Episodios

  • Winning in the Arena of Wellness
    Jul 22 2024

    Sermon by Dr. Robert Lewis

    11/5/2000

    Our opponent is heart disease.

    • A look at life’s most vital organs - When you lose at the heart level, you lose it all.
      • Physically - life starts in the heart.
      • Spiritually
    • The four hearts of scripture
      • The defective heart - pumping life back to yourself
      • The new heart
      • The healthy heart - a step up from new heart
      • The diseased heart - if you don’t care for the new heart
    • Common characteristics of the “healthy” heart:
      • Good nutrition - your intake
      • Abstinence - saying no to unhealthy things
      • Downtime to reflect and hear God
      • Courageous faith exercises

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  • Winning in the Arena of Emotion
    Jul 15 2024

    Sermon by Dr. Robert Lewis

    10/22/2000

    Our opponent is anger.

    • Anger is energy that is focused. It can rally you the right way or the wrong way.
    • Three specific types of anger:
      • Righteous anger - right reaction, right response
      • Misplaced anger - right reaction, wrong response
      • Problematic anger - wrong reaction, wrong response
    • From anger to angry -- why?
      • Angry people come from angry families.
      • Angry people come from wounded backgrounds.
      • Angry people are often "control freaks" using anger for protection or gain.
      • Angry people have serious, unmet expectations and feel trapped.
      • Angry people are most often men.
    • Action points for taking the gold:
      • For those who are angered
        • Don't go hot or cold, learn to express yourself directly.
        • Listen and be willing to forgive.
        • Be quick about it.
        • Memorize Eph 4:25-27
      • For those who stay angry
        • Admit you have an anger problem.
        • Find the root cause.
        • Be courageous and willing to change whatever behavior fuels that anger.
        • Enlist the support of others.
        • Ask for God's help.

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  • Winning in the Arena of Balance
    Jul 8 2024

    Sermon by Dr. Robert Lewis

    9/24/2000

    Our opponent is prosperity.

    • The danger prosperity brings:
      • Pride - the complete anti-God state of mind.
      • Forgetfulness - forget about God.
      • Deceit - makes temporal and eternal things look the same.
      • Fruitlessness
      • Hoarding - the more we have, the less we give.
      • Pain - people who hurt aren't happy.
    • The call to balance
      • Imbalance perspectives:
        • Become Poor - voluntary self-imposed
        • Get Rich - don't let the wealth replace Jesus.
      • A balanced perspective is staying focused and cultivate generosity.
    • How to maintain balance and "win gold":
      • Recognize that prosperity makes godly living harder, not easier.
      • Know that discipline must replace what desperation once demanded.
      • Invest in good works and expect life's best.
      • Always have an accountability system.
      • Keep thinking about meeting God for an accounting of all you've been give, because one day you will.

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  • State of the Body
    Jul 1 2024

    Sermon by Dr. Robert Lewis

    8/27/2000

    Hear stories of life change from the church body.

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  • Eighth and Final Step to Freedom
    Jun 24 2024

    Sermon by Dr. Robert Lewis

    7/23/2000

    • Lessons learned from this series:
      • It has reminded us to stay honest.
      • it has called us to be humbler.
      • it has helped us to remain hopeful.
    • The eighth step:
      • Yield myself to God to bring this good news of freedom to others, both by my example and my words.
    • Why God allows pain:
      • Pain is the hard reality that comes with free will.
      • Pain is often used by God to get my attention.
      • Pain teaches me I must depend on Him.
      • Pain can give me a ministry to others.
    • Three things we have learned from every story shared in this series:
      • My journey to freedom starts with choice.
      • My journey to freedom is established through a specific process.
      • My journey to freedom is completed when I reinvest it to help others.

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  • The Seventh Step to Freedom
    Jun 17 2024

    Sermon by Dr. Robert Lewis

    7/16/2000

    From freedom to relapse

    • Causes of a relapse
      • Complacency and reverting back to willpower after a few short successes.
      • Compromise by convincing yourself you can be in control and handle it.
      • Ignoring one of the steps.
      • Trying to recover without support.
      • Refusing to fill the void with something right.
        • Real freedom is not what you stop, it's what you start after you stop.
    • Preventing a relapse
      • Reserve daily time with God for self examination and spiritual empowerment.
        • Evaluate: Physical, emotional, relational, spiritual inventory
        • Evaluate daily, periodically and annually
        • Meditate by slowing down enough to hear God speak to us from His Word.
        • Prayer
    • Relapse doesn't mean hopeless.
    • Freedom is not a moment in time; it's one day at a time.

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  • The Fifth Step to Freedom
    Jun 10 2024

    Sermon by Dr. Robert Lewis

    7/2/2000

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  • The Third Step to Freedom
    Jun 3 2024

    Sermon by Dr. Robert Lewis

    6/18/2000

    • Step 3: Consciously choose to commit my life and my will to the care and control of Jesus Christ.
      • We commit our lives but wait to commit our wills. These decisions should be completed as one.
    • What keeps us from taking this step:
        • Pride
        • Shame
        • Fear
        • Foolishness
        • Friends and Family
    • How do I take step 3 completely:
      • Accept God's Son as my Savior
      • Accept God's Word as my standard
      • Accept God's Will as my strategy
      • Accept God's Promise as my security

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