Caught in the Doubt | While I Breathe, I Hope | CJ Ward
What do you do when faith doesn't feel certain anymore? In this message, we look at the story of Doubting Thomas (John 20:24-29) and ask what Jesus actually does when we bring Him our hardest questions — rebuke, or welcome?
Using an extended rock-climbing illustration, this message shows how doubt works like a cycle — the more we fear falling, the more likely we are to fall — and how both intellectual doubt (hard questions about Scripture and suffering) and emotional doubt (feeling like God answers everyone's prayers but yours) can multiply in silence and shame. But Jesus doesn't ask us to hide our doubt. He moves toward us in it.
Scripture: John 20:24-29 ⛪ New Life Gillette Church | Gillette, WY ️ Series: While I Breathe, I Hope (Week 6)
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12 Oct 2026
Friends, Not Fans | While I Breathe, I Hope | Discussion Panel
Have we traded friends for fans? In this panel discussion, CJ and Pastor Mark walk through Acts 2:42-47 — the first description of church in Scripture — and ask a hard question: are we actually devoted to our church family, or just fans who show up when nothing better is going on?
We unpack the loneliness epidemic in America (including the 2023 Surgeon General's report), what the early church actually looked like, and why the definition of a church isn't a building or a service — it's a community of friends pursuing the mission of Jesus together.
Scripture: Acts 2:42-47 ⛪ New Life Gillette Church | Gillette, WY ️ Series: While I Breathe, I Hope (Week 5)
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7 Oct 2026
Five Loaves, Two Fish | While I Breathe, I Hope | Week 4
What's in your hands? In this message, guest speaker Katie Arriaza — President and CEO of Hope of Life International and daughter of the ministry's founders — shares the story behind one of our mission partners in Guatemala, and challenges us with the same question Jesus asked a boy with five loaves and two fish in John 6: are you willing to give what you have?
Katie shares her family's story — her father Carlos's miraculous healing 40 years ago and the single "yes" that's since multiplied into thousands of partners and nearly half a million families reached — along with the realities of chronic malnutrition in Guatemala and Hope of Life's mission to meet physical needs first, opening the door to share the gospel.
Scripture: John 6:1-13 ️ Guest Speaker: Katie Arriaza, President & CEO, Hope of Life International ⛪ New Life Gillette Church | Gillette, WY ️ Series: While I Breathe, I Hope (Week 4)
Next Steps:
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Sign up for a mission trip: [link]
Give or sponsor a child: [link]
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