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Marriage is not two people living in perfect harmony. Marriage is two imperfect people sharing the same house and the same thermostat! In this upbeat presentation, Pastor Doug Fields encourages us to resist the cultural concept of cutting difficult people out of our lives, especially when it comes to our marriage.

Both husbands and wives will learn easy habits that can transform a marriage into a thriving, enjoyable relationship! Guests include Dr. Greg Smalley, Shaunti Feldhahn, Kathi Lipp, Dan Seaborn, Dr. Ken Wilgus, Doug Fields, Patricia Ashley, and Jay Payleitner!

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Chip continues this series with a provocative message that makes some bold promises. Chip says that if you want to please God there is one thing you must do, and without it you cannot please Him. So what is “it?” Find out from today's message.

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Many years ago we were shopping for a place where God wanted us to build a radio studio that we desperately needed. I've got a beautiful one at our headquarters today but back then we needed just something that would get us through. We were looking at a possible location - this big barn of a room with a high ceiling and it was totally bare. Well, when I looked at it I saw a big bare room, but not Kasey. No, he's a carpenter and he started talking about this wall here and that partition there; the control room in that corner, where the doors would be, and how we could soundproof the floor. It was amazing! He was seeing all kinds of things in that room that I couldn't see! But, then, that's the great thing about carpenters!

I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "What the Carpenter Sees in You."

I do think that's how Jesus looks at you. After all, He's a carpenter. His earthly father, Joseph, was one and Jesus grew up with a carpenter's skills - and a carpenter's eye to see what someone could become; not just what they are.

The blueprint is in our word for today from the Word of God in Ephesians 2:10. And it's an eye-opener, really, as to who you really are and why you're here. "We are God's workmanship." Let's stop on that...you are no random assembly of molecules. You are a handmade, one-of-a-kind masterpiece creation of Almighty God. You may not have been treated like you're that valuable, but that's who you really are. And your Creator is the One who says so. Here's what the whole statement says, "We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

When Jesus looks at you, it's like my friend, the carpenter, looking at that empty room. He sees what that room could be after his skilled hands are finished renewing it. Jesus knows the masterpiece you were created to become, the difference you were created to make, the value you are created to have. That's what He sees. Maybe other people have only seen the bare room, and maybe you've been made to feel pretty worthless, incompetent, unloved, unworthy. But they don't see what Jesus sees; what you were born to be.

And here's why you may have missed knowing how much you're really worth. You're missing the One who gave you your worth. You're missing Jesus. The Bible says we have marked up this masterpiece God made with our self-centered living. God calls it sin, and our sin has built a wall between us and the God we were made by and for. So, we're cut off from the One who loves and values us the most; so much that He thought you were worth sending His Son to die for!

And you will never really know how valuable you really are until you open your heart to the One who loved you enough to die for you. You don't have to spend one more day away from the One who made you to be His masterpiece. The One who sees you through His Carpenter's eye - and sees one He created with His hands, paid for with His blood, and the one He wants to forgive, restore, and renew this very day.

But it's your move now. Now you have two choices: put your trust in Him to be your own Savior from your own sin, or basically say, "No thanks, Jesus. I'll just settle for more of the same." If you're ready to belong to Him, why don't you tell Him that right now. "Jesus, I'm done running my own life. I was never meant to. I am putting my life in the hands of the One who gave me my life...in the hands of the One who gave His life for me. Jesus, beginning this very day, I am Yours." This is the day to come home, my friend.

A great place to land if you want to begin this relationship is our website where you can have all the information you need to make this choice. That website is ANewStory.com.

Jesus, the carpenter, sees in you what everybody els

When hardship comes, we know what we have to do: stay focused on Jesus, keep having faith. But sometimes that doesn’t come easily. Pastor Greg delivers encouragement and guidance.

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Doubt touches every believer, yet for many today, these honest questions grow into a season of deconstruction. Author Pedro R. García will join us to address the confusion of doubt. He reveals that your biggest questions aren't necessarily an end to faith, but can actually be a doorway to a deeper one. Don’t miss this timely conversation.

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In this special (throwback) discussion with Cathe Laurie, Brittni Laurie, and Tiffany Velasquez, Pastor Greg Laurie asks what mothers need to feel appreciated and what we should see as the primary goals of motherhood. 

In a study, 85 percent of millennial mothers report wanting to be reassured that they are doing a good job. Pastor Greg asks whether this is true, and how families can express their gratitude in words and deeds to the mothers in their lives. This discussion takes a look at some of the challenges and pressures that mothers face today and how they can overcome them. 

Cathe Laurie gives the crucial advice that loving Jesus, not motherhood itself, should be the true motivation of motherhood: “It’s a form of worship to Him.” 

This discussion originally took place at Harvest Christian Fellowship on Mother’s Day, May 14, 2017. 

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On In The Market with Janet Parshall this week, we addressed the fight for purity that many men struggle with as Emeal Zwayne, of Living Waters Ministries, shared biblical insights on how to be victorious in this age-old battle. Pedro Garcia joined us to encourage us through his own journey that having doubt does not have to be the end of faith, but the beginning of a deeper walk. Janet’s daughter, the Vice President of Defending Education, joined us for another conversation about the education system in America including why a historically women’s college is under investigation for admitting men who claim to be women into the school. As our nation approaches its historic 250TH anniversary, spoke with Dr. John West about the Declaration of Independence and how its propositions were drawn from the Bible and early modern science. Janet and Craig will show us how to defend our faith by using the sword of God’s word.

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