http://www.metrocommunitychurch.com Metro's vision: to build a biblically functioning community as we turn non-churched people into fully devoted, growing, followers of Christ. This podcast includes messages from Pastor Paul Westbrook and others from the pastoral team. For more information check www.metrocommunitychurch.com. en Metro's vision: to build a biblically functioning community as we turn non-churched people into fully devoted, growing, followers of Christ. This podcast includes messages from Pastor Paul Westbrook and others from the pastoral team. For more ... Metro Community Church no Sermons Metro Community Church, Edwardsville, IL ℗ & © 2010 Metro Community Church 720 When communicating God's message of hope, we need to be sensitive. We need to be full of grace but we need to be gentle and respectful. We need to invest and invite. Ten tips for being contagious Christians: pray, relax and have fun, be ourselves, be real/genuine, build authentic friendships, love people, don't be afraid to bring God into our conversations, don't feel like we have to unload both barrels, make sure we are growing in our own spiritual life, learn to ask questions. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/just-ask http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/unstoppablewk3audio.mp3 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:49:59 GMT Paul Westbrook Unstoppable message,god,sensitive,ask,share,communicate,grace,gentle,respect,invest,invite In Acts 1:8 we learn about 4 different spheres of influence we have to share God's message of love and eternal life - those in our immediate circle of influence; those in our extended area of influence; those who are a little different than us; and those who live in other cultures. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/fulfilling-our-destiny http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/unstoppablewk2audio.mp3 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:55:04 GMT Paul Westbrook Unstoppable influence;_do_somthing;_sacrifice God's design for all of us to be a part of the unstoppable movement..the church. We need to refuse to get puffed up with pride; recognize this is bigger than me; invest our abilities in God's unstoppable movement. We need to give ourselves fully to God. We have all been given a certain amount of faith to serve God through the church in order to build the kingdom. There are exponential benefits to serving God through the church. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/design http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/unstoppablewk1audio.mp3 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:35:49 GMT Paul Westbrook Unstoppable gifts,god,church,unstoppable_movement,kingdom,build,exponential God can be an influence not only in us but through us. As Christians, our battle is to live a life of conviction. God is looking for individuals who refuse to cmpromise their standards. We need to live by Godly standards. By doing so, we aren't losing our freedom, we're protecting it. We need to develop and be able to communicate our personal standards. Becoming a person of influence starts inside of us. We need to nail down our standards and stick to them. In doing so, we prepare ourselves to know ahead of time how we will react when it comes to temptations. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/influence http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/influencewk1audio.mp3 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:29:02 GMT Chris Wells God can be an influence not only in us but through us. As Christians, our battle is to live a life of conviction. God is looking for individuals who refuse to cmpromise their standards. We need to live by Godly standards. By doing so, we aren't ... influence,god,standards,christians,temptations,react,nail_down We should live a life of thankfulness and gratitude. In order for us to become great at gratitude, we need to work on our perspective, we need to guard our hearts from negativity and fill it up with gratitude, and we need to practice gratitude. Gratitude should be our lifestyle. When you understand God's grace, you can't help but be thankful. We need to think about our thanks. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/thank-you http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/thankyouwk1audio.mp3 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:34:49 GMT Todd Korasick We should live a life of thankfulness and gratitude. In order for us to become great at gratitude, we need to work on our perspective, we need to guard our hearts from negativity and fill it up with gratitude, and we need to practice gratitude. ... grace,thank_you,gratitude,god,thankfulness,think,thanks,lifestyle The BIG Story is all about redemption. God invites us to be a part of the Big Story just as he did Adam and Eve, Abraham, David, Moses, etc. The church is God's redemptive enterprise. The church is the closest we will get to the presence of God here on earth. What are we supposed to be doing? We should be leveraging our influence with unbelievers and tapping into the presence of God. That is the Great Commission. We've got to move closer to God in intimacy, move closer to each other, and move closer to the unbelieving/disconnected. When Jesus left this earth, he left the church to carry on. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/his-ongoing-plan http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/thebigstorywk9audio.mp3 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:14:55 GMT Paul Westbrook The BIG Story story,big,god,redemption,great,commission,unbelievers,influence Jesus' death on the cross was the ultimate payment for our sins. He voluntarily laid down His life for us. He came to the earth to redeem us. Sin is a very, very serious thing. Jesus is the way to God; Jesus is the real thing; Jesus is the source of life. We need to stop running away from God and start running towards God and with God. