Sermons
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,…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreHow Life Feels: Rejection
This week we are looking at the light topic of rejection. We have all experienced the pain and isolation that comes with being rejected in some way or another. Let’s take a deeper look at what rejection is, and how to overcome it.
Read MoreHow Life Feels: Discouragement
Discouragement is all about misplaced hopes. But why do we deal with it? What causes it? Prov. 13:12 says that “HOPE deferred makes the heart sick.” Your battles with discouragement will not change that much without God exposing our false and futile hopes and changing them to certain hope.
Read MoreHow Life Feels: Like a Mystery
Sometimes life seems VERY confusing! Big questions arise, like: Why is God silent? Has God abandoned me? Or even, is God attacking me? During times like this it seems as if God is doing nothing. In truth He is doing two very important things! This week we’ll look at what two of those things are, and…
Read MoreMother’s Day: Leaving a Legacy
In honor of Mother’s Day, this week we’ll look at five ways we leave a legacy, not only for our kids, but for those all around us. This is particularly apropos for all you mothers.
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