Little Footprints

Westside Family Church   Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen? 2026.05.03 (I didn't attend--migraine and slept through service, watched on 05.09.2026) Pastor JJ Lane Jesus ENTERED suffering Jesus DEFEATED suffering Jesus is PRESENT in suffering And Jesus will END suffering Notes:  God, why do bad things happen?  Maybe you showed up to church hoping someone can answer the question for me? Can JJ give us the right answer; stories, represented in our church family?  I wish JJ could answer the question so you can have a relationship with God. He can't even do it for himself.  Why? JJ's wife and his miscarriage. What is he certain of? Betting his entire life on--- I have hope and that hope has a name.  That name is Jesus! Why do bad things happen to good people? If suffering is meaningless, then what hope do we have? There's no justice, no redemption; we just have to live with the suffering of this world. If suffering is meaningless, why does it feel so wrong? ...

Westside Family Church Why Is Jesus The Only Way Pastor Jonathan Hansen (Triish's last Sunday in worship will be Sunday, April 26, 2026.---She is moving to Dallas, TX!) Notes:  1 Peter 3:15 In your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for he hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect When we are dealing with life or death consequences, persuasion becomes an act of love. Eventually the tornados of life and death and suffering, and t ragedy will come our way, and when it does, it will hit like a freight train. And then we start to ask the big questions… What are the apologetics? 1. Why are we here? 2. How did this whole thing happen? 3. What happens after we die? 4. How do I make sense of pain and suffering? 5. What's the purpose of my life? These questions are so important because if we understand the BEGINNING of the story (where we came from) and the END of the story (where we are going)...

Westside Family Church Good Friday   Good Friday: The Lamb, The Door, and The Cross INTRODUCTION: The Doorframe  I. THE PASSOVER: BLOOD ON THE DOOR Exodus 12:3–7, 12–13 (ESV) "Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household... Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old... Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it... For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.” First: The lamb had to be without blemish. Perfect. Spotless. This wasn't...

“Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” ( Matthew 20:26–28 ) I couldn't help but correlate this chapter to the Bible.  Jesus taught us in the New Testament that all  leadership should be servant leadership. I did not always grow up as a Christian.  I did not seek Jesus until I was 24.  I wasn't in a leadership role at all (work-wise).  My husband and I soon became in charge of a small youth group.  THAT is where I started serving.  I served not only my Savior but the kids I worked for.  This set the stage for how I would view leadership later in life. For the past year or so, I have struggled with getting back to church and be a servant there.  This week, it has been nagging on my heart to go back to church.  They are looking for volunteers in the nurser...