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I am so excited about the journey we are going to take this summer out of the book of Ephesians! This is one of my favorite books in the New Testament and it has really helped me to discover who I am in Christ at very important times in my live, and I’m believing that it will produce the same experience for many people in the Destiny family. My prayer is that those who participate in this series will grow in the knowledge of who we are in Christ and who we are as the Bride of Christ, equipping us to walk in the faith and authority God has given us through Jesus. We will need this revelation to withstand storms in life and to understand how to hear from God now and in the future. 

To the Destiny Church Family,

There are no words that can be said to make any of us feel better about the news we received today concerning the tragic murders of Sheri, Gavin, and Garett Coleman.  This will be a day for many of us where we will remember where we were when we heard the news for the rest of our lives, and it will be a day that three incredible people found themselves in a much better place.

As their church family, we must continually be praying for Chris that he will walk in God’s abundant grace and peace as he navigates the immediate crisis at hand.  Many of us in the Destiny family are mourning and rightly so, but let us not forget that God always finds a way to turn the things intended for evil into something good.  Sometimes the church forgets that we are wrestling against principalities and powers of pure evil in this life…while evil may have triumphed for a moment we stand strong in faith that it will not win in the end.

“God, we ask that your love and peace would surround Chris in this very moment and let him know that he is not alone. You are the Shepherd of our souls and, Lord, we ask that you would lead Chris to a place where he finds your presence to be everything that he needs. Strengthen his heart as he mourns, and let your peace surround his heart in this hour.”

Praying for Chris and the DC family,

Jim & Jessica Stern

John is always a joy to have around and this past Friday it was awesome to have a full house of men shouting loud for God and hearing a strong word about breaking the power of intimidation…cool stuff! To hear the audio go to Destiny’s “messages” page or click here

So yeah, it’s been over a month since my last post…so here’s the short list of what I’ve been up to for the last 35 days:

- Survived I54
- Spent 8 days of family vacation on Sanibel Island, FL
- Chopped most of my hair off
- Reading Jesus’ words to the 7 churches of Revelation
- Visited 17 dentists in the Creve Coeur area developing partnerships with them and Smoothie King
- Amazed at the world’s public infatuation with an emerging global government
- Took my first 20+ mile ride of the year on my road bike
- Spent 2 days at IHOP-KC on a two day prayer/study retreat
- Spoke at a Christian songwriting group about bringing strong theology back into our worship music
- Helped my Father-in-law Kent record some tunes for his newest worship project
- Experienced the Soulard Famer’s Market for the first time
- Growing deeply concerned about the mindset of our nation
- Changed my meeting schedule around at the office to get my work life flowing better at the office
- Taxes
- Went to my friend John Rodriguez’s surprise 40th birthday party
- Staying faithful in prayer room
- Growing very excited about the week of SERVOLUTION coming up the weekend of Palm Sunday and building up to Easter

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I am going to be mentioning this article from Fast Company Magazine in my message this coming weekend and it’s a scary read for sure! Humanity is so resistant to change it’s unbelievable. Click HERE for the article and scare yourself.