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How To Be Blessed Financially God gave us His Word in order to teach us how to live a successful life with His help. Success in God’s eyes is discovering God’s will and then doing it, nothing more and nothing less. God wants you to be a success in life, that’s what He created you for. Yet many people don’t [...]
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Giving That Feels GoodGod has given to us a gift, the Word of God, which is the Bible. The Bible is not simply words written down by men, the Bible is the very Word of God. The Bible is God’s revelation of who He is and how people can know God. God’s Word is God’s manual for living a blessed [...]No related posts.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Love That ChallengesBeing part of a great church is essential for a believer to be blessed by God. Why is it important to be part of a church family? When you are part of a church family, God’s blessing increases in your life. When you are part of a church family, you build relationships that will encourage you. When you are [...]Related posts:God’s Plan for FathersThe Importance Of LoveThe Misunderstanding of ChurchListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Why Am I Here?Why are you and I here on this planet? Different people have different answers to that question. Some would say that we’re here because some type of living organism evolved from the primordial ooze billions of years ago. In essence, they would say, that we are here by random chance. If we’re here by random chance, than [...]Related posts:Why Was I Created As I Am?Adjusting Your ThinkingListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Building Tomorrow Together
An infant lives for the moment, seeking to satisfy his physical needs. An adult should live for tomorrow, basing his life and actions on what would have the greatest impact for good for his children. A believer should live for eternity, charting his life on a course to influence the eternal destinies of people yet [...]
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How To Get Your Life Back On TrackThe Bible tells us that God has marked out a path or track that each person should follow in life. Following God’s path for your life is the best possible way that you can life your life. Unfortunately, a lot of people have never found God’s path for their life or they have left God’s [...]
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Revival Through The WordWhat is revival? Revival is the renewal of interest in God or the recovery of spiritual life and strength. Believers and churches across America need revival. Millions of people across the US think they are Christians, but have no relationship with God and so are truly unbelievers. Unbelievers need revival. Perhaps I might say more [...]
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How To Face AdversityA believer will face all kinds of adversity as they seek to follow Jesus Christ. For some, this comes as a rude shock. They thought that God was going to solve all their problems and give them the easy life. Believers who do not develop deep roots in God do not last through the difficulties [...]
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The Importance of UnityUnity seems to be an elusive goal in our society. Marriages and families are disintegrating at an alarming rate. Infighting and division is common in many other groups, including businesses and churches. What is the cause of this breakdown in unity and harmonius relationships? The cause is simply selfishness, seeking to obtain the greatest advantage [...]
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Overcoming Opposition When Following JesusWhenever anyone makes a decision to follow Jesus and God’s plan for their life, there will be opposition. A lot of people are surprised and dismayed when following God turns out not to be the easy road they thought it was going to be. In fact, the Bible promises that when you follow Jesus, there [...]
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God’s Plan for FathersFathers are an incredibly important part of God’s plan. God has created fathers to be leaders and protectors in multiple spheres of responsibility. In the book of Nehemiah, the fathers helped to build the wall around Jerusalem. The wall provided protection and security. Today’s father must build three walls in order to be successful in [...]
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How To Ensure Your Plans SucceedPlanning is important. Those who do not plan, who put their emphasis in life on spontaneity, have problems. A wise person will take the time to make careful plans.
Proverbs 21:5 (NIV) The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.
It takes time to plan, but planning leads to [...]
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The Misunderstanding of ChurchThe number of people who never or rarely attend church continues to increase. A George Barna poll shows 38% of adult Americans are in the category of being unchurched. Of the people who regularly attend church, a staggering 45% are willing to try a new church. So we have a large group of people who [...]
