15 Sep

Posted at 09:22h in Uncategorized

Over the last number of weeks we have given you our key verse from II Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given you a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.”  Then we began to teach “10 Truths Toward Tenacity”: Tenacious people don’t’ waste time feeling sorry for themselves (Rom. 8:31). Tenacious people don’t hand the reigns of their emotional well-being to another (Phil. 4:4) Tenacious people embrace change (Ps. 55:19) Then we discussed “9 Channels of Change”: Sometimes people are more comfortable with old problems than new solutions. The road to growth always travels through the city of change. God-given change will...

08 Sep

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Have you ever been in a relationship with a “taker”?  I have and it is exhausting!  It is impossible to sustain a long-term relationship with a “taker”.  Please don’t mistake me, I am not saying we shouldn’t be there for a friend going through a season of trouble.  The Bible tells us, “A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.  A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend” (Prov. 17:17-18). You can clearly see from these verses that we are “born for adversity”.  In other words, a true...

01 Sep

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Over the last number of months, we have given you our key verse found in II Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.”  Then we began to teach on 10 Truths Towards Tenacity: Tenacious people don’t’ waste time feeling sorry for themselves (Rom. 8:31). Tenacious people don’t hand the reigns of their emotional well-being to another (Phil. 4:4) Tenacious people embrace change (Ps. 55:19) Tenacious people don’t waste energy on things they can’t control (Phil. 2:14). Tenacious people are not people pleasers (Prov. 29:25). Tenacious people are courageous (Joshua 1:6-9). Here the Bible tells...

25 Aug

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There is a professional boxer who goes to Joy Church.  He is even more competitive than I am!  A while back, we got into a pushup contest and how many pushups we could do throughout the day (it had to be intermittent as we are both kind of busy!).  I started with approximately 2500.  He then went to approximately 2800.  Not wanting to be defeated, I went to 3000.  He then went to 3100!  Your friendly neighborhood pastor went to 3200.  He then did me one better and went to 3300!  Well, when I did 3200 pushups in one day,...

18 Aug

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Over the last number of weeks we have shared with you the following:  our key verse is found in II Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and of a sound mind.” Then we began to teach on 10 Truths Towards Tenacity: Tenacious people don’t’ waste time feeling sorry for themselves (Rom. 8:31). Tenacious people don’t hand the reigns of their emotional well-being to another (Phil. 4:4) Tenacious people embrace change (Ps. 55:19) Tenacious people don’t waste energy on things they can’t control (Phil. 2:14) Tenacious people are not people pleasers (Prov. 29:25). Here the Bible tells us,...

11 Aug

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Joy Church is continually reaching out to the police in our community.  There are presently about 30-40 police officers and their families who are active parts of our church.  Unfortunately, one of our officers was recently shot in the line of duty.  He is a S.W.A.T. officer and a wonderful man of God.  He just gave his video testimony at Joy Church (you can see it by checking out Joychurch.net). He recounted miracle after miracle in which the devil meant to kill him, but God intervened and turned his situation around!  The bullet missed a main artery by a half of...

04 Aug

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Over the last few weeks we have shared on 10 Truths Towards Tenacity: Tenacious people don’t waste time feeling sorry for themselves (Rom. 8:31). Tenacious people don’t hand the reigns of their emotional well-being to another (Phil. 4:4). Tenacious people embrace change (Ps. 55:19). Tenacious people don’t waste energy on things they can’t control (Phil. 2:14).       “4 No Moan Zone Milestones”: Focus on what you do have not what you don’t have (I Thes. 5:18). This week let’s continue with...

28 Jul

Posted at 12:42h in Uncategorized

We have a very large contingency of police officers who come to Joy Church (I’ve had to cut way back on my illegal activity…lol!).  It is just one of those “God things”…they truly feel safe at Joy Church.  Within this large contingency of police officers, we have many S.W.A.T. officers who must undergo special and rigorous training in order to be a part of this select unit. Well some of these young officers know that their pastor (me!) loves to challenge himself physically.  So they are frequently telling me of the different physical training exercises that they do as they know...

07 Jul

Posted at 08:00h in Uncategorized

Over the last few weeks we have shared on this subject.  Our key verse was II Timothy 1:7, “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.”  Then we began to teach on 10 Truths Towards Tenacity: Tenacious people don’t waste time feeling sorry for themselves (Rom. 8:31). Tenacious people don’t hand the reigns of their emotional well-being to another (Phil. 4:4). Tenacious people embrace change (Ps. 55:19). We covered “9 Channels of Change”: Sometimes people are more comfortable with old problems than new solutions. The road to growth always travels through the city of change. God-given change will always...

30 Jun

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Over the past few weeks we have been covering “9 Channels of Change” .  We have gotten through six of them: Sometimes people are more comfortable with old problems than new solutions. The road to growth always travels through the city of change. God-given change will always create better “normals” People tend to keep you where they last saw you. Your change will expose the flesh of others. When’s the last time you did something for the first time, and if it’s been a long time…it’s about time! You must be willing to initially do something poorly so you can eventually do something excellently. This week let’s cover the...