I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it.  You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next.  You learn to make each day count.

You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel.

You know my paper heart
The one I filled with pencil marks
I think I might’ve gone and inked you in

The Principle Of The First

Matthew 6:33

Your spiritual walk with God.  Your church.  Are those important priorities in you life?  If God is first in your life all other things will come into order.  If God is not first then everything else will fall into disorder.  Everything should be in order the way God designed it.  You’ve got to keep the main thing the main thing. 

Matthew 6:19-21

What is the that you wake up every single day dreaming of?  If you find something that you love to do then you will never work a day in your life.  Be careful who you share your dream with.  It was Joseph’s brothers that threw him into the pit.  It’s your praise!  It’s your worship!  You can have that thing you’re dreaming about.  You can tell a lot about a person’s heart by looking at their checkbook.  God’s not against you having things.  He just don’t want things having you.

1 Kings 17:8-15

He asked for 10% of your income but 100% of your devotion.  It always comes down to fear vs. faith.  Just like the Holy Ghost is the anointing of God, fear is the anointing of Satan.  And Satan wants to keep his people in a gridlock of fear.  The church was never designed to be selfish.  The church was designed to reach out.  When God starts releasing the blessings, it will run over!
(Sermon Notes - Bro. Mike Addison)

There Is Hope!

God is able to give you a fresh start!  He’s still in the business of the impossible.  Quit listening to the negative things people say.  Get into the Word.  Nothing but the blood can give us hope.  Don’t listen to what man says.  There are “church people” and then there are blood bought children of the king!
(Sermon Notes - Rev. Brad Stevens - Preached 8/19/07)