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/the-ultimate-payment http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/thebigstorywk8audio.mp3 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:50:26 GMT Paul Westbrook The BIG Story god,payment,death,cross,ultimate,real,sin,source,way We need to repent and turn back to God. We need to lay down our pride, arrogance, and stubbornness and choose God's way instead of our way. Unlike the last King of Judah, Zedekiah, we need to choose God's way over our way, we need to choose humility over pride, and we need to choose to surrender over our stubbornness. God disciplines us not to pay us back, but to win us back. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/redefining-hope http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/thebigstorywk7audio.mp3 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:37:00 GMT Paul Westbrook The BIG Story hope,repent,zedekiah,surrender,stubbornness,discipline,pride,arrogance,god's_way Our view of God affects our passion for God. In order for us to develop a personal passion for God, we need to focus on what matters to God and focus on who God is. We need to stay emotionally engaged with God. We need to recognize our purpose in God's Big Story. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/personal-passion http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/thebigstorywk6audio.mp3 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:45:32 GMT The BIG Story purpose,passion,god,big,story,emotion,focus Throughout time, God has shown us patience even through our continued disobedience. We keep repeating the cycle of sin. The repeated cycle is our disobedience (sin), then we suffer pain and consequences, then we cry out to God, God saves us. In order for us to break the cycle of sin, we need to trust God, not test God. We need to stop the disobedience and we need to give God the credit. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/gods-patience http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/thebigstorywk5audio.mp3 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:41:49 GMT Todd Korasick The BIG Story patience,god,disobedience,sin,cycle,pain,consequences God is faithful and we need to trust God even when we don't understand. In God's desire to connect with us, he demonstrates His power, his mercy and grace, and his care and protection.. There is absolutely nothing beyond God's control and he wants us to connect with him and trust him. Those who are Christians accept God's acceptance and trust God. Christians understand that our acceptance of God is not earned by what we do. Those that are considering Christianity need to place all their faith and trust in what Jesus did on the cross as the payment for their sins. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/faithful http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/thebigstorywk4audio.mp3 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:48:09 GMT Paul Westbrook The BIG Story faith,trust,bible,christ,death,cross,sin,payment,acceptance In the BIG story, God focused on promises. God blessed Abram and he wants to bless us. God keeps his promises and he wants us to trust his promises. God gave us promises before he gave us commands. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/god-chooses-to-bless http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/thebigstorywk3audio.mp3 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:38:41 GMT Todd Korasick The BIG Story big,story,god,promises,bless,commands,trust,keeps Sin entered the BIG story when Adam and Eve made what seemed a very Insignificant wrong choice with choosing to eat an apple from the tree of knowledge even though God told them not to. That one little insignificant wrong choice led to very significant consequences for all eternity. To understand the BIG story, we need to connect the dots between sin and consequence, stop making excuses for our sin, and take hold of God's offer of another chance. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/beginnings http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/thebigstorywk2audio.mp3 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:09:15 GMT The BIG Story bible,beginning,adam,eve,sin,consequence,potential,redemption,choices,will God didn't give up after creation. The BIG story is all about redemption. The bible is the script for the BIG story. There is a God who loves me passionately and wants to connect with me. God has gone through immense lengths to connect with us. The big story is broken down with the following and what they represent: age of the beginnings with Adam and Eve-potential; age of the patriarchs with Abraham-promise; age of liberation with Moses-passover; age of the judges with the judges being about patience; age of the united kingdom with David and his passion for God; age of the divided kingdoms with kings and prophets and how they rebelled against God because of their pride; age of Jesus' incarnation with Jesus being the payment for our sins and what the message of redemption is all about; and the age of the church which is the church and how having the presence of God in our life empowers us to live our life for him. