The mantra that keeps coming to the surface with this summer series is the idea that emotions should act as indicators and not guides. So true! When we allow our emotions to drive our decisions, that’s when we find ourselves in trouble. But this begs the question…what happens when we are past that? What happens when we either miss or ignore the indicators, or did use them as guides, and now we are stuck, overwhelmed, and feeling hopeless? Enter the reality of depression. As someone who has struggled with depression all my life, I am all too familiar with it. But through a lot of prayer, support and professional help, I have learned that while we may never be able to fully defeat it, we can absolutely deal with it. King David was someone who struggled too. Can’t wait to see you this Sunday at 9 or 11 as we dig into this!

Lakeshore Sunday Messages

Dealing with Depression

Our summer series is off to a fantastic start! So far, we’ve tackled anger and fear, But let me ask you a question…what do we do with rejection? We have all faced it at one point in our lives. And sometimes rejected by people we never thought would do that. Rejection can truly be a crippling thing to experience and can lead to all sorts of emotional troubles. That’s why this week we are going to talk about Redirecting Rejection. There is way to redirect it, especially if we know that the rejection is because we are doing what God is asking of us.

Redirecting Rejection

Every person has been equipped by God with a distinct set of emotions and each of these emotions are intended by God to be healthy expressions of how we feel about the various circumstances of life that we encounter. Along the way, as the result of the fall of Adam and Eve, all of us now wrestle with the right and wrong ways to express our emotions. This Sunday we’ll be looking at the emotion Fear. While Fear is not an emotion that we often enjoy, it is incredible how many people allow it to drive and consume their lives. In this week’s message we’ll unpack how unhealthy fear causes problems with our health and draws us away from God, and we’ll give you some tools to help you face your fears together with God.

Facing Fear

All of us have felt the sting of someone’s anger and we’ve all certainly gotten angry at someone or something ourselves. The God-given emotion known as Anger is a natural part of life. But what is the Biblical perspective on anger? This Sunday we’ll take a look at what God has to say about Anger and how to aim it towards something positive.

Aiming Your Anger

From the time we are born, we all begin to form our own personal identity. It is shaped by a number of personal experiences in our life, especially related to our family of origin (aka “nurture”), as well as our own unique personality traits (aka “nature”). But somewhere along the way as we grow up, to one degree or another, all of us have an identity crisis that can negatively impact who we are. What are the most common identity crisis challenges we face? How can we work through them, no matter how big or how small? In this series, we will examine the number one factor that determines how we view our identity, and provide biblical strategies for addressing some of the most common identity thieves that work to keep us from being all that we can be. And we’ll have a message and baptism service dedicated to illustrate new life in Jesus. If you struggle with identity issues (and we all do), this series will put you on the path to victory.

Seeing Yourself Through God’s Eyes, part 2

Seeing Yourself Through God’s Eyes, part 1

Mugged By The Mirror

Free To Be The New Me

Transforming Your Thinking

Baptism: Meet The New Me!

From the time we are born, we all begin to form our own personal identity. It is shaped by both our personality and our personal experiences. But somewhere along the way as we grow up, to one degree or another, all of us have an identity crisis that can negatively impact who we are. What are the most common identity crisis challenges we face? How can we work through them, no matter how big or how small? In this new series beginning on Sunday, “Identity Crisis”, we will examine the number one factor that determines how we view our identity, and provide biblical strategies for addressing some of the most common identity thieves that work to keep us from being all that we can be. If you struggle with identity issues (and we all do), this series will put you on the path to victory.

Discovering a New View Of You

Over the past couple of decades (especially since 9/11), government has held increasingly more influence in our lives, and as we have especially seen in the past year, it is controlling more and more of it with each passing year. All of this raises an important question: what does God think about government? In this series, we will answer some of the big questions related to government from God’s perspective in the Bible, including: Where does government authority come from? Should we submit to the government? How did government begin and where will the final government take us? You may be surprised by some of the answers, but you will gain assuring answers to help you know how to see government from God’s perspective.

Government In The End Times

The Birth And Track-Record Of Government

Submit To The Government?

All Authority Comes From God

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