Step 12: Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we try to carry this message to others and practice these principles in all our affairs.Having had some success, we are called to help others to know the hope we have in

Step 11: Closer

Sep 6th, 2020 35m 22s

Step 11: We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us, and power to carry that out.We are called to meditate on God’s word and to keep it ever present in our

Step 10: Continuing

Aug 30th, 2020 26m 34s

Step 10: We continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.Healing is not a one time situation and growth is not a straight path. In fact, the journey is going to be full of ups and downs, mistakes and victor

Steps 6-7: Ready to Remove

Aug 16th, 2020 34m 13s

Steps 6-7: We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. AND We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.A big step is coming to the point of being ready for God to work in us and then asking for that help.

Step 5: Exact Nature

Aug 9th, 2020 28m 22s

Step 5: We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.Here comes the hard stuff. To be honest with ourselves and others take a lot of courage. But, we weren’t meant to travel this path alone. Th

Step 4: Searching & Fearless

Aug 2nd, 2020 32m 2s

Step 4: We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.Here is where the work begins. We must look at our own lives and begin figuring out the source of our troubles. Every one of us has trauma caused by family, by ex-spouse

Step 3: Whose Will

Jul 26th, 2020 31m 34s

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God.God involves us in our own sanctification and transformation. But we have to trust him. We trust in Him and he will make our paths straight, but that doesn

Step 2: Greater Power

Jul 19th, 2020 25m 17s

Step 2: We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.It takes God to clean us and begin the work of changing us. Without him, we are unable to do anything.YouTube: https://youtu.be/GN7nCm8IZ2o

Step 1: Powerless

Jul 12th, 2020 23m 43s

Step 1: We admit we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable.The key to Christianity is recognizing our brokenness and need for God. Just as an alcoholic who has been sober for dec

Come As You Are

Jul 5th, 2020 27m 52s

A vision for a church that lives out welcoming grace, uncommon generosity, unrestrained joy, and embodying Christ’s Gospel invitation to come as you are. Christ promises that though there will be some difficulty, his yoke is easy and his burde

The Question

Jan 5th, 2020 30m 25s

The Teacher was a scientist. He faced the hard question of life and so he began observing the world for answers. Vs. 3 asks the big question: "What does it profit a man to work all his life if he is just going to die?" His observations come

…Break the Law

Dec 8th, 2019 34m 22s

When Jesus “broke” the law, He did things like heal people on the Sabbath, touch the unclean leper with compassion, and eat with sinners who were ‘undesirable’ to the religious elite. He said in Matthew 5:17 that He came to fulfill the law, no

…Be Messiah

Dec 1st, 2019 35m 49s

God sent prophets who foretold of an anointed one, the Messiah in Hebrew or the Christ in Greek. These promises were fulfilled in Jesus when God came, incarnate, the creator of the universe, emptying Himself and coming to save us.

The Persecuted

Nov 24th, 2019 32m 13s

Recognize the ascending steps of the beatitudes, each one building on the previous. The culmination is persecution. Darkness cannot stand the light. By our very existence, we shine an uncomfortable light into the lives of those who do evil.

The Peacemakers

Nov 17th, 2019 31m 22s

Shalom – peace, wholeness, health, welfare, safety, wellness: These are the things the Gospel brings, and these are the things God calls us to bring to those around us.

The Pure in Heart

Nov 10th, 2019 29m 59s

Much of the rest of the Sermon on the Mount is about the issue of purity in our hearts. Jesus says over and over, you have heard it said…, but I say to you… God’s level of purity is far beyond what we think. Since we cannot do it ourselves, w

The Merciful

Nov 3rd, 2019 35m 59s

In the Lord’s prayer, found later in this same Sermon on the Mount where we find the beatitudes, Jesus ties God’s forgiveness of our sins with our own forgiveness of others. But, mercy is so much more than forgiveness of the one who owes us: i

Hunger & Thirst for Righteousness

Oct 27th, 2019 28m 23s

The beatitudes change at this point. Up till now, they have been almost passive traits, but from here on, it becomes a choice. A person who recognizes their need for God begins to hunger and thirst for Him.

The Meek

Oct 20th, 2019 32m 40s

Meekness is a humble grace of the soul. Christ is described as meek and gentle in 2 Cor 10:1. The idea is not one of weakness, but of great power that is under control. Psalm 45:4 describes the King in militaristic terms, riding out in truth, m

Those Who Mourn

Oct 13th, 2019 26m 35s

The place of grief to call us to God, to recognize our dependence on him, and to allow us to empathize with those who grieve as well as a God who suffered and grieved to reach us.