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Thankful Faith- 11/21/2021

Here’s the challenge: Stop begging God and start thanking God.
 Thank God that He knows what you need before you even ask.
 Thank God that He cares about your life.
 Thank God that He has your best interest in mind and is working on your behalf.
 Thank Him that He is doing His will.
 Thank Him for healing, don’t beg for it.

How You Soldiered Up -Preparing for the Test- 11/14/2021

Like it or not, we are in a spiritual war. Whether you want to be in a spiritual war or not doesn’t matter; you are in it. You are either on the Lord’s side, or the side of evil. One or the other.
As good soldiers of Christ we need to look at every area of our lives and get it together to the best of our ability. Our finances. Our health. Our homes. Our emotions. Our schedules. Some of us are letting everyone and everything run our lives so much that we have zero time to do anything for God. We are so caught up in everything BUT GOD.

Committed -Preparing for the Test- 11/7/2021

When you and I stand before God at the Judgment seat of Christ, our commitment to God will be called into question. 
Did we fervently and patiently serve and wait for Him while we lived on earth?
When our moment of death came, were our eyes fixed on Jesus?
Much of Jesus’s parables have this theme to them. And in each of these parables there are people who passed and people who failed. 
Jesus was clearly communicating what God is looking for when it comes to a relationship.

The Secret (Loving God When I’m Alone) -Preparing for the Test- 10/31/2021

Today I want to talk with you about the secret.
What you do and who you are in the secret will be rewarded.  
God is most interested in this area of our lives, and we should be too.  
What you do in the secret tells you more about you than anything else.
The words I use, the thoughts I have, the things I do—when no one is looking, all tell me a lot about what kind of a person I really am.
Do I give or take when no one is looking?
Do I sacrifice or withhold from others based on who is looking?
I want to encourage you today to begin to do positive things when you are alone.

My Words -Preparing for the Test- 10/24/2021

Jesus said that the things we say will be important on the day of judgment.
Am I helping the people around me to be able to think this way? Am I promoting unity, peace, love, and purity? Or am I promoting my own way, my own importance, my own ego?
And here’s another question we should challenge ourselves with: Am I speaking words of life to reach others for Christ?
Are the words we speak building? Or tearing down?

How We Accommodate -Preparing for the Test- 10/17/2021

Does God know you respect His presence in your life?
Does He know you want to know Him more? Are you seeking to know Him? Reading His Book? Growing in that relationship? Or are you lax in it? Just hoping to make it to the little corner of heaven?
Does God see where you have changed the things you say and do because He is with you?

An Aside: Welcoming My Jesus- 10/10/2021

If Jesus were here right now, what would you say to Him?

Love Matters -Preparing for the Test- 10/3/2021

What will matter on your Final? Here’s the beginning and end of it: LOVE Matters  --  Your job from now to the end of this life is to learn and practice the way of LOVE.
Let’s get this clear: Love isn’t the attitude; love is the motive behind the action. This is where we make the mistake of understanding love. We think love is about how I feel while I’m doing something for someone else—the attitude. But love is found in the motive.

Introduction -Preparing for the Tests- 9/26/2021

Imagine when you stand before God to be judged, and you find out that nothing you stood for, nothing you did on earth had anything to do with the final test….
What is God looking for? Is He communicating what He wants you to be doing to prepare for the final? Or has He left us here to guess on our own and hope we figure it out?

Living In the Meantime- 9/19/2021

Most of life is between the parties, the days after the party, and the days until the next party. Most of the time you are waiting for that great moment to happen. Most of the time you are in a season of meantime. And if you are just wishing those moments away, you are wishing your life away and missing out on enjoying great moments.
The daily ingredients of your life need to be laced with purpose, enough that you can enjoy the meantime.