When you think about the ways you have been loyal to others, do you feel like your loyalty has sometimes not been repaid in kind? Would you even say your loyalty has sometimes been repaid with adversity?

Whether you believe in Jesus or not, what are your initial feelings about sharing your faith? For many people the thought of sharing faith, or having faith shared with them, is uncomfortable and generates feelings of anxiety. Can you relate?

Why is it that there can be so much confusion around discerning God's will? If He is a good and loving father who wants us to obey Him, why is it sometimes so hard to understand what it is He wants us to obey?

What kinds of New Years resolutions do you make? How are you doing with them so far? If you made a resolution regarding your faith, how has that been going?

What is "Ground Zero"? Typically we use this term to describe a site of devastation or disaster, but it can also just simply be something's starting point.

How often do you pray R-rated prayers? If we want to have a relationship with God, and that relationship requires us to be vulnerable with Him, then is it okay to express some of our most unbecoming thoughts and experiences to Him?

During holiday seasons, do you typically find yourself surrounded by more people than normal? How would you describe the influences of those people? Healthy? Good? Annoying? Toxic?

The holiday season is upon us. Do you feel out of balance? In today's message, we'll take a look a moment in the life of Nehemiah. We'll see that he was surrounded by dangerous circumstances and annoying distractions and had to say "no" to some things in order to stay focused on the "great work" he was engaged in. We'll also learn some practical tips on how to prevent busyness this season.

What does Christmas look like? Does it look like the hype of the perfect families portrayed in TV commercials? Or is there something else to it? In today's message, we'll consider some ideas that will challenge the way we approach the Christmas holiday. Ultimately we'll discover that our hope is not in the hype of the holidays but our hope is in something greater, and hope in that something greater does not involve a setback as we move into 2018.

How many of us have things in our lives that are not the way they should be? How many of us desperately want those things to be made right?