In this week's message about Grace, we will be looking at what it means to be zealous. What does a zealous person look like? Good or bad? One of our responses to God because of His great love and grace shown to each of us is to be different. There should be a difference between a believer and a nonbeliever.

This week we are starting a new series called "Grace." Grace is a word often used in our society, but also often taken for granted. Each week we are going to look at God's grace and what our response could or should be. Also how grace can change our lives! Grace is irrational, unconditional, and relentless!

This Sunday we finish up our series called "Overwhelmed." Each week has been about what you can do when you are overwhelmed. This last week deals with you actually doing something. All the knowledge in the world isn't going to help transform you into a growing disciple of Christ. A quote from Perry Noble says information + application = transformation. This is true for our faith, this is true in life! Find out more!

Today we have a special speaker, Jeff Quattlebaum! He continues our series called "Overwhelmed." What do you do when you are overwhelmed? You do exactly what Jesus did. We know praying is an important part, but do you realize how important His Word is? The best place in the world to be when you are overwhelmed is in the Bible!!!

This week we look at fear. Everyone is afraid of something, what about you? The thing about fear is that it is the opposite of faith. When we are afraid it is like we are saying "God I don't trust you." Worst off is that when fear leads to doubt, and then that doubt leads to being overwhelmed! So what do we do? We turn to Jesus of course. But what if you have doubts? You call out to Him and be honest!

Have you ever felt overwhelmed? The answer is of course, YES. Maybe not right now, but it is coming. Or maybe you feel so overwhelmed right now that you don't know what to do! Wouldn't it be nice if when you become a Christian that Jesus waves a wand and all the bad things in your life disappear? Wouldn't it be nice that the phrase we hear all the time "God won't give you more than you can handle" were true? Sadly it is not! In fact, God will often give us more than we can handle and often. The person is to help us to stop thinking we can do something. We can't...we can't do anything, but God can! what are you facing today? Is it bigger than God?

Did you know that Jesus was overwhelmed? It's true. When He was faced with the upcoming cross He asked if there was another way. He was not doubting the Father, after all how could He? But was overwhelmed by the task before Him, and when overwhelmed He demonstrated what we too should do when overwhelmed!

Have you ever felt overwhelmed? Have you ever felt like it was just too much? Is this how we are meant to live? When Jesus promised that we could have life to its fullest, did He mean nothing bad would happen to us? Unfortunately no. Because of sin, life goes sideways for those who are Christians and those who are not. The difference is that Christians have Christ!

How was 2023 for you? Good year? Great year? Terrible year? A year you want to forget? What do we do when we don't know how to move forward? Today Pastor Tommy's wife Cathy Russell will share how she has learned to find hope when there doesn't seem to be hope anywhere else.

This week Austin shares a message of hope as we celebrate the birth of our savior. Thank you for watching and Merry Christmas!