Lance Brown
How Life Feels: Shame – Pt. 1
Shame is a monster. It beats us over the head with embarrassment, contempt, and ridicule. We try to be more positive, try harder, do better, and become a better person, but month after month, year after year, shame holds its sword over our head, ready to strike over any misstep or misdeed. Why drives shame? What…
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A Moment of My Time
“I’ve always had a bit of argument in me.” Hmm, that might be understating it a bit. “I like to debate topics with people, even if we don’t agree.” Okay, that’s not quite right either. “I like to be right and have everyone know that I’m right.” Okay, that’s closer, but it doesn’t sound very…
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How Life Feels: Despair/Hopelessness
Despair is a downward cycle made up of 4 parts: I know what I need, but I can’t get it, God won’t give it, and it may never come. How does God meet us in our despair? How does He help us reverse this deadly spiral? Psalm 77
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Father’s Day: Build & Cost
This week we’ll look at what it means to be a disciple, with an emphasis on how this relates to being a father. Luke 14:26-34 gives us incredible insight into WHAT being a disciple of Jesus means, and WHY being a disciple of Jesus significantly matters!!! If you are looking for a short look at a…
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How Life Feels: Envy
Envy’s greatest work is to produce discouragement, but we rarely see the connection. The secret to understanding envy is to see what envy exposes in us. The very thing/person/condition/station we are so envious of IS an IDOL of our own making! Our heart places that person/thing/condition in the place of God. “If only I had THAT,…
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How Life Feels: Anger
Sometimes we just can shake our feelings of anger. Our efforts to deal with anger are usually as effective as cutting weeds down at ground level. If the roots aren’t dealt with weeds grow back. The same is true with anger. So we ask ourselves: Why do I keep getting angry over the same things? Why am…
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