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What do you want the most out of this life...here on earth? What do you want the most from your relationships…your job…your retirement? What do you want the most from God? This was the beginning of this Sunday’s sermon. But I have to be honest – What happened over the weekend really does change things a bit. Parts of northern and western NC were hit with one of the worst hurricanes on record. This morning I looked at a few videos of before and after Hurricane Helene brough

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Maintaining Harmony [Php 4:2-3]

 In this we have come to know what love is: that He (Jesus) laid down His life for us. And we ourselves ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. [1Jn 3:16]

 A good friend helped me to adopt a better understanding of what love is…according to God. He explained to me how Jesus proved His love by allowing those spikes to be driven through His wrists and His ankles. And as he was passionately explaining even more, 1Jn 3:16 came to my mind. Wh

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Standing Together in The Lord [Php 4:1]

I shared last Sunday how we are in desperate need of heroes – those we can and should emulate because of their longing to imitate our Savior and Lord. The Apostle Paul is my greatest hero of the faith. I remember an incident over 15 years ago when I was at seminary – in New Testament class. Dr. Bookman decided to have a class discussion on the kind of person Paul was. And he creatively tried to lure us into his trap as he shared certa

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The Jesus in Us longs for us to testify of The Jesus HE is. This is Paul’s challenge to us in Php 3:17-21.

 In order to be faithful witnesses, we are to share Christ with those who are lost. Yet, Paul wants it to be known that first we must show Christ to them. Do those who know you see Christ in you? Do they hear Christ from you? Does your life and attitude reveal to others who Jesus says that He is? Paul begins with where we’re to find our inspiration – make sure that you

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Pressing On to Perfection [Philippians 3:12-16] 

As believers, we are called by God to strive to become more like Christ.

I’ve been a sport’s nut most of my life. I’m thinking - Paul must’ve been one, too. Throughout his letters, he uses a number of sport’s analogies. In Php 3:12-16, Paul uses the example of an athlete running a marathon; and he connects this to how we are to now live our lives in Christ. Like long distant runners, we are to continue to press on to that fin

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Putting Christ First  - From Neglect to Priority

 A Study in the book of Haggai [beginning Sep 4]

We will be starting back up our midweek study on Sept 4. The book we will be studying is Haggai. The overall challenge for us as a church…as a family…and as individuals is – Putting Christ First. The apostle John challenged the church in Ephesus to 'turn back' to Jesus being their first love…and to keep Him there. 

Many times, in life, we need The Spirit's spurring us so that He