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Waiting on a Big GodWaiting on a big God is a very important part of growing spiritually. Although none of us likes to wait, God seems to have a particular liking for making people wait for Him to act. The Bible is full of people who had to wait on the Lord. Moses waited 40 years before he led [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Bouncing Back From FailureEverybody fails in life from time to time. How can you bounce back from failure without it destroying your life? To answer that question, we need to look at what failure is all about. True failure is always caused by sin. The Greek word for sin is hamartia which means to miss the mark. The [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
What You Don't Know About The Presidential CandidatesIn this primary season, as no other in my memory, the stands of the presidential candidates on issues of importance to a Christian have been very difficult to determine. Even though there is broad agreement among Christians on a great number of moral issues, there has been no agreement on the best presidential candidate who supports those positions. National Christian leaders seem as confused as rank and file Christians, one endorsing one candidate, one another and some not knowing who to e ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
What You Don't Know About The Presidential CandidatesIn this primary season, as no other in my memory, the stands of the presidential candidates on issues of importance to a Christian have been very difficult to determine. Even though there is broad agreement among Christians on a great number of moral issues, there has been no agreement on the best presidential candidate who supports those positions. National Christian leaders seem as confused as rank and file Christians, one endorsing one candidate, one another and some not knowing who to e ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Living Your DreamToday, we are concluding our message series "Dealing with Difficulties." In this series, we've looked at how the Bible teaches us to handle the tough times that we all have to face. As we finish the series, I hope you've noticed that we are now not just focusing on difficulties. Last Sunday, we talked about "The Joy of Thanksgiving." As you focus on God and His power through thanksgiving, you gain strength and joy to face life's difficulties.Today, I've entitled the message "Living Your Dre ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Living Your DreamToday, we are concluding our message series "Dealing with Difficulties." In this series, we've looked at how the Bible teaches us to handle the tough times that we all have to face. As we finish the series, I hope you've noticed that we are now not just focusing on difficulties. Last Sunday, we talked about "The Joy of Thanksgiving." As you focus on God and His power through thanksgiving, you gain strength and joy to face life's difficulties.Today, I've entitled the message "Living Your Dre ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Living Your DreamToday, we are concluding our message series "Dealing with Difficulties." In this series, we've looked at how the Bible teaches us to handle the tough times that we all have to face. As we finish the series, I hope you've noticed that we are now not just focusing on difficulties. Last Sunday, we talked about "The Joy of Thanksgiving." As you focus on God and His power through thanksgiving, you gain strength and joy to face life's difficulties.Today, I've entitled the message "Living Your Dre ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Joy Of ThanksgivingThanksgiving is almost here. Thanksgiving is a time for family and food. Lots of it, turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. God has given us both family and food to enjoy, yet I believe there is something else He wants us to learn this Thanksgiving. It's a lesson that is not just for one day of the year, but something you can practice every day. Thanksgiving is not meant to be about us, it's meant to be about God. He's the one that we are to thank. He's the one that we are to b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Joy Of ThanksgivingThanksgiving is almost here. Thanksgiving is a time for family and food. Lots of it, turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. God has given us both family and food to enjoy, yet I believe there is something else He wants us to learn this Thanksgiving. It's a lesson that is not just for one day of the year, but something you can practice every day. Thanksgiving is not meant to be about us, it's meant to be about God. He's the one that we are to thank. He's the one that we are to b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Becoming An OvercomerIt seems to me that these days a lot of people are overwhelmed with life. What I mean is that just the task of making an income and holding together a family is too much for many people. The average credit card debt is $10000 per family and rising, despite most families having two wage earners. On the relationship front, about 50% of marriages end up in divorce. One of the current presidential frontrunners is on his third marriage, as is his current wife. My point is that the simple things ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Becoming An OvercomerIt seems to me that these days a lot of people are overwhelmed with life. What I mean is that just the task of making an income and holding together a family is too much for many people. The average credit card debt is $10000 per family and rising, despite most families having two wage earners. On the relationship front, about 50% of marriages end up in divorce. One of the current presidential frontrunners is on his third marriage, as is his current wife. My point is that the simple things ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Finding Courage In CrisisThe dictionary defines courage as "the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear or being deflected from a chosen course of action." Do you have courage? Are you a courageous person? The only way that you know for sure that you have courage is when you face a difficulty, danger or crisis in life. How you respond to a crisis will determine how much courage you have. Todd Beamer was a passenger on board Flight 92 on September 11, 2001 when it was ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Finding Courage In CrisisThe dictionary defines courage as "the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear or being deflected from a chosen course of action." Do you have courage? Are you a courageous