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Stop Toxic People
Step 1: Unfollow negativity Social media us the #1 source of negativity and negative contagious emotions. Unfollow any accounts that bring negativity, spur bad feelings or don’t inspire you. (1 Corinthians 15:33, CEV) Step 2: Cancel plans. Open your calendar and look...
Love Louder and be Wiser
Love louder. (1 Corinthians 13:13, NKJV; 1 Corinthians 13:1-2, CEV) It doesn’t matter how good you teach, preach, sing, or how much faith you have, if you don’t have love, it’s worthless. Love louder, more than anyone else in the room. Be wiser. (Ephesians 5:17, NKJV;...
How the Unknown Becomes Known
God speaks to us. (Luke 1:26-35, NKJV) How to Know God’s Will: God’s Word. God’s Principles. God’s authorities. God’s sovereignty. How to make a Godly Decision: Will this choice bring glory to God? Is this a decision Jesus would make? Will I be proud of this decision...
The Story of Jonah
God is the hero, not Jonah. (Jonah 3:5-6, NKJV; Jonah 3:9-10, NKJV, NLT2; 2 Chronicles 7:14, NKJV) It’s God who does the miracles, not us. What God wills and wants, it will happen. What God really wanted was not to punish and destroy, but to love and forgive. (Jonah...
The Shepherd and the Shadow
The Lord was with Joseph from the pit to the palace. (Genesis 39:2, NKJV) The Lord was with Joseph in his job, but he still had problems. The Lord was with Joseph in prison and showed him favor. (Genesis 39:21-23, NKJV) The Lord was not only with Joseph, but He also...
God Loves You and You Can’t Hate what God Loves and Be Healthy
God’s Word tells us to allow God to love us. (1 John 3:1, AMP, CEV, NCV) The reason that the world does not know us is because it does not know Him. On the good days and bad days God still loves you and you need to allow God to love you. Consequences of not allowing...
Control Your Mind and You will Control Your Life
We are called to fight spiritually more than physically. (2 Corinthians 10:3-5, NIV) We may not do it more because we feel that’s just the way it is and we will have to live with it. Salvation is free, but peace has a price and most people don’t want to pay the price....
How can I overcome my problems?
2 Chronicles 20:1 Identify The Enemy ? In our study – Rick Warren identify one of our greatest enemy’s as our ATTITUDE : 2 Chronicles 20:2-3 Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria; and they...
How to make hard decisions or Handling Problems
We have to get the mind of God in the matter. (1 John 5:14-15). The hardest question we have is, “Is this God’s will?” We have to believe that nothing is too hard for God unless it is outside the will of God. Define your problem or decision. Write it down and make it...
Work Problems
Dedicate Your Work to God and It Will SUCCEED Commit your work to the Lord, and then your plans will succeed. Proverbs 16:3 All week we’ve looked at the keys to receiving God’s blessing on our work. Here is the last letter in our SUCCEED acrostic: Dedicate your work...
7 Actions to shorten the stay in your problems
1. Acknowledge the problem. I know Christians who live with a white elephant in their living room. Everyone in the household, including the family dog, knows this massive intruder is in the house, but no one has the courage to confront it. Ignoring the problem will...
Truths about Problems
Promise – Problem – Provision Ex. The Children of Israel What’s the quickest way out of a problem? The best and quickest way out of a problem is go straight through The best and quickest way to have victory over a problem is to head or go straight towards them. Most...
Pornography
If you are currently struggling with pornography, we want you to know that God loves you and he wants to set you free. This is a sin that you can overcome. God desires for you to walk in purity and not to give in to lust. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall...
Secret to Successful Parenting
The secret to successful parenting can be found in Right relationships = right results. The secret to successful parenting results in Leaders are learners and you are all leaders. You’re not the leader because of your position, but because of your...
How to Raise Parents – A note to teenagers about your parents
I want to talk to teenagers about how to care for your parents. Understand us. We were not trained when you came. We had never been this way before. We had no precedent. We have tried to be what you need. We have loved you from the moment that we heard you were...
Ten Steps to raise Godly teenagers
Whenever your children become teenagers, they will enter a unique and critical stage. You will no longer be able to keep the careful and continuous supervision that you gave to them as children. However, it is extremely important that parents continue their godly...
Parental Guidance
The activities that use up our time and resources during our childhood have very little to do with what happens to us in adulthood. The trend in our culture is to make our children experience RICH and relationship Why do we often overreact? Because we...
Making Godly Decisions
Learn God’s Word, Will, and Ways for Success Joshua 1:8, NIV The wisest thing we can do is get Wisdom. James 1:5, NKJV God's Plan for us to prosper is found in His Word and Principles. (Obedience) Applying God’s Word to our day-to-day situation and problems helps us...
How can I overcome loneliness
Loneliness is one of the most miserable feelings a person can experience. Sometimes you may feel that nobody loves you, that nobody even cares if you exist. You do not even have to be alone to feel lonely; you can feel lonely in a crowd. It is not the number of people...
Living together before marriage
It is becoming increasingly common for couples to live together for a season before pursuing a marriage commitment. We welcome people from all living situations and backgrounds to attend our church. When God first spoke about this issue, He said that both a man and...