Good morning, Lakeside family!As we move closer to Easter, my devotional time has been spent in prayer and study of God's word about who we are in Christ. My struggle recently has been trying to be so...  Read More

     “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this...  Read More

What comes to your mind when you hear the words: exile, wilderness, dry place, foreigner? In chapter 2 in the story of the Exodus, Moses finds himself deeply acquainted with each of these words. The r...  Read More

Knowing who God is helps us know who we are called to be. The more we know about God, the more we know about ourselves. In knowing more about ourselves and God, we are able to Believe in God and ourse...  Read More

John 20:25-2925  So the other disciples told him (Thomas), “We have seen the Lord.” But he said tothem, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the markof the nails,...  Read More

“The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring (us) to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God…”. AW TozerDeveloping a Biblical foundation, reciting passages and meditating on what we re...  Read More

Greetings everyone! I have been looking at the Lord's Prayer, sometimes referred to The Our Father. At the church I grew up in, we memorized this prayer at a very young age, so I've known this prayer ...  Read More

I learned a new word this week. Peripety: A sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances orsituations.God is the Master of peripety. He can take a situation and turn it upside down in ways that we w...  Read More

What is Sabbath Rest? Sabbath rest is a cessation of activity and work for a 24 hour period once a week. It was modeled by God in creation (Gen 1-2) and commanded by God for the people of Israel (Ex 2...  Read More

This week's devotional comes from Reed Leiting: In Luke 11:1, one of the disciples said to Jesus, "Lord teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” What Jesus tells them is more of a way to ...  Read More

 "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowingthat from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the LordChrist." Colossians 3:23-24At t...  Read More

This week's devotional comes from Randy Simonson: Daily meditations are often spent looking horizontally at life. Moving from the horizontal to the vertical in our thinking involves change. An example...  Read More