person? The only way that you know for sure that you have courage is when you face a difficulty, danger or crisis in life. How you respond to a crisis will determine how much courage you have. Todd Beamer was a passenger on board Flight 92 on September 11, 2001 when it was ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Defeating DepressionCurrently we're in a message series called "Dealing with Difficulties." What I trust we're learning is that no matter what difficulty you're facing in your life, there is hope. God is bigger than any mountain you may be up against in your life. God's Word, the Bible, has all the answers you need to live the life God created you to live. NLT 2 Peter 1:3 As we know Jesus better, His divine power gives us everything we need for living a godly life. Circle that word "everything." Everything yo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Defeating DepressionCurrently we're in a message series called "Dealing with Difficulties." What I trust we're learning is that no matter what difficulty you're facing in your life, there is hope. God is bigger than any mountain you may be up against in your life. God's Word, the Bible, has all the answers you need to live the life God created you to live. NLT 2 Peter 1:3 As we know Jesus better, His divine power gives us everything we need for living a godly life. Circle that word "everything." Everything yo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Overcoming FailureCurrently, we're in a message series called "Dealing With Difficulties." We're talking about what the Bible has to say about dealing with the difficulties that we all face in life. Those difficulties loom in front of us like mountains to be climbed and overcome. God doesn't want to see you overcome by difficulties, He wants to see you successful in life. Success in God's eyes does not depend on making a lot of money or making it to the top in your career. Success in God's eyes is found by f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Finding Peace Of MindToday, my message is called "Finding Peace Of Mind." What is peace of mind? Peace of mind is not something that comes when every conflict in your life is resolved or every stressful situation is a thing of the past. That's how some people seek peace of mind. They think that if only their difficulties in life were fixed, then they would have peace of mind. The problem is that we live on earth, not in heaven. Difficulties are simply part of everyone's life, you can't escape them.So then, how ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Coping With StressLife is certainly not easy, it can be like mountain climbing. Just when you thought things were going to get easier, another mountain looms in front of you. Those mountains are the difficulties that God allows into our lives. Everyone one of us has at least one difficult mountain that we've got to climb over to move on in our lives. This morning we start a new message series which I've entitled "Dealing With Difficulties." If God allows those difficult mountains to come into our lives, does ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Healing For InjuriesWhen American adults are asked what their top priority in life is, 91% list good physical health Good physical health is an important part of life but even more important is our emotional health and the most important part of life is our spiritual health. People can get sick physically emotionally or spiritually and need healing. God wants you to have good health in all these three areas. NIV 3 John 1:2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, ev ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Resisting QuittingToday, I'm going to talk about "Resisting Quitting." Ever felt like quitting? People quit for all kinds of reasons. Might be that waiting in the line at the checkout counter is just taking too long, so they put their stuff down and leave. Maybe someone is in some kind of relationship and things aren't going well, so they break off the relationship, whether a friendship or a marriage. Could be that someone thinks that God isn't helping them as much as they think He should, so they bail out o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Keeping Team UnityToday I'm going to talk about "Keeping Team Unity" in our message series Faith Workout. Each of us is on multiple teams in life. Your family is a team, you should work together for common goals. Not just the parents, but the parents and all of the children are together on the family team. You're part of a team at work, maybe multiple teams. If you're in a Life Group you're on a team. If you're a member at Full Life, you're part of the Full Life team. If you're working on a ministry with oth ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Living With Resurrection PowerHappy Easter! What a great day to worship God together. Welcome to all of our guests. We’re glad that choose to join us on Easter. There’s just something special about Easter. The people that keep track of such things tell us that Easter has the highest church attendance of the year. What is it about Easter? What draws people to church on Easter? It’s not the Easter bunny, Easter eggs or springtime, it’s something else. I think what draws people to church on Easter is related to the true me ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Exercising Your TongueCurrently we’re in a message series called “Faith Workout.” In this series we’re looking at many of the important themes from the book of James. James is a short book of five chapters in the New Testament. If you haven’t taken the time yet to read through it during this series, I would encourage you to do it this week. James is an intensely practical book that deals with many of the day to day issues we all face. Today I’m going to talk about “Exercising Your Tongue.” When you exercise in a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Faith That WinsCurrently we’re in a message series called “Faith Workout.” In this series we’re talking about real faith. I use the term real faith because not all so-called faith is real. There are a lot of religions in the world: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and the list could go on and on. Is the faith of all these religions the same? Is it real faith that connects to God? The answer is “no.” Christianity is unique among the religions of the world in teaching real faith.In all the other rel ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Learning TeamworkCurrently we’re in a message series that I’ve called “Faith Workout” Living the Christian life is not for wimps, you have to be a strong person to stand up for God in a world that wants little to do with Him. Your faith must grow stronger each day in order to handle the challenges that you will be facing in the future. So, we don’t have any time to waste, let’s get on with our Faith Workout for this week. Today our Faith Workout lesson is “Learning Teamwork.” Contrary to what some people th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Your Workout ManualCurrently we’re in a message series called “Faith Workout.” A lot of people think that faith is just about something that you believe in. For example, someone might say “I believe in Jesus” and by that statement, they mean that they believe that a man named Jesus lived 2000 years ago. That’s not what the Bible is talking about when it talks about faith. No, faith involves a commitment to whatever we believe in. That faith commitment is worked out in the actions of our lives. I’ve named this ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
