Abiding Shepherd

You missed the point!

Recorded 11.17.19

DEFENSE!

I think it is a pretty safe guess that you all know I am a huge Packer fan. I am excited the Pack is off to good start this season. But I am a bit concerned how our defense has been playing, especially with Sunday’s upcoming game against Dallas.

I hope the Packers prepare for the game with a philosophy this weekend’s lesson teaches us about spiritual warfare. We are going to study another prophet who was at the point of wanting to quit. And so God taught Jeremiah to “Bend, but not Break”.

Filmed 10.6.19

Church, You’ve Got Mail!

God Wants You to Know….

If God were to send a letter to the Church, what do you think it would say? Would it be a happy message? Would it be a challenging message? Would it be a message that changes your life? This weekend we hear a special message God brings to us by studying Genesis 16:7-10 with the message “Dear Church,”.

Filmed 10.13.19

I’M ANGRY!

I was trying to find a good way to describe what we will be studying this weekend so I googled “anger” and the results kind of made me angry. Seems there is no perfect way to reference anger - I found one list identifying 4 kinds of anger, one says 7, one says 10 and another says 12 different kinds. Argh!

So I’m going to skip Google and go right to the expert, the man of our spiritual warfare lesson this week – Jonah. We will be studying chapter 4:9-10 with the theme “Anger Mismanagement”.

Filmed 10.20.19

You’re being lied to! 

   Not sure if you caught that, but every day you are hearing a lie. No, I’m not talking about that political ad you just saw on TV, or the story your kid just handed you about how they didn’t do what you just saw them do.

   I’m talking about your life. Every day we hear two stories - one heavenly and one earthly, and one of them has to be a lie. Which one is the subject of our 20th spiritual battle lesson and it just so happens to also fall on the observance of the Protestant Reformation. We will study 2 Timothy 4:10 and our theme is “The Problem with Jesus”.

Filmed 10.27.19

So Close! But So Far Away…..

Ever start getting excited because you think you’re close to your destination, maybe you can even see where you want to be, only to find out that the road to get there is closed?

The let-down that comes after getting your hopes up can bring an extra dose of discouragement and frustration. This weekend’s lesson gives us some much needed perspective, hope & encouragement for the journey as Genesis 40:14-15 & 23 teaches us the “Principle of the Path.”

Filmed 11.3.19

Just Give Up Already!

This Doesn’t Make Any Sense….

Sometimes it’s not just that life is really tough, but we actually hear voices saying we should give up on God. This weekend we have a challenging section of God’s Word, Job 2:7-10, where you get the surprising encouragement to just go right ahead and “give up on YOUR god.”

Filmed 11.10.19