Oct 11, 2020
Wide Awake in a World That’s Fast Asleep
By: Troy Burns
Series: It Will Get Better
As we move into chapter 5 of 1 Thessalonians, Troy shares Paul's instructions that encourage us to resist the temptation to live in a way that's immoral and self-indulgent, and instead to be awake and alert in the sense of putting our Christian identity and the truth of God into practice. When we're awake in a sleeping world, we make God and other people more important than ourselves, and we live in a way that demonstrates our faith, love, and hope.
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- Oct 11, 2020Wide Awake in a World That’s Fast Asleep
Oct 11, 2020Wide Awake in a World That’s Fast AsleepBy: Troy BurnsSeries: It Will Get BetterAs we move into chapter 5 of 1 Thessalonians, Troy shares Paul's instructions that encourage us to resist the temptation to live in a way that's immoral and self-indulgent, and instead to be awake and alert in the sense of putting our Christian identity and the truth of God into practice. When we're awake in a sleeping world, we make God and other people more important than ourselves, and we live in a way that demonstrates our faith, love, and hope.
- Sep 27, 2020Walking the Walk (and the Difference it Makes)
Sep 27, 2020Walking the Walk (and the Difference it Makes)By: Troy BurnsSeries: It Will Get BetterIn the latest message from our series, It Will Get Better, Troy shares some encouragement from the apostle Paul that can basically be summarized in this way: "You’re doing great, now keep doing even better!" Troy also reminds us that a critical part of our faith is trusting that God is good, that His ways are better than ours, and that life works much better when we follow Him rather than ourselves.
- Sep 13, 2020Living to Please an Audience of One
Sep 13, 2020Living to Please an Audience of OneBy: Troy BurnsSeries: It Will Get BetterContinuing in our series through Paul's letters to the Thessalonians, Troy reminds us that when it comes to serving God and following Him no matter what others think, if God is pleased with us, then all is well. Or to phrase it another way, if the master is pleased with what we’ve done, then everything else is okay.
- Sep 6, 2020The Power of Genuine Life Change
Sep 6, 2020The Power of Genuine Life ChangeBy: Troy BurnsSeries: It Will Get BetterTroy kicks off our new message series, It Will Get Better, which begins a journey through Paul's letters to the Thessalonian church. Knowing that the universe will end with God’s eternal triumph helps us find meaning in what seems to be chaos. And that’s the power of genuine life change: hope for now, hope for the future, and hope for all of eternity.
- Aug 30, 2020Do God’s Work With Him
Aug 30, 2020Do God’s Work With HimBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Core 52 RecapThe "Great Commission" is really our "co-mission," as we partner with God and allow Him to work through us. God's mission should be important to us, not only because it's His mission, but also because we need hope and we want every person in the world to come to have hope.
- Aug 9, 2020In Search of Happiness
Aug 9, 2020In Search of HappinessBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Core 52 RecapTo refresh us on one of the chapters we read in the Core 52 book, Troy answers the question, "Does God Want You to Be Happy?" While God expects us to obey Him, and His type of happiness may be different than what we think we want, it can also be misleading to say that God desires our obedience more than our happiness. The truth is that obedience to God brings about our happiness.
- Aug 2, 2020Beware the White Van
Aug 2, 2020Beware the White VanBy: Troy BurnsSeries: StandaloneIn this standalone message, Troy explains why God wants us to get rid of the painful anxiety that comes from depending only on ourselves in the midst of life’s difficulties. Instead of self-dependence, we should have such confidence in God that it frees our minds from anxiety. God has designed life in such a way that peace can be the constant experience of every Christ follower, even in the midst of trials.
- Jul 27, 2020The Joy of Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes
Jul 27, 2020The Joy of Walking in Someone Else’s ShoesBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Getting Rid of the GorillaTo conclude our series, Getting Rid of the Gorilla, Troy challenges us to consider the positive results that God produces through our turmoil of living with a wounded, unforgiving heart. It may sound ironic, but it might not be until we’re able to see the really good stuff that comes out of our struggle to forgive that we begin to find the strength to actually do so.
- Jul 19, 2020Trust Someone to Know the Real You
Jul 19, 2020Trust Someone to Know the Real YouBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Getting Rid of the GorillaIn this week's message from our series, Getting Rid of the Gorilla, Troy challenges us to step out, take a risk, and find a spiritual shepherd we trust to help us learn how to forgive. It’s rare to find people who finally got rid of the gorilla, who didn’t also grant someone else access to the interior parts of their souls and allow themselves to be guided to hope and healing.
- Jul 12, 2020The Other Person You Can’t Forgive
Jul 12, 2020The Other Person You Can’t ForgiveBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Getting Rid of the GorillaReturning to our series, Getting Rid of the Gorilla, Troy shares how the person we often have the most difficulty forgiving is the one who's staring back at us in the mirror. As the book's author demonstrates, we cannot authentically forgive anyone until we’ve first forgiven ourselves. Troy encourages us to stop beating ourselves up and to feel good about our lives again. Either the cross was good enough to pay for our sins or it wasn't.