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Making Faith in Christ Your Foundation -Growing to Spiritual Maturity- 1/30/2022

The foundation of your life is this spot where you choose in whom or what you will place your faith. And who or what you have faith in, who you trust determines everything else.
In times like we have been going through, my kids and I feel like my entire life has been shaken—everything except my foundation of faith.
Knowing that all I need is Christ, and really, the truth is, all I really have is Christ, means that no matter how difficult life gets I’m ok. 

Living Out Your Divine Nature -Growing to Spiritual Maturity- 1/9/2022

You have a divine nature. That nature is far more than you could ever imagine. The question is, are you allowing that new “you” shine through this body of sin and death?
When we talk about growing in spiritual maturity, this is exactly what we are talking about. You feeding, nurturing, exercising this divine you and growing this new you.

What is it? -Growing to Spiritual Maturity- 1/2/2022

What is spiritual maturity? This world is entirely about growing to maturity in a relationship with God and others-- Growing to be like Jesus.
Every experience you have today is to grow you.
Every trial, hardship, reward, relationship, failure, struggle, and pain is about you growing to spiritual maturity. You are in living in God’s school. When you finally see that, everything will make more sense in your life.

Comfort from Sacrifices -The God of All Comfort- 12/26/2021

The sacrifices you make today, bring either comfort or fear for tomorrow. How can a sacrifice today bring fear for tomorrow? Doesn’t a sacrifice always mean a better tomorrow?
No, here’s how you can make the wrong sacrifice: If you sacrifice your future, you will only have today.
Living this life God’s way is my sacrifice in hopes for something better. For a better future.

The Message of Comfort -The God of All Comfort- 12/19/2021

Jesus coming the way He came, as a baby lying in a manger, is symbolic of simplicity, romance, and comfort to us.
The message of comfort is that God makes His home in us. Forever. 

Comfort from Meaning -The God of All Comfort- 12/12/2021

When your life has meaning, you have comfort. 
God gives you personally selected ideals to strive for, that are unique to you, that gives you meaning. And it is your life’s meaning to focus on them, and go for those ideals. But until you find and follow the path pursuing those ideals from God for your life, you are going to feel meaningless.

Introduction -The God of All Comfort- 12/5/2021

Your life, and mine are full of troubles, struggles, mountains to climb and rivers to forge. You have past hurts and pains that seem to linger. You have situations that happened to you that you still don’t understand.
And it seems all of us are concerned about our future here. The fear of our economy falling, politics, riots, viruses, and all that is going on around us…we need comfort.
While God is the amazing, awesome, Creator of the Universe and all there is, He is also the God of all Comfort.

Prophesy For Him -Preparing for the Test- 11/28/2021

Prophecy? Are we all supposed to walk around acting like we know the future? Yes! God has told us what is to come. And it’s important for us to continually remind each other about it.
You know that Jesus is coming back for His people. You know that God is going to win. You know that He will wipe every tear from our eyes and welcome us into heaven. You know about many things to come because God has said it! And prophecy is nothing more than saying something God has said will happen.

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.