When bad things happen, is God the reason behind the event? Is everything that comes into our life His will for us? If not, then is He truly in control of the universe? Does everything happen for a reason or could it just be we live in a fallen world, filled with fallen people?
Philippians 4:1-3
This passage offers four ways that believers can “stand firm in their faith”. Plus, is contention among believers a new phenomenon or only restricted to troubled churches or troubled people? No, it has been with us from the beginning but there is a solution.
We say it to encourage others but is it really true that “God won’t give you more than you can handle”? Is it true “God may bend you but He won’t break you”? Pastor Rick examines Scripture and lays out four reasons we may find outselves overwhelmed with life.
At some point in time, we all find ourselves in the spiritual “fight of our lives.” In this message Mike shares the principles necessary in finding the courage to believe.
Surely it can’t be wrong to think that God wants His children to be happy. But Pastor Rick says there are some dangers involved in thinking God’s desire is for His kids to be happy. Discover the truth in the first installment of this series.
When the heroes of the Bible were facing tough times they discovered the power of recalling past times of God’s faithfulness.
This message invites us to examine three very crucial areas of our Christian life, areas where we can tend to drift out of alignment – time with the Lord, forgiveness and obedience to God’s Word.
At the end of chapter 3 Paul gives some indications of our level of maturity in Christ and how to measure that. Just how mature are you?
Making necessary course corrections in life.
This message challenges our picture of comfortable grace. Is it possible that some of the world’s negative image of the church is because we have forgotten about the “log” in our eye and can only see those in the eyes of others?
Avoid running on fumes in life. How do you get refueled for the road?
As soon as the car leaves the driveway the kids start asking, “Are we there yet?” Sometimes, on the Christian journey toward conformity to the image of Jesus, we can think we are approaching the destination. Then something happens and we find we aren’t as far along as we thought – perhaps we haven’t even left the garage. If we are never going to attain perfection in this life then why even try? Here are at least four reasons.
