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You might doubt God's presence when life isn't going that great. But what if you have been forgetting about God's presence when things are going fine? BethlehemLakeville.org/messages/god-with-us

Some of the toughest seasons of life are when you just have to sit and wait. In seasons of waiting you crave direction and progress but cannot find it. In seasons of waiting you can feel forgotten and alone. But if it’s true that God is with you, waiting is never a waste of time.

Sometimes in life you will have to go through extended hardships or struggles. In those times you might wonder where God is or what he is doing. This message uncovers what God often does when he is with you in the valley. For message notes and other messages in this series: BethlehemLakeville.org/Messages/God-WithUs Browse other series: BethlehemLakeville.org/Messages Connect with us on Facebook:...

You have probably been disappointed when you prayed for a good thing to happen, but in the end nothing changed. Does prayer actually change things, and if so how? BethlehemLakeville.org/Messages/Hot-Seat

If rules can take the fun out of life, then why does God pile up even more? Here's an honest answer. For notes, discussion questions and video content, head to: BethlehemLakeville.org/messages

Well before the dawn of the internet and the temptations it would bring, Jesus warned people about how they viewed and used God's gift of sex. In this message you'll discover what safeguards God wants you to put around that gift.

Why is the Bible so strict about alcohol? That's a great question to ask, especially when you contrast the biblical view of alcohol with our cultural view of it. The answer to that question is not as simple as you might think, and the implications go well beyond the number of drinks you have.

Everybody has been affected by suicide in one way or another. This is a difficult topic to talk about, but it's even worse to not talk about. The good news is that with God there is always hope.

Jesus and his apostles occasionally referenced something that tends to bring up a lot of questions: Before the world was created, God predestined certain people to be saved through Christ. What does that mean? How did that work? And how do you know if God predestined you?

When bad things happen to good people it can lead you to the conclusion that God doesn't care or that God isn't there. But when people approached Jesus with some bad things that were happening, Jesus directed them to an entirely different conclusion.

We all would like to live lives of significance and impact. And yet, so many of us doubt that we are. What if we've been pursuing the wrong things? What if we've been stretching in the wrong ways? A life of significance and impact is closer than you may have thought.

A growing faith won't necessarily make your life better, but it will definitely make you better at life. The key to growing is to be cautiously aware of where you are planted.

Your relationship with God is a personal thing, but living in community with other Christians is when things get really personal. Creating the time to have a community like that might be difficult at first, but it's worth the stretch.

Certain times of year are notorious for leaving people feel stretched thin. Maybe it's that time of year for you right now. But God doesn't want "stretch" to be something that happens to you. He wants you to purposely stretch yourself in ways that bring you closer to him and closer to his purpose for you.

At the end of the Apostles' Creed there are two phrases that are the final product of everything that goes before them: "I believe in the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting."

Twelve men experienced the blessing of spending a lot of time with Jesus for three years. Yet as Jesus was nearing his death, he told them that it was good that he was going away. His absence would make room for the Holy Spirit to do his work.

Jesus' ascension into heaven was either a convenient story or a significant event. As the Apostle Paul tried to show some 1st century Christians exactly what Christ gave them, he showed why it's so important to see the ascension as a significant event.

At times everyone feels the burden of not being the person they want to be. That burden is lifted when you look at how Jesus became someone he was not.

We think of God as being big and powerful and mighty. In response, many have a relationship with God filled with feelings of fear and inadequacy. Many find themselves walking on eggshells hoping not to make their BIG God angry. While it's true that God is big and powerful and mighty, fear does not need to define your relationship with him.

There is power in belief, but that power is limited by what you believe in.

One of the most powerful emotions that a person could possess is "thankful." The problem is that the stresses and worries of life can so often make "thankful" difficult to feel. Find how to get more "thankful" in our lives no matter who you are or what your circumstances might be.

The word “repent” is intimidating to some and controversial to others. But when you peel back the layers and see what repentance is supposed to be all about, you discover that it is more about an invitation than a threat.

Once Nehemiah’s work of reconstructing the walls of Jerusalem was finished, a more pressing matter took his attention. What good were those walls if no life existed within the city? This weekend we'll see how he guided the people of Jerusalem to a spiritual revival in four steps, and those four steps still give life to Christ’s church today.

There are so many good things that you can fill your life with. But what should you do when good things distract you from the best things? Notes and questions: https://goo.gl/rZ87GM

Sometimes the greatest enemy that works against you is the enemy within.