Posts with the tag “frustration”

When You Need God to Step In
by Steven Pawley on May 14th, 2023
When you’re in that place where the more you try the messier it gets and you need God now, stop lamenting, and look! He’s working behind the scenes for the greater good, and ready to step in. When you’re overwhelmed by circumstances or overtaken by sin God is not distant. Whatever your lament, look for Him. Jesus is at work and ready to step in when...  Read More
Talking to The Troublemakers
by Steven Pawley on July 11th, 2022
Do you ever talk to your troublemakers? There’s a conversation in your head, or upon your bed late in the night, and your trouble is as real in that moment as if you were living the actual experience. It becomes hard to tell if you’re talking to yourself, God, or the troublemakers, right? Embarrassed? Don’t be. King David did it too! (From Psalm 4). (Disclosure: The night before I prepared this message, I experienced it - two hours of wrestling before the rest returned! Can you relate?)  Read More

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 January
What You Presently Reject You May Later RegretDriven to The Wrong ReliefWhere Do I Belong?
 February
You Won't Like Eating the Bitter Fruit of DeceptionIt's Time To Get Back to God
 March
You're Not Getting Away with ItHere Is Proof of God's Existence No One LooksWhen You've Been Used, Turn Here for Your Next MoveMonday's Two-Minute Takeaway - When It's Time to Move OnWednesday's Two-Minute Takeaway - How Do I Know It's Time to Move On?The One Confrontation Question You Must AskMonday's Two-Minute Takeway - ConfrontationWednesday's Two-Minute Takeaway - ConfrontationFriday's Two-Minute Takeaway - ConfrontationIf You're Fighting With God, Do This NowMonday's Two-Minute Takeaway - Fighting with God
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Wednesday's Two-Minute Takeaway - Fighting with God
 2024
 December
A Better Measure of Worship
 2023
 January
You Need to Know Your One ThingWhen You're Ready to Walk AwayAre You Living on Borrowed Power?Handling The Issue that Plagues YouI'm Ashamed. Now What? Three Questions.
 February
Is God Breaking Your Ships?Are You Ready to Be Made Whole?Yes Good Men Fail. Now What?Are You Living Like a GrINO?
 March
A Better Look for YouBaggage You Weren't Meant to CarrySatan Desires to Get You AloneLooking for Help In All The Wrong Places?
 April
What Kind of Christian Are You?Something You Need to RememberGod's Answer to Your IneffectivenessOnly One Out of Ten Helped By Jesus Do This. Have You?
 May
Does Your Life Reveal God's Ultimate Truth about Himself?When You Need God to Step InLate But Not Left OutGod Can Rewrite Your Story
 June
A Faithful Man Who Can Find?How To Get Out of A RutThree Steps Toward Healing 1
 July
Three Steps Toward Healing 2Three Steps Toward Healing 3
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 May
One Anothering Well - Welcome HomeOne Anothering Well - You Cannot Give What You Do Not HaveOne Anothering Well - Put Some Clothes OnOne Anothering Well - The Essence of Life
 June
One Anothering Well - Compassionate CommunityYou're Blessed if You Don'tTwo Options Only
 July
God is No LoserTalking to The TroublemakersGod Hears Your Cry from "Hell"This One's Personal
 August
It's A MessIt's Your Call, Take ItLet's Not Complicate It
 September
No Arguments, Just AweIs Your Boast in Christ?Do You Practice What You Preach?A Healthy Distraction
 October
Between a Rock And a Hard Place?From Sucklings to ServantsAre You Prepared to Thank Jesus?Faithful is Your Only Option
 November
If Angels Talked About YouYou Don't Want Me to Go ThereTough Love Toward Sexual Sin
 December
A Church on Mission is A Church with TensionA Church You'd Never LeaveWhen it Cannot Get Any Worse

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