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/what-has-god-been-up-to http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/thebigstorywk1audio.mp3 Sat, 29 May 2010 17:33:43 GMT Paul Westbrook The BIG Story redemption,big,story,bible,god,age,payment,script,incarnation We experience a void in our life when we do not have a relationship with God. The void is a desire to not just believe in God but to be a friend of God. We need that connection with God. We need to acknowledge that we've turned our back on God. We need to ask God for forgiveness (repentance). We need to place our faith in Jesus Christ not in our jobs, family, bank account, etc. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/filling-the-void http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/fillingthevoidwk1audio.mp3 Sat, 22 May 2010 17:27:33 GMT Todd Korasick We experience a void in our life when we do not have a relationship with God. The void is a desire to not just believe in God but to be a friend of God. We need that connection with God. We need to acknowledge that we've turned our back on God. ... void,experience,god,repent,desire,believe,friend,relationship In order to monitor my negativity, we should do everything without complaining or arguing. Our words are really only a symptom of a very deep and real problem in our heart. A negative heart results in negative words, which leads to negative actions which result in a miserable life. We should promise that we will not hang out with negative people. We should speak only life into others, that which builds others up. We should be thankful for what we have. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/monitoring-my-negativity http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/zipitwk3audio.mp3 Sat, 15 May 2010 17:30:23 GMT Paul Westbrook ZIP IT negativity,heart,complaining,arguing,words,everything,zip_it We need to talk less and listen more. We should limit our words, listen attentively and think before we speak. We should seek to understand before we speak to be understood. Be should be fully engaged when we speak to others. There are things to be learned from others when we listen. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/the-power-of-listening http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/zipitwk2audio.mp3 Sat, 08 May 2010 17:29:23 GMT Paul Westbrook ZIP IT bible,god,listen,talk,less,limit,words,understand,speak The tongue has the power of life and death. Gossip negatively affects my relationships and impacts my life. We need to stop the destruction of gossip by distancing ourselves from gossip. We need to be gossip stoppers. To avoid gossip, we need to be asking ourselves if our words are being used to build others up and are my words being used to benefit others? http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/gossip http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/zipitwk1audio.mp3 Sat, 01 May 2010 17:44:58 GMT Todd Korasick ZIP IT gossip,tongue,words,god,bible,relationships,life,death,stoppers,build,up,benefit The preeiminent question we should be asking is "Who are you, Lord?" Once we get clarity on who Jesus really is, the other doubts/questions we have don't really matter. We don't really need all of our questions/doubts answered in order to embrace Christianity. We shouldn't give up on ourself, because God doesn't give up on us. We need to internalize that Christianity is intensely personal. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/a-different-angle http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/dealingwithdoubtswk4audio.mp3 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:21:12 GMT Paul Westbrook Dealing with DOUBT christianity,doubt,bible,god,question,preeminent,personal Based on John 9, we learn about doubt --- we need to...opt for the undeniable rather than the unexplainable, expand our "God box" and embrace Jesus. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/the-unexplainable http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/dealing-with-doubtwk3audio.mp3 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:41:47 GMT Paul Westbrook Dealing with DOUBT unexplainable,doubt,jesus,healing We need to trust God even though we have doubts. We don't need all of our questions answered before we come to God. We need to come to God on His terms, not our terms. We need to trust God, just like Abram did. We need to let go of our pride and come to God in humility. We have nothing to lose. It's all about trust and humility. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/god-reaches-out http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/dealingwithdoubtwk2audio.mp3 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:06:21 GMT Paul Westbrook Dealing with DOUBT trust,humility,doubts,god,abram,lose,questions,terms,come,pride Christianity isn't about our knowledge of Christ or the bible. It's about a personal relationship with the living God. Our doubts often shrink because of something very personal that God does in our life. When our doubts become smaller, God becomes more real. All of our doubts don't have to be resolved in order for us to connect with God. Our heavenly Father wants us to know him more than He wants us to know all the answers. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/the-personal-dimension http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/dealingwithdoubtwk1audio.mp3 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:16:21 GMT Paul Westbrook Dealing with DOUBT personal,relationship,god,doubt,doubts,questions,real,bible,thomas 1 Corinthians 6:18 tells us to flee from sexual immorality. Do to do this we need to: make a commitment to keep God's standard; invest in our marriage; acknowledge the destructive power of small unwise choices; plan not to get in trouble; and establish extreme boundaries up front. