24, 2014

The Risks of Christmas

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 1:18–1:25

Dec 21

2014
December 21, 2014

Embodied Love

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: John 1:1–1:18

Dec 7

2014
December 7, 2014

Burning the Midnight Oil

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Matthew 25:1–25:13

Nov 30

2014
November 30, 2014

Waiting with Hope

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Romans 8:18–8:25

Nov 23

2014
November 23, 2014

When the Spirit comes...

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 19:8–19:22

Nov 9

2014
November 9, 2014

Living Faith

by: Douglas Mott

Oct 26

2014
October 26, 2014

One Message to Everyone, Everywhere

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 17:16–17:34

Oct 12

2014
October 12, 2014

From Politeness to Thankfulness

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 16:16–16:40

Oct 5

2014
October 5, 2014

The Ripple Effect

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 16:1–16:15

Sep 21

2014
September 21, 2014

Free to Fly

by: Douglas Mott Scripture: Acts 15:1–15:35