The Thing That Leads To Your Best Life and The Thing That Leads To Destruction

This summer we are taking a Deeper Dive into Wisdom.  We are circling back and working through some of the big topics that Solomon speaks of often in His Manual for Living, the book of Proverbs.  This is an important way to study Proverbs because Solomon throws so many different thoughts, great one-liner statements, and important life principles at us, that we don’t want to miss out, we want to be able to process and personalize as much . . . Read More »

The Greatest Challenge to Life Isn’t Other People

I have 3 questions for you today. Question 1: When we look back on our lives, in general, what is it that we can think about, focus on and feel?  We tend to remember our hurts, wounds, and regrets.  If we aren’t forgiving, we can hold grudges against people.  And if we don’t forgive ourselves, we can live in regret for our bad choices. Question 2: When we look into the future, in general, what is it that . . . Read More »

Missing Jesus – How To Overcome Fear and Anxiety

Welcome back everyone to week three of our Christmas series entitled Missing Jesus.  I think by now it’s clear that this series is going to give us an opportunity to look at the Christmas story from an important and unique perspective which is awesome, but it also gives us a chance to be realistic and talk about some of the realities and challenges that we face as we walk through the Holiday Season.  If you are like me . . . Read More »

Fear: Sudden Change in Life

Welcome to the Christmas week.  It is such a special time of the year.  If you stop and think about it, God entering earth in the form of a baby is still impacting the world.  During this Christmas season, people genuinely want to give and help others.  People are filled with an unusual joy.  There is just something exciting and refreshing about the next few days, you can feel it.  What is that all about?  Think about it . . . Read More »

Overcoming Fear – Looking at Joseph’s Story, and The Best Gift Ever!

This Christmas season we are talking about fear and how to overcome it.  Does that sound a little strange to you?  I mean these Christmas Series are supposed to be about joy, and peace and well, you know…light and happy things as we move towards this special holiday where we laugh, and hopefully have family get-togethers, and open gifts, and celebrate the birth of our Savior!  And I will tell you joy, and peace are good and wonderful . . . Read More »

Fear: I’m Not Enough

Welcome to December.  It’s finally time we can focus on Christmas.  Christmas is one of the greatest love stories ever told.  It’s about the God of the universe, loving you so much, He personally enters your world. Scripture puts it like this: 2 The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.  3-4 God went for the . . . Read More »