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Praying the Psalms (Psalm 27) Jobey McGinty The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. Prayer is not natural for us. At least not real, biblical prayer. Complaints and wish lists and pouring our hearts out is natural, but is that all prayer is?

Your Kingdom Come - Habakkuk 3.3-15 Jobey McGinty Memories, souvenirs, keepsakes, and memorials all serve the purpose of helping us remember. Ideally, their purpose isn't to have us live in the past, but to look forward to the future with a right perspective. Reminders of God's grace, longsuffering, and wisdom from past experiences help us to have faith for the days to come. As we look forward to...

Praying the Psalms (Psalm 77) Jobey McGinty The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. Prayer is not natural for us. At least not real, biblical prayer. Complaints and wish lists and pouring our hearts out is natural, but is that all prayer is?

Habakkuk 3.1, 2 Jobey McGinty In this third and final chapter, we see Habakkuk have a heart change. His response to God's "hard pill to swallow" forecast of trials is initially pushed back upon, but eventually Habakkuk not only hears God's announcement, but also sees His heart and purpose behind it. He asks God to continue His work, but also to reveal to His people that it is He that is bringing a...

Your Kingdom Come - Habakkuk 2.18-20 Jobey McGinty  Every time we complain about life events, we essentially put God on trial. We question His choices, wisdom, love, and care for us, insisting through our complaints that we know better. And though God is gracious and patient with us, even giving us "permission" and "language" so to speak to bring our complaints to Him, we also ought to do so...

Praying the Psalms (Psalm 32) Jobey McGinty The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. Prayer is not natural for us. At least not real, biblical prayer. Complaints and wish lists and pouring our hearts out is natural, but is that all prayer is?

Praying the Psalms (Psalm 96) Eric Price The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. Prayer is not natural for us. At least not real, biblical prayer. Complaints and wish lists and pouring our hearts out is natural, but is that all prayer is?

His Kingdom Come - Habakkuk 2.6-17 Jobey McGinty It can be devastating to look at all the tragedies of life, from cancer, death, divorce, gossip, war, poverty, and everything else, and think that these "enemies" are getting away with their pillaging and destruction. But God is not slow concerning the fact that He will not be mocked, nor will He let those who bring about destruction go unpunished o...

Anniversary, Elder Candidate Announcement - Matthew 5.16 Jobey McGinty Christians ought to desire to live their lives in a fishbowl: open, transparent, and exposed in a way that the world can see in. In a culture that loves privacy, faux social media imagery, pulled down shades and tinted windows, we need to be people who are willing to let others in at the expense of our own convenience and priva...

Praying the Psalms (Psalm 103) Jobey McGinty The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. Prayer is not natural for us. At least not real, biblical prayer. Complaints and wish lists and pouring our hearts out is natural, but is that all prayer is?

Your Kingdom Come - Habakkuk 1.12-2.5 Jobey McGinty Often we have questions, doubts, fears, and even complaints against God. How should we go to God to express these thoughts and feelings? Is there a right or wrong way, or maybe at least a better way? Habakkuk is struggling in understanding how a holy God could bring about a wicked nation to do harm to God's own people. But in his struggling faith...

Praying the Psalms (Psalm 1 and 2) Jobey McGinty The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. Prayer is not natural for us. At least not real, biblical prayer. Complaints and wish lists and pouring our hearts out is natural, but is that all prayer is?

What is suffering?  Why does God permit it to exist?  How should it be perceived and responded to?  We'll plumb the depths of God's heart revealed in His written Word, along with real life experiences from the personal life of Pastor Jeff Jackson and many others he has ministered to, as we seek to discover the answers to these life-altering questions.

Your Kingdom Come - Habakkuk 1.1-11 Jobey McGinty Does God "allow" bad things to enter into life, or does He "cause" them? What brings you more comfort? A passive God who seemingly arbitrarily allows tragedy according to His whim, or an active God who is loving, all powerful, and unfolding a plan according to His wisdom? We may scoff at the idea of God being in perfect control (and choice) concern...

Praying the Psalms (Luke 11.1-7, Psalm 1) Jobey McGinty The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. Prayer is not natural for us. At least not real, biblical prayer. Complaints and wish lists and pouring our hearts out is natural, but is that all prayer is? God gave us not only instruction on how to pray, but even gave us an entire book of prayer in the Psalms. In this sermon, we explore...

What is suffering?  Why does God permit it to exist?  How should it be perceived and responded to?  We'll plumb the depths of God's heart revealed in His written Word, along with real life experiences from the personal life of Pastor Jeff Jackson and many others he has ministered to, as we seek to discover the answers to these life-altering questions.

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 12.12-14 Jobey McGinty There are many philosophies, opinions, and purported "truths" in our world. There are also many so-called "Christian" philosophies out there that go beyond the fixed Gospel truths of God's Word. In an increasingly post-Christian world we are living in, it is more and more important for us to fear God, rather than man, and ke...

Wisdom Cries Aloud - 2 Timothy 4:7 Eric Price Paul urges Timothy to “Fight the good fight of faith” and we are called to do the same as we “take hold of the eternal life to which you were called.” Elsewhere in his letters, Paul talks about the Christian life being a race that takes training and discipline.  So how do we fight and race well?  And what do we do when we’ve gotten discourage...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 12.9-11 Jobey McGinty True things can change: sports records, what you are wearing today, or what you have done in the past. But these things should only describe us, rather than define us, because they can change. Truth, however, is unchanging, and we ought to learn how to have the truth define us. How does truth trump what is 100% true in your l...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 11.7-12.8 Jobey McGinty It is never too late to get back on track. Whether 50 or 15, it is vital for us to know how to chart a course and stay on course. We are either like a raft, a speed boat, or a sailboat. We either drift like a raft, being pushed along by circumstances or emotions or convenience, or we charge through challenges like a speed b...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 11.1-6 Jobey McGinty Throwing time, money, and things of value down the drain is wasteful, but Solomon actually encourages us to do so! We ought to be the kind of people who don't spend our live how we want, but rather have Jesus invest our lives how He wants. But being a "blank check" for Christ looks wasteful, and even foolish: spending time, mo...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 10.5-18 Jobey McGinty In our desire to have quick, instant, results, we often work with a dull blade. We don't want to do the right preparatory work, so we foolishly grind away. We eventually get exhausted, and we start to drift, losing our way from God. How can we do the right work ahead of time so that we can keep our blade sharpened, preserve o...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 9.11-18, 10.1-14 Jobey McGinty  Sometimes we feel surrounded and under attack. People, circumstances, or our own thoughts and feelings besiege our minds and hearts. We feel lost, wandering and unable to find God. We want a quick way out, and we can't find it, and we know we also can't avoid the many tragedies that come upon us. So what can we...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 9.1-10 Jobey McGinty  There's a lot of pressure to live a life filled with meaning and purpose. We have the desire to live a radical life of excitement, and we fear living a life that is mundane and ordinary. But what if we are supposed to live ordinary lives? But what if we are meant to be okay living those ordinary lives WITH a particular p...

Viewing Life Through the Right Lens - Ecclesiastes 8.10-17 Jobey McGinty It's tempting to take shady shortcuts in life, especially when they work. God gives us many things to enjoy, and the purpose of them is to "clear a path" so to speak and cut through the fog of life so we can make our way to God, rather than take shortcuts.