Jimmy Davis – Let Psalm 126 shape you into one who feels your grief, prays your grief, and plants your grief in the tears of love that Jesus poured out for you, and He will make His joy grow in your desert.

Jimmy Davis

Jimmy Davis – What do we do with the anger that sometimes burns inside us? According to David, we're in danger of fanning the flames of even our righteous, holy anger until it turns into unrighteous, sinful anger. Thankfully, in Psalm 37 he gives us three other flames to kindle instead.

Robert Row – What does it look like to be aware of our complete dependence on Jesus? What would it do for our relationships if, before we said anything, we asked the Father, "should I say this?" We need to look at the person of Jesus and his complete dependence on the Father.

Tim Tinsley – Over and over in the gospel accounts of the life of Jesus, we read that he calls people to follow him and make disciples. Who in our city is making disciples? Who are you discipling? Who is discipling you?

Jimmy Davis - What do we do with our fear? Do we whistle a happy tune and make believe we're brave? Maybe, but in Psalm 3 David shows us a better way. Whenever we are afraid we can tell God we're afraid and why, then we can turn our hearts to Him and trust that He is our shield, our glory, and the lifter of our head.

Dr. Gary Phillips – All too often we identify God’s blessing with good circumstances in our lives. If things are going well, then clearly God is pleased with me (and, of course, I am pleased with Him)! But if things are not going well, then we are tempted to feel like either we are out of God’s will, or that God has abandoned us. But Acts 16 provides us with a fascinating case study of how God may use the good, the bad, and the ugly circumstances in our life to sanctify us and to glorify Himself.

Jimmy Davis – Of all the things Peter could say to conclude his first letter to the churches, he chose to say, “Wake up church! The universe is at war.” So, what do we do? We resist the enemy now by standing firm in the good news that in Jesus God’s heart for us is good, while we wait for the restoration and glory that Jesus has promised will come.

Jimmy Davis - Church relationships can be beautiful or broken, often both at the same time. Too often we church folks treat one another as enemies. Peter knows this and exhorts the church’s shepherds and sheep to clothe themselves with humility toward one another, a humility that only comes from being under the mighty hand of our Chief Shepherd Jesus, who wrapped himself in humility for us, his enemies.

Stephen Jones - Christians can do death. In fact, we are called to die with Christ. The reason we can do death and suffering is because of the resurrection of Jesus and His promise that through our suffering and sacrifice, we will be rewarded in this life and the next.