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Be Strong & Courageous in Prayer: Taking The First Step
January 20th, 2026
For Your Heart Today Courage rarely begins with certainty. More often, it begins with listening—listening in the quiet work of preparation, listening for God’s direction before the waters part. Befor...  Read More
by T.J. Nichols
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Be Strong & Courageous in Prayer: Learning to Listen
January 13th, 2026
For Your Heart Today Sometimes the deepest longing of our hearts is simply to hear from God. Not because we lack faith, but because we want to be faithful. We want to make wise decisions. We want to...  Read More
by T.J. Nichols
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Be Strong and Courageous: Standing on the Edge of What Comes Next
January 6th, 2026
For Your Heart Today Standing on the edge of a new season often brings mixed emotions. Hope and hesitation can live side by side. Gratitude for what has been can coexist with uncertainty about what li...  Read More
by T.J. Nichols
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Finding the True Meaning of Christmas with Charlie Brown: Living Joy
December 17th, 2025
For Your Heart Today Joy, in Scripture, is never abstract or detached from real life. It is not an emotion we are asked to manufacture, nor a spiritual concept we are expected to perform. Joy is perso...  Read More
by T.J. Nichols
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Finding the True Meaning of Christmas with Charlie Brown: Inside Out Peace
December 9th, 2025
For Your Heart Today Advent reminds us that peace is not something we manufacture—it is something God forms within us. From Eden’s wholeness to Isaiah’s promise, from the angels’ song in Bethlehem to ...  Read More
by T.J. Nichols
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Finding the True Meaning of Christmas with Charlie Brown: When Longing Meets Hope
December 2nd, 2025
For Your Heart Today Every year, A Charlie Brown Christmas captures something many of us feel but rarely say out loud—that even in a season filled with lights, music, and tradition, our hearts can st...  Read More
by T.J. Nichols
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Loving The Stranger: Rooted in Truth, Rising in Hope — A Thanksgiving of Lament and Liberation
November 25th, 2025
For Your Heart Today As we enter Thanksgiving week, many of us prepare to gather around tables filled with food, gratitude, and tradition. Yet for followers of Jesus, this season is more than a celebr...  Read More
by T.J. Nichols
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Loving The Stranger: Loving the Stranger We Know
November 18th, 2025
For Your Heart Today As we move toward the holiday season—when families, friendships, and expectations collide—Jesus invites us into a deeper, quieter work of the heart. He invites us to consider the ...  Read More
by T.J. Nichols
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Loving The Stranger: Refusing to Turn A Blind Eye to Opposition
November 11th, 2025
Quick Glance: For Your Heart TodayLoving our neighbor is not only about caring for those we know well. Jesus teaches that love also reaches toward the stranger—the one who feels unfamiliar, uncomforta...  Read More
by T.J. Nichols
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Loving The Stranger: Refusing to Turn A Blind Eye to Opposition
November 5th, 2025
QUICK GLANCE: FOR YOUR HEART TODAY Following Christ means refusing to turn a blind eye to oppression. Acts 16 shows us Paul and Silas being exploited, beaten, and imprisoned because systems of power v...  Read More
by T.J. Nichols
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Greater Things: Greater Legacy
October 30th, 2025
Quick Glance: For Your Heart Today This year’s anniversary celebration was a moment of deep reflection and renewed praise as South Bay Community Church marked forty years of God’s faithfulness. Ephes...  Read More
by T.J. Nichols
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Greater Things: Greater Obedience
October 22nd, 2025
Quick Glance: For Your Heart Today This week, South Bay joyfully welcomed home one of its own—Pastor Bryan Murphy, former lead pastor of South Bay Community Church. With warmth and gratitude, our chur...  Read More
by T.J. Nichols
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