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Beyond Our Walls
Churches that focus only on themselves risk becoming beautiful but empty monuments. Using the Crystal Cathedral as an example, this message explores how God calls His ...
Convenience Kills Calling
What if the very inconveniences you avoid are exactly where God wants to use you? In a world that worships speed and efficiency, following Jesus might just put you in ...
Live Beyond Yourself
Living beyond ourselves means stepping out of our comfort zones with bold, expectant faith. The story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 reveals how God multiplies our limited...
Have Your Prayers Gone Soft?
Do you pray like God still moves? Many believers have experienced disappointment in prayer, leading them to pray safe, small prayers instead of bold, expectant ones. T...
What If the Struggle Isn’t Punishment, but Preparation?
When life gets hard, most of us just want the pain to go away. But what if the very thing you’re begging God to remove is the thing He’s using to shape you?In this mes...
If God Already Knows, Why Pray?
Many people wonder if prayer matters when God already has a perfect plan. The story of Moses interceding for Israel in Exodus 32 reveals that prayer isn't about changi...
Why God Feels Silent
Prayer often feels difficult not because of lack of access to God, but because of interference that blocks our connection. Three main barriers create this interference...
Kill the Act
Ever feel like you're not praying right? What if God actually prefers your honest, messy prayers over perfect, polished ones? The Holy Spirit translates even your sigh...
God Loves You - So What?
God's love often becomes ordinary to us despite its extraordinary nature. We need to rediscover the wonder of His 'hesed' - steadfast, unfailing love that doesn't depe...
Is God Too Harsh?
God's character perfectly balances mercy and justice, a tension humans often struggle to maintain. While we tend to want mercy for ourselves and justice for others, Go...
Culture Rages; God Waits
God describes Himself as 'slow to anger' in Exodus 34, revealing that His patience is not weakness but strength under control. Unlike humans who often lash out or give...
Shrinking.
Have you been carrying a 'pocket-sized Jesus' - convenient when you want Him, shelved when you don't? Isaiah's encounter with God's overwhelming holiness shattered his...
The God You Can't Ignore
Encountering the Glory of God explores how we often appreciate God's creation more than the Creator Himself. Many have reduced God to fit personal preferences, but thi...
Fight to Stay Close
Sometimes the greatest threat to our spiritual victory is not the enemy around us, but the drift within us.
Mind Games
The most intense battles we face occur in our minds, where spiritual warfare manifests as fear, shame, and negative thoughts. Our minds are both vulnerable to enemy at...
Stop Fighting Battles You Can’t Win Alone
When we feel surrounded by overwhelming challenges, we can learn from King Jehoshaphat's example in 2 Chronicles 20. Instead of fighting in our own strength, we must r...
Train Like Jesus
Satan’s strategy is to tempt you in and take you out, but you don’t have to stay on defense. When you train with Jesus, you learn to fight back and live from the victo...
Session 3 with Dr. Chris Thurman: Handling Relational Wounds Well
The Bible says, ‘“In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold” (Ephesians 4:26-27). It also ...
Session 2 with Dr. Chris Thurman: Unmet Needs & Destructive Coping
We live in a fallen world. This means among other things, that people will sometimes not meet the emotional needs we have. When that happens, we experience certain pai...
Session 1 with Dr. Chris Thurman: Emotional Needs and Traps
The deepest longing of the human soul is for intimacy. For two people to experience a healthy intimacy with each other, they have to be willing to meet each other's em...
