God Centered Life

It's easy for us to treat prayer with God like a slot machine: you put in enough prayer and out comes the result. But Christian prayer is a relationship. God knows us full well and we need to talk to him as our Father.

It's easy for us to treat prayer with God like a slot machine: you put in enough prayer and out comes the result. But Christian prayer is a relationship. God knows us full well and we need to talk to him as our Father.

If you pray in public, you have to be especially wary of the danger of hypocrisyof pretending to be something, or think something, or feel something that you do not think or feel. Pastor Josh begins a 6-part message on the importance of prayer.

If you pray in public, you have to be especially wary of the danger of hypocrisyof pretending to be something, or think something, or feel something that you do not think or feel. Pastor Josh begins a 6-part message on the importance of prayer.

Society seems to be growing out of the idea of life after death. But can we really attend a funeral and not give a thought to whether this is all life is about? When you're around death, you're close to eternity, and the veil parts a little bit and life seems very translucent.

Society seems to be growing out of the idea of life after death. But can we really attend a funeral and not give a thought to whether this is all life is about? When you're around death, you're close to eternity, and the veil parts a little bit and life seems very translucent.

There is a high motivation for us to deny ourselves for Jesus, because when we choose what Jesus says in His Word, we can bear the fruit of a true Christian. While denying ourselves does not come naturally, we need to lean into this counterintuitive and paradoxical way to find real life.

There is a high motivation for us to deny ourselves for Jesus, because when we choose what Jesus says in His Word, we can bear the fruit of a true Christian. While denying ourselves does not come naturally, we need to lean into this counterintuitive and paradoxical way to find real life.

What do you really want? We could offer to help you construct a dream around your desires, but that's a cruel thing to do. Instead, as we elevate the cross, that's the real way to find fulfillment. You must lose your life to save it.

What do you really want? We could offer to help you construct a dream around your desires, but that's a cruel thing to do. Instead, as we elevate the cross, that's the real way to find fulfillment. You must lose your life to save it.