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If we were to go down memory lane, some of the most listened to songs are about feelings… and many are about feeling sad or depressed. Hooked on a feeling, You’ve lost that loving feeling, Peaceful Easy feeling, Then there is one from my high school days… Baby Baby don’t get hooked on me… Never date…

David’s Time on the Run Part 3 Today we are going to finish this section, and we have to move through a couple of areas and disregard a few things for this study because we do not want to get bogged down in the life of David only and especially during his time on the run, but nonetheless, these things…

Victory series Everyone loves a good victory story. Especially of the underdog, right. What happens if we are the underdog and we need victory even as a Christian? Previously we have looked at Victory in overcoming sin Oftentimes the consequences of sin or sinful thinking Remember our series text ( 1Jn5:4-5…

The Appearances of the Risen Jesus Invited Into the Story John goes back to storytelling, with these words: 1 After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. Now if that isn’t an invitation to listen to a story, I guess you’ll need…

They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.…

Getting Out of Getting Stuck Bobbi and I returned from our end of February-March 2020 cruise vacation to have the nation locked down the following Monday. Although our 50th anniversary was in June of 2021, we weren’t able to take our celebratory cruise vacation until a couple months after, in the relative…

I have made the statement over this past year that “I would rather take a decade of 2020 over six months of 2019”. I’m not saying that the difficulties we as a family went through were more or less difficult than what God may be allowing you to go through What I am saying is that life brings struggles,…

Today on Resurrection Sunday we are going to look at the importance of this day. I titled this message “He is not here” a quote from the Gospels, it is the event that changed everything. Christ’s death and resurrection completely changed our world, and should cause our lives to be completely changed.…

Despair and Depression Last week we looked at how David battled anxiety. We said that he acknowledged that life was going to be difficult. He didn’t have unrealistic expectations but by gazing on the beauty and seeking the Lord in his temple, seeking his face and his will, he could face anything. That…

Join us today as we discuss how we should deal with anxiety and depression.

I appreciate the music that our worship leaders pick up, purposefully leading us to look away from the craziness of this world and look to God. We are blessed to have musicians who take this responsibility seriously. Some churches have leaders who just throw a few songs together. Some churches don’t…

A wonderful theme in Scripture is that God is the deliver of hurting people. - David called God, my deliver, in Psalm 18:2 – The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. - And a major theme of the…

Remedy for Hopelessness Naaman - great man/honorable But - He was a leper Day 1 - when Naaman first noted the change in his skin. Physician - no cure, we can’t help Naaman as great as the world could make him, yet the lowest slaved in Syria would not change skins with him. The gloom - Naaman thought…

It is technically called depression, but it can’t be captured by a word. You feel numb, yet your head hurts; empty, yet inside there are screams; fatigue, yet fears abound. Things that were once pleasures now barely hold your attention. Your brain feels like it is in a fog. You feel weighted down. Do…

I once heard someone describe parenting in a really humorous way. When asked “what is it like to be a parent”? The answer was: It’s often really really hard to the point of being awful, and then there are times when being a parenting is so rewarding that it makes the difficulty and awfulness worth it.”…

Colossians 1:13-20 Colossians 1:13–20 (NASB95) 13 For He [the Father] rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 15 He [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16…

Intro I introduced a few weeks back as were were in the book of Luke seeing Jesus confronting the Pharisees and the Lawyers a couple of questions for us. How is your heart? What is happening with your soul? The lawyers and the Pharisees were both following the rules over following God. They did not recognize…

Announcements Teen Activity Master Club Pine Car Derby Kindergarten & High School Graduations Concert in the Park, Saturday, June 1, 5 PM 2024 Neighborhood Bible Time Scripture Memorization Church Announcements The Conley Family informed me last Friday, via email, that they were leaving the church. They…

We have already discussed in this chapter the reality of the resurrection of Christ. Now remember what is behind this is that some among the Corinthians in the church at Corinth were denying bodily resurrection. That is a very serious error. Paul wants to affirm the reality of bodily, physical resurrection…

True Wokeness Luke 8:40-56 We have a lot of things to deal with in this generation. Things we never thought would come our way, never thought would be issues. We deal with suicide often in this generation because of our decadence. We are so spoiled; so entertained; so distracted by all this world that…

The words “are we done” can have different meanings based upon the different settings in which it is used. These words can be declared with somewhat of a confidence that all the options have been explored or all the tasks have been completed. The classic Aesop Fable of The Milkmaid and Her Pail is a…

A Spectacular Failure! Let’s face it - last week was a SPECTACULAR FAILURE!! All my fault… People were ANGRY!! and told me so! I was certainly feeling like the “clay jar” that Paul describes. Certainly not like a shiny gold or silver vessel - all polished and as my grandmother used to say, “good for…

Matthew 2:11–23 11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should…

8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul…

Jesus had friend who was sick named Lazarus. Mary and Martha, his sisters, sent for Jesus to see him saying, “the one you love is sick.” Jesus loved Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. Somehow, Jesus knew that this was not the end for Lazarus, and he decided to not go for 2 days. His disciples were afraid and…