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December 31, 2006 |
The Prince of Peace (A Simple Christmas Series)
Peace is not the absence of problems but rather the presence of Christ. Your heart will forever be restless no matter what your circumstances until you find your rest in Christ - the Prince of Peace. |
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December 24, 2006 |
The Everlasting Father (A
Simple Christmas Series)
Jesus came to reveal the father heart of God. The Lord's Prayer is not only one of the greatest models for prayer but also reveals the father heart of God. |
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December 17, 2006 |
The Mighty God (A Simple Christmas Series)
Was Jesus just another great teacher that once lived upon the Earth or is he in fact God in the Flesh. This message looks at the Who Jesus really is and the mightiness of God. |
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December 10, 2006 |
The Wonderful Counselor (A
Simple Christmas Series)
More than 600 years before Jesus' birth, the prophet Isaiah told what His birth would mean to the world. Isaiah gives us further insight into the kind of daily experience we can have with Christ in our
lives. |
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December 3, 2006 |
Love Hunger (Baggage Series)
Love is our greatest God given and God gratified need. Love is not just what God does, but it is who He is. You will never be the same when you feel God's Passionate love and live in the conscious
awareness of His affection for you. It will change the whole atmosphere of your existence. |
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November 26, 2006 |
Guilt and Shame (Baggage Series)
Guilt is defined as "being troubled by what I have done" while shame is defined as "being troubled by who I am." In this message, Pastor Ray looks at true guilt and shame and deals with the topic of
resolving these in our lives. |
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November 19, 2006 |
Negative Self Talk (Baggage Series)
Every individual has certain patterns or habits when it comes to the nature of thoughts that tend to run through their minds. This lesson identifies negative self talk and teaches us how to demolish its
effect on our lives. |
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November 12, 2006 |
Past Hurts (Baggage Series)
The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all - Psalms 34:18-19. This message, like
the opening scripture deals with past hurts and how to overcome them. |
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November 5, 2006 |
Addiction (Baggage Series)
The past can't really affect us, but our present feelings about the past can. Its called "baggage." In this lesson, Pastor Ray looks at addictions and how they can hinder us as well as entangle us, not
allowing us to run the race that has been marked out for us. |
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October 29, 2006 |
The Bottom Line (Life Gone Wild Series)
One of the major themes of the Book of Ecclesiastes is wisdom. As Solomon completes his epic book of repentance and warning, he concludes with this warning of what wisdom really is ad where it is
to be found. |
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October 22, 2006 |
Life is Short - Play Hard (Life Gone Wild Series)
Sprinting towards the finish line of both his life and the Book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon as a burned out but remorseful old man urges us to seek God while we are young and stick close to Him all of our
days. Because age is an unstoppable reality, how does one get the most out of it before time runs out? |
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October 15, 2006 |
Don't Play The Fool (Life Gone Wild Series)
There are seemingly an infinite number of categories by which people can be classified. Ecclesiastes divides the wise and the foolish. Wisdom is summed up in thinking God's thoughts and doing what God
does. |
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October 8, 2006 |
Hurry Up and Enjoy Life (Life Gone Wild Series)
Because we don't know the day of our death, there is a tendency to ignore its certainty and to waste opportunities to enjoy life as God intended it. Pastor Ray encourages us to hurry up and enjoy life
before it passes us by. |
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October 1, 2006 |
Getting Over Ourselves (Life Gone Wild Series)
Much of our disconnectedness with God and subsequent stress-filled lives is derived from us taking ourselves too seriously. In essence this is nothing more than pride. This message looks at getting over
ourselves and focusing on God. |
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September 24, 2006 |
Contagious Christianity (Life Gone Wild Series)
If Christianity is the answer for life then we who are Christian's ought to become contagious, infecting others with our disease if you will pardon the expression. Alan Cook provides this week's message
as Pastor Ray takes a breather. |
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September 17, 2006 |
Making Life Work (Life Gone Wild Series)
Wisdom is making life work from God's perspective. How is true wisdom different from IQ, education or even information? Pastor Ray explores what Ecclesiastes has to say about the topic of wisdom. |
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September 10, 2006 |
True Wealth (Life Gone Wild Series)
We live in a society that defines wealth with things like how much money you make, what kind of neighborhood you live in, how big is your house, what kind of car do you drive and on and on and on. this
message explores what true wealth is which not surprisingly is none of these things. |
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September 3, 2006 |
Our Number One Rival (Life Gone Wild Series)
What is our number one rival with God? Our view of wealth. This message deals with worshiping God and using wealth or worshiping wealth and using God. |
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August 27, 2006 |
Crash (Life Gone Wild Series)
"We miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other just so we can feel something" - Crash - the Movie. This message explores that statement and questions how this unfortunately has become
a part of the culture we live in |
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August 20, 2006 |
Rhythm or Blues (Life Gone Wild Series)
Nothing in life happens randomly or arbitrarily. All of life unfolds under the providence of God. How should we respond to the fact that God is in control of the times and seasons of our lives and that
nothing happens outside of His purposes? |
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August 13, 2006 |
The Pursuit of Happiness (Life Gone Wild Series)
We tend to believe that happiness is the result of rearranging our external life, but in reality it is rearranging our internal life through repentance of sin and close communion with Christ. |
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August 6, 2006 |
Lost (Life Gone Wild Series)
How does a person find meaning and satisfaction in life? Pastor Ray Davis explores the writings of one of the wisest and wealthiest men to ever walk the earth in this first of a series in the Book of
Ecclesiastes. |
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