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May 26, 2019: "Filled With Zeal".

This message was a powerful challenge and call for us to abandon the lesser things that demand our attention, and to return to a fervent love...zeal...for the things of God. We must have zeal for worship, the Word, prayer, and other things of God in our personal lives before we will see our churches change, and then our communities change.

Feb 17, 2019: "Believe - Joy".

Joy is critical for the spiritual life. In fact, Jesus goes so far as to define two types of joy that can be present in us: 1) HIS joy, and 2) OUR joy (as seen in John 15:11). But why is joy important? What does it do for us, and how do we have it? Join us today as we dig into some powerful insight onto how the joy of Christ flows over into our joy.

Feb 10, 2019: "Believe: Love".

What does it mean to love like God loves? This is important to know because our love for one another is how people will know we are His disciples. But what does it look like to love one another as Christ loved us? Join us today as we see ways that Jesus loved people, and as we dig into the reality that how we love others demonstrates what we believe about the love Christ has for us.

Jan 27, 2019: Believe - Offering My Resources.

People have become wary of churches asking for money. TV evangelists have become the butt of jokes because of their begging for people to give their money, while they promise blessings to the first 100 people who give $1,000. But this is about as far as you can get from what God really wants from us when it comes to giving of our resources, of which perhaps the smallest part is monetary. Let's dig in together today to understand what it means to really give of ourselves and our resources to God Himself, and His kingdom.

Jan 20, 2019: Believe - Offering My Time.

Here's a reality: most of us are pretty busy. Here's another reality: most of it is a choice. Today we need to challenge ourselves to consider whether it is "our time" and God gets some of it, or is it God's time and He should direct all of it? And if we determine that it is God's time, what things does He ask us to spend the time on? Dig into that with us in this message.

Jan 13, 2019: "Believe: Spiritual Gifts" part 2 of 2.

Talents vs. spiritual gifts: what's the difference? And are spiritual gifts things that don't show up in the daily life of the average Christian unless they have that particular spiritual gift? We tackle these and other questions today as we wrap up our two week look at spiritual gifts.

Jan 06, 2019: "Believe: Spiritual Gifts" part 1.

Spiritual gifts; lots of folks talk about them. Some folks abuse them. Some folks totally misunderstand them. Some folks avoid them. But regardless of where you stand regarding spiritual gifts, and regardless of whether you have studied them much or just totally ignored them...they're still there. The question is "What is God's view and God's plan regarding spiritual gifts?" This is what we dive into in part 1 of our review of spiritual gifts.

July 1, 2018: "An Obedient Heart".

Hey...listen up! Yeah, we've all had someone tell us to stop and listen, or focus and listen. Even God wants us to stop and listen to Him. But when we listen, do we find ourselves then being obedient to what God tells us?

June 24, 2018: "But God..."

Life throws us a curve, but God. Our job takes a bad turn, but God. Our health does downhill, but God. Our finances seem headed for a crash, but God. There are lots of things that don't go our way, but God has something to say about all of them. He steps in, He leads us through the dark moments, He upholds us in our moments of weakness. Life happens...but God does too!

June 10, 2018: "When God Shows Up In An Unexpected Way".

We often ask God to show up in our lives, jobs, relationships, homes, and other situations. But we also usually have an idea in our head of what we think that should look like. What if God shows up in an unexpected way? What if it doesn't look like, sound like, or feel like what we thought it would? That's what we talk about in this message today from John 6.