No Pain No GainToday we begin a new message series which I’ve entitled “Faith Workout.” Faith is essential to the Christian life. In fact the Bible tells us in Hebrews 11:6 that without faith it is impossible to please God. Therefore if you want to have a relationship with God in this life and for eternity, you’ve got to have faith. But what is faith? How does faith work itself out in the lives of a believer? How can your faith grow stronger? In this message series, we’re going to learn that faith is not ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Discerning God's VoiceToday, I am concluding our July message series, which I’ve called “How To Hear God Speak.” In this series, we’ve been talking about prayer as not just one-way, but two-way communication. Prayer is not just about asking God for things, it is about a relationship in which God speaks to His children. If you believe that God is speaking to you about a direction for your life, then the wise thing to do is to do what He is saying. But how do you know if it really was God speaking to you? If it re ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Getting Direction From GodWe are currently in a message series called “How To Hear God Speak.” Last week we talked about five common ways that God speaks to us. God is a speaking God, we’ve just go to learn how to hear Him. Sometimes we need direction from God, but we miss His call. We haven’t learned how to get direction from God in the very real decisions that we have to make in life. This week I’ve entitled the message “Getting Direction From God” I’m going to expand on how God communicates with us through the Ho ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Understanding How God SpeaksLast week we started a new message series called “How To Hear God Speak.” We talked about why it’s important to hear God and how you can prepare your mind to actually hear God speak to you. It’s very important to be able to hear your heavenly Father speak to you. Just imagine what trouble your children would have in life if they couldn’t hear you speak to them. You are God’s child and God is your Father. You never outgrow that relationship. You never grow up to the point that you don’t need ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Preparing To Hear GodToday we begin a new message series entitled “How To Hear God Speak.” This is an incredibly important topic. People who hear God speak to them are successes in life, people who don’t hear God speak end up failures. People who hear God find joy in fulfilling God’s purpose for their life. People who don’t hear God miss out on God’s purpose.Just this past week, someone made the following comment on my blog “No matter what I try (and I've tried for 30 years), I don't hear God. I listen. I pray. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
What Happens When I Die?Today, we tackle the ultimate God Question “What Happens When I Die?” It is an incredibly important question, but a lot of people just try to ignore the fact that we’re all going to die. However, death is not just the end. Death really is the beginning of another existence that will continue forever. No matter what difficulty or pain you experience in this life, no matter how bad or how long it lasts, it will be over in 100 years or less. Eternity will never be over, it continues on forever ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Why Does God Allow Suffering?Today, we tackle one of the toughest God Questions of all, “Why Does God Allow Suffering? Suffering is all around us. We see it on the news, we hear it from our friends and we experience it in our lives. Some suffering is just a momentary inconvenience, other suffering is devastating. Jesus told His followers in NIV John 16:33 In this world you will have trouble. Jesus says that as long as we are in the world, we will have trouble, we will have pain and suffering. For some people, suffering ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Is Jesus The Only Way To God?Currently, we’re in a message series called “God Questions.” We’re looking at some basic and tough questions that people have about God. I encourage you to read along in The God Questions book that we have made available. If you’re a first-time guest, you can pick up a free copy at the end of the service at the rear of the auditorium. Today, I want to address the question “Is Jesus The Only Way To God?” The majority of people in America would answer that question with a resounding "No". For ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Why Should I Believe The Bible?Currently, we’re in a message series called “God Questions.” We’re looking at some basic questions that everyone has had at one time or another about God. Last Sunday, we addressed the question, “How can I know that God is real?” If you missed the message, you can listen to it on our website or order a CD at the Information table. One of the evidences we have a God’s existence is what He has revealed to us in the Bible. However, today in America, less than half of the adults believe that th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Is God Real?Welcome to all of you who have joined us for this message series called “The God Questions.” Over the next five weeks, we’re going to look at some of the central questions that people have about God. Tough questions that many people struggle to find answers to. I’m going to provide you with answers to those questions from the Bible, answers that will make sense to you, answers that you can use to answer other people’s questions. I believe that the end result will be positive not matter wher ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | |
