Overcoming Our Enemies

Overcoming Our Enemies

1 Sam. 19:8-10; 20:1-4; 24:8-10; Do you have any enemies? Let me answer that for you.  Yes, you do.   Some of you have other people as your enemy.  It could be a coworker that irritates you every day, a boss that won’t let you move up the ladder, an ex-spouse that...
Reclaiming Power Over Your Life

Reclaiming Power Over Your Life

1 Samuel 1:1-20 Imagine being aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia as it pierced through the atmosphere on its descent back to earth.   As the protective shields on its left wing peeled away, heated gas began to find its way into the cockpit.  Although the men and women...
Becoming Real: Overcoming Shame in Your Life

Becoming Real: Overcoming Shame in Your Life

John 8:1-11 Psychologists tell us that we can feel shame as young as infancy. They notice this in a baby’s facial expressions as a mom steps out of a room for a moment and then back in. As the baby hears the mother coming back into the room, he anticipates making...
Becoming Real: Giving When it Hurts

Becoming Real: Giving When it Hurts

Genesis 45:1-14; 25-28 There are some fish that cannot be caught. It’s not that they are faster or stronger than other fish; they are just touched by something extra. One such fish was the Beast, and by the time I was born he was already a legend. He’d passed up more...