20 Oct

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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...

13 Oct

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Over the last few months we have shared with you our key scripture for this series:  “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and a sound mind” (II Tim. 1:7).  We then began to share with you “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). Tenacious...

01 Oct

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Join us as we welcome our friends and special guest ministers, Dr. Dennis & Vikki Burke! Dr. Dennis Burke will minister during our weekend services at Joy Church the weekend of October 10 & 11. For more than 30 years, Dennis Burke has led multitudes of believers into the biblical principles of faith, healing, love, prosperity, and righteousness. Through their books, magazine, CD’s and DVD’s, Dennis has brought revelation knowledge on the truths of God's Word. He has taught Christians everywhere to know God more deeply and overcome the challenges life brings through faith in God's Word. Dennis and his...

29 Sep

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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) 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). Tenacious people let go of the...

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

Posted at 08:00h in Uncategorized

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

Posted at 08:00h in Uncategorized

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,...