BIG IDEA
All of us want to make a significant contribution to the world. We all want our lives to matter. Although some of us may have differing opinions on what significance means, this desire to make an impact is directly from God. The question is, how does God define significance? What kind...
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“Who am I going to spend my life with?” For those who are single, this is a question we must work through. It is also a question we must lead the children in our lives to work through and process. This is not a decision for anyone, including the children in our lives, to...
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“What will be the character of our lives?” This is the question on the table today. At the end of the day, we are asking what our reputation will be? Will we be known as people of character, who loved and honored God with our lives, or will we be known as people who said we...
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As we think about our lives and the people that we want to become, we must ask and answer the question, "What will be the center of our lives?" We must also help our children ask and answer that question. Will we center our lives around things on earth, like people, status, wealth...
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In today's world, where we can get almost anything at our fingertips in an instant, gratitude has become more and more of a lost art. What we used to view as unexpected gifts and blessings have become expectations. This is not the way it should be. It is time that you and I take up the...
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Without a question, in light of everything that has happened in our lives over the past 5 months or so, each one of us has experienced stress. When it feels like the ground beneath our feet is shaking, and everything feels out of our control, the temptation to give in to stress is...
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Today we are talking about a monsoon that each and one of us faces: temptation. We face certain temptations each and every day. We are tempted toward things such as anger, gluttony, laziness, lust, envy, greed, and many more things. As we think about these things, the question becomes...
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We are talking this week about bad habits. We have all been tempted to cover up a bad habit or to act like our bad habits are not a big deal. We often fake it rather than fixing the behaviors. Unfortunately, we do not usually discover or choose to discover, these bad habits until they...
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One thing this year has taught us is that we are not immune to storms. None of us are in control of our lives, as much as we would like to be in control. Inevitably, we will have storms. While we cannot control our storms, we can control how we will respond to them. We can either trust...
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