We’ve all had moments of at least vengeful thoughts, if not actions. When we go down that path, things will almost always escalate on us, and our situation will quickly get out of control. Author Alexander Dumas got it right when he said “Hatred is blind and anger deaf: the one who pours himself a … Read more
Judges 14 begins to uncover another one of Samson’s great weaknesses, arrogance. It gets him in a lot of trouble very quickly. Arrogance is a trap that we should take seriously and what Samson stumbles into can be a cautionary tale for us all.
On Sunday we began a new series on the life of Samson, called “Strengths & Weaknesses.” Even in just unpacking the miraculous birth of Samson and beginning to examine his life we could see that what you do with your strengths and weaknesses will define your legacy. Samson doesn’t do a very good job managing … Read more
What Makes Christmas feel like Christmas to you? If you stripped all of this away, would it still feel like Christmas? Probably not. It would feel like pretty much any other day. Here’s the problem with that: The word “Christmas” is actually a combination of two words. “Christ,” our Savior and “mas” with one S … Read more
Moses’ experience in the presence of God is shocking. He’s humbled and he’s repentant, which is good, but we’re just getting warmed up. It’s amazing to see that He requires no food or water for the 40 days that he’s on the mountain with God and then when he comes back down, he’s radiating the … Read more
You might not know how it got that way, but do you ever feel like you’re the one doing everything? Do you find yourself working sunup to sundown on a regular basis? Do you find you keep doing things yourself because it’s too much work to teach someone else? This kind of thing might happen … Read more
The core of this message comes down to this important question: If God knows our needs, why does he let us get uncomfortable? We don’t like being uncomfortable, but the truth is that discomfort often exposes important things in us and is the most efficient way for God to shift our desires. Often what we … Read more
Have you ever had a moment in your life were short of a miracle, you knew there was no way out? If God doesn’t show up, it’s over, but thank God, He did show up. Do you ever wonder why we have to go through stuff like that? Why do we end up in situations … Read more
As we’ll see today, Moses has a blind spot in his life. As God prepares him for leadership, there is something that needs to be addressed in Moses’ life. It’s serious to God, but Moses has become blind to the problem.
All of us have dealt with feelings of inadequacy at some point in our lives. We also deal with doubts about ourselves. Some of those doubts are based on things that have happened to us and some of them based on things that people have said to us. A lot of those things aren’t true, … Read more