We throw the word HOPE around all the time. "Hope it doesn't rain." "Hope I'm not late." "Hope he saw my text." But in truth, many of us have thrown out hope altogether. Is this you? Have you given up on having hope? Psalm 42 is a song of lament and despair. But while God's word recognizes these dark moments, it also has much to say about where are hope is found. Join Pastor Ray as he begins a study of Hope and what the Bible has to say about it.

Will I survive? Will my marriage survive? Will my finances survive? Will my kids survive? Many of us are spending too much time worrying. Paul addresses worry very clearly in his letter to the Philippians. Join us as Pastor Ray wraps up the series Joy/Full and takes a deep dive into what the Bible says about worry and what we are to do in place of it.

Many of us are spinning our wheels day after day chasing after a joy that we can never quite catch. However, it’s not our achievements that help us attain the goal or even our past failures that keep us from the goal. Instead, our perseverance in our relationship with Christ is what helps us to realize the joy we can find in Jesus. Join Pastor Ray as he continues to walk through the book of Philippians and Paul’s teachings on joy.

In a world where our resume determines our value, ask yourself what resume you are using to gain acceptance from God. Has it worked? Has it brought true joy? Unfortunately, it's never enough, is it? Praise God that He doesn't see our resume, but instead the resume of Jesus! Thankfully it doesn't depend on me but on what Jesus did for me.

Is your joy buried? Have your current circumstances taken your joy away? Paul writes 19 times in the book of Philippians about joy during a time in his life when most of us would struggle to even say the word. How can that be? Join us as we take a look at four attributes of true joy and learn more about the joy that can only come from Christ.

Self-centeredness is an invisible enemy that is rooted in our constant search for joy, and we each struggle with it. But Paul demonstrates, in his letter to the Philippians, that being selfless transforms us. It changes me and it changes my relationships. Today's message follows Paul as he gives us the perfect model for complete selflessness...Jesus.

As we continue to walk through the book of Philippians, we see that Paul was not discouraged in his joy despite everything around him. Do you want that kind of joy in your life, joy that isn't shackled by your circumstances? Join us as we learn to follow Paul's example and fix our focus on the good things of God where we will find joy.