Posts tagged with ‘fear’

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Confronting Fear

by Steve

If I asked you if you were a confrontational person, how would you respond? Do you admire confrontational people or flee from them? Are they helpful or hurtful? Most of us I think avoid conflict and  confrontations at all cost, even if it means sacrificing our happiness and our better judgment as long at it […]

The Spiritual Life of Hoarders: Coming Clean

by Steve

See Part 1 of the Spiritual life of a Hoarder The TV show “Hoarders” documents people who are unable to part with their belongings – to the point where they are on the verge of a personal crisis because their “stuff” takes over their homes and even their lives.     “Hoarders” features the true stories about […]

The Spiritual Life of Hoarders

by Steve

The TV show “Hoarders” documents people who are unable to part with their belongings – to the point where they are on the verge of a personal crisis because their “stuff” takes over their homes and even their lives. Sometimes we’re no different – especially as it concerns our gifts, forgiveness, or even our money […]

Beyond the Walls

by Steve

For the most part we already know the basics of the Easter story. What I mean is we know the timeline. Palm Sunday is followed by the Lord’s Supper (although we may not call it Maundy Thursday or know that it is derived from the Latin “mandatum” for command. Check out John 13:34 to see […]

How do you handle Money?

by Steve

[polldaddy poll=5178932] Related posts: What do you think? Taming the Money Animal Self Esteem The Biggest Wall

Sermon Slides: The Importance of Hell

by Steve

Audio Podcast available here Based on Luke 16:19-31   Worship 04.17.11 Myths 6 Hell 2 Blessing of the Palms What is hell, then? It is God actively giving us up to what we have freely chosen-to go our own way, be our own “the master of our fate, the captain of our soul,” to get […]

Jonah: The Reluctant Disciple

by Steve

We’re beginning a series in Jonah, and so I spent much of the last weeks digging into why men and women of faith run from God. As I studied and allowed the Word to sink in to my own journey of faith, the Lord impressed several things upon my heart that I thought I would […]

Community or Critics

by Steve

    Living with critics is never an easy thing but we all have them. Imagine after a major event you received 100 comments and 98 of them were very positive, what do you think would capture your attention the most? Probably the 2 negative comments. We alway give much more attention to negative critics than to the postive […]

Enjoy the Silence – Day 7

by Steve

Lectio Divina Tuesday August 5, 2008 Read slowly Exodus 4:1-5 Exodus 4 (NIV) Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you’?”   Then the LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?”           “A staff,” he replied. The LORD said, “Throw […]

Enjoy the Silence – Day 4

by Steve

Lectio Divina Read Hebrews 4:12-16 Read this passage slowly three times. What phrase lingers in your mind? Which parts do you want to read through quickly as if they aren’t there? Let Jesus read the passage to you? Where does He stop and linger? So much of our lives is spent covering up past mistakes and […]