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Does Jesus Care About my Loneliness and Depression

All of us feel lonely and depressed from time to time. Some struggle with persistent depression. Is Jesus even aware of the struggle we feel in these areas? Jesus certainly knows and cares when you're feeling lonely and depressed. Listen to today's message and learn how God loves you and cares for you.

Does Jesus Care When I Feel Unloved and Unlovely

Often in life we have experiences when we feel nobody loves us and we are ugly. Does Jesus Care about this? Using the Book of Ruth, chapter one we learn that God is very much concerned when we have these feelings.

Greater Stewardship

The Bible clearly teaches that we are stewards of God's creation. In this message we look at many scriptures to distill God's instructions regarding stewardship.

Greater Vision

When we face challenges in life we typically use our wisdom, knowledge, and experience to determine how to face the challenge. That is the right response, however, sometimes God steps in and gives us a vision that contradicts what we believe to be the best course of action. When God shows us His mission or vision for our life we need to set aside what we think we know and do what God commands. Listen today as we look at the life of Abraham when he faced a very real crisis in his life. We'll read from Genesis 15:1-6, Matthew 9:34-37, Matthew 28:19,20. Acts 1:8, and John 4:35 to learn Christ vision for our lives.

Limiting God

We worship the Almighty Creator of everything. He is all-knowing, all-present, and all powerful yet we can limit His role in our life. Are we more powerful than He, do we know more are we wiser? Listen and hear how we limit God's role in our lives.

Hold On to the Past but, Don’t Let the Past Hold On to You

Our past can be of great help and it can be a stumbling block that hobbles our forward progress. We are encouraged to forget the past but to also remember the past. How do we find the balance? How do we use the past as a learning tool? How do we move on? The Apostle Paul had a terrible past to overcome. How did he not let his past reduce him to a quivering shell of a human? How did he use his past to propel him to greatness? Today's sermon looks at Philippians 3:7-14 to unravel this mystery.

Joy! - Advent Sunday Four

This is a very short devotional sermon due to other activities in our worship service on the same day. The sermon speaks to the Advent theme of Joy.

Peace! - Advent Sunday Three

We are promised peace with the coming of Jesus Christ. Using the story of the shepherds being visited by the angel Gabriel followed by a host of angels, we look at the peace we were given.

Love! - Advent SundayTwo

On this Sunday we celebrated the 2nd Advent thought on Love. The message on Love was drawn from Romans 5:1-8 and Hebrews 12:4-13. We first consider Jesus' love for His us and then we considered that love is a double edged sword with the two edges Compassion and Correction. We love Christ's compassion for us but His love also includes correction.

Hope! - Advent Sunday One

It is easy to feel despair, doubt, and discouragement in life. Even if overall our life is good there are those hard times and issues we feel will never be resolved. The Israelites had many reasons to feel this way in their exile in Babylon. God speaks to them as recorded in Jeremiah 29:4-11. He encourages them to go on with their life, to pray for others, and to have faith that God has better things in store. Those encouragements are valid for us today. God is on His throne, He cares about you and loves you, and He has an abundant life He wants to bless you with. Keep your faith in Him strong. He will see you through!