CRIPPLED BY AN EVIL SPIRIT: Crippling spirits are alive and well, they have just changed their methods from Jesus' day.  They cripple us differently now.  They come at us with bad attitudes and deceptive, destructive, distorted thoughts.  We must remember that they are just vapors that flee from the presence and power of Jesus.

WHAT ABOUT THE LORD'S PRAYER?  The Lord’s prayer is a model and outline of how to pray.  If it helps you pray, use it.  We will also take a look at the history and origins of this classic prayer.

ONLY ONE THING.  Jesus has handled your relationship with God.  You need only to focus on loving and serving those He puts in your path.  Your job, as his representative, is love and serve people for him, as an extension of him.  Focus on one thing.  From Luke 10.38-40.

HOW TO GET MORE OUT OF CHURCH:  We will get more out of church if we look at it as a place to serve, a place to learn, and a place to give.  We'll get more out of church if we seek to serve, rather than be served.  [From Mark 10]

THE GREAT REVERSAL: Kids are more important than big shots.  God is not impressed with success.  He is impressed with compassion.  He is especially impressed with compassion for children.  (from Mark 9.33-37)

WHAT ABOUT MY DOUBT? A crosstalk from Mark 9.  Faith comes out of doubt.  Doubt is part of the process of gaining resolute faith.  So embrace your doubts.  Plant little seeds of faith.  Your faith will grow.

TRAITORS AT THE TABLE, a communion message from Luke 22.19-27.  Here we find Jesus trying to communicate with his disciples the true meaning of his mission.  The church they are to build is not to be a "condemnation station" but rather a "dispensary of grace."  We are all traitors at the table.  We are all appointed ambassadors of the Good News, not bouncers at the door of Club Heaven.

BAGS OF BLESSINGS from Matthew 25, the parable of the talents.  Use your gifts or you may lose them.  While salvation is always free, some blessings are dependent on the choices we make and the actions we take.

THRIVE (LESSONS FROM DANIEL), PART 6: THE SPIRIT PRINCE OF MUSKEGON.  Well-organized, ancient evil tries constantly to block the arrival of the Kingdom of Heaven in your life and in the world.  Prayer gives energy to Heaven’s armies to defeat this evil.

THRIVE (LESSONS FROM DANIEL), PART 5: A LION IN A DEN OF DANIELS.  You don’t have to be a wimp.  God gives us a spirit of power, love and self-discipline.  Use it to get through your dark times and to make the dark times of those next to you better.