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The god of Pleasure (Part 2)

Have you ever felt that the god of Pleasure has taken up residence in your life? Paul said that in the last days, society will become preoccupied and obsessed with the pursuit of their own comfort, pleasure, and happiness. The antidote of the god of Pleasure is the pursuit of righteousness.
 In this week’s message, Pastor Josh Pennington continues the message series, “Warring with the gods” by teaching us about how to overcome the strongholds the god of Pleasure has put in our lives.

The god of Pleasure | Pastor Josh Pennington

Have you ever felt that the god of Pleasure has taken up residence in your life?  The god of Pleasure is full of frustration and futility in this world. The truth is, there has never been a generation in history with more material goods or comfort than this present generation. Yet despite this glut of goods and pursuit of pleasure, the worldwide happiness index is the lowest on record, especially in the industrialized world where material goods abound.

 

In this week’s message, Pastor Josh Pennington continues the message series, “Warring with the gods” by teaching us about the strongholds the god of Pleasure puts in our lives.

Put your Mouth Where your Worry is

Have you ever struggled with the god of Possession?  The god of Possessions comes in the form of worry and takes residence in our lives when we place our trust in our possessions instead of God.  The antidote to worry is Trust, and the action step is to seek first the Kingdom of God. 

In this week’s message, Pastor Josh Pennington continues the message series, “Warring with the gods” by teaching us how we can break the strongholds of the god of Possession in our lives.
In this week’s message, Pastor Josh Pennington continues the message series, “Warring with the gods” by teaching us how we can break the strongholds of the god of Possession in our lives.

The god of Possession | Pastor Josh Pennington

Have you ever struggled with the god of Possession- the god of Mammon?  Do you find it difficult to give joyfully and completely? 

In this week’s message, Pastor Josh Pennington continues the message series, “Warring with the gods” by teaching us about the indicators we see in our lives when we struggle with the god of Possession.

Fixing the Things that Break Us | Pastor Josh Pennington

We may think the idea of multiple gods is lost as an ancient myth. But, daily we have "gods" vying for our time, attention, and allegiance. This week, Pastor Josh Pennington continues the message series, "Warring with the gods" where he discusses the god of power & how rest can break the unhealthy cycle it creates.

Fixing the Things that Break Us

We may think the idea of multiple gods is lost as an ancient myth. But, daily we have "gods" vying for our time, attention, and allegiance. 

This week, Pastor Josh Pennington continues the message series, "Warring with the gods" where he discusses the god of power & how rest can break the unhealthy cycle it creates.

Warring with the gods | Intro | Pastor Josh Pennington

We may think the idea of multiple gods is lost as an ancient myth. But, daily we have "gods" vying for our time, attention, and allegiance. 

This week Pastor Josh Pennington introduces a new message series, "Warring with the gods" where he draws our minds and our hearts to things in culture that attempt to replace God in our lives.

The Pathways of Action | Pastor Josh Pennington

God wants us to worship according to the way He made us. Mark 12:29-31 tells us that God wants us to worship with all of our heart, mind, soul, & strength. But, what happens when our worship conflicts with others? This week, Pastor Josh completes our message series on worship & how we can help understand those who worship with "Action" in a healthy way.

The Pathways of Contemplation | Pastor Josh Pennington

God wants us to worship according to the way He made us. Mark 12:29-31 tells us that God wants us to worship with all of our heart, mind, soul, & strength. But, what happens when our worship conflicts with others? How can we seek to coexist when we all connect differently? This week, Pastor Josh brings us to the finale of our message series on worship & how we can help understand those who worship with their thoughts/understanding in a healthy way.

Father’s Day | Pastor Josh Pennington

Understanding someone's needs is the first step of a better connection. This is vitally important for our families to function in a healthy way. Often the father figure can feel the burden of toughing it out.

Join us this week as Pastor Josh continues our series on Worship with a special twist for Father's Day, covering 7 unique ways men can offer their worship to God.

Awe & Wonder | Pastor Josh Pennington

God wants us to worship according to the way He made us. Mark 12:29-31 tells us that God wants us to worship with all of our heart, mind, soul, & strength. But, what happens when our worship conflicts with others? This week, Pastor Josh continues our message series on worship & how we can help understand those who worship with "Awe & Wonder" in a healthy way.

Sacred Pathways | Pastor Josh Pennington

Have you ever tried to emulate someone & quickly became frustrated when you didn't get the intended results? This can happen quickly in how we worship. God wants your worship according to the way He made you! Check out this week's message, "Sacred Pathways", where Pastor Josh walks us through the myriad of ways Christians develop their relationship with God. To not only understand ourselves better, but to be empathetic to those around us.

It’s The Little Things | Pastor Larry & April Miller

When dealing with relationships it often feels like they should come with a survival guide. But, we often forget to look inward at what we can do. More importantly, we often forget to look at God's example and how He has given clear directions on what an expression of love looks like.

Check out this week's very special message where Pastor Larry is joined by his wife, April, as they remind us sometimes, "It's The Little Things"

The Heavenly Draft | Pastor Larry Miller

Since the beginning of time, humanity has desired relationship, most affectionally in the form of love. 

Poets, writers, musicians, actors, and philosophers all have sought to express the emotion of being chosen. It makes you wonder, what does love have to do with it?

In this message, Pastor Larry Miller describes the greatest kind of love & where to find it.

Worship More Than a Song | A Walk In His Presence | Josh Pennington

Structure often gives us the guidelines we need to focus on the task at hand. But, what happens when we begin to serve the process? Sometimes a disruption allows us to refocus. 

Check out this week's message where Pastor Josh uses the Old Testament plan of the Tabernacle to reframe a pattern for a worshipful life.

Child of God | Janet Loos

Mother's Day can invoke a variety of emotions in each person. But, today we choose joy with Janet Loos sharing a special message about identity. Check out this honest, heartfelt look at what it means to be a "Child of God"

Head Shoulders Knees & Toes | Pastor Josh

What is worship? Is that word just reserved for a band on Sunday mornings or maybe songs on our playlist?

Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? These common questions ask us to delve deeper into the nature of our worship. We have a tendency to overcomplicate the matter. Jesus makes it simple, our worship should encompass our head & our heart. 

This week, Pastor Josh continues our message series, "Worship-More Than a Song"

Worship-It’s More Than a Song | Pastor Josh

What is worship? Is that word just reserved for a band on Sunday mornings or maybe songs on our playlist? Often we find so many things dying for our time and attention. What are we giving priority to?

This week, Pastor Josh begins a new message series on "Worship-It's More Than a Song"

Easter Sunday | Pastor Josh Pennington

Forgiveness. This word can mean countless things to so many people. Yet, until we understand the fullness of the word we can't appreciate what it really means.

In this week's message, Pastor Josh reminds us that we love in proportion to forgiveness.

Jesus - The Lamb of God

Are you familiar with John 3:30? John the Baptist is telling the crowds that, "He must increase, but I must decrease." As we prepare for the final stretch toward Easter, Pastor Josh gives us a look at who Jesus really is as he shares with us about "Jesus-The Lamb of God"