Pastor’s Posts

Developing a Life of Praise

06/19/2012

The Importance of Praise Developing a Life of Prayer–Part 1 Prayer comes easy when your backs are against the wall, but when life is “going smoothly” a strange thing happens–our prayer life crumbles and we tend to forget God. Developing a consistent prayer life doesn’t come easy. This week we’ll look at one of the…

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BE A MAN!!!!!

06/10/2012

What Does it Mean to Be a Man? Living a Life of Celebration–part 5 Father’s Day is this coming Sunday. For the last thirty years in American culture, there has been an assault on manhood. Manhood is cheapened and dumb-downed on most evening network shows. More and more men have little idea what it means…

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REWARDS & CROWNS

06/05/2012

Rewards Are Coming Living a Life of Celebration-part 4 The gospel says we are saved by grace alone. There is never anything we can do to “earn” our way to heaven. However, God promises His people rewards for how they live. Rewards later provides hope now in tough times! Part of our joy (celebration) in…

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Changing Your Grumpy Attitude!!

05/28/2012

How Do I Change My Attitude? The Power of Thanksgiving Living a Life of Celebration–part 3 When we were lost our attitude was chained to our circumstances. Ask anyone how their day is going and they respond on the basis of how their circumstances are going. When our circumstances “stink,” so does our attitude. It…

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Living a Life of Sacrifice

05/21/2012

Living a Life of Sacrifice Living a Life of Celebration–part 2 Living a life of celebration begins with a life of worship, which we studied last week. A surprising aspect of living a life of celebration is sacrifice! Our fallen nature keeps looking for the easy way, the fun way, or the “meaningful to me”…

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WORSHIP

05/14/2012

Week of May 14-20 Our secular culture asks, “What’s the big deal about worship?” To them, worship is little more than a “ritual” some people do, that has little bearing on real life. Even some religious cultures say, “It doesn’t matter what you worship, as long as you worship something.” Both cultures badly misunderstand worship!…

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