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I’m currently teaching through a sermon series on money, stewardship, and giving. As you might imagine, when the preacher starts talking about money, everyone tends to tense up a little bit. Have you ever noticed that, someone starts asking for money and everyone grips their pocketbook a little bit tighter? So if it makes everyone…

Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. 1 Timothy 6:9-10 The…

The following is a devotion from my message series 10 Steps to Freedom. I hope these devotionals help you experience lasting freedom in Jesus! STEP FIVE: day 5 Release your hurt through forgiveness Imagine how weightless, how joyful, how free your life would be if you were able to release the hurt that has built up…

The following is a devotion from my message series 10 Steps to Freedom. I hope these devotionals help you experience lasting freedom in Jesus! STEP FIVE: day 4 Release your hurt through forgiveness What does it look like on a practical level to release your hurt through forgiveness? It is more than simply saying the words,…

The following is a devotion from my message series 10 Steps to Freedom. I hope these devotionals help you experience lasting freedom in Jesus! STEP FIVE: day 3 Release your hurt through forgiveness Before his very eyes, Joseph had the opportunity to pay back his brothers for the harm they had caused him years before. In…

The following is a devotion from my message series 10 Steps to Freedom. I hope these devotionals help you experience lasting freedom in Jesus! STEP FIVE: day 2 Release your hurt through forgiveness In Matthew 6 Jesus gives the famous Lord’s Prayer which starts with “Our Father in heaven.” When he finishes a few verses later…

The following is a devotion from my message series 10 Steps to Freedom. I hope these devotionals help you experience lasting freedom in Jesus! STEP FIVE: day 1 Release your hurt through forgiveness How do I get past my past? The answer to this question is both haunting to most every person and absolutely critical to…

The following is a devotion from my message series 10 Steps to Freedom. I hope these devotionals help you experience lasting freedom in Jesus! STEP FOUR: day 5 Transform your mind through the power of Scripture Imagine taking something disgustingly dirty and beginning the process of washing, scrubbing and cleaning it until it sparkles and shines,…

The following is a devotion from my message series 10 Steps to Freedom. I hope these devotionals help you experience lasting freedom in Jesus! STEP FOUR: day 4 Transform your mind through the power of Scripture What does it look like on a practical level to transform your mind through the power of Scripture? How can…

The following is a devotion from my message series 10 Steps to Freedom. I hope these devotionals help you experience lasting freedom in Jesus! STEP FOUR: day 3 Transform your mind through the power of Scripture In the Old Testament book of Joshua, the people of Israel were at a crossroads. They had been given a…

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