Teaching by Tag: Forgiveness
God Won’t If We Don’t
A forgiven person should always have a forgiving spirit. Jesus commands that we forgive others because of what He has forgiven us. God won’t if we don’t.
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Forgiveness: Living an Authentic Christian Life
Forgiveness is the willingness to live with the consequences of someone else’s sin without holding it against them.
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No Greater Love, Part 4: Forgiven Much, Love Much
We love Jesus most and love others best by sharing His love with those around us.
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Psalms: Getting to Know the Ways of God, Part 12 (Psalm 51)
Transparency before God and men brings healing to the soul.
Watch / ListenPsalms: Getting to Know the Ways of God, Part 5 (Psalm 103)
Regardless of what I think, feel, or am experiencing, God is worthy to be praised for what He has done, is doing, and will do.
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Love One Another Earnestly
We, the church, are called to love. We are equipped to serve one another. And that loving service sustains us as a church body.
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Rooted: A Study of Deeper Faith in Colossians, Part 16
Friendships expand the capacity of the soul to experience life.
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The Prodigal Son, Part 3
The younger son returned in repentance, hoping to be made a hired hand in his father’s home – but the father's lavish forgiveness gave him far more. The prodigal hoped to be a servant but received a celebration.
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Baggage: Carried On for a Reason
Whether from bad choices we’ve made or from circumstances beyond our control, we all have baggage. While our tendency is to want to “check those bags” and move on, Christ has a greater purpose for the pain in our lives. How might He use the baggage in your life for kingdom purposes?
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Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest
Everyone deals with fear, worry and anxiety to varying degrees. CCEF Counselor and author Ed Welch teaches from Psalm 130 on how to wrestle through tough situations by the grace of God. Ever cried out to the Lord in the midst of dire circumstances? That in itself the power of God at work in you.
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What If This Never Changes? A Story of God’s Redeeming Faithfulness in Marriage
Wayne Johnson shares an intimate portrait of God’s redeeming faithfulness in restoring his broken marriage.
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Joseph: The Dreamer Comes – Part 6
How would you have responded if the injustices that happened to Joseph happened to you? By the mercy of God, we can be conduits of the very grace we have received. In the final message of this series, Pastor Mike shares 5 questions to help stimulate our thinking on the subject of forgiving and forgiveness.
Watch / ListenJoseph: The Dreamer Comes – Part 5
It is impossible to get through life in a fallen world without being deeply wounded by someone and by wounding others. When wronged, we often want to get even somehow. But in light of who God is and what He has called us to, we have to get over getting even.
Watch / ListenWhat Do You Think God Thinks About You?, Part 4 – Freedom
Freedom comes in believing what God says. We are freed from guilt through justification in Jesus; we are freed from shame via our adoption into the kingdom of God through Jesus. Pastor Mike looks at the gospel applied to 4 topics as examples.
Watch / ListenForgiveness, Part 2: Anatomy of Forgiveness
In the second half of this series, Pastor Mike draws from Genesis 50:15-21 to unpack what forgiveness should look like in the life of the believer.
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