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We talk more about Hell then Heaven. Why? There is so much more detail and description concerning Heaven and we ignore it. We look away? But, Jesus thought Heaven was important enough too.

This Sunday morning, we sit down with the worship team to learn about worship and its meaning.

Maybe God is more complicated than we think. By looking at these two habits, characteristics that define Jesus we see that we need to stay in a state of curiosity and wonder on the complexity and beauty of God. Maybe we don’t know as much as we think we know.

He is always speaking. He has, He is, and He will. The difficulty is that we have tendency to turn away from His Word. We don’t stay planted like a tree at a stream of water. Let’s look closer at hearing from God for the purpose of obeying. The result is that we will bear much fruit!

We are always in a hurry. We attribute it to scheduling too much, not often enough, or saying 'yes' when we should be saying 'no' to a request. But, when we look at the unhurried life of Jesus we see that it is something much simpler that will bring about the unhurried life.

Exploring the deep truths found in Jesus' response to this simple request.

There are 10 occasions where Jesus was in synagogue in the New Testament. Most of us have no idea what ‘synagogue’ was like and how significant it was to the people of Israel. But, there is a reason Jesus (and Paul) chose the synagogue for much of getting the Message out via the spoken word. But, there is so much more to this habit than ‘hearing a good sermon.’

We all have a list in our heads, like Santa, of who is bad and who is good. Yet, maybe our confidence in that should be questioned looking at Jesus' choices.

It's difficult if not impossible to keep a habit if you don't feel confident that you know how to do that habit. Let's make it clearer on "how" to pray.

It's the time of year when most people consider making changes to their life. A diet is popular change. But, when you get older you realize a diet is more than just mood, it's the lifestyle of what you watch, consume, follow, relationships, hobbies, routines, etc. To help guide us, let's look at Jesus' #1 habit that we could adopt.

Special people and powerful moments should not be forgotten. That’s why we have birthdays, anniversaries and Holy Days. The Holy Days of Christmas is meant for us to remember the faithfulness of God. To not remember creates an environment for doubt to grow.

Christmas is branded with the idea of Joy. Then, why do so few people experience joy at this time? Let's look together to unlock the joy that is promised to all of us.

Is it possible for us to return to the hope, peace, joy, and love this season was born from? What does that look like?

I can’t really get through to what God has for me if I’m stuck in a loop of what I think He wants from me. My only hope to navigate is this crazy unexplainable faith. Sometimes it’s hard work and in my opinion, it can’t be done alone. Scripture Verse: 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 ...”My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak.” I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ’s power over me. I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

To Witness is simply to tell true stories. It’s been God’s pattern from the beginning. We are part of a Legacy of storytelling that originates from love and finds it’s purpose in love.

Jon Eshleman joins us this week to speak on love.

In this short message we look at the Biblical example of what it is to witness and what it looks like for us today to 'bear witness.'

Following Jesus is more caught than taught. When you start a job, what they tell you doesn’t teach you how to do the job as much as what those at work do. Jesus makes it clear he is not calling people to join the club but to follow Him.

When it comes to sharing our faith, most people think it is awkward. We feel we have to talk about things we don’t understand to people we don’t know. That is awkward. Don’t do it. As we look at the way Jesus shared the Truth and the way those who trusted Him shared about Him we see a pattern that is natural for us. We only have to remember two words. We invite you to listen in to John 1:35-42 to discover these two words.

What if the character of Christ was reducible to two elements? What if we, in sharing our faith, require just two ingredients? In fact there are 2 qualities that are necessary in being the sincere, transparent witnesses of Jesus.