Lance Brown

Words of Life

05/28/2024

A number of years ago, a close friend challenged the way I speak to my wife. It was a pretty uncomfortable moment for me, because despite the trust I had in this person, I felt like some of the things that I said to my wife that weren’t necessarily pleasant for her to hear were…

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Satisfied (pt. 8): The Surprising Virtue of Grumbling

05/26/2024

Grumbling and complaining come so easily to us. In the moment it may seem so justified, and even feel like it “needed to be said.” In truth, grumbling and complaining slowly sap the life out of relationships, and slowly sap the life out of you. It is death by a thousand cuts. God is working…

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Satisfied (pt. 7): The Surprising Virtue of Failure

05/19/2024

Failure can be catastrophic. Sometimes we think, “My life is over.” But failure is never final with God. Failure provides one of those rare moments in life where humility is king, we see our utter need of God, and we experience His ability to create beauty out of ashes.

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Mother’s Day 2024

05/12/2024

Today we are going to talk about mothering and we’re going to do it biblically, so we don’t celebrate the wrong thing. Because there is something very good and something very right and something very beautiful that needs to be celebrated, but it might just not be what you think it is…

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Satisfied (pt. 6): The Surprising Virtue of Anger

05/05/2024

Anger is not just “a problem to solve.” God uses our anger to expose a much deeper problem than our anger. The path of transformation involves (1) Seeing the rotten parts of ourselves that make misery and messes for ourselves and others. (2) Understanding what is wrong that is driving us in bad directions, and…

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Satisfied (pt. 5): The Surprising Virtue of Fear

04/28/2024

When anxiety or fear strike us, we automatically assume we shouldn’t feel this way, and try to solve this “problem.” But anxiety and fear expose a much deeper problem than “unwanted negative emotions.” They are like more lights on the car’s dashboard, pointing us “under the hood” to an engine fault. Under our troubled feelings,…

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