Seth Gatchell
BUILDING
Building Who Is PCI? – part 4 January 27, 2013 Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. King was a man who built something, a better America. It wasn’t built “overnight,” and it wasn’t built “in a day.” It wasn’t built at his leisure, “in his spare time,” or as a hobby. He didn’t “dabble” at…
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BELONGING
Belonging Who Is PCI? – part 3 Who are we? We are: Broken: broken hearts (painful), broken ways (sinful), and a broken spirit (good and needed!) Beloved: In spite of our rebellious ways, we are wondrously loved by God. We live as “loved.” Belonging: We’ve been bought and brought out of darkness into God’s family!…
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“Beloved!”
Beloved January 13, 2013 Last week’s theme: “Broken” – Broken hearts, broken ways, and a broken spirit. This week’s theme: “Beloved.” DAY 1 When you hear the phrase, “God loves you,” what goes through your mind? Something sweet? Syrupy? “Oh, that’s nice?” If our response is something akin to that, it tells us that we…
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Broken: Broken Hearts, Broken Ways, a Broken Spirit
Broken Hearts, Broken Ways, Broken Spirit January 6, 2013 There are TWO kinds of “brokenness.” First, when we usually think of “broken,” we think of something gone wrong. It’s “bad news.” That’s one kind of “brokenness.” Second, there is a good brokenness. When we move away from God to make life work like we want,…
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Developing a Pure Heart
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas–part 4 We’re in a series on The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. It is about enlarging your heart. The Grinch set out to steal Christmas from the citizens of Whoville. In his 1957 classic Dr. Seuss put his finger on the key element at the center of the real Christmas story:…
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Developing a Peaceful Heart
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas-pt. 3 DAY 1 This month at PCI we have been looking at how God enlarges our hearts. Who wants to end up like the Grinch with a heart two sizes too small? The Grinch assumed that Christmas was all about the presents. He set out to steal the presents from…
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