Encouraging Hearts
Empowering Lives
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We aim to effectively communicate the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to as many people as possible, encouraging them in their daily walk, as to radically impact our generation.
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About Dr. Curt Dodd
Senior Pastor
Dr Curt Dodd, host for Higher Aim, has served churches in Texas, Colorado and Florida before becoming the Senior Pastor of Westside Church, Omaha in 2004. Committed to the local church, he has written And One to Grow On, Hearts on Fire: The Keys to Dynamic Church Growth, Running on Empty in the Fast Lane and most recently Armchair Devotional. He also is the Co-founder and President of Shepherds Group, a pastoral ministry team guiding churches and Christian non-profits in their capital campaign ventures. With a heart for the outdoors, he enjoys hunting, fishing and golf….but they all pale in comparison to his family. He and his wife, Ginger, have two married sons involved in ministry, a married daughter who is a professional photographer and an ever-growing quiver of grandchildren.
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Daily Devotions
Mountaintop Moments
“My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you…
Read Full DevotionFinally Family
“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed on his name, he gave the right to become the children of God.” (John 1:12) This passage is one of the most powerful of all the Scriptures, especially for those who have had issues of family disruption. Broken homes lead to broken lives. Broken…
Read Full DevotionTalking to Myself and God, Too
“You are my strength, I watch for you; you, God, are my fortress,” (Psalm 59:9) Isn’t it interesting that many of the Psalms are filled with words that seem to be directed toward God while at the same time spoken by the psalmist himself to himself? The honest candor and transparency of the writer is…
Read Full DevotionDeep Thirst
“…I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.” (Psalm 63:1) The Psalmist said it perfectly, “I thirst for you…” Deep inside all of us is the longing for God Himself. As our Maker and Creator, He has planted within all of His…
Read Full DevotionReminding Yourself
“You are my strength, I watch for you; you, God, are my fortress,” (Psalm 59:9) Too often we keep to ourselves what we feel deeply within. Imagine living your entire life with someone who never expressed to you how they really felt about you? It’s kind of like the story of the husband who was…
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