BIG IDEA: One of the enemy's top distractions is to convince us to build a DIY-god for ourselves. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:14-16   “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?” Paul’s admonition to avoid being unequally yoked applies to all forms of binding partnerships, whether in relationships, friendships, or business ventures. These bonds can influence our faith journey

BIG IDEA: One of the enemy's top distractions is to convince us to build a DIY-god for ourselves. Scripture: Matthew 22:37-38   “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.” Jesus’ call to love God wholly challenges us to examine where our allegiances lie. This love requires more than just emotional or intellectual growth; it demands our entire being….our head (mind), our heart (will),

BIG IDEA: One of the enemy's top distractions is to convince us to build a DIY-god for ourselves. Scripture: 1 Kings 16:25-26   “Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil than all who were before him. For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols.” Omri’s reign is a historical cautionary tale about how idolatry can easily seep into p

BIG IDEA:  “Moving On” from God is hell (in this life and the next). Moving on with God touches heaven. Scripture:** 1 John 1:5-9 (ESV) "This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cle

BIG IDEA:  “Moving On” from God is hell (in this life and the next). Moving on with God touches heaven. Scripture: 1 Kings 16:25-28 (ESV) "Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil than all who were before him. For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins which he made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols. Now the rest of the acts of Omri that he did, and the might that he showed,