Dec 30, 2018
Old Endings and New Beginnings
Followers of Jesus often struggle to determine whether or not God is calling us to do something. In fact, the only time we should feel 100% certain that God is speaking directly to us is when we read the Bible. However, discerning God's calling is really not some super-mystical process. What’s more, God will sometimes give us unmistakable confirmation that He’s at work leading, guiding, and yes, even calling us to do something.
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  • Dec 30, 2018Old Endings and New Beginnings
    Dec 30, 2018
    Old Endings and New Beginnings
    Followers of Jesus often struggle to determine whether or not God is calling us to do something. In fact, the only time we should feel 100% certain that God is speaking directly to us is when we read the Bible. However, discerning God's calling is really not some super-mystical process. What’s more, God will sometimes give us unmistakable confirmation that He’s at work leading, guiding, and yes, even calling us to do something.
  • Dec 16, 2018Strategic Failure
    Dec 16, 2018
    Strategic Failure
    In this week's message from our Finding Favor series, Bob teaches us about the concept of "Strategic Failure." We can have a new definition of success: “Finding Favor with God.” Why settle for earthly success when you can have God’s favor? And even our pain and suffering have a purpose; our failures can actually be our successes. With this in mind, Bob closes with a challenge for us not to be the ones yelling at God for the pain that's in our life.
  • Dec 9, 2018Interpersonal Intervention
    Dec 9, 2018
    Interpersonal Intervention
    In today’s message from our Finding Favor series, Troy reminds us that God truly wants to hear our prayers. If we really pay attention, and if we have the faith to understand the difference our prayers make, we will spend a lot more time talking to God. Specifically, God sometimes changes another person’s mind when we pray for God’s favor in our lives. And God may use us to change someone else’s mind. We might be the answer to someone else’s prayers.
  • Nov 25, 2018Redemptive Poverty
    Nov 25, 2018
    Redemptive Poverty
    In today’s message from the Finding Favor series, Bud shares about those times in our lives when financial scarcity can actually be a sign of God’s blessing. God just might show us His favor by making us poorer for a season. The real question for all of us is, “Can we be blessed financially when God gives us wealth AND when He takes it away?"
  • Nov 4, 2018Bodily Affliction
    Nov 4, 2018
    Bodily Affliction
    As part of the Finding Favor series, our Youth Minister Chad talks about discovering God's favor in spite of (and sometimes even through) "Bodily Affliction."  Throughout the Bible there are many stories of strife and pain, and this earth is filled with them as well.  To illustrate, Chad shares a few stories of people finding God's favor in the midst of very difficult times, while remembering that God's version of better is always better
  • Oct 28, 2018God Will Provide
    Oct 28, 2018
    God Will Provide
    If you've ever wondered whether God wants to intervene in your life to give you a blessing, just think of the most over-the-top, sitting-on-the-edge-of-his-seat-with-anticipation, ready-to-shower-you-with-amazing-gifts type of dad, then multiply that a thousand-fold.
  • Oct 21, 2018Intentional Obscurity
    Oct 21, 2018
    Intentional Obscurity
    Continuing in our Finding Favor series, based on the book of that name by Brian Jones, Troy discusses those times when we pray for God’s favor and it seems that the only way for Him to truly bless us is to place in total obscurity for a season. We will discover that obscurity is a sign of God’s favor, not a sign of His anger.
  • Sep 30, 2018Holy Discontent
    Sep 30, 2018
    Holy Discontent
    For this week’s message in our “Finding Favor” series, Troy shares about those times when God, in His favor, brings us to a place where we're angry at the messes we’ve made in our lives, and we finally throw up our hands and give up. We take real action because of this “Holy Discontent” that’s built up, where God helps us understand that something must change.
  • Sep 23, 2018Involuntary Perseverance
    Sep 23, 2018
    Involuntary Perseverance
    What happens when we ask God for His favor, and instead of opening doors for us to explore new opportunities, He slams doors shut and says “no” to our requests. We are shocked because we thought we would be “blessed,” not realizing that God limiting our options can be one of His greatest blessings of all.
  • Sep 9, 2018God is Good, All the Time
    Sep 9, 2018
    God is Good, All the Time
    To introduce our new series based on the book, Finding Favor (by Brian Jones), Troy shares the truth that even in the midst of difficult circumstances, God gives us His perspective and uses scary, painful, counter-intuitive ways of bringing His best to us. God is always working for our good, even though we may not recognize it. God is good, all the time.