Draw Near to God

Builders, we appreciate every time you have prayed, given, or advocated for Greenhouse. Thank you.

Our servant leadership motif in 2025-26 is Believing. This month we invite you to pray for all those connected with Greenhouse to be strong in their faith. Some of our students and alumni do not claim follow Jesus Christ at this point in their lives. Others are wrestling with difficult questions or overwhelming circumstances. Please pray that we may all be strengthened to trust God as he reveals himself in the Scriptures, through his Son, by his Spirit, and among his people. May we find our rest in him alone.

At Greenhouse we have been memorizing Hebrews 11 together, related to the theme of Believing. It is often referred to as the “Hall of Faith” chapter as it rehearses the lives of many who placed their trust in the Lord God. The God of Abel, Enoch, Noah, Sarah, Abraham, and the others is the same God we worship. He is as utterly worthy of our trust, allegiance, and adoration today as he was in Bible times.

Hebrews 11:6 (ESV)

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Are there situations in which you are tempted to doubt the existence, or perhaps the goodness, of God? Let us draw near to him at those very moments because in the act of drawing near we acknowledge his existence. There are times we cry out like the father in Mark 9, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.” In approaching the Lord, we attest that our hope is fixed on him. It is he who rewards those who seek him. May we increasingly rest in that truth this year.