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We've all felt that ache when we want something but can't have it; like when we desire a job, a relationship, or peace and it slips through our fingers. We ask wrongly when we focus on our own desires instead of God. Daniel 11 can feel confusing; it's a prophecy about kingdoms rising and falling, alliances breaking, and people caught between chaos. Yet the message is clear: God's truth is steadier than any kingdom, relationship, or success. When we're swept up in the carousel of life, where one win leads to another loss, God's promise holds us steady. He doesn't promise a stable world but a steady hand that knows where we're going. So when you're struggling with what's next, ask: 'What success am I treating as permanent?' Because true confidence comes from knowing God's kingdom is eternal, not our temporary wins. If you want to learn more about the MidTree story or connect with us, visit https://midtreechurch.com/ or text us at 812-MID-TREE.

We've all felt that sinking moment when the future seems too big to grasp; like Daniel, who saw a vision of kingdoms colliding and couldn't shake the weight of uncertainty. Today's passage shows us how God meets us in the middle of confusion, not by giving answers but by saying, 'Be still.' When anxiety hits, we might think we need to solve the problem first, but Daniel's story teaches us that real faith isn't about knowing what comes next. It's about trusting God's sovereignty even when the waves feel overwhelming. The Bible doesn't promise clarity in hard times; it promises a God who holds us steady. So when you're staring at a prophecy that seems impossible or a future that feels uncertain, remember: God's not waiting for you to understand. He's already in the middle of the chaos, ready to lift you up. Start small: ask, 'How long, Lord?' and let Him be your anchor. If you want to learn more about the MidTree story or connect with us, visit https://midtreechurch.com/ or text us at 812-MID-TREE.

* special thanks to Stewart Fuller and the team that compiled “the narrative” study for their work on the paradigm of “Lord, Savior, Christ“.

You can sit in church for years and still carry the same exhausting question: am I actually safe with God? We feel the weight of that, because when you don’t have assurance of salvation, it’s hard to love people freely or serve without secretly trying to prove something. So we start a new series in Romans with one goal: help you see a God worth wanting and a salvation that is meant to produce confidence, not constant second-guessing. We rewind to Genesis and talk about shalom, God’s design for wholeness across four relationships: with God, with others, with yourself, and with creation. Then Romans 1 sharpens the point. God is not hiding from you. He’s been revealing Himself in what’s around you through creation and what’s within you through conscience, so the truth is “clearly perceived.” The problem isn’t a lack of evidence. The problem is what Romans calls suppressing the truth: exchanging worship of the Creator for worship of something we can control. We also tackle one of the most sobering patterns in Romans 1: God’s wrath often shows up as God giving us over to what we insist on chasing. Sin can feel like a joke while it quietly destroys us, like laughing in a room where the air is running out. The ending turns toward mercy and action through Romans 12: present your whole self to God, refuse the mold of the world, and ask the Father for the joy you were made for.

We open John 15 and sit with Jesus’s invitation to stop striving for spiritual fruit and start remaining in him as the true vine. We talk honestly about weakness, suffering, and loss, and why the Father’s pruning can be a sign of love, not rejection.  • the disciples’ fears as Jesus says he is going away  • why “true vine” points beyond Israel to Jesus himself  • abiding as making a home in Christ, not occasional visits  • the difference between proximity to Jesus and abiding in Jesus  • self-examination that looks for rootedness, not a religious resume  • Noah’s ark as a picture of resting while God navigates storms  • branches that never bear fruit, and what chokes spiritual life  • pruning as the Father’s careful cultivation, even through pain  • prayer shaped by God’s Word and aligned with his will  • being invited into the Father’s love for the Son  • joy that runs deeper than happiness and circumstances  • the final invitation to come home, remain, and let fruit grow  If you want to learn more about the MidTree story or connect with us, go to our website HERE or text us at 812-MID-TREE.

Troubled hearts do not need a vague spiritual slogan, they need a solid place to stand. We open John 14:1–7 inside the tense, emotional final hours before the cross, where Jesus tells his disciples hard truths: betrayal is coming, denial is coming, and he is leaving. Then he speaks a command that feels impossible until you see what he is really offering: “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.”  From there, we follow Thomas’ blunt question, the one we all ask in our own way: “How can we know the way?” Jesus does not hand over directions or a checklist. He gives himself. We unpack why John 14:6 is the core of the Christian gospel and why it is also deeply personal: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” The problem is not that we lack effort, it’s that we are not with the Father, and we cannot fix that separation on our own.  To make the point vivid, we connect John’s “farewell discourse” to Genesis 3 and the Garden of Eden, where sin turns joyful communion into hiding, fear, and spiritual death. We talk about how deception works, why small distortions of God’s Word matter, and how Jesus as truth steadies us in reality when our desires and anxieties pull us off course. Finally, we look at Jesus as life, the “tree of life” theme, and communion as a monthly, tangible reminder that Christ’s body and blood are our only hope and our deepest satisfaction.  If you want to learn more about the MidTree story or connect with us, go to our website HERE or text us at 812-MID-TREE.