We all grow spiritually in different ways. Spiritual growth is hand-crafted by God not mass produced. We are God’s individual workmanship not assembly line appliances. Today’s Scripture (Luke 10:38-42) shows us a ‘contemplative’ and a ‘doer’. As we...

The unexamined life is not worth living. Yet the world tries to prevent us from looking within. It attempts to seduce us to a surface level spirituality. To experience transformation, we need to look at the iceberg of our spirituality, 90% of which is...

The overarching theme of Philippians is joy. So what do you do if you get to the end of a sermon series like this and you still feel like you can't simply flip a switch in your mind and 'choose joy.' Today we will explore three...

Discontentment. It can eat away at our souls. The Apostle Paul in our text today gives to us the secret to being content. It is something we learn through avoiding comparison (v. 11), being flexible (v. 12) and finding our ultimate confidence in...

Anxiety. Anger. Broken relationships. There are all sorts of things in our world and in our lives that steal our peace. In today’s passage Paul offers us the cure to experience peace with others (v. 1-3), with God (v. 4-7) and within ourselves (v. 8-9).

In this inspiring section of Scripture, we are encouraged to forget the past, not living by looking through our rearview mirror. We are instead to focus upon the future, reaching for the hope that’s found in Jesus Christ. As we journey towards Him we...

Religion has to do with achievement, gaining one’s sense of identity from accomplishments. It is often concerned with external actions. The apostle Paul gives his testimony in this section as he contrasts his former life with a new life found living...

‘Want a friend, be a friend’; so goes the old saying. In our Bible passage today, Paul reveals two friends of his: Timothy and Epaphroditus. He shows the character qualities these men had that made them invaluable to Paul. Likewise, God wants to...

Complaining has become a national past time in our society. And it’s easy to get caught up in it as the pandemic has intensified our emotions. Today’s Scripture encourages us to conquer complaining with the result being that we will shine like stars...

Let go and let God. If it’s meant to be it’s up to me. How do we balance the tension between those two statements? Today’s Bible passage reminds us that God changes us as we cooperate with Him. He will do what He promises to do but we need to respond...