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The Joy Strategy

We have a lot to be thankful for, both as Americans and as believers. God has truly blessed us in so many ways. Last week we begin a short message series called “Overcoming the Blues.” With a message entitled “Developing a Thankful Heart.” We learned that a thankful heart is the only proper response to God who [...]

Developing A Thankful Heart

Today, we begin a short message series called “Overcoming the Blues.” Beginning this week, we are entering the holiday season of Thanksgiving and Christmas. It is a wonderful time of year. Yet, this year the holiday season may be a time of stress and tension over financial concerns due to our slow economy for many. Sometimes, the holidays [...]

God’s Message in 9/11

The world that we live in, the world that we are to reach, changed dramatically ten years ago on September 11, 2001. Do you remember where you were when you heard the news? At first no one knew what was going on, but eventually the horror of the tragedy began to sink in. As well as the [...]

Speaking the Truth

One of the foundations of a strong family is speaking the truth. Parents to each other and parents and children to one another. However, we all tempted to not speak the truth, which the Bible calls lying. Lying leads to weak families that have great difficulties.

Increasing in Integrity

In order to build strong families, we’ve got to build them on a foundation of God’s Word. In our message series “Building Strong Families” we’ve been looking at the 10 commandments, which are the plumb line for Christian character. Many believers think they do pretty good at keeping the ten commandments. The same was true back in Jesus’ [...]