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/avoiding-fatal-attractions http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/fastenyourseatbeltwk4audio.mp3 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:57:11 GMT Paul Westbrook Fasten Your Seatbelt sexual_immorality_destructive_choices What the bible says about divorce. God's plan for marriage is one man and one woman in a unique, intertwining "one-flesh". God hates divorce because it hurts people. If we have God in the center of our marriage, as we grow closer to each other, we also grow closer to God. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/facing-divorce http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/fastenyourseatbeltwk3audio.mp3 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:18:29 GMT Paul Westbrook Fasten Your Seatbelt divorce,god,marriage,bible,one-flesh,forgiveness Detours are an invitation to seek the face of God. Based on Isaiah 40:31 we learn that those who wait on the Lord will experience renewed strength; reach new heights and develop perseverance. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/dealing-with-detours http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/fastenyourseatbeltwk2audio.mp3 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:34:55 GMT Paul Westbrook Fasten Your Seatbelt god;_waiting;_perseverance;_strength As we look at the book of Job, we can see how God can help us live through the difficult losses we will endure in our lives. We need to release our hurt; refuse to allow bitterness to take root by accepting what can't be changed and focusing on what's left, not what's lost;; and reengaging in pursuing God's plan for our lives. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/dealing-with-loss http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/fastenyourseatbeltwk1audio.mp3 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:28:26 GMT Paul Westbrook Fasten Your Seatbelt loss;_god;_job;_hurt;_bitterness We need to live our lives with a sense of urgency and passion in pursuing God. We need to urgently position ourselves in a community of faith and we need to urgently point people to God. Urgency fuels impact. We need to know God fully and make Him known to others. Metro's vision is to be a church where people want to move closer to God, each other, and the disconnected. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/urgency http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/urgencywk1audio.mp3 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:33:05 GMT Paul Westbrook We need to live our lives with a sense of urgency and passion in pursuing God. We need to urgently position ourselves in a community of faith and we need to urgently point people to God. Urgency fuels impact. We need to know God fully and make Him ... urgency,passion,pursue,god,disconnected,lost,faith,impact,vision God allows us to face difficulties so that we can grow in our relationship with Him. As as we go through trial and tribulations of life, we need to look for God in the experience and we need to surround ourself with godly people. God is doing something in us so that He can do something through us. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/defining-experiences http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/livingclosetogodwk7audio.mp3 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:30:31 GMT Paul Westbrook Living Close to God trials,tribulations,difficulties,god,perseverance,christ-likeness God uses our marriage relationships to grow us closer to Him. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/keeping-the-wow-in-your-vow http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/keepingthewowinyourvow.mp3 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:26:04 GMT Dave & Jan Congo God uses our marriage relationships to grow us closer to Him. marriage,growth,god,relationships God uses human relationships to grow us closer to Himself. Relationships are powerful things; relationships intersect with our faith for good or for bad; being aware of the significance of relationships allows us to leverage our relationships. While God orchestrates strategic relationships, we have a part. We need to be intentional about putting ourselves in environments where God has the potential to provide us with strategic relationships and we must make ourselves available to be used relationally by God. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/significant-relationships http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/livingclosetogodwk6audio.mp3 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:18:54 GMT Paul Westbrook Living Close to God bible,relationships,god,human,intentional,strategic,faith One of the six things God uses to grow our faith is through God-honoring financial management. We cannot serve both God and money. Pastor Paul explained the 10-10-80 plan. First 10% of our income should be our tithe, the next 10% is what we should save, and the remaining 80% is what we use to live on. Our tithe is what is actually given to the church (storehouse) and doesn't include other gifts given to other good causes. We should stay away from debt, we should be consistent with our saving, and we should put something aside to help others. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/new-perspective http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/livingclosetogodwk4audio.mp3 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:01:03 GMT Paul Westbrook Living Close to God tithe,god,storehouse,10-10-80,debt,saving,finances,financial,others