It's easy for us to lose control of our minds.  Our thoughts spiral out of control and lead us into bad places.  How do we take back control over our minds and not let them run us?

Anxiety often causes us to live in fear of something that might never happen.  How can we learn to rest in sovereignty of God when our situation seems overwhelming?  We need a proper view of God - Pillow Theology.  We can rest because we know that God is at work and he’s watching over us.  He is sovereign.

We live in what some are calling the Age of Anxiety.  How do we win this war?  Paul gives us some insight that we need as Christ-followers to fight against the spiritual battle we face in our minds.  Ultimately, only the Truth of God’s Word professed and believed will give us victory of the lies and arguments that come from our spiritual enemy.  We will carefully navigate the depth and complexity of anxiety and other disorders – not reducing them all to spiritual things, but recognizing the spiritual war we are in must be fought with supernatural weapons!  We must battle back!

Our culture continues to push toward independence.  But we must realize that Independence is not Isolation.  We never know when something hard will happen in our lives and its then when we need people to surround us and come to our aid.  The challenge to all will be are they doing that with this community.  Are they known personally?  Do they know others intimately?  Authentic Relationships are downloadable.  They must be cultivated.

Our culture continues to push toward independence.  But we must realize that Independence is not Isolation.  We never know when something hard will happen in our lives and its then when we need people to surround us and come to our aid.  The challenge to all will be are they doing that with this community.  Are they known personally?  Do they know others intimately?  Authentic Relationships are downloadable.  They must be cultivated.

God asks Gideon to reduce the number of troops he has because it is too many for God to deliver them.  This must have been so confusing to Gideon.  When we often want the strategy, God tends to give us the next step – even if that step seems to go backwards and not closer to the destination we think it should.  In the end, God does Gideon the strategy – it’s submission!

Doing something extraordinary for God will always require extraordinary faith. Gideon sees the army advance against them and then gets fearful about fighting them.  He knows what God has said to him through the angel, but he isn’t sure that God can give them victory.  He tests God with a sign.  In this message, I talk about when it is and isn’t right to seek a sign from God.

Before God can use us to do extraordinary things, he will first deal with the altars we have setup to other gods/things.  Gideon had to remove the things that caused God to remove his hand from the nation before God could use him to save Israel.