Nov 15, 2020
The Miracle of Sticking With It
By: Troy Burns
Series: Hanging On To Hope
Continuing in our series, Hanging on to Hope, Troy shares what it means to live in such a way that our lives would not make sense if God did not exist. Specifically, when God gives us the miraculous strength to "stick with it" in the midst of incredible hardship, our example can have a profound, lasting impact on someone else.
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- Nov 15, 2020The Miracle of Sticking With It
Nov 15, 2020The Miracle of Sticking With ItBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Hanging On To HopeContinuing in our series, Hanging on to Hope, Troy shares what it means to live in such a way that our lives would not make sense if God did not exist. Specifically, when God gives us the miraculous strength to "stick with it" in the midst of incredible hardship, our example can have a profound, lasting impact on someone else.
- Nov 9, 2020Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Nov 9, 2020Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceBy: Troy BurnsSeries: Hanging On To HopeTroy begins a new series this morning, entitled, Hanging On to Hope, that will take us through the rest of the year, with the exception of a few holiday-themed messages. Our prayer is for God to use this series to give all of us some encouragement as we close out a very difficult year. In this opening message, for those of us who feel stuck between a rock and a hard place, we can trust God to pull us up, to help us stand on the rock, and to show us that the rock is Jesus.
- Oct 25, 2020Listen to God and Follow the Truth
Oct 25, 2020Listen to God and Follow the TruthBy: Troy BurnsSeries: It Will Get BetterContinuing in our series through 1&2 Thessalonians, Troy reminds us of the encouragement Paul gave to his readers (including those of us who follow Jesus today), specifically that we should follow the truth and not believe any false teachings that might suggest Jesus has already returned, which would take away the incredible hope we have for eternity. Thankfully, we still have that hope for our lives right now and forever.
- Oct 18, 2020Don’t Give Up and Never Stop Growing
Oct 18, 2020Don’t Give Up and Never Stop GrowingBy: Troy BurnsSeries: It Will Get BetterAs we move into Paul's second letter to the Thessalonians, Troy explains how these believers grew in their faith and love for each other during circumstances that should have caused them to do quite the opposite. He also reminds us, as followers of Jesus today, that a big part of having faith is trusting that the goodness and faithfulness of God will answer every aspect of injustice in this age. God’s will is already being worked out in the life of the church, even when outwardly it appears defeated.
- 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.