Memorial Day Poem

We Must Remember

We pause on this Memorial Day, a brief moment in time,

To bring close to our hearts those memories we hold so dear

Of the men and women before us who unselfishly put their dreams, their lives on the line.

Where danger lay as a stalker,

waiting to take away each breath, while the soldier

plowed with determination the furrows of death.



We must remember, we must, you and I,

those special heroes who chose to fly,

to fly the skies of blue that turned as dark as the

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Confidence in the Fire

In Daniel 3, we read a story about three Hebrews who made the decision to honor God above any other gods, even though their very lives depended on it. But they showed that they had confidence in something greater than circumstances or even other people. Their confidence was in God. We see that confidence here:

“Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego^(V) replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. ¹⁷ If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver^(W) us from it, and he will deliver^(X) us^[c] from Your Majesty’s hand.¹⁸ But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.” - Daniel 3:16-18

The Three Hebrews were thrown into the fiery furnace that day. In fact, the King had the normal heat increased so much that the servants throwing the men into the fire we burned from the flames. But, the three men came out of the fire unharmed causing a King and an entire nation turn the heads and hearts toward the Living God of the Hebrews.

The truth is that CONFIDENCE may not keep you from being thrown in the fire, but CONFIDENCE can keep you from being burned.

** This story was part of the Life is Better when Confidence is Bigger series, part 2. You can watch it here.

Weekend RECAP: Confidence

Life is Better when Confidence is Bigger.

Confidence does more than make you ‘feel’ better… it actually makes your life better!

The first week of this series Pastor Kevin talked about the path of Confidence leading to rich rewards. And this past weekend he continued the Confidence series talking about the size of Confidence (you can watch either full message here). Here’s some of the highlights:

Hebrews 10:35 “So do not throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded.”

Psalm 27 The LORD is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life — of whom shall I be afraid? … Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident. (read the whole passage here)

1. Confidence may not change the circumstances but it changes the way you respond which eventually affects the outcome of the circumstances. 

** Focus less on the circumstances and focus more on what you can change = The Level of Your Confidence.

** Charles Swindoll said, “Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you respond.” 

2. Confidence may not cause you to receive the approval you yearn for but it changes your need for that approval.

** When you stay confident it allows God to work in other ways and provide what you need in your life!

Life is Better when Confidence is Bigger.

- Jesus had Confidence in God, He had Confidence in Himself, and He had Confidence in other people.

The Confident Life is the Best Life! Strong Life! And, a Richly Rewarded Life!

Weekend RECAP: Mother’s Day

What if there was something you could tap into that offered both instant gratification AND longterm benefits? What if this something was available to everyone, despite age or gender or demographics or background? Sounds too good to be true, right?

What if that “something” is confidence?

This past weekend Pastor Kevin talked about “Life Gets Better When Confidence Gets Bigger.” There are a lot of people who may consider confidence as one of those motivational, feel-good, surface-only kinds of things. But, the Bible clearly tells us, “So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.” The truth is that confidence gives you the instant gratification of feeling better about yourself and what you’re doing, and it ACTUALLY makes your life better in the long run. We can trust that confidence maintained in our mind produces rich rewards in our lives. Think about it, confidence changes the way you pray, it changes how you think, and

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A Spark of Love

It’s an interesting question. Can a spark of God’s love light a fire in your? In your church? In your community? nation? world?

We did this song, “Spark” by The City Harmonic a couple months ago as a First Five at Champions Centre.

As you go about your day today, or your week this week, consider if there is a fire burning inside of you. What are you passion about? And, what are you doing about it? 

 Here are the Lyrics:

Could a spark of Your love light a fire in me
Just a spark warm my cold heart
It’s the living that breathe
When I breathe in
Hope I breathe in
Create some meaning again
And I breathe in, peace will be there
Just a stream of love
Ohhh

This little light’s gonna shine
With just a spark to light a fire
Just a spark

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