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Message-Based Study Guides

April 21, 2024

Mental Health: Faith, Hope, and Healing in the Maze of Life

Rev. Scott Allen

Main Idea:

“Since Adam and Eve, we have all been in a recovery.”

April 14, 2024

Mental Health: Faith, Hope, and Healing in the Maze of Life

Guest Speaker: Tom Wolff

Main Idea:

God’s Plan for Mental Health: Get Your “But” Out of the Way

April 7, 2024

Mental Health: Faith, Hope, and Healing in the Maze of Life

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

Mental Health and Mental Illness are not the same term. Mental Health is a state that someone is in, being a positive or negative. Mental Illness is a disorder that someone is diagnosed with. Mental Illness is not the same as the feelings someone experiences, but rather is something that impacts how that person lives life.

March 24, 2024

Palm Sunday

Main Idea:

Sometimes in life we find ourselves enjoying the highest of high moments, only to fall into the lowest of lows. How does this statement apply to Palm Sunday & Holy Week in general?

March 17, 2024

8 Life Lessons from the Wisdom and Folly of Solomon

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

Life Lesson #8: “A life of simple faith proves to be priceless in the end.”

March 10, 2023

8 Life Lessons from the Wisdom and Folly of Solomon

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

Life Lesson #7: “Life lived apart from God will ultimately be empty
regardless of accomplishments and possessions."

March 3, 2024

8 Life Lessons from the Wisdom and Folly of Solomon

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

Life Lesson #6: “A good start is not enough to finish well”

February 25, 2024

8 Life Lessons from the Wisdom and Folly of Solomon

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

Life Lesson #5: “Celebrating the things God has done in you and through you
will result in a life of joy and praise.”

February 18, 2024

8 Life Lessons from the Wisdom and Folly of Solomon

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

King David wanted to serve God by building the temple in Jerusalem, but that wasn’t God’s plan, and he told David, “No.” God wanted David’s son Solomon to build the temple. David obeyed God and still had a role to play. He organized workers and materials for the temple. The temple was important, but the most important thing was that God was teaching David, and us, how to live and how to love and obey Him.

February 11, 2024

8 Life Lessons from the Wisdom and Folly of Solomon

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

Life Lesson #3: God offers His divine wisdom but you must ask for it.

February 4, 2024

8 Life Lessons from the Wisdom and Folly of Solomon

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

God loves us unconditionally and gave us grace and mercy through Jesus. Yet as we are to honor God, which means to give him special recognition, we need to understand that God honors those who honor Him in a conditional manner.

January 28, 2024

8 Life Lessons from the Wisdom and Folly of Solomon

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

Anything outside the domain of wisdom can be called folly. Wisdom is solid; wisdom calls out to you. It demands a response and it brings life to you. Folly is pushy, it calls out to entice you. It demands a response, twists the truth of God, and can lead to death.

January 21, 2024

First Fruits: Cheerful Generosity

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

Money can be a trap. Focusing on getting and keeping it makes a person discontent, jealous and greedy. There’s no joy in that. Instead, let’s look at money as an opportunity for spiritual growth and joy through giving.

January 7, 2024

God First

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

How can you “Put God First”?
Take time to reflect on this question before giving it an answer.
And next ask yourself, how am I doing at letting a “God first” perspective guide everything I feel, experience and do in my life?

December 17, 2023

Come They Told Me

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

Like the little drummer boy in the Christmas song, we may approach Jesus wondering what we could possibly have to offer him. But, God says don’t overthink it; bring who you are. 

December 10, 2023

Come They Told Me

Rev. Dr. Billy Burch

Main Idea:

Like Mary and Joesph, God uses ordinary people in the Christmas story to orchestrate His plan.

December 3, 2023

Come They Told Me

Main Idea:

Sometimes God wants to grab your attention and will use something or
someone in your life in order to bring your focus on Him.

November 26, 2023

Pray Like This

Adam Udinski

Main Idea:

If you ever find yourself not having the words to pray, open up Scripture for guidance.

November 19, 2023

Pray Like This

Adam Udinski

Main Idea:

When the disciples pleaded, “Teach us to pray!” Jesus gave us the Lord’s Prayer. But all through his ministry on earth, even in his agony on the cross, Jesus modeled the life of prayer for us to examine and imitate.

November 12, 2023

Pray Like This

Main Idea:

“Mercy is NOT getting what we deserve (Punishment). Grace is getting what we don’t deserve (Gift).”

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