Encounter Church

In this message we tackle the question- Do I Have The Right? I mean I've been genuinely hurt, wronged and abused.......doesn't that give me the right to become offended?That doesn't give you the right.......but you can chose offense if that's what you desire.From the life of Joseph we learn the importance of maintaining the right attitude no matter what. We may find ourselves wronged......but we must remain to keep our hearts right.Offense is a choice you can not afford to take!

Because of OFFENSE we construct walls all around our lives. At first they are for our protection....but then they become a prison!We become selective about those we do let in......the only problem being , most of them are offended themselves......so the only help they offer is too lay more stones upon our walls.We take in life.......but won't let it out. Thus becoming stagnant and decayed. We must allow God to tear down those walls!

Offense- What a major issue and obstacle against each of our lives.......but we don't have to take the BAIT!In this message we talk about what surfaces in our lives .....'When the buttons are pushed!' Pride has it's way of telling us everything is fine, and that we are the victim.......but what we discover is this, we have it all backwards, and we really have the problem.Through the heat of trials, affliction and circumstance God reveals who we really are.Listen and be challenge.....but most importantly, CHANGED!

This is the second message in the series of 'OFFENSE.' In this message we deal with the importance of realizing we have a purpose.......and that God given purpose means our lives are going somewhere!Through 'OFFENSE,' we allow our lives to be stopped in their tracks. We may have limited results, but we will never move into the 'WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY' that God has for us.Your world is bigger than your back yard!

This is the first message in the series dealing with 'Offense.' Everyday we have the opportunity to be 'offended,'.......but we must refuse to allow that to get into our heart.Satan wants nothing more than to ensnare us, and his greatest BAIT is that of offense.How we respond to offense will determine the outcome of our lives. It's there, it's all around us........but it must NEVER get within US!

This has been such a life changing series as we have discovered True relationship with God.In this message we talk about 'Creating space for God to fill- Looking at what we called "3 Space Fillers.'When you giveWhen you prayWhen you fastIf we just do are part.....the promise is that God will do HIS THING!

Rejection is such a powerful tool that satan uses against 'feeling of rejection,' and don't know even where it comes from?We MUST dig up the root of rejection before it grows out into so many other issue and problems.We are good at handling the symptoms........we must destroy it from the ROOT!

There is so much that can be said about GRACE......even the very thought of it should blow our minds. It will never be EARNED by what we do....BUT only by excepting what 'HE HAS ALREADY DONE FOR US!'In this message we discuss the 'TRAP OF PERFORMANCE.' which says-If i do good, then God will bless me......which is all well and good till we consider the flip side. That means then, that if i do bad, God will not be pleased with me and bless me?NO, NO, NO! It's nothing we can ever earn, It's just for us to except and LIVE BY!Grace is what He did.....and what He did is still good enough to take care of everything you have ever done, are doing and will do!

The only way we can have relationship with God is thru GRACE!Grace is what He did for us.......'it's the practical working of the goodness of God inside of us.'In this message we show the differences of being under LAW and under GRACE (The Old Covenant V's The New Covenant)As Children of God we are no longer under law but a part of GRACE. It's time we stop focusing on our faults, and focus on His Goodness!