Big Idea: Pride – The Opposite of Genuine Confidence Pride is a dangerous master. When selfish pride takes over it often leads to broken men, broken relationships, poor leadership, a lifetime of regret, and sin. Proverbs says “pride comes before a fall.” ...
Big Idea: Money is only a Tool to Accomplish Much Too often money consumes us, either because of a lack of it or because of the hunger for more. Make no mistake money can consume us. Jesus spoke more of money than any other topic during His time on earth – recorded...
Big Idea: Temptation – Overcoming the Enticement to Stray from God’s Character and Design for us. Always recognize that the enticement to stray away from God comes directly from the enemy. He would like nothing more than to have you stray away from or give up on your...
Big Idea: Worry – negative thoughts about the future Someone once said: "Worry is a feeling of uneasiness, apprehension, or dread, usually related to negative thoughts of something that may happen in the future." Someone else said: "Worry is a stream of fear...
Big Idea: Don’t let frustration determine your path forward. One of the toughest barriers to overcome is frustration. Here we are with nearly 25% of the year behind us and we are encountering some significant headwinds. Our projects at work are more challenging than...
Big Idea: Our Faith Makes the Rest of Our Life Meaningful This same Pew study that we have been considering showed that people of faith responded positively indicating that they are flourishing in the rest of their lives. Those with a lack of faith, were many...
Big Idea: Make Passing On Your Faith a Daily Priority While we heard last week from a Pew study that parents in America do not make passing on their faith to their children a high priority, we know that for those who do, it is a daily process. Psalm 119 instructs us...
Big Idea: Make Passing On Your Faith a High Priority A recent Pew study shared that only a minority of parents emphasize passing on their faith to their children. It seems other issues pushed passing on their faith to a much lower priority. While mental health,...
Big Idea: Are You All In? You hear the term “all in” once in a while. What does it mean? “All in” simply put means "this" area of my life is non-negotiable for me. No matter what else is going on, “this” will happen. Three of my "all ins" or non-negotiables, are: ...
Big Idea: Be Accountable to Keep Moving Forward One of the reasons successful professional athletes stay successful is that they have an inner circle to hold them accountable for things that matter to their craft. That can include things like: what and when they eat,...
