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BUM BU-BUM! Here we are, church fam! … here we are. Bittersweet, right? This has been a good series.

PART…TWO! Who’s ready to get into this again? When we are Living Loved…we assume a new character…you know that? The Character of Christ.

A sensitive topic for some, I’m sure…but we’re gonna get into it. What does it mean, to live…loved?

How many people have experienced this before? A trial, that once finished, seems to keep repeating itself, but only re-manufactured with different elements this time?

Difficult to love! How many of us in this room are “difficult to love” people? … You don’t have to raise your hand.

The flesh…second to the devil, I’d call this one of man’s greatest adversaries.

Plans, plans, plans. Everybody’s got plans! But why do these plans come into our lives? Why do they ever get made?

Now, don’t everybody head for the door at once, just because I said the unutterable word…

Is He pruning you?! I mean, seriously! Look around at your life—in a human condition where we’re all about stacking up belongings, treasures and riches…is God…taking some of that away, for the betterment of your soul? 

Just like a soldier preparing for battle, we have to be ready to face life’s trials with full expectancy that there will be a battle. A trial! A challenge of our faith that pushes us past the previous edge where our faith was tested before. It’s just the way sanctification works! 

Forgiveness…wow. What a blessing to live in! You can’t think of that word, without imagining being released from something…a debt, a wrongdoing…a lifetime of guilt...

Trials…don’t ya just love trials? … Yeah, that’s what I thought… nobody . Trials will come, in the life of a Christian! No, the existence of these trials does not mean that God has ever abandoned you…but rather the opposite.

How do we know when we’ve repented of a sin? … Is it when you’ve cried your eyes out at the altar, or to whomever you’ve hurt otherwise? Is it when you buy a gift basket to apologize to your best friend, loved one, or coworker? Is it when you’ve finally bent down on one knee, pushed your head to the floor, and said to the Lord, “I’m sorry”. ? Friends, the funny thing is...Scripture would exposit,...

“Following your dreams” can be a dangerous thing. Sure, Disney, and every Billboard music hit told us otherwise, but that doesn’t make this statement any less true...

Let’s begin today’s lesson with a lesser-quoted scripture, from the book of Matthew. In it, Jesus rebukes the actions of the Pharisees before the multitudes, declaring this...

Many of us have fallen into this rhythm…and it could be a semi-modern development...

Why on earth…do we gather? No, really! Why are churches even called to assemble together in the first place?

Have you ever wondered why God doesn’t “part the Red Seas” anymore? Or why most signs and wonders found in the Bible, don’t seem to happen too often in our modern day?

We don’t always get it right! No, I’m serious! How many of you have been to a church before, or have at least heard of a ministry…that was practicing…weird, or unbiblical practices alongside its “Christian” ministry efforts? And instead of love these people, we’re tempted to shame, blame, and condemn their leaders for allowing this confusion to enter their ministry?

Y’know, a lot of folks across cultures, social classes, and nationalities share this common goal: to someday never have to work again...

Ever have a struggle, or a trial in your life, that just kept coming back? It’s like no matter how hard you try, this thing, or this problem, keeps resurfacing, whether it’s through people, repeated events, or an uncanny coincidence that seems to keep occurring. Sometimes the struggle can be with other people, sometime’s it can be with ourselves…but if we’re keen enough to watch, we’ll see one com...

When you’re getting ready to leave from somewhere, you tend to worry less about what happens after you’re gone. You tend to look forward instead, to wherever it is you’re going...it’s just our natural tendency as human beings!

Contentment can be an elusive thing, for the believer who doesn’t know God. I mean sure, many of us know who God is, but do we have a relationship with Him? Or are we just accepting Him…to fulfill some sort of standard in our lives?

Why in this world, when we have the Creator of the Universe, living our souls—those of us who have accepted Jesus Christ—do we still clamor for riches, success, and fame? If we only knew the depth and breadth—the magnitude of the true gift living within our souls right now, we wouldn’t want for another thing on this earth. 

Some of us may scoff at a small gesture, such as saying “God bless you” to the cashier at McDonald’s, or offering to pray with a homeless man on the street—thinking, “Oh, what use will something so small as that be?