I know that sometimes life feels like we’re swimming against the current, running out of energy and all alone. But what if I told you that you were never alone? What if we really believed that God was always with us everywhere we went? Continue reading
Man life can really be monotonous can’t it? I mean seriously we do the same thing every day, and it’s like we just hit repeat every morning. It is way too easy to get stuck in the humdrum stuff of life and forget why we’re really here. Continue reading
For the past several weeks we’ve been asking the question How is it with your soul? This week we wrap up our series as we look at identity and where we find value and meaning in our soul. Listen as Pastor Derrick explains how changing one question can make a huge difference.
I believe the one largest question I receive as a pastor is why is God doing this to me? Another form of this question is what did I do wrong? Why is God punishing me? I get it. I’ll admit sometimes it’s easy to view some of life’s less happy moments as punishment. It’s easy to see the illness, marital struggle, rebellious children, job struggles, financial crises or whatever your personal storm as a punishment from God for something we did wrong. But quite frankly this just isn’t how God operates and to be totally honest it goes completely contrary to the message of who God is. Continue reading
We all do it. No one is exempt. But what good does it do? I mean really, what good does it do you to spend that much time worrying and fretting about things that are totally out of your control? Continue reading
Imagine life like a boat drifting in the ocean. You have an anchor to keep you in place but you have to throw it in the water. The same is true for our soul. The longer you hold the anchor tightly in your grasp, the farther away you begin to drift. Where do you anchor your soul? If it’s in anything other than Jesus, you’re not anchoring in the right place.
The rhythm of life seems to get faster and faster every single day. No matter what we accomplish today, there’s another list of to-dos waiting for us tomorrow. No matter how far ahead we plan, there is always a something that is yet undone. We just can’t seem to get far enough ahead in life. Continue reading
Man I have to admit I’ve been running around lately like I’m all that matters. I have to take a minute to confess that sometimes I have a bit of a “god complex.” I don’t mean to do it. It just happens. It happens when I think that things won’t get done if I don’t do them. Continue reading
Some days our insides get so messed up that they seem to want to run the show. When your soul gets a little out of whack, what do you do? How do you keep your soul in check? Listen as Pastor Derrick shares a little on how to keep our soul in the right place.
I’ve always loved looking at the book of Psalms. It’s filled with real, honest and at times gut-wrenching thoughts poured out of a broken heart. We all too often paint a rosy picture of followers of Jesus having it all together and not facing struggles in life. Or if we do see them struggle we assume they have some super human force that allows them to easily conquer their troubles. But what if that’s exactly what we’re supposed to think? What if we’re supposed to think that a good follower of God will be able to leap small buildings with a single jump? Continue reading
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