“We are like common clay jars that carry this glorious treasure within, so that the extraordinary overflow of power will be seen as God’s, not ours.” —2 Corinthians 4:7 TPT What do you think of when you think of March? Spring being ushered in by sunny daffodils and fields of green? Or tricky leprechauns and lucky four-leaf clovers? Perhaps you envision the…
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Series: One Minute After You Die Message: The Majesty of Heaven Text: John 14:1-6 Pastor Tom Cogle Sunday, March 31, 2019 WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT THREE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT HEAVEN 1. HEAVEN WILL BE BORING. Heaven is the opposite of boredom. It’s the absence of evil and the presence of God! Heaven will be a place of unimaginable beauty. In heaven, you will…
Series: One Minute After You Die Message: “Eternity Without God” Text: Luke 16:19-31 Pastor Tom Cogle Sunday, March 24, 2019 WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT ETERNITY DETERMINES HOW YOU LIVE TODAY. WHY DOES HELL EXIST? 1. HELL EXISTS FOR GOD TO DEAL RIGHTEOUSLY WITH 2. HELL EXISTS FOR GOD TO DEAL RIGHTEOUSLY WITH If we don’t accept the reality of hell, we’ll never…
Series: One Minute After You Die Message: “Life After Death” Text: 2 Corinthians 5:1-9 Pastor Tom Cogle Sunday, March 17, 2019 What happens one minute after you die? The truth is you don’t really die! Your physical body ceases to exist, but your soul lives forever! We exist to live for Him. WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT ETERNITY DETERMINES HOW YOU LIVE TODAY.…
Series: MASTERMIND Message: Reframing Your Mind Text(s): Ephesians 6:10-12 2 Corinthians 10_3-5 Philippians 1:12-14 Pastor Tom Cogle Sunday, March 3, 2019 Reframing—Creating a different way of looking at a situation, person or relationship by changing its meaning. (Different Filter) You can’t control what happens to you. But you can control how you frame it. The Apostle Paul was in prison, but instead…
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. —Colossians 4:2 Long after the chocolate candy was depleted, I kept the heart-shaped container, a delightful box in a vintage pattern topped with a red lid and satin bow. I placed it in the center of the table and soon found myself jotting down prayer requests on slips of paper and dropping them inside.…
Series: Mastermind Message: WINNING THE WAR IN YOUR MIND Text(s): 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Proverbs 23:7 Romans 12:2, 2 Peter 1:3, John 8:32 Pastor Tom Cogle Sunday, February 17, 2019 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they…
Series: SELFLESS Message: Grateful in the Grind Text(s): 1 Corinthians 10:31, 15:9-10; Acts 20:24 Pastor Tom Cogle Sunday, February 10, 2019 So much of life is spent wishing away our current season, always hoping for fulfillment around the next corner. The prize we are striving for isn’t “out there” somewhere. It’s in what we do daily for the glory of God. •WHAT…
Football Sunday Fan or Follower Text(s): John 6:26-68, Luke 18:22, Matthew 7:21-23 February 3, 2019 Pastor Tom Cogle Are we Fans or Followers? DTR Differences between fans and followers: 1. Fans are in it for themselves; followers are in it for God. 2. Fans come and go; followers stay. 3. Fans are sorta in; followers are all in. What does a WHF…
By Desiree Glass “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” —Genesis 8:22 Gray skies cast its gloom over me and frigid temperatures kept me captive inside my own home. The landscape, dead and devoid of any color except brown, caused me to question why anyone would like winter.…