Each of us has dreams, and if you don’t want to use the “D” word, each of us has goals and aspirations. They might be big, move and live on a beach in the Bahamas. Might be simple, see your grandchild graduate high school. Many of us have a wide variety, of dreams and goals.…
As we meet today in a very untraditional fashion, online, that is just one gum ball in the machine. We are being impacted by the historical pandemic Covid-19 virus that is sweeping around the world in uncountable ways. As of Friday night the CDC have reported that 11,376 people have died from complications and over…
In this session we are going to hit on a truth that is so powerful, but yet so elusive. The truth is not elusive, but the concept, understanding and belief is a bit wobbly for so many. It has to do with the concept of significance. Some times we think we know what it means,…
Last session we got reminded of who we are in Christ, when we went over how we were accepted. For many of us, getting a strong head knowledge of who we are and who’s we are is monumental, and vital. Others it might almost be like water running off a duck’s back. Some have been…
One of the foundational concepts in all existence is truth. Truth can also be known as facts or that which corresponds to or adequately expresses what is real. The nature of truth is crucial to the Christian faith. Not only does Christianity claim there is absolute truth (truth for everyone, everywhere, at all times), but…
Everybody has them, some put them on display for all to see, yet others spend lots of energy hiding them, and yet even more alter them. What we are talking about is “emotions”. Emotions gets a bad rap. We even get judgmental and label some people as “emotional”. When there is a sappy movie it…
The time spent together over the last few months going through Crushing by TD Jakes, has been nothing short of miraculous. As we went through this book, each of us have gone through life changing events. Some of us have been crushed before our eyes. Others have been in the vat for a season of…
In this session of Crushing by TD Jakes, we sit down and discuss the culmination of a great work. From the beginning of this series we have gone from concept of a seed being planted and how it had going through the “process” of growing, maturing and then being used to produce a unique, valuable…
With this session of Crushing by TD Jakes, we push forward through chapter 13; titled ‘A Tasting with the King’. If we have been tracking through the book to this part we have learned the principles of how there once was a seed planted, the challenges and struggles the vine had in growing and maturing.…
In this session of Crushing by TD Jakes, we go through chapter 12; titled ‘An Eternal Pairing’. The chapter uses the experience of tasting fine wine, not necessarily just the by-product of grapes but how it is paired with other tastes of the pallet. For many wine is not that marvelous, and for others they…