Fear is not a positive virtue, especially when we think of fearing God. So what does the Bible mean when it exhorts us to fear God? To find out, we look at the end of Ecclesiastes for the final goal of wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 12:9-14

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David's ambition to build the temple was good, but it was not his role. God had better plans for him and his progeny. Josh Moody teaches that it's possible to have good ambitions but not be in line with what God wants us to do. We have to trust that God knows what is truly best.

1 Chronicles 17:1-15

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The essential ingredient to your success as a Christian and the fruit you bear, and to the effectiveness of your family and our ministries—the thing that matters above all is God's favor, that God is with us.

1 Chronicles 11:4-9

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This land will not be healed unless God's people once again trust God and cry out to him. The solution is to go to Almighty God in faith and seek him in prayer.

1 Chronicles 5:18-22

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Prayer is not magic. We do not seek to manipulate a god with certain styles of speech—that's a pagan way of thinking about it. Jesus speaks against that when he says: do not pray like the pagans, who think they'll be heard because of their many words. Josh Moody says that prayer needs to be on the top of our list of priorities, and we must learn better how to pray.

1 Chronicles 4:1-10

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We live in a day when we are very much aware of the opinions of others about us, on social media and elsewhere. In 1 Chronicles, what makes Jabez different is that he was willing to go against the flow of his brothers and peers.

1 Chronicles 4:1-10

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Social networking through the internet—Facebook, Twitter—the question is raised whether all this interaction is actually improving our relationships. Friendship is a wonderful gift—it's one of the richest experiences of life, and it has spiritual benefits, too.

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If you're thinking to yourself, "I can't keep on going," that's not the issue. The issue is that God will keep on going. "He who called you is faithful; he will surely do it." 

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

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We are looking forward to a new heaven, a new earth, a new body, and a whole new universe. Our focus on Christ's second coming gives a whole new purpose to our lives today. 

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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Our mortality is real, but Christians do not die in the sense that they will not be separated from God. We may become physically dead, but we're spiritually alive. Pastor Josh teaches how Christians can approach their physical death in a very different way. 

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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