October 4, 2026 The View From Above Thoughts to Help With Everyday Life WE NEED TO HELP EACH OTHER FIND THE WILL OF GOD FOR OUR LIVES Part 6 God never intended us to navigate life alone. It would be very unwise to try to do so, and it would invariably end in disaster. In ancient times, people utilized the stars to navigate. Later, various kinds of instruments were invented, like the compass and the sextant, which helped with navigation. As already pointed out, we have God’s W

IT’S NOT ALWAYS AS CLEAR-CUT AS WE WOULD LIKE

TODAY, LET’S EXAMINE THE WILL OF GOD IN SOME VERY PRACTICAL AREAS USING THE WORD OF GOD AS OUR GUIDE — Part 3

The strongest movement is very simple: discover God’s will → confront our own will → surrender → obey. And the repeated words of Jesus—“As You will” and “Your will be done”—give the devotional its center.

“You are my God, I declare You as my Lord…teach me TODAY to do Your will and LEAD me in the way that I should go.”

The Lord's Day: A Day of Expectation and Revelation

Throwing the Switch: Escaping Hopeless Desperation

The point I am making is that there is ALWAYS the possibility of sudden, immediate change, and that continues throughout our Christian life.

The View From Above: Thoughts To Help With Everyday Life September 22, 2026 Guest Contributor: Pastor Harold Warner — Part 13 The Church: A Place to BLESS I want to end my contribution to VFA where I started: loving the Church. I’m not making too much of this, as if it was my hobby horse. No, the whole Book of Ephesians has this as its central theme: the mystery of the Church. Salvation is personal, but it is not private. When God saved us, He calls and invites us to become p

The Church: A Place to BATTLE — Part III JOIN THE RESISTANCE

CAN YOU TAKE CORRECTION?…OR, ARE YOU TOO PROUD? — Part 3

the connection between correction, wisdom, humility, and love

We are not qualified or equipped to be the sole arbiter of our course and direction.

WE CAN WEATHER ANY STORM…BECAUSE OUR GOD IS GREATER

Can we maintain the victory in the face of disappointment?

what about the future I don’t yet know?

How many times have we ‘arose to flee

The giant was all they saw. David has another way of looking at the same thing.

What Are You DOING?

The View From Above: Thoughts to Help With Everyday Life September 1, 2026 Pastor Paul Stephens There Is Hope for the Backslider ‘I’m a backslidden Christian’ is what he said, having been arrested after being pulled over by an El Paso County Sheriff, who happened to be my grandson, Marcus. I thought, wow!…you really can’t run from God. He knows every move you make, every place you try to run and hide. This individual had served the Lord in one of our churches in Phoenix for e