Have a Story You Would Be Willing to Share With Us?

Hey, y'all! Have a past experience at Faith Church of Nashville you would be willing to share with us? There is now a way to do that. Email the following address:

book-submit@faithchurchofnashville.org or click here.

We can't make promises due to page/space limits, but we may even use it in our book. What we can promise is that we will read each and every story you submit and post it to the website if you indicate that in your email.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Go Orange!

Hey, Faith Church of Nashville!

Today, be sure to wear orange! Orange is the national hunger colour, and today, September 5, is Hunger Awareness Day. September is Hunger Action Month.

Be sure to not only think about what people in other countries go through, but also the fact that many of those people who either eat just rice and beans, or who don't even know where their next meal is coming from, still praise God through life.

Join us for a special sermon series!

Join Faith Church of Nashville for a special sermon series! If you have never visited FCON, now is a great chance for this special series taken from a recent Cuba Mission trip!

The Lessons From Cuba sermon series is built around life lessons that can be taken from the Cuba Mission Trip.

We hope to see you there!

Always Will (Hillsong Live) [WEEKLY DEVO]

"Your love keeps chasing me
And it always will
It always will
Your grace keeps changing me
And it always will
It always will

You gave Your life away
Once and for all
Once and for all
Forever You will reign
And You always will
You always will"

   These lyrics are just comforting. We have an assurance we cannot get away from God's love. We usually think about Jonah trying to run away from God, and from that, not only do we get knowledge that it's impossible to run away from God, but it's also impossible to run away from God's love or do anything that would stop God from loving us. God will never stop loving us, no matter how far we run. Some people don't think they are worthy of God's love, but the truth is, even though none of us should be going to heaven, God still loves us and continues to love us when we fall and when He helps us back up.

Here's the last verse:

"In my joy
In my pain
You're right beside me
In Your arms
There's always hope"

   It's also comforting to know God is always there with us and for us based on circumstances. When life is hard, God is always right there with us. The first thing we do may be to ask God why He hasn't calmed the storm, but God has never promised to calm all storms we have. He never promised life would be easy. But He does promise us if He doesn't calm the storms in our lives, He will always ride them with us. He'll never leave us.

Already There (Casting Crowns) [WEEKLY DEVO]

LYRICS:

"From where I'm standing

Lord, it's so hard for me to see

Where this is going

And where You're leading me"

From our viewpoint, we can't see anything but what is currently going on. The future is completely out of reach. The future is in God's hands and in God's hands alone. This should be comforting for us to know this and rely on this truth, but it isn't to a lot of people because we like to know where life is going. We want to know the future. Even though God knows where our life is going, we also want to

know.

LYRICS:

"'Cause You're already there

You're already there

Standing at the end of my life

Waiting on the other side

And You're already there

You're already there"

God knows exactly where we are. Think about this: if God made us and even knows how many hairs are on our heads, then He knows EXACTLY what is going on in our lives. He still wants us to come to Him in our time of need, but we need to rely on the fact that what we tell God is not new information to Him. He knew about it from the beginning. He also knows what the future looks like. ONLY He knows where our lives are going. We think we know also. But we do not. We only predict. Close your eyes. Pretend you are at a parade with a younger sibling. The younger sibling wants to know exactly when Santa is coming. You cannot tell him when, but he keeps on asking you how long it will be until he sees Santa. You probably wish you could go up to the roof of a building and look down to see the whole parade. Doing this, you would be able to say "after two more bands, Santa will be there." This would probably satisfy the sibling.

That is God's viewpoint. He can see our lives. He can not only see and know everything that is going on in our lives right now, He can see EVERYTHING; past, present, and future. From the top point looking down, you would definitely be able to make wiser choices. But without the ability to do that, we must rely completely on the wisdom of God. We must ask God for wisdom on what choices to make in life. He knows what is best for us. He has the entire picture to look at, and we do not. God knows about all of our addictions, our fight with a friend, our sins. He knows what we feel. He knows our pain. He knows about all of our everyday struggles. He also knows where we stand. He knows if we want help with these, if we even want to talk to Him about these. He is also more than willing to talk to us. In Casting Crowns' song Praise You in This Storm, the lyrics state that life can be like a storm. It can be raining so hard that it is almost impossible to see anything. We may even bring ourselves to asking ourselves why we are even here. In these times, it can definitely be hard to see through the storm. God is already there. He is looking from the top-down viewpoint. He sees when the storm will calm down. He will calm the storm for us. He knows when He will do this.

Welcome

Welcome to the new blog for Faith Church of Nashville! We hope you'll enjoy this blog. I'll be posting news, along with devotionals to this blog. If you need information on a Faith event, this will be the place to visit!