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Momma Didn't Raise No Dummy | Raise Your Babies Not to Be Babies

If you’re a parent, you will understand this question.  What do you want for your children when they grow up?  A happy family?  Certainly!  Good health?  Of course!  Profitable employment?  You bet!  Strong faith?  Above everything else!  That’s the power of this familiar proverb.  As parents, all of this can actually start with us!  As a church, our investment in young people is vital!  Let’s figure it out as we unfold this word from God.
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Momma Didn't Raise No Dummy | Keep Your Chin Up

Some days we have it, some days we don’t.  It’s either sun or clouds, smiles or frowns.  That’s life.  But maybe there are specific things we can do, or perspectives we can hold, that help to keep things up instead of down, even when it’s all down! The author of this proverb knew that a lifted spirit can go a long way to a healthy life.  Let’s dive into his thinking and see if it just might brighten our day.
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Momma Didn't Raise No Dummy | Choose Your Friends Carefully

Every parent knows about this.  As their children head out to school or gather for practice with their team, parents long for their children to have friends, the right kind of friends!  But that foundational principle doesn’t end at adolescence. Throughout life, much of what we are and what happens to us comes down to the people we surround ourselves with.  So message to all adults – heed your own advice.  Choose your friends carefully!
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Momma Didn't Raise No Dummy | Watch Your Mouth

Remember when your mom used to say, “If you can’t say anything nice then just don’t say anything at all”?  She stole that from the Bible!  Over and over God gives us counsel and warnings on the words that come out of our mouths.  James, in his New Testament letter, tells us the tongue is the most difficult thing in all our lives to control.  Let’s take a look at how the Proverbs direct us to use our mouths in a pleasing manner to God.   
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Hit the Reset Button | The Main Thing

Every year we get this chance.  Bury the past and begin to build the future.  For many, the application concerns our health, money, relationships.  But what if the focus was Jesus?  Just Jesus.  Know his love at a level we never have.  Understand his plan for our lives to the degree that has never totally sunk in.  In the midst of all our resolutions, even the good and needed ones, let’s keep the main one at center court.  May we know the Christ in a way that makes everything else secondary.  
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The Joy of Salvation | 12/22/24

Imagine being found guilty of a heinous crime, and instead of being rightfully punished you are set free and given a reward that will greatly bless the rest of your life.  That is the message of Christmas!  Of all the things that bring us joy during this season from an earthly practical sense, making it the most wonderful time of the year, the greatest blessing of all is that our sins are forgiven and we will be rewarded with the paradise of heaven someday.  All of it given to us by grace, none of it deserved, and that alone makes the joy beyond expression.  The birth of Jesus set all of this in motion.
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The Joy of the Kingdom | 12/15/24

Can you think of a time when you just knew you were on the right track?  In your job, your relationships, your mental state – everything, you just seemed to be in the middle of the bullseye.  This is ultimately where God wants us to live, and He provides it through life in Jesus, existing in his kingdom.  No matter how far away we may find ourselves from this kind of hopeful living, there is always the chance to be restored to it through life in Christ.
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The Joy of Relationships | 12/09/24

Message from week 2 of our series, Buddy the Elf vs. The Grinch. Delivered by Worship Pastor, Aquila Bock on 12/09/24.

The Joy of Giving | 12/01/24

It’s more blessed to give than to receive.  That’s what they say anyway.  In reality, it depends how old you are.  Not sure a five-year-old would buy into that way of thinking!  But starting this month we’re all on this line somewhere; giving to those we love and receiving from those who love us.  But the first gifts at the first Christmas were presented to Jesus.  What are you getting him this year?  He only wants one – your full devotion.  The men from the east had that figured out and can provide wise counsel on how we can do the same.
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Who You Calling a Wolf? I’m One of the Good Ones! | 11/24/24

What would you rather hear at the gates of heaven – “Well done, good and faithful servant”, or “Away from me, you evildoer”?  That’s a silly question, isn’t it?  But apparently, there are those among us who assume they will hear the former welcome but will receive the latter rejection.  Want to know how to make sure this doesn’t happen to you?  Pay attention to your fruit!
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