One of the things the Holy Spirit enables us to do after salvation is self-discipline and that includes managing and being good stewards of our time. Within that time management is something even more important and that is actively looking for life experiences, for God to speak to us, for us to have moments in which we live a decade. This morning we “wind the clock” as we look at the difference between minutes and moments and why both of these are important to us and important to God.

Change, change, change, God is all about change….even when we don’t like it. Today we discuss the importance of cutting the rope of fear that holds us back and why that is soooooooo important! Staying the same is very risky in the long run. Join us for a little fun, a little conviction, and a lot of hope in overcoming our fear of change.

How do we make big changes? Easy, start with small steps. We realize two things today. First, if we don’t do small things now, then we won’t have a habit of doing big things later. People say things like, “When I make more money, I’ll give. When I have more time, I’ll serve.” It never happens…. why? If we won’t do it now, we won’t be trained to do it later and we will always have an excuse. Second, with excuses……we simply need to take them away. Start small, trust God, and let God make big things happen.

“Eat the frog” is a symbol for tackling the hardest challenge of the day first. And we can do that, we can face the biggest challenge of the day first thing, over come it, and give God the glory. We can “Win The Day” for Jesus. Today, we look at habit change. In that living for God is about having both good habits and turning bad habits into good habits. This is important in our Christian life because of the reaping principal in the bible….we reap (or harvest) what we sow (or plant). We need to claim each small habit for Jesus until they all become a normal part of our lifestyle as a believer.

Exodus 14; the story of God parting the sea for His people to lead them to safety. It’s a great story, but there is more to the story than just the story itself. There are life lessons for us there. Life lessons about facing those struggles that just seem to confront us and be overwhelming. Its about dispelling fear and stepping forward in faith. Its about God doing the miracle…..and us taking God’s word (the bible) and applying it in real life. What do you do when God parts the sea? You “Kiss the waves” on both sides and move forward!

The new year is a time to reflect on where we are in God. Its also a time to step back and make sure that we have our spiritual compass set to true North in God. We are looking at seven habits over the next few weeks, changing seven habits to draw closer to God in this new year. Today we are looking at ‘flipping the script’ to Win The Day for God. Choosing to purposely change our outlook on life this week from negative thinking to positive thinking to glorify God. If we can just do that for one single day, then we will be able to do it a second day, a third day, and so on until grateful thinking becomes part of who we are in our relationship to Jesus. Join us and change your mind to Godly thinking.

This is the season to not get caught up in all the hustle and bustle, but to do as the bible states and “be still and know that I am God” We are to come to the manger in contentment and joy. And then to leave as ambassadors for God and go into the world to share the wonderful gospel message. The gospel message is a message too good to keep all to ourselves.

2ndSunday of Advent. Last week we celebrated the gift of God’s grace and forgiveness in Jesus. This week we take a more intimate look at biblical words like incarnation, Immanuel, the Word, and dwelt to see the greatest gift of Jesus to us and why Christians really celebrate CHRISTmas! It’s a big deal! The gift of Jesus is the greatest gift the world has ever received.

Welcome to the season of Advent where we celebrate the advent, anticipated coming, of Jesus’ birth. One of the greatest gifts of God to mankind is the gift of salvation. Why? Because all have sinned, all have betrayed God, all are stained with destruction. A stain that we, ourselves, cannot remove. That stain of sin is part of who we are. But God’s promise is that if we only confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that He is God is that he will remove that terrible stain and make us white as snow! This first Sunday in Advent, we celebrate that we are White As Snow because of Jesus.

Passion for God has to do with relationship with God and his people. We finish up today as we learn how to avoid apathy in the Christian life and how to reignite our passion for God and draw close to Him. Passion for God is so important in the Christian life. If we find apathy sneaking into our life, we need to get rid of it immediately. Join us today as we purposely draw close to God.