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Why Try · Around June 29, 2026
Why Try: Week 4 - Monday
We were reminded during the weekend message that “the key to living a hope-filled life is not found in trying harder.” Instead, it is found in surrendering our lives and our will over to God. When we surrender to Him, w…
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Why Try · Around June 27, 2026
Why Try: Week 3 - Saturday
Throughout Scripture, we are reminded that our all-powerful God is in control, and, as a result, we can trust Him rather than strive in vain for control. Now, choosing to trust God instead of striving for control does n…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 27, 2026
Why Try: Week 4
Big idea Throughout this sermon series, Why Try, we have been reminded that if we want to live hope-filled lives, we have to stop trying to control our lives and surrender everything fully to God. At the heart of surren…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 26, 2026
Why Try: Week 3 - Friday
Imagine, for a moment, that two different passengers are in a car; neither is the driver. One passenger is on guard, constantly telling the driver what to do and where to turn, even though the driver knows exactly where…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 25, 2026
Why Try: Week 3 - Thursday
In our Bible study this week, we have been challenged to stop seeking to hold on to control over our lives. After all, we have never been and never will be truly in control. All of our attempts for control have been and…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 24, 2026
Why Try: Week 3 - Wednesday
In our Bible study yesterday, we talked about the truth that human beings naturally like to be in control. We were also challenged to realize that, as followers of Christ, we are called to live differently, letting go o…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 22, 2026
Why Try: Week 3 - Monday
Before Christ, we were lost in our sin. We had no way out. We were enslaved to our flesh and the sins of this world. That is exactly why Jesus came. He came to bring freedom from sin and death for all who place their fa…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 20, 2026
Why Try: Week 3
Big idea During the weekend message, we were reminded that we human beings like control, whether it is control over small things, like the steering wheel or the remote control, or much larger things in life. The truth i…
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Why Try · Around June 18, 2026
Why Try: Week 2 - Thursday
Are you a dog, a cat, or a plant person? As for me, I am a dog person. I joke that my dog Archie is like Mary Poppins: “practically perfect in every way.” There is a reason why the word “practically” is included in that…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 17, 2026
Why Try: Week 2 - Wednesday
Every single follower of Christ knows that the Christian life is not always easy. As long as we are here on this earth, we will struggle with the battle against sin and face the trials and deep suffering that come from …
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 15, 2026
Why Try: Week 2 - Monday
Last week in our Bible study together, we acknowledged that without Christ, our situation would be hopeless. Apart from Him, we would be lost in every sense of the word and destined for death and eternal life apart from…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 13, 2026
Why Try: Week 2
Big idea Before Jesus left earth and returned to Heaven, He promised His disciples in Acts 1:8 that the Holy Spirit would come in power to help His followers live the Christian life. Soon after, Acts 2 describes the mom…
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Why Try · Around June 12, 2026
Why Try: Week 1 - Friday
It is clear that when sin came into the world, shame came along with it. That is why, as we saw in our Bible study earlier this week, Adam and Eve immediately hid after sinning by eating fruit from the tree God had forb…
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 11, 2026
Why Try: Week 1 - Thursday
All week during our Bible study time together, we have talked about the hopelessness of our human condition. Indeed, we have a sin problem, and that sin has grave consequences. This hopelessness would be our fate if we …
Open resourceWhy Try · Around June 6, 2026
Why Try: Week 1
Big idea This week, we began a new series called “Why Try.” We were reminded during the weekend message that apart from Christ, we are hopeless, lost in our sin, and headed toward death and eternal life apart from Him. …
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Every Last Drop · Around June 5, 2026
Every Last Drop: Week 3 - Friday
What is your favorite dessert? For me, I have a recipe that makes the perfect oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Whenever I am enjoying this favorite dessert of mine, I eat it slowly, savoring every last bite. This, my fri…
Open resourceEvery Last Drop · Around June 4, 2026
Every Last Drop: Week 3 - Thursday
Imagine with me you're watching a race. One of the runners in the competition has trained for months for the race, running longer distances each day to prepare. Another runner in the competition signed up the day of the…
Open resourceEvery Last Drop · Around June 3, 2026
Every Last Drop: Week 3 - Wednesday
The world tells us to live solely for ourselves and our own pleasures. According to the world, whatever seems right to us is, indeed, right. Scripture teaches the exact opposite. In a world where everyone lives for them…
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