Thriving Not Just Surviving
Thriving through Decision
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon and notes.) Many of us don’t truly thrive because we never decide to. Our lives are marked with the urgent issues of each day, week, year, or season of life and we just put our head down and do what we have to do to survive. Joshua 24:14-36 calls us to more. It calls us to consider our direction…
Today’s Reminders
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon and notes.) God is the God of our yesterdays, and he allows the memory of them to turn the past into a ministry of spiritual growth for our future. God reminds us of his unfailing faithfulness in our past to protect us from shallow security in the present. Join us Sunday as we see how God’s work…
Thriving in the Future
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon and notes.) As we follow God, we thrive under the One who is our ever-present help in the time of need. In Joshua 23, people are challenged to be strong in the Lord and to be careful to follow faithfully. That is the key to thriving not only now, but for a lifetime! Don’t miss this thrilling challenge. And now I…
Thriving for the Long Haul
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon and notes.) Sunday is a day to celebrate faithfulness; God’s faithfulness to us, and our faithfulness to him. The blessings are incredible. But how do we get from here to there? What does it take and what does it look like when we approach the destination? Those are all questions we’ll…
Thriving in the Face of Danger
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes.) If Christians want to live the abundant life in Christ, they must make the commitments necessary to enter into it. As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.. Joshua 11:15
Our Godly Response
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes.) God never ceases to surprise us. He receives the most unlikely people who come to him, even if they may not arrive through conventional means. We, on the other hand are often deaf to God’s leading and miss the opportunity to participate in blessing these people. Question is, how does our…
The Road Back
Failure. We have to deal with it. We had such high hopes and showed such great promise, but we blew it! We know about God’s forgiveness and we even believe it; but we’re discouraged and afraid. Is there really a road back? Will God really take us back? Sunday we’ll see that he does! God will restore us to an abundant life but we must be willing to take…
Satisfying the Wrath of God
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes.) Sunday we look at the hard reality that God takes sin very seriously. Sometimes our dry, boring, discouraging lives come because we haven’t dealt with issues that are destroying us. We’ll learn that the Valley of Trouble (Achor) can become the valley of hope when we turn to God and…
Jericho or Ninevah?
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes.) CHAPEL CITY (BUILDING) BLOCK PARTY SUNDAY 9/10 – 10:15 We’re gathering for one church service at 9:00 AM on Sunday as we kick off our fall semester during the second service time (10:15-noon ) with an epic celebration for the new ministry year. We’ll have bounce houses for the kids and some…
Leaving a Wilderness Mentality
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes.) If you feel like you’re carrying a lot of unnecessary baggage from your past, join the club! We all have issues and experiences that remind us of our shortcomings and failures. Even when we thought we had put them to rest our minds are lured to the past defeats. Sunday we look at the principles that set…