The ONE thing that has been the defining difference for the church of Jesus Christis now and has always been the power of God in human hearts on display for the world to see!It’s not just the message but also the power behind it, backing up the message with changed lives.We can hear the message, but God brings the power when we come together.Lets get together!http:// https://subspla.sh/r7gdzcc ...  Read More

There comes a time when each of us has to deal with the "WHYS" of our lives.Why do things never work out?Why do I have to constantly deal with this?Why can’t I ever seem to be satisfied with life?The answers have more to do with us than we are comfortable admitting.Would you like to know?I will take courage because this is the dirty work.So, roll up your sleeves and let's get down to it tonight!ht...  Read More

When religion goes wrong…When relationships go wrong with parents and children, husbands and wives, families,friends even neighbors we all go to the rules.As long as everybody stays within the rules, everything goes well.And we wonder why we all can't get along? How do I manage the unmanageable?Let's find some answers together.http://ttps://subspla.sh/dvfph5z...  Read More

With all the social connections that we have, whatever happened to connections?We live at a time when so many of us truly feel alone, you can have family, a few friends and people you work with, but still, there is that lingering loneliness.If you think that it shouldn't be this way, you're right!Come and find out why.https://subspla.sh/2spz4sk...  Read More

I am – you are – we all are living illustrations,but what sort of an illustration you are,depends on the observers not the observed.We’d like people to see the best in us, not the worst.However, more often than not, it seems that the worst of uscomes out at the most inopportune times.How can I change that?How can I be all that I was meant to be?Short answer; You can't, but God can,and He still has...  Read More

I am – you are – we all are living illustrations,but what sort of an illustration you are,depends on the observers not the observed.We’d like people to see the best in us, not the worst.However, more often than not, it seems that the worst of uscomes out at the most inopportune times.How can I change that?How can I be all that I was meant to be?Short answer; You can't, but God can,and He still has...  Read More

How is it that we can be so easily intimidated, manipulated or frustratedto the point of exhaustion or even worse, flat out RAGE?It always seems like so many situations are either FIGHT or flight...  Have you considered the power of God?If you are willing, He could carry you farther and accomplish more through you than you ever dreamed possible on your own.  We can settle if we want to, settle for...  Read More

There are all kinds of deserts in life!   I can't find a job – desert   Can’t find love – desert   Can’t find a friend – desert   Can't have kids – desert   Can’t get past this depression...   Can’t deal with this fear...   Can’t seem to find happiness...   Can’t seem to get over the obsession...Quite A few of the deserts in life.There is an answer for you if you'd like to find out....http:// http...  Read More

Why does everything have to be hard?  Not you?Welcome to the REASON...There is a reason that we struggle so much,a reason that we have to agonize over things.  While on the surface, seemingly small things can completelyderail us but then something big comes along,a catastrophe or an incredible victory,and we’re cool and in complete control until later,that's when we start to fall apart and even so...  Read More

Are you looking for a change, hoping for a change,trying to make a change?Could it be that there is something thatyou may have not yet considered?I’d like the opportunity to invite you to consider the possibilities,because there are possibilities...  ...  Read More

What does it mean to be boxed in?It is in those places in life where you can’t go forward,and you know you don’t ever want to go back.What do you do?Where do you go?This is the spot where real miracles can happen…if you look!Come and see what life can look like once you start living outside the box...http:// https://subspla.sh/8vpyhvx ...  Read More

When things aren’t going on all that well, do you ever feel like...“I just need a little something to get me through this”..."No. I need a lot of something to get me through this...”“I only need something to relax”...“I really need a vacation”...Life has trained us to think along certain lines….REALITY...There comes a time when we all need the strength that we don’t possess,some source of energy o...  Read More

Don't forget to visit our website at https://refugecf.orgBible Study with Pastor Howard AndersenSunday's 9:30am; Tuesday"s 7pmDonations: Give - https://refugecf.org/giveThank you for joining us... https://subspla.sh/75grqk8 (LIVE)...  Read More

Have you ever had that nagging sense that where you are, is not where you were meant to be? Like you don’t belong? Like… you just don’t fit in? Deep inside you, YOU know somehow don’t belong... Maybe you don't because you were created for more...https://youtu.be/zc3xLM4C5s8...  Read More

Have you ever looked at your life and been really dissatisfied?Maybe you're not dissatisfied with everything, but with something or somethings?"What if the answer to the problem were right in front of you, hidden within your situation,would you be willing to look close enough to see it?LET'S TALK...https://youtu.be/zx4BLF-GRfA...  Read More

Sometimes you almost get a sense that NOTHING, and I mean nothing is headed in the right direction!Right about the time things start to calm down somebody tweets something, posts something, says something, does something, and we're off to the races again!It happens every day in countless ways, turn on the news and listen.  Whatever it was that woke you in the middle of the night or the stress that...  Read More

If you’ve ever been hurt by someone you trusted orif you’ve ever been upended by a situation that you never saw coming...Tonight’s study is for you!When we see no clear answer that could solve our problem,maybe this is because we know too much!How do we move past what we know and enter into something greater?Check it out!https://youtu.be/5MGqUzXUiug...  Read More

Weakness is an unfortunate reality that we all have to face,because it comes with being human...We want to be strong, but in so many areas, but we're not.We wish that we were smarter, and we're not.We would to be better than we are, with all the limitations thrown in on top.The Lord Jesus is here...He bore our weaknesses and infirmities with all that it meansto introduce us to a new way of living....  Read More

EVERY TIME that I can’t seem to get pas HOW...How do I forgive – when I am so filled with resentment?How do I deal with my grief when the loss was so great?How do I fix my marriage when so much water has passed under that bridge”How do I help my kids when I feel helpless too?How do I stop something that I can’t stop?How do I start something that I can’t start?How do I hang on when everything in me...  Read More

Can you imagine being in the awkward position ofdiscovering that the affections,intentionsand directions that guide your decisionsare seriously flawed?The real miracle on the table is that God passionatelywants to take you,heading headlong in a destructive directionand work through all of it with you.The goal is to inspire and in the process supernaturallychange the trajectory of your whole life! ...  Read More

Have you ever noticed how weird families can get when mom, dad or someone else with equal importance dies? Everybody gets into the act, choosing this time to air grievances or to make sure to get what they think that they've got coming to them. Alternatively, there are those that are literally drowning in inconsolable anguish or boiling over with an unquenchable resentment. Meanwhile, other famili...  Read More

With everything everywhere changing so fast...Most people are feeling really stuck.Excitement is at an all-time low.And pessimism at an all-time high...We have something for you that defies everything that would stand against you living and enjoying life.Let's come together and discover how to rise above the noise...http:// https://subspla.sh/znntv88 ...  Read More

 Have you ever lifted up a prayer and things got worse?We can think:"What’s the point afterwards"…"If nothing happens, why pray anyway? "What if…What if what you were praying for you weren’t ready for?  What if what you were praying for would ultimately hurt you?What if what you were praying for would actuallyhurt the people that you care for the most?    https://subspla.sh/krtpdr9  ...  Read More

"TIME FOR CHANGE"  ACTS 2:14-40  Something different is happening all around us... You can feel it – there’s a change in the air...Everybody knows it! The world is changing all around us!  Change is inevitable – it is a fact of life.If there’s anything in life that you can count on the fact that things are going to change.For some of us – GOD is doing the changing – for others TIME is taking its t...  Read More