The Christmas Story Reveals How We Can Experience Joy!

I’m so thankful to be here today with you all, as we come together on Christmas Eve to celebrate, and reflect on the greatest and loving gift we could have ever hoped and dreamed for, Jesus Christ, the true reason for the season!  Throughout this Holiday Season, Ken and I have been talking to you about how The Christmas Story reveals and proves God’s great love for us, and I’m hopeful that you have been able to take . . . Read More »

Ever Wonder Where God Is Or If He Cares? Let’s Talk About Why That Happens.

Every year, Christmas seems to sneak up on us, doesn’t it?  I mean, we get warned early by the shopping centers and radio stations, with Christmas decorations and Christmas music long before we think they should be decorating or advertising for Christmas or playing the music, but it doesn’t take long, and suddenly, we have rolled right through Thanksgiving, and the Christmas Season is upon us!  Time sure flies!  I don’t know about you, but for me, while . . . Read More »

Avoiding The Comparing & Competing With Others Trap

This fall we are in an incredibly important conversation talking about the most important and ignored area of our lives, we are talking about our soul.  It’s been a journey that started by establishing something very important.  We are spiritual beings with a soul.  Our soul is what gives us life, it is what makes you, you.  This makes our souls so important, and we must care for it.  If we do, it becomes the source of life and . . . Read More »

Are You Experiencing The Overwhelming Victory That is Yours Through Jesus?

It’s Easter Sunday, which is a day of celebration.  It’s often a busy day of family get-togethers, Easter baskets, and Easter Egg Hunts.  For many, it’s a day to dress a little nicer to go to church, and for some, it’s a tradition to go to church on bigger holidays like Christmas and Easter.  So, for many inside their churches, it’s an exciting day with visitors and more attendance and energy around the church services.  And all this . . . Read More »

Redeemed & Forgiven Series Kick Off – Understanding Grace

Today we start our big fall series Redeemed and Forgiven.  As Ken and I built this series I just kept getting more excited, because we are going to be exploring what it truly means to live out a life in Christ.  We want to talk about what it could look like to live a life that is truly redeemed and forgiven and most importantly how we can actually live like we are redeemed and forgiven…do you see why . . . Read More »

Don’t Be That Guy, You Won’t Find Joy

This December we talked about joy.  We said joy is different than happiness.  Happiness is what happens to us.  It’s temporary, it’s external.  Joy is a decision we make that says, ‘God is in control and I can relax in that.’  That means I can have an awful day but it can’t steal my joy in the reality that God loves me and has freed me. We walked through the Christmas story and talked about the things that . . . Read More »