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Wouldn't it be nice if someone could help you avert some of your pitfalls? Good news: Christians are the forecaddies to the life Christ calls us to. Ever wonder what a "forecaddy" is? Pastor James looks at 2 Timothy 1:4-7.

How can a person going through intense trial or trauma say, "Grace be with you all," as Paul did? This letter to Timothy is about strength, particularly Christ our strength. Christ called you to serve Him, and since He called you, He will credential you.

What does Easter mean to you? Who are you? These are some questions all people must face, one day. Looking at John 20, we explore Resurrection Sunday.

The day Jesus was crucified, darkness was over the whole land from noon til 3pm, darkness that could be felt. And then, after Jesus died, things were quiet. Spiritually dark. Forgotten. What do we do in the in-between, the time between the Cross and the Resurrection, our plea and our rescue? This is the 3rd in a series of teachings on Holy Week.

In this message, Earl Benson shows us that the cross deserves to be in the center of our lives. Is the cross at the center of your life?

The Coast Guard and the US Life Saving Service teach us that rescuers save the shipwrecked. In this first message of Holy Week, we look at Jesus, our rescue, and His new commandment He gave His followers on that final supper.

God wants you to follow Him. Jacob's problem, and sometimes a problem we face, is that we take detours on our journey with God. As we learn from Jacob in Genesis 35, following God is honoring God.

What if God wants me to do the "hard" thing? That think we dread. The call we don't want to make. The emotionally difficult moment we don't want to go back to. The hard thing can be a good thing if it's a God thing. In week 2 of Pillows and Pillars, we follow Jacob to Genesis 31.

How does God move? A question people ask often is, "How do I know God is working in my life?" For the next few weeks, Pastor James takes us through parts of Jacob's life in Genesis, looking at how God moves. In this message, we see that one of the ways that God moves is this: God moves to make His name known.

Christianity naturally strives for excellence. It's what our new heart longs for, what it lives for, and what it wants. In this final message in our series on the Song of Songs called "The Wedding Party," we see in Song 3 that God gets our attention to move us towards excellence.

One of the biggest problems people have emotionally is low self-esteem. But if Christians could see ourselves as God sees us, we'd live totally different. In Song of Songs 6:3, we explore how God sees us.

Who you surround yourself with is crucial in both the wedding party and especially in life. They'll help you stand and seek the Lord. This is part two of our look at the Song of Songs.

In Song of Songs 1:4, we look at our love song with the Groom, that Jesus loves you, and that His song for you wants to set you free -- to give you life, hope and freedom, through the death and resurrection of Christ.

When life squeezes you, what comes out? For some, it's anger. For others, it's fear. Looking at Psalm 119, we hope that Scripture fills you and is what surfaces when life's pressures get to be too much.

George RR Martin once said that readers relive thousands of lives reading while non-readers live only once. The question is, what are you reading? What are you consuming with your mind? In this message, Pastor James takes us to Joshua's life and what he diligently consumed with his mind.

When people see you coming, what do they say about you? In this message, we'll dive into some of the people that Paul met in his life, looking at Romans 16, to be encouraged about the people we meet in our lives.

My friend Dr. Jay Strack has said, "Five years from now you will be the same person you are today except for the places you go, the people you meet, the books you read, and the Scripture you memorize." So where will you take the Gospel? In today's message, we look at Isaiah 52 and how the one who brings the message must go to great lengths to bring the Good News to those who so desperately need it...

The best compliment ever is that someone else glorifies God because of Christ in you. That's the aim for 2025. The question is, "What does your life say?" Join us as we look at Galatians 1 to see what press release you should make about your life here, now, and forever.

After all that Jesus has said to His followers in the Sermon on the Mount, how do you feel about yourself? Living up to Jesus' teachings here in Matthew 5-7 is difficult. It wasn't meant to be easy, nor is the road to heaven. So how do we build our lives? Jesus gives one final exhortation on how we are to order our lives.

It's the darkness and gloom that's a problem in life, isn't it? Which makes sense, since Winter is statistically the saddest yet darkest time of the year. Not so surprisingly, we as Christians celebrate the incarnation of Christ at Christmas, that the Light of the world has come to His creation, and this brings us hope.

In Matthew 7, Jesus gives His followers three commands: ask, seek, and knock. The problem is, sometimes we don't ask, seek, or knock. Maybe we forget that God will provide. Or maybe we don't trust that He will. But Jesus reminds us that God gives the good stuff.

You don't have to like medicine, but you'll need to take it to help with healing. Medicine has good benefits. In Scripture, we usually tend to like the verses that make us feel warm or fuzzy or good about ourselves. But in today's message, we look at what Jesus says about "judging," and you're probably not going to like it.

What do you worry about? Worry, trouble, anxiety -- all similar forms of the same word in the Greek. In Matthew 6, Jesus gives believers encouragement on worry: When you're down, look up.

Fasting defies feel-good religion and helps us focus on the God who provides. In Matthew, Jesus says, "When you give" and "When you pray," assuming we already give and pray. But He also preaches, "When you fast." Do you fast? Part of the reason we don't is because we don't fully understand the activity. In today's message, we look at Matthew 6:16-18 to understand the biblical concept of fasting.

Our relationship with others affects our relationship with God. It's why the only thing we should owe others is love. This is the debt we should have. But sometimes we carry with us a debt to others we can't (or won't) abandon when they've wronged us so deeply. In this message in Matthew 6:14-15, we look at forgiveness and debt. For deeper devotions, visit ⁠c112.org