God is at work all around us and we can give him praise when we highlight all that He is up to. We do everything we can to let the church and the rest of the world in on the great things God is accomplishing, which deepens our worship of him through that knowledge.
As our eyes are opened to what God is doing around us, we are encouraged to take our eyes off ourselves and put our focus on God and His work. We are encouraged to press on in the midst of disheartening circumstances, suffering and trials and daily discouragements. We are given the gift of hope as we remember the God we serve, the One who keeps His promises and is fulfilling His redemption story right in our midst.
Stories can be used to move in the hearts and actions of our body of believers as the Holy Spirit works in them to give them courage to embrace mission, step out in faith, and to believe God can use them. Stories remind us that God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things.
“Christian brotherhood is not an ideal which we must realize, it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate.” This is how Dietrich Bonhoeffer describes friendship in his well-known book, Life Together. Friendship between believers is God’s idea...
Prejudices and discrimination happen in the most unlikely places. And, they’re not all based on skin color. Why is it that people in their 40s or older are hesitant or unwilling to join a church that primarily has college students? New Life not only wants older members, they're...
What is Advent? It comes from the Latin Word meaning “coming” or “arrival.” Advent is the celebration of Jesus’ first coming and the hope of His second coming. It’s a celebratory season where we reflect, remember and rejoice in the promises and...
It’s been a year since we last wrote about New Life member Beth Cloutier and her two girls. This time last year, Beth was in the beginning stages of adopting 12-year-old girl Qing Qing from China, and in the middle of the long process of adopting her 10-year-old, Christina, from Haiti...
If you’ve been at New Life for any length of time, you know that saying goodbye to the Forbes family in May of this year was one of the hardest things we’ve done. Nathan and Rebekah Forbes were original members of the core group that planted the church, beloved life group leaders and...
There is beauty in learning to share our lives with others as believers, embodying the picture in Hebrews 10: “Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you...
“. . . And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. Share in the suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. . .” – 2 Timothy 2:2-3 (ESV) Eliza Price, New Life member and Texas A&M college...
It does not take long to notice that College Station is a town where nations intersect. On a trip to HEB, going to the park, or in your or your child’s classroom, you are likely to cross paths with someone from another nation. According to the International Student Services, students from...
Tragedy strikes, then life goes on. You know the feeling -- especially when that tragedy has happened to you. So this is how Houston must feel right now. The news outlets, the media, and many Americans have moved on, but as those who felt it hit very close to home, we at New Life cannot. In...
In the spring of 2009, New Life Baptist Church opened its doors with this statement, “We exist to preserve and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to make mature disciples of all nations for the glory of God.” Over the past eight years, New Life’s presence and influence has not...