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Pastor Craig launched the new series “Heal Your Hurting Mind,” sharing his own near-collapse with anxiety and mental exhaustion. Using 1 Thessalonians 5:23 he showed that God designed us as spirit,…
Many of us aren’t collapsing in crisis nor celebrating a breakthrough—we’re simply “stuck in the middle,” functioning on the outside while something still feels off inside. Using the two-stage…
Today’s message speaks to the season between breakdown and breakthrough—the “middle.” Pastor Craig showed from Mark 8 that Jesus often heals in stages, meeting us exactly where we are and touching…
Life-altering pain is often the kind we decide to tolerate—anxiety, bitterness, exhaustion—until it feels normal and even shapes our identity. In John 5 Jesus meets a man who has been stuck for 38…
Christ did not set you free by accident; freedom was His intention. Yet the enemy often attacks hardest right after progress, whispering that your healing will not last. Paul’s charge to “stay free”…
Jesus did not rescue us merely so we could stumble back into old chains—He saved us for lasting freedom. Week 4 of “Heal Your Hurting Mind” shows how to guard that freedom: be careful with what…
Prayer is not a performance or a last-ditch effort; it is simply talking with God. Jesus’ own practice and teaching show that our Father wants our hearts, invites an honest relationship, and uses…
Prayer isn’t a last-ditch spiritual emergency line; it is the everyday way we come home to a Father who loves to be with us. Jesus’ own life was saturated with prayer, and in Matthew 6 He gives a…
Prayer is far more than asking God for help; it is submission to a holy King whose kingdom and will outrank every personal need or dream. Centering on Matthew 6:10—“your kingdom come, your will be…
Week two of “How to Pray” centers on the line “Your kingdom come, Your will be done.” Pastor Sam reminds us that prayer is far more than asking for help; it is submitting every plan, desire, and…
Prayer is not a task we squeeze into isolated moments; it is the lifestyle of continual dependence on our Heavenly Father. Using 1 Thessalonians 5 as a lens, the speaker traced her own 36-year…
Amy Groeschel closed the “How to Pray” series by showing that prayer is not an occasional activity but the ongoing way we live in complete dependence on our Father. Drawing from 1 Thessalonians 5,…
Easter shouts that the tomb is empty, yet many still wait for a prayer unanswered or a hurt unhealed. Looking at Genesis 22—the command for Abraham to sacrifice Isaac—the message traces a direct…
Easter celebrates an empty tomb, yet many still wrestle with unanswered prayers. Pastor Craig launched the series “Jesus Always” by showing how Genesis 22 foreshadows the cross: the Father’s love is…
Hard weeks raise the question, “Where is God in this?” Looking at Daniel 3, Pastor Craig shows that Jesus doesn’t always keep us out of the furnace, but He always meets us inside it. Shadrach,…
Craig Groeschel continued the series “Jesus Always” by showing that before Bethlehem Jesus was already active, even appearing visibly in the Old Testament. In Daniel 3 He steps into a blazing…
Jacob’s all-night struggle in Genesis 32 mirrors the seasons when we feel stuck in pain, unanswered prayer, or guilt. Craig Groeschel shows that in the wrestling match it was God—very possibly the…
Pastor Craig continued the “Jesus Always” series by tracing the pre-incarnate Christ in Genesis 32, where Jacob wrestles through the night with “a man” who is later revealed to be God. The encounter…
When life feels jammed like a couch wedged in a stairwell, God does not leave His people stuck. Judges 6 shows Gideon hiding in a winepress until the angel of the Lord declares, “The Lord is with…
When life feels stuck—like a sofa jammed halfway down the basement stairs—God still breaks cycles. In Gideon’s story (Judges 6) the Angel of the Lord declares, “The Lord is with you, mighty…
Selfishness is the hidden killer of love. Marriages rarely implode overnight; they erode when someone simply stops going first—stops serving, apologizing, initiating, listening. Drawing on James 4…
Selfishness may start the erosion of a relationship, but neglect is what finally kills it. Pastor Craig showed that anything we stop tending—our bodies, friendships, faith, or marriage—inevitably…
Neglect—not conflict—ultimately destroys relationships. Pastor Craig showed how small, almost invisible lapses in pursuit and priority erode love until a marriage, friendship, or walk with God feels…
