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Brokenness is usually associated with hurt and pain. Something that is broken ultimately needs to be fixed. So what does it mean for us to be broken before God? 

When is the last time you took a risk even though it might have felt uncomfortable? High impact living may mean you could be used to impact someone else.

The lives we live, will be the stories we tell. How are we living and who are we living for? The answer to those questions may need to be adjusted to live a high impact life. 

What motivates you? The better question is what motivates those around you? Whether you not it or not, You have the potential to move people from where they are to where they can be. 

What do you do when life seems overwhelming? What do you do when you feel like it is a mess? You start somewhere. You start with yourself. 

What happens when you have too much of something? Chances are you waste it. What do we do with what we have been given?

There is always an exception to the rules. When it comes to relationships and others what is the exception that we should live by?

What would you life be like if you had no limits? As Jesus shows us today it may be easier than you think. 

Change, it is something we don't necessarily happen to us. However, we long for it to happen in others. What if we were the ones that need to make adjustments? Then perhaps our lives could be better. 

For most of us, we tend to hide who we really are or what is taking place in our lives. Is that really how we should live? We think there is an alternative, which in fact is part of who we are as Basin Church.

Our experiences shape how we see the world and our Heavenly Father. Since that is true, Jesus went to great lengths to change our picture of our Heavenly Father. So what exactly did Jesus say about Him?

The term that gets frequently thrown around is "don't judge me." It is used as a defensive response to someone who doesn't want to hear it from someone else. We feel they have no right to tell us how to live. Is this what Jesus meant we he said the famous words, "don't judge"? 

When we understand why we are able to put energy behind something, but if we don't we often struggle. In life we face storms and regularly ask the why. As we will discover that the why isn't always the best question to ask. 

The facts give us the big picture and without them we only have a piece of our future. When making faith decisions, we don't always get the facts. So what do you do when the facts are absent? Even though we don't have all the facts, we can go to the one who does. 

Follow your heart. It is advice that indicates that we are somehow lost in life and your heart will save you. The belief is it will point you in the right direction. But is that true? Can you really trust your heart? Is this bad advice? If it is then there has to be another way to live. 

Businesses uses strategies to be effective. Parents have a strategy to raise children into successful adults. Deep down everyone has a desire to be effective in life. When we pass on, we want to know our life counted and made a difference. Why is it that Christians can be so ineffective? What role does the Holy Spirit play into our effectiveness?

There is a tendency to live an unbalanced life. T here are more times we act, think and do things for ourselves than ourselves. There are times when we feel like putting others first. We make a contribution to a charity, help with the community and give some money to those who are in need. This does not happen all the time, but when we do it, we begin to balance life out a little. What are we supp...

So no matter who you are or how old you are, we all have this internal desire to have control. The control can be more or less depending on the situation, but nonetheless, we want control. Control leads us to pursue what we want. Ultimately, we want to be in control so we can control the outcome of our lives. But is that the best way to live life or is there another way?

What if you lived life a little bit differently? What if you skipped every third meal? What if you didn’t say every third word? It seems really weird and ridiculous. It doesn’t make sense, skipping every third word or every third meal. When it comes to the Holy Spirit, we seem to leave him out. Going through life sometimes can be overwhelming. We are not to do it alone and that is why God gave us...

Pastor Joe's message, Fight it, from his series Genuine.

Ever had a victory on minute, only to be defeated the next? Ever got so depressed that you felt like you couldn't go on? In the midst of it all, you might have wondered where was God. Did he ever care? The answer may surprise you to see what God is like during our lowest point in our lives. 

Chances are you have been labeled as a child or made a mistake that has followed you for your entire life. When that happens, you are defined by what someone said or what you did. But what if you began to see yourself differently. What if you began to see yourself as God see you?

Nobody really likes to be uncomfortable. When we are uncomfortable we are miserable. We stress, worry, and get anxious. When you get comfortable with God, the relationship can have the potential to be stagnant and fade out over time. What would happen if you were ok being comfortable getting uncomfortable?