The holiday season can be a wonderful time of year. One that brings friends and family together and truly embodies the idea of goodwill towards all. Unfortunately it has also become a season of comparison and envy. A time that highlights our lack and causes us to discount God’s many blessings. Join us today as we get a holiday heart check and learn to be thankful with the little things.

We live in a culture that prides itself on activism while simultaneously failing to find purpose and meaning to our individual lives. We gather as collective voices for a cause, but we find nothing in which to give ourselves and our lives to. In general we are apathetic in our daily lives, stuck in a limbo as we wait for the next bandwagon to jump on. Join us today as we discuss the shadow of apathy and what God is calling us towards.

If the enemy can hide our origin story, he takes away our identity. If he can convince us that life is an accident, he takes away its value. And if makes us believe we have no purpose, he renders us useless. But we are created by a loving father, intentionally, and given a great assignment.

Apart from God, humanity is driven towards unhealthy desires and lustful satisfaction. We covet what we see, pursue what brings satisfaction, and convince ourselves that we are gods in our own little world. This is spiritual darkness created by convincing deceptions from our enemy. It leads to us falling away from God and giving ourselves up to destruction.

Shame is a consequence of sin that has an effect on our self-identity. It represents a defeated or degraded state visible to those around us. Shame finds a host and begins to take over that person. It overwhelms and transforms… It exploits weaknesses and amplifies our worst traits… It follows us everywhere we go and makes attempts to swallow us whole… It is a slimy slippery shadow that we must face head on with the truth of the Gospel.

There are two great lies that plague us regarding relationships today. The first is that we don’t need anyone, that we can go at it alone. The second is that we don’t fit anywhere, others have their circles, but we are destined for solitude. The truth of the matter is that relationships are a necessary part of God’s call in our lives. That deep and meaningful friendships are available for each of us.

There is a great epidemic in culture right now and it’s centered around despair. We have lost sight of Jesus and have allowed the lies of the enemy to cast a shadow over our lives. In the shade of this deceit we have become misguided in our purpose and skewed in our expectations. We forget where our hope is found and fall into despair as our uncertainty of the future grows. Join us today as we begin to reposition ourselves into the light of truth and fight the shadows of the enemy.

“If at first you don’t succeed, then give up because it wasn’t for you.” As silly as that may seem when read in a sentence, it’s often the way we handle failures in our own lives. We have convinced ourselves that it is the death sentence of our dreams. Perhaps the only thing worse is having some level of success and then slipping backwards for a moment. We need to become confident in the truth that failure isn’t fatal and that God will still use us in its aftermath.