Changes can be good and they can be bad, but they can't be stopped. This week we'll learn how to make sure change works for our benefit by looking in the Bible at the life of a man named Paul who went through some major changes of his own.
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We all just want to raise kind, selfless kids, right? Is that too much to ask? Yet for every moment our kids act selflessly it seems they turn back around and just act selfish. It's like it's built into their DNA. So how do we raise kids that are kind and selfless when, well, our kids don't always want to act kind and selfless?
The Bible helps us understand how to give ourselves the best possible chance at this outcome, and it does it through one of the most problematic and challenging passages in the whole Bible. As we explore that passage we'll learn a principle we all know, but maybe didn't know was in the Bible, get some answers to a major challenge and take one more step toward raising great kids. Oh, and we'll also un-learn a physics principle we were taught wrong in school.
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Conflict. It's a word most of us really hate, and would do anything to avoid. It's the cause of all our broken relationships, and, on a first glance, seems like a very, very bad thing.
But what if we have conflict all wrong? What if our avoidance of conflict doesn't make things better, but can actually create the problems we're trying to avoid? What if conflict could be a good thing?
This week we'll look to the Bible and learn why healthy conflict isn't just a good thing, but why it's actually a necessary thing for our relationships to grow and thrive.
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In any battle it's critical to know who the enemy is. Unfortunately for a lot of us, we're aiming at the wrong enemy day in and day out, and we're left wondering why we can't ever seem to win.
In part two of "This Is War" we'll look to the Bible to identify who our real enemy is in spiritual battle we're fighting. And perhaps more importantly, we'll learn who our enemy is not.
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Wait On The Lord in the message series “Uncertain” at City North Church in Sunbury Ohio
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How To Be Content in the message series “Get Healthy” at City North Church in Sunbury Ohio.
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‘What Is My Role In The Church?’ in the message series “The Body” at City North Church.
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‘Love” in the message series “Good Fruit” at City North Church.
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A King Of Fear & A King Of Faith in the message series “The Goat” at City North Church in Sunbury, Ohio.
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Walk In Wisdom in the message series “How To Follow Jesus” at City North Church in Sunbury Ohio.
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Build The Body in the message series “How To Make A Difference” at City North Church in Sunbury Ohio
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How To Defeat The Darkness message from the “Chains Revisited” message series at City North Church in Sunbury Ohio.
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I Don't Deserve God's Love in the message series “Father Of Lies” at City North Church in Sunbury Ohio.
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The Consequences in the message series “Two Trees” at City North Church in Sunbury Ohio.
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What if we could have so much joy it couldn't stay inside us? What if, like a cup of water we fill too full we had so much joy it just spilled out onto the people around us? That might make 2021 a little better than 2020!
Jesus himself said that kind of joy was available to us. So how do we access it? This week we'll dig into what Jesus said and learn the secret to finding an overflowing joy.
This week we'll start our year by getting our focus right. We'll learn who our real enemy is and how to fight the right battles.
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Trust is the most important part of any relationship. But for many of us we live day in and day out trusting our money more than God, and when we live that way we'll never experience God's blessings in our lives. This week we'll look at our trust problem with money and learn how to break the power it has over us.
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What happens when God lets us down? When the person we've prayed for dies, or the marriage we've begged God to heal falls apart? What happens when everyone around us seems to get ahead, but we just get further and further behind while we're trying to follow God every day?
Sometimes we get angry with God. This week we'll talk about how to deal with that, how to forgive God (even though he doesn't actually need it), and how to start dropping our forgiveness baggage to move forward .
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Do you remember a good fight from middle school or high school? While a couple kids brawled some kids stood in the back while others stood around yelling "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!". This is too much like our modern political landscape isn't it? What's the role of a Christian in the fight? For too long we've been the ones fighting, but maybe that's not actually our job at all.
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God gave us the most incredible gift in Jesus Christ. So what should we do with that gift? It all begins with understanding the weight and seriousness of it. Instead of living life however we want, Christians should begin by feeling the gravity of salvation in our own lives. Until we’re willing to put our big boy pants on we can’t really do much for God.
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