How’s your inner coach? What is it saying to you? That you’re stupid and will never be a success? Or is it telling you how awesome you are and it’s too bad that the people around you are too blind or jealous to realize your wonderfulness? Pastor Daniel is going to be teaching about the humility of Abraham. Abraham was a rich and powerful man, but he understood where all that came from. You’ll learn that it’s the same source for your success.

In modern society, we’re told to focus on ownership of ourselves and whatever we possess. This thinking oozes through everything we deal with – entertainment, social media, everywhere. And as believers, it’s hard to maintain the realization that we – and all we possess – actually are owned by God. Pastor Daniel is going to try to help you develop the right kind of mindset to realize where your true blessings come from.

Life isn’t a game or a competition like baseball or something, but there is a current of it being a contest between good and evil, God and Satan. And whether you realize it or not, you’re a participant in this contest. We make mistakes or do the right thing and reap the consequences of those actions. Pastor Daniel is going to talk about the choices Abram and Sarai made – good and bad – and how they shaped what happened later in their lives.

Following God is such a challenge. That’s because God’s always daring you to rely on Him more and more. It’s hard to imagine being an old man and woman and being promised a baby when there’s never been one in your family. This seems outrageous and audacious, and Pastor Daniel will be teaching that doing outrageous and audacious things is what God’s all about. And if you trust Him, He will do those kinds of things in your life.

Have you ever tried to help a toddler with a task only to have them tell you, “I do it myself!”? Well, that attitude generally carries into adulthood, although it might be a little more subtly expressed. But when it comes to fitting into the Body of Christ, God says that individualism won’t work. Pastor Daniel will be teaching about this today. You’re going to hear about the necessity of expressing the gifts of the Spirit in love and in harmony with others.

Motives are impossible to see from the outside. You’ve probably done something that appears to be kind or considerate but your heart wasn’t in it or maybe you even resented doing what you did. This is what Pastor Daniel will be teaching today. God has so many gifts that He wants to have His people display and manifest, but He wants them performed with the right attitude, too. That’s the only way those gifts will accomplish His purpose.

We all like to do things the way we want to, without interference from other people. Interacting with others who might have a different idea of how to do things can be tiresome. However, Pastor Daniel is going to teach that this is the way God intended things to be. You’re going to hear God’s plan for His Body is way different than the way society wants to do things. You’ll learn the reason for your rubbing up against the people around you and how it benefits you.

It’s easy to think of going to church as just another activity, something to cross off of your weekly calendar. But when we have that attitude, we rob ourselves of the blessing God intends us to receive, and we cheat others by not being a blessing to them. Pastor Daniel will be teaching today about God’s intent for the people in His family. You’ll hear about your place in the body of Christ and your need to figure out where you fit in that body.

In America, you don’t hear about “rugged group-ism”; you hear about “rugged individualism”. The self is praised and honored. The maverick who bucks the system is exalted. And while it’s good to have the ability to do things by yourself if you need to, God’s plan is different, as you’ll hear Pastor Daniel teach today. You’re going to learn that God has made you part of an organism that He calls the Body of Christ and you need others, just as they need you.

Getting caught up in the hustle and bustle of day-to-day living, it’s easy to forget that we’re in a spiritual battle along with all the other things of life. When we neglect that area of our lives we can fall short of God’s best for us. Pastor Daniel’s teaching will help to remind you that there’s someone who doesn’t want to see you get closer to Jesus and will do almost anything to stop you. Pastor Daniel’s going to give you some tips for success.