When addressing one of the many problems in our day and age, the great philosopher of the west, John Wayne, addressed the problem in a nutshell when he said, “You’re short on ears and long on mouth!” Far too often, we struggle with being good listeners. We’d rather be heard… we’d rather be the one…
John Bunyan, the great author of A Pilgrim’s Progress, once said. “Saint abroad, and a devil at home.” This week in our #KINGDAVID series, we’ll be looking at 1 Samuel 28-30. David listened to his heart (mistake #1), defected to the camp of the Philistines so that Saul would leave him alone (mistake #2), and…
What do you do when things don’t go as planned? How do you respond when you take a bold stand for righteousness and no one is willing to stand with you or to stand up for you? In this week’s #KINGDAVID series, David goes from front and center as Israel’s champion to fleeing for his…
Beware of phony friendships… they cost you much more than they’re worth. How do the people around you, who call you friend, respond to your success? Your failures? Are they true friends? What does the Bible say about true friendships? After David slew Goliath, we read about two very different responses from Saul’s court to…
We all face giants of seemingly epic proportions in our lives, but there is a fine line between courage and stupidity! What God sees as courageous is often viewed and touted by the world as stupid. CS Lewis once said, “Courage is not simply one of the virtures, but the form of every virtue at…
The enemy is really good at playing the comparison game. He has a plethora a tools at his disposal that he often uses to get you to play along. His mission on this earth is to erase your identity and negate your purpose. In fact, 121 people will take their own lives today. Why? Because…
Impatience is dangerous. Thomas Watson once said, “There are no sins God’s people are more subject to than unbelief and impatience. They are ready either to faint through unbelief, or to fret through impatience.” Tomorrow we will begin our #KINGDAVID series by looking at Israel’s growing impatience with God. Someone once said, “Good things come…
As we close out the epistle of 1 Peter in our #EXILES series, we recognize the most destructive and deceptive enemy of the Gospel message… the spirit of pride. In his book, A Preface To Paradise Lost, C.S. Lewis wrote, “In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast and…
This message in our #Exiles series will focus on 5 questions to ask yourself if God gives you the opportunity to become a leader. Next week we’ll finish up our Exiles series and begin a new series entitled “King David”- The Triumphs and Tragedies of a King.
Far too often our worries rob us of our worship. In this sermon on 1 Peter 4:12-19, we are going to look at five reasons we should choose worship over worry.