What Is God Doing When Life Is Rough?

Welcome to our series called The Journey to Freedom and Courage.  Before we move on, I want to stop and define that.  What do we mean when we say Freedom and Courage?  Have you ever spent time with a young child?  Maybe around two or three years old?  One of my favorite memories of having three little girls was taking them out to breakfast.  We would give mom time to sleep in, jump into the van, eat breakfast, . . . Read More »

4 Ways We May Gain The World But Lose Our Souls (Part 1)

This summer, we have been studying the questions Jesus asked in Scripture.  More than studying them, we are trying to personalize them for ourselves.  We called this series The Simple Questions of Jesus because so many of these questions are simple to hear, but we are learning that “simple” doesn’t mean easy.  It’s one thing to hear or read a simple question, but it’s not so simple to answer them for ourselves!  But it is so good and . . . Read More »

Have You Ever Wondered Why We Complain? Here Is Why We Do

We have been in a crucial teaching series.  We have been talking about the real condition of our souls and how to take care of our souls.  I think a lot of people walk through life dazed and confused and wonder where God is.  All of us go through times of discouragement, depression, and anxiety.  All of us go through times when we struggle to see our value or self-worth.  All of us struggle with sin.  These are . . . 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 »

Your Soul Craves God

Today I want to start with the words of Jesus.  This is from the story of when Jesus was tempted. Jesus told him [Satan], “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” NLT Matthew 4:4 What in the world does that mean?  Jesus was saying there is more to life than our appetites like hunger.  There is something bigger going on.  Inside each person, there . . . Read More »

Worship Restores Our Soul – Our Souls Crave God

The Soul Series Continues!

Worship Isn’t What You Think It Is

Welcome to our series on mental health called ‘Soul Care’.  Truth is we live in a world that is being torn apart and it is deeply impacting people.  How?  It is showing up in mental health issues.   Issues like discouragement, depression, anxiety, self-worth, sin, more.  It makes you wonder, where did the mental health issues come from?  It seems like it has exploded in the last few years. Here is what we want you to see.  As our . . . Read More »

Sin Isn’t What You Thought It Was

Welcome to our series called Soul Care.  In this series, we are addressing the mental health issues people are facing today.  What is disheartening today is that mental health seems to be tearing people apart while at the same time, no one seems to have real solutions.  And that is why we are addressing it.  There is a clear connection between how you care for your soul and your mental health. We started this series with the big . . . Read More »

The Challenge Of Seeing Ourselves As God Does, In A World Trying To Ensure We Don’t

You know the other day I was thinking about something Paul said towards the end of Romans, and it’s stuck in my heart and mind lately. This is something that I don’t think too many of us people…and even us Christians who believe Christ lives in us can see or accept about ourselves. Romans 15:14 I am fully convinced, my dear brothers and sisters, that you are full of goodness… NLT Paul says he is convinced that you . . . Read More »

Our Value & Self-Worth

The Soul Series Continues!