SCRIPTURE: Various How would you feel if the king of all the land hired you to invest his money? How would you react? How would you invest it? What kind of investment do you think God wants us to be making for him? Listen up! Download Now Subscribe to this series by dragging this link to your …
Monday, September 17, 2001
This last week has just been madness for me. I tried last week to encapsulate the events of Tuesday in my journal, but I ran out of time to do it, and I assume that I will run out of time today to complete it, so I will try to be summarizing and somewhat brief. Last Tuesday, I was watching the news …
004-02 — 99 to 1 Odds
SCRIPTURE: Various What are the odds of a good bet? Most smart people when faced with 99 to 1 odds would tend to side with the 99 over the 1. But what about those risk takers who bet on the 1? What happens if they actually win? High risk can mean high returns. Are you interested? Download …
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Today is not only Jen's birthday, but it is perhaps the strangest and most spiritually intense days I have yet experienced. Last night, God gave me a really good night of sleep. I woke up in the middle of the night and thought that I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, but a few seconds later, my …
004-01 — Party with a Pagan
SCRIPTURE: Various Jesus led an amazing ministry. He continually confused people with how he lived. What was it about his ministry that drove him forward? In this message we see how a party with a pagan revealed the core of Jesus' ministry. Download Now Subscribe to this series by dragging …
003-17 — Getting Started Again
SCRIPTURE: Nehemiah 4; 6:15-16 Sometimes we can get halfway through a job and then just lose all motivation. We may face opposition or discouragement and want to quit. What can we do at those times? How can we press on to see the work completed? Perhaps Nehemiah can help... (The audio for this …
003-16 — Is It In You
SCRIPTURE: Various What are you made of? Can you take the heat? Are you ready? Will you last? Can you make it to the finish line? Doing good takes energy. Have you got what it takes? Download Now Subscribe to this series by dragging this link to your podcast software or RSS reader. …
003-15 — Pay It Forward
SCRIPTURE: Various Personally, I think it would be great if you could make an investment that was guaranteed never to lose value. No investment is ever that guaranteed. The market can rise and fall, and inflation makes cash lose its value. But there is a way to store up treasure in a totally …
003-14 — Calling All Workers
SCRIPTURE: Luke 10:1-8 Imagine what would have happened if Jesus was all ready to feed the five thousand, but there were no disciples to pass out the food. What would it have been like if the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost to find no one in the room? God is calling for people who are …
003-13 — This Is Only the Beginning
SCRIPTURE: Various I don't mean to burst your bubble, but God's work in any church is NOT MEANT FOR THAT CHURCH ALONE! If God does something here, He intends for it to only begin here. If God begins to move here, it's because He wants to begin a movement here. Are you ready? You won't want to …
003-12 — Is Bigger Always Better
SCRIPTURE: Various Nowadays when you meet someone new and tell them you go to Church X, they say, ?Oh, I don't know much about that church. How many people go there?? Or sometimes, you'll hear them ask, ?What kind of programs does your church have?? Our world thinks that bigger is always better …
003-11 — The Back-Door Approach to Growth
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 26 Everyone's looking for an easy way to do things, and I'm no different. I want straightforward, easy things to do that will bring me spiritual growth. In basketball, the easiest baskets come from what's called taking the ?back-door.? All it means is that you do something …
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003-10 — Evolution Is Possible
SCRIPTURE: James 1 Do you believe in evolution? I do (in one respect). I am a firm believer that God wants His people to be constantly evolving, changing, growing, but sometimes I feel like something is preventing me from growing like that. Come back next week to find out how personal evolution can …
003-09 — Do You Have the DNA for Growth
SCRIPTURE: Luke 2:52 Are you entirely satisfied with your life? Is everything exactly the way you want it to be? Of course not. I've never met anyone like that. We all want our lives to be ?tweaked? in some way for the better. That's because God created us to grow and develop throughout our lives. …
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003-08 — The Profile of Peace
SCRIPTURE: 1 Peter 3:8-16 Guest speaker Dan Frank provides a message on peace and why it is to be a primary characteristic of the community God is calling us to be. Download Now Subscribe to this series by dragging this link to your podcast software or RSS reader. This Series Subscribe to all …
003-07 — The Earthly Family
SCRIPTURE: Genesis 1:26-3:20 It's impossible to spend a month talking about community without thinking of the first community God ever established: the family. God made families to be the primary expression of community on earth. That's why it's so sad that today's family is so fragmented. Listen …