First Assembly NLR Video Podcast

Negative thinking is the pull to see everything and everyone through a critical, cynical grid. This pattern of thinking holds you back, diminishes your influence and keeps you from developing relationships with others. In this message, Pastor Brian Dollar examines how to get rid of "stinking thinking."

How does God get through to someone whose conscience has been seared, who no longer feels or knows the difference between right and wrong?

We all hate to wait. The worst waiting is when you have a dream, or a promise from God that hasn't come to pass yet. You know what should happen. But it's not happening. This is the place where many people give up on His promise, their assignment, or their dream. But what is happening while we wait?

When you are faithful in how you treat others and are generous, you can expect to be blessed. You can't expect to be blessed when you are disobedient. We all understand that. But, how do you respond when you've been faithful and things still go wrong?

If you know you are capable of sin - that's the tug of the human heart - then you need to know how to handle temptation - the impulse to sin. You need to learn boundaries, safeguards, and strategies to overcome Satan and His agenda to destroy you.

Dreaming looks into the future and visualizes the world as God meant it to be. Dreaming is about seeing reality through God's eyes.

Sometimes when we have a dream from God, we feel like the path should be smooth and easy sailing. But often, life is not that way. In the story of Joseph, we can learn some important principles from a very complicated life.

What does it mean to be a healthy church? What makes a church healthy? What principles are important to make sure our church is healthy and growing?

In this final message of our Year with Jesus, Pastor Rod examines Jesus: what can we learn from His interactions with people about His character, His priorities, and His values? What does it really mean to follow Jesus?

No telling of the Christmas story is complete without the star: Jesus. But He is more than just a baby born long ago. He is the Savior.