Have you ever heard the saying “kill ‘em with kindness”? It means no matter how someone is acting towards you, you should be as nice and hospitable as you possibly can be. That can be hard to do sometimes, but haven’t you ever been shown kindness when you didn’t deserve it? In today’s message, Pastor Bill explains how sometimes it is the goodness of God that can cause someone to change their ways. God blesses you when you don’t deserve it, therefore you should show God’s love to others.

What do you do when you have nothing left? Sometimes life circumstances can be exhausting physically, mentally, or both! Maybe you try to take a “mental health day” and just rest. What if you can’t, what if you have kids, or other family that depend on you? How do you get your strength back? Today, Pastor Bill suggests strengthening yourself in the Lord. But how? First, pray, and go to God with how you’re feeling. Secondly, dive into scripture, and look at what God said when outward circumstances are bad.

There are some professional ball players who are always jumping around from team to team. They might sign a contract for a few years, but as soon as there’s more money elsewhere – they’re out of there. They have no loyalty, they’re only looking out for themselves. In today’s message, Pastor Bill encourages, if you’ve made a commitment to Jesus – then to stick to it. There are always going to be things that discourage you from moving forward, but don’t be looking around - stay on team Jesus

Who actually enjoys doing hard things? It’s like those nutty folks who get up at four-thirty in the morning to go to the gym and pick up heavy stuff. I mean, who would pay for that kind of thing? Who actually likes to get out there and just run and no one’s even chasing them? Pastor Bill teaches you today how God allows difficult things in your life - to draw you closer to Him. He allows trials to build and shape your character. You might not like it, but when you get through to the other side, you’ll be better off.

Have you ever been sucked into a hobby? If you know, you know. It doesn’t matter what it is. When you get started you never think that you’ll go that far. When you picked up that first collector’s card, or when you first started tinkering with that engine… You never imagined that you’d end up where you are now. In today’s message, Pastor Bill reminds you that sin is like that. You think it’s just a little fib, or just this one time, but before you know it you’re in over your head and you have no idea how to get out.

In the story of the prodigal son, we learn that the son collects his inheritance from his father and goes out and wastes it all away. When he’s got nothing left, he finds himself eating pig slop. In the end, he goes back to his father who receives with open arms and takes him back. Today, Pastor Bill encourages you, that if you’re running from God, don’t keep running. If you want things to end well, then turn back to God and He’ll receive you with open arms. God doesn’t want you to keep going down the path of destruction.

Most of us today have some kind of map on our phones or even built into the dash. All you do is put in the address and follow the directions. If you ignore the directions, you’re not going to get where you want to go. You’ll just end up hearing “recalculating” over and over again. Today, Pastor Bill asks if you’ve ever found yourself in a place where you’re not hearing from God. If you’ve lost your way, maybe you need to do some “recalculating.” Maybe you need to go back to where you last heard His voice.

We see on the news things happening daily around the world that make people afraid to walk out their own front door. There are various wars around the world. It seems that there’s one virus after another. And there even seem to be senseless acts of violence in our own streets. In today’s message, Pastor Bill encourages you that if you have the Lord, then you don’t need to live in fear. The things going on around you that make the world afraid, shouldn’t shake you when you know where your hope is.

Do you have a plan for tomorrow? How about for the next week? Next month? Year? How about a five or ten-year plan? Does it drive you crazy when your plans get derailed? Sometimes we’ll do just about anything we can to make sure that things go our way. Today, Pastor Bill teaches you that it’s so much better if you just stick to God’s plan for your life. Although you may have trouble in this world, His plan for your life is always what’s best. You don’t have to pull strings or stress out… just trust God and follow Him.

It’s a good thing to go out and get yourself a job so that you can pay your bills and feed your family. It’s a good thing to work hard to provide. But who provided you with that job? Who gave you the ability to do the work? Isn’t it God who provides everything? In today’s message, Pastor Bill teaches you that you should never forget who your provider is. God has a plan for your life and He wants to give you the things you need. It’s foolish to get out there and do things your own way apart from Him and His plan for you.