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We end our New Year's church fast with the message based in Joshua 3 & 4 admonishing us to not forget what the Lord has done for us and to give all credit to him for what He will do in the future.

Exodus means "to leave." In this message, we are encouraged to leave the idea of ever leaving God.

In the first message of 2021, we take a look at the subject of Motive Matters. We are encouraged to set aside the list of things we want to selfishly accomplish this upcoming year and replace them with goals that we have submitted tot he Lord.

As we approach the holiday season we are reminded of the love God showed for us. When we were away from Him, we were His enemies but He still loved us. In this weeks message, Ryan Mayes outlines the need for us to follow the example the love of Christ and Love our Enemies.

We bring the Aggressive Gratitude series to a close with a message on how God included us in His family. Although we could do nothing for Him, God's loving nature opened the door of salvation to all of us through faith in His only Son, Jesus Christ. And the gratitude that is growing in us should lead us into the action of sharing the gift if Christ with everyone who hasn't yet believed in Him.

This week we look at the idea of Gnosticism and how it was active in the Colossian church and is still active in churches today. We can find God's will in God's Word and we are grateful for God's provision to us. Aggressive gratitude also remains thankful God to give us an eternal inheritance with Him.

Our tendency as people is to mainly focus on gratitude in sentimental moments or in a passive manner. When a holiday or life occasion rolls around we take a moment to reflect. These are good times to be grateful but we are challenged in this series to aggressively look deeper for ways to be grateful to the Lord.

We conclude the series on joy by looking at John 15. When God takes things away from us it's the act of the Master Gardener pruning away something He wants removed from us. Our responsibility is to remain connected to the vine (Jesus) and abide in Him. We should choose joy because God is always operating to fulfill His purpose which ends good for us as His children.

This week we take a look at John 14 and discuss3 more reasons we as believers in Christ, should choose joy.

IN this message we explore the Biblical definition of joy, reasons the choose joy and break down how we choose joy.