FEAR … an unpleasant ( often strong ) emotional caused by the belief, anticipation, or awareness ( a thinking ) that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. The Emotion of Fear can cause: Anxiety / worry Philippians 4:6-7 best dealt with through prayer! Don’t worry about…

Anxiety Anxiety is what we feel when we are worried, tense or afraid – particularly about things that are about to happen, or which we think could happen in the future. Anxiety is a natural human response when we feel that we are under threat. It can be experienced through our thoughts, feelings and…

Today starts the new year 2023… fresh??? exciting??? new adventures??? unknowns??? fear??? Regardless of what 2023 looks like right now… TODAY IS DAY 1 POWER!!! You and I serve a powerful God! If you and I forget this fact… nothing else we look at today will really make sense. Paul speaks to our MAGNIFICENT…

MERRY CHRISTMAS! What a joy to be family on this glorious day as we celebrate the coming and birth of our Savior! So far as we have focused on the Baby Christ Child… we have looked at and considered: Our Great God & Savior as the Good Shepherd We looked at the Dark, Dirty, and Distant sheep that our…

Verse 6 “ All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way ;” Israel had strayed far from God, a dark place spiritually although probably one of their most “religious” times Gentiles were strays… far from this God who was their creator. Wondering aimlessly in this dark world…

SHEPHERDS THAT NIGHT… it was shepherds that God chose to announce His Son’s birth to! TODAY: is the first in a three part series I have titled, “A Christmas Focus… shepherds, sheep, & THE LAMB! We will consider several things as we embark on this study... We will look at God as our Shepherd We will consider…

Come walking up with baggage… picking up some baggage along the way up. Encourage audience to take a load off and sit down. Dismiss children’s church MANY OF YOU… feel like I look! You come this morning with all sorts of baggage Preston comes up with game bag Nathan comes up with guitar case Lisa comes…

Today’s passage is addressing a crucial area that as believer's need to have a firm understanding and comprehension of. It is centered around our salvation and the Joy we find in it. Paul’s words in these verses are given as “ safeguards ” to you and I… Today’s message is titled RUBBISH… JOY STEALERS…

Thanksgiving : A time where we tend to express our gratitude outwardly a little more. Paul is expressing in our passage today how grateful he is for two specific men and his church family. It would be easy to dismiss these verses as Paul’s personal expressions of fondness and move right past them onto…