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A Healthy You | Pastor John Eaton | Leaving Loneliness | 11/23/2025

Today’s message explores how your personal choices shape your emotional health and your ability to build meaningful, connected relationships. Using the powerful story of Elijah in 1 Kings 18–19, we uncover what happens when our lives swing between emotional highs and deep lows, and how God restores us to balance.

Elijah stood fearless on Mount Carmel—then crashed into fear, exhaustion, and loneliness. God met him through rest, nourishment, direction, and a gentle whisper, showing us the path back to emotional, spiritual, and relational health.

In this sermon, you’ll learn:

✔ How dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin affect your mood and relationships
✔ Why unhealthy habits create emotional spikes and loneliness
✔ How to build a “healthy dopamine pie chart” that brings connection, not emptiness
✔ Why compulsive behaviors leave you drained
✔ How God uses rest, truth, and community to heal your heart
✔ That you are never alone, even when you feel like Elijah
✔ How cultivating God-honoring habits builds healthier relationships

If you’re ready to leave loneliness behind and make decisions that lead to joy, balance, and deeper connection—this message will encourage and challenge you.

Introduction | Pastor John Eaton | Leaving Loneliness | 11/16/2025

As the holiday season approaches, we’re launching a brand-new series called Leaving Loneliness—a deep look at one of the most widespread and often hidden struggles in our culture: loneliness.

The truth is, everyone looks put together on the outside… but inside, many are hurting.
Singles feel lonely. Married people feel lonely. Successful people, insecure people, busy people, even pastors—loneliness shows no favoritism.

In this message, we uncover the unhealthy ways we cope with our loneliness, using the visual of gambling our lives away. From compulsive behaviors and screens, to avoidance, impulsiveness, overworking, and substances—we often seek dopamine spikes instead of real connection. But Jesus offers something better.

You’ll learn:
🎲 Why unhealthy relationships keep us stuck in cycles of loneliness
🎲 The danger of living off dopamine spikes without true connection
🎲 How avoidance isolates us from the very people who need us
🎲 Why God created us for depth, not distractions
🎲 The choice we all must make: FEEL or ACT

Throughout Scripture, God’s people wrestled with loneliness—Elijah under the broom tree, David on the run, Hagar in the wilderness, Joseph in prison, Paul in chains, and even Jesus on the cross. Yet in every story, God speaks the same promise:

“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

📖 Key Scriptures:
Isaiah 41:10 • Psalm 25:16 • Genesis 39 • Psalm 68:5–6 • Hebrews 13:5 • Joshua 1:9 • Matthew 28:20 • 1 Peter 5:7 • Proverbs 18:24

If you are struggling with loneliness—or love someone who is—this message will help you take your first step toward healing, connection, and hope.

✨ God is with you. God sees you. You don’t have to stay lonely.

Unity | Pastor John Eaton | Living with Deep Connection | 11/09/2025

In a world that celebrates individuality and diversity, Jesus calls His followers to something far greater — UNITY.
Our flesh craves independence and self-sufficiency, but true purpose and power are only found when we unite with the Body of Christ.

In this powerful message, Pastor John exposes how modern Christianity has drifted toward comfort, criticism, and isolation — and calls believers back to the heart of Jesus’ prayer in John 17, “that they may be one as We are one.”

Unity is not about losing your identity — it’s about using your unique gifts to serve a greater purpose. The Church is not a crowd; it’s a tribe. It’s a body made of many parts, moving together to do what Christ did — proclaim freedom, bring healing, and reveal the love of God to the world.

📖 Scriptures: John 17:11, 20–23 • 1 Corinthians 12:4–31 • Colossians 3:10–11 • Luke 4:18–19

🔥 Key Takeaway:
Jesus prayed for unity.
Jesus died for unity.
Jesus expects unity.

Dealing With the Foolish in Our Lives | Pastor John Eaton | Relate Series | 11/02/2025

Mental illness, fear, and foolishness are all around us—and often, they touch our own lives more than we’d like to admit. In this message, we explore how God’s Word teaches us to live with wisdom, peace, and love—even when surrounded by the foolishness of others.

Through the RELATE framework—Reroute your thinking, Elevate others, List your threats, Accept your part, Turn from sin, and Enlist accountability—you’ll learn how to:

Recognize foolish behavior without becoming part of it

Set healthy, Godly boundaries

Respond in love instead of fear

Stay focused on your God-given purpose

Jesus showed us how to live wisely in a world gone mad. Let’s follow His example and build relationships God’s way—sane, strong, and Spirit-led.

📖 Key Scriptures: Proverbs 22:13, Proverbs 23:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:10, 2 Timothy 3:1–5, Luke 19:1–10, Mark 3:20–35, Ephesians 4:15–16

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Living Without Threats | Pastor John Eaton | Relate Series | 10/26/202

We’ve all wondered it at some point — why don’t some people like me?
In this message from Pastor John, part of the RELATE series, we uncover a powerful truth: the reason we don’t like some people — and the reason some people don’t like us — is often because we threaten them in some way.

God calls us to remove the threats we pose to others so we can live in peace. The Ten Commandments show us how to stop being a danger to our relationships and start being a blessing. Through the example of Jesus in Isaiah 53, we learn how He removed every threat between us and God — and how we can follow His example in our relationships today.

No, we can’t control other people — but with God’s help, we can control ourselves.
When we let Him deal with our pride, anger, rebellion, and selfishness, we become people who bring peace instead of pain.

This message will help you:
✅ Identify the threats you bring into relationships
✅ Understand why others may feel threatened by you
✅ Learn to respond with humility instead of offense
✅ Build lasting, God-centered relationships

📖 “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” — Luke 6:31

Watch now and discover how to live free from offense, walk in peace, and build relationships God’s way.

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Enlist Accountability | Pastor John Eaton | Relate Series | 10/19/2025

Anytime you want to do something without anyone of substance knowing about it—without wise, godly voices speaking into it—it’s time to pause and re-evaluate your direction. True success in life, relationships, and faith begins with accountability.

In this message, Pastor John teaches that enlisting accountability isn’t weakness—it’s strength. It’s what smart, humble, and spiritually mature people do when they want to live in God’s truth and love.

Through the story of Martha and Mary, the example of Ananias and Sapphira, and powerful lessons from Ephesians and James, you’ll see how accountability keeps your life anchored in true love.

Because at the end of the day, all of life comes down to one thing:
Love God. Love people.

Key Themes:

Why people who want to succeed ask for help before they fail

How accountability protects you from pain and poor choices

The difference between living distracted and living with purpose

What Martha learned from Jesus about choosing “the good part”

How real love is patient, kind, humble, and enduring

📖 Scriptures: James 5:16–20, Ephesians 5:6–21, Luke 10:38–42, 1 Corinthians 13:4–8

🙏 Don’t walk alone—invite truth, wisdom, and love into your life. That’s where healing, strength, and direction begin.

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Turn From My Sin to God | Pastor John Eaton | Relate Series | 10/12/2025

In this powerful RELATE series, we discover what it truly means to turn from sin to God. Repentance isn’t about guilt—it’s about agreeing with God about our sin and choosing His way instead of our own.

This message exposes the root of the seven deadly sins—Pride, Anger, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, and Sloth—and reveals the virtues that conquer them: humility, patience, generosity, love, gratitude, self-control, and diligence.

Learn how pride destroys relationships, how anger hides behind our desire for control, and how greed distorts our sense of security. Through Scripture and reflection, Pastor John challenges us to trade our “I deserve” mindset for God’s greater reward and to live in true repentance.

Key Scriptures: Matthew 5, Luke 18, Ephesians 4, 1 Timothy 6
Series: RELATE — Building Relationships God’s Way
Message: Turning From Sin to God

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RELATE is Self-Control | Pastor John Eaton | Relate Series | 10/05/2025

In this message, we dive into one of the most overlooked yet life-changing fruits of the Spirit — self-control.

Through the story of Esau and Jacob, we see what happens when a single moment of weakness costs a lifetime of blessing. Esau traded his entire inheritance for one bowl of soup. In the same way, many today trade their purpose, peace, and future for temporary satisfaction.

But God has called us to something greater. Self-control is not about restriction — it’s about strength, focus, and trusting God’s timing. When you learn to say “no” to the flesh, you’re saying “yes” to the future God has for you.

Join us as we explore how self-control can:

Build stronger relationships
Guard your calling
Unlock God’s favor and blessing
Keep you from trading eternity for temporary pleasure

Don’t make the rest of your life about a bowl of soup — choose the Kingdom instead.

Scriptures referenced: Galatians 5:22–23, Genesis 25:27–34, Hebrews 12:17, Matthew 13:45–50, Revelation 21–22

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Accept My Part | Pastor John Eaton | Relate Series | 9/28/2025

Why do we keep doing the very things we hate? Paul wrestled with this same question in Romans 7, and if we’re honest, so do we. We want to do good, but sin trips us up. We make promises, but our flesh craves shortcuts. We even create conflict just so we can justify sin.

In this message, we uncover the lie that sin will somehow work for us—even though it’s never worked for anyone else in history. We’ll explore why we can’t trust our own hearts, why God’s commands are necessary, and how the RELATE process helps us break free from predictable patterns of destruction.

If you’ve ever asked, “Why do I keep messing up?”—this sermon will give you clarity, hope, and the good news that Jesus Christ is the One who sets us free.

📖 Scripture: Romans 7:15–25 MSG, Jeremiah 17:9, Matthew 5:17
🔑 Key Topics: Sin, self-deception, pride, RELATE process, accountability, freedom in Christ
🙌 Don’t just survive sin’s cycle—learn how to reroute, elevate, list, accept, turn, and enlist.

List My Threats | Pastor John Eaton | Relate Series | 9/21/2025

Every one of us faces threats to our security, our significance, and our relationships. When we don’t process those threats God’s way, fear, pride, and anger take over—and like Ahab, Jezebel, or Haman, it can lead to ruin. But when we learn to RELATE, we find freedom and true love.

RELATE stands for:

Reroute my thinking

Elevate others

List my threats

Accept my part

Turn from my sin

Enlist accountability

In this message, we walk through the stories of Ahab & Naboth and Queen Esther to see how people respond when they feel threatened. Some collapse in selfishness, others rise in faith. How you process threats determines which side of history you’ll be on.

 Scriptures: 1 Kings 21, Esther 1–7, John 14, Luke 12, Revelation 21, Psalm 8
 Key takeaway: God has already spoken about your security, your significance, and your relationships. The question is—do you believe Him?

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