If the thought of spending Christmas with your family fills you with dread, or if you don't have family to send Christmas with. Remember that You are part of God's family. Because He is your "Everlasting Father", you are His forever daughter or His forever son. You are part of His family!
When we are reluctant to worship, perhaps we have simply forgotten what Jesus has done for us. He is bigger than anything we face. He is strong, mighty, great and powerful... Jesus is Mighty God!
This is the first message in a series entitle Jesus Is... We must keep in mind during the holiday season that Jesus IS wonderful.
The Bible teaches us that it is wise to seek good counsel. While there are many wonderful sources of good counsel--professional therapists, mature believers, spiritual mentors--there is none better than our Savior, Jesus Christ, the Counselor who holds our future in is hands.
What do we value? Worth and value are directly tied to priorities, so others are able determine our priorities by watching where we put our time and money. Since we decide what we value, we should make sure that we are prioritizing the things that matter to God.
Have you ever bought something from an unknown seller to save a few dollars only to find out later that it would have been better to spend the extra money to deal with someone who could be trusted? Trust and value are connected. The more you trust, the more willing you are to pay the price.
Have you ever looked at what someone else paid for something and said, "That's not worth that kind of money!"? How about being mid-way through a frustrating job and thought, "Is it worth all of this stress?" Likewise, we observe the difficult life of Paul the Apostle and wonder why he would be willing to face imprisonment, torture, and possible death time after time in so many places? Paul believed that Jesus is worth it!
When you have the courage to defeat your Giant, you also inspire others to do the same. Young David's triumph over Goliath and the Philistine army, teach us a valuable lesson about the contagious nature of courage.
We all love a powerful speech from a great leader. Young David gave perhaps the greatest speech of them all while standing toe to toe with Goliath, and through his words we learn how to face down the giants in our life.
Have you ever faced a challenge that makes you think: "There's no way. I can't do this. I don't have a chance"? This week, we continue "Giant" with an encouraging message that will restore your hope!
Young David was the only person willing to fight Goliath, and yet he still had to deal with critics. We all face critics, and David's response to his critics help us understand how we can silence ours.
David, a simple messenger boy from the country, was the least likely person to end the forty-one day stand-off with Goliath. God can make a giant killer out of anyone, regardless of age or size... anyone who is willing to fight.
In one of the Bible's most epic stories, the army of Israel faced a enormous, terrifying giant. Goliath was unstoppable as long as no-one was willing to fight. From David we learn that if we are to ever defeat the giants in our life, we must decide that it's time to fight.
Titus was a young leader in training, assigned by Paul to look after the new church in Crete. We can learn much about leadership from Paul's letter to Titus, in which he lists the qualities of a great leader.
As we see in sports, television, politics, and even in how we use our social media accounts, popular culture rewards those that self-promote. As we learn from our study of Paul's instructions to the people of Crete, Christians are supposed to stand out by being humble.
To some so-called Christians, the concept of grace has been interpreted as permission to live how we want to live. But, we learn from studying Paul's letter to Titus and the church on the island of Crete, that we must live as an example to others.
You only live once, and you intend to make this life count, but when your plans go wrong it is easy to think that maybe God isn't planning to use you like you thought? Through the story of Mordecai and Esther you can find assurance that God is still preparing you for your moment.
Esther had a lot to lose when her cousin asked her to approach King Xerxes to save her people. From the story of Esther we learn how to recognize when the moment that God has been preparing us for arrives.
What can we learn from one of the most ruthless and evil dictators in history? In todays message we learn how not to be like Xerxes, one of the biggest jerks in the Bible.
Pastor Randy continues our Elephant in the Room on the subject of Extremes of Grace. Grace is God’s wonderful gift to his followers, yet some overemphasize the power of grace to excuse sinful living. Others rob grace of its power by adding requirements to grace resulting in legalism. In this message on Radical Grace, Pastor Randy lays out a biblical view of grace that avoids these extremes.
Anger and bitterness are destructive forces as we learn from the story of Haman in the book of Esther.
In this lesson we learn how the right actions of a compassionate, Jewish man in exile honored God, earned the gratitude of his king, and ultimately saved his people.
Do you feel too insignificant for your needs to matter to God or anyone else? We learn from the story of two blind beggars that Jesus is interested in those who others ignore. Ask anyway.
What does the Bible tell us about Sexuality? Dr. Ryan Darrow lays it out for us Biblically.
In this message, Pastor Rod teaches about the freedom and protection that comes from submitting to Gods authority.
Pastor Rod Loy teaches us the steps to be truly forgiven.
What does the Bible say about Alcohol? Find out what it says and also find out what our stance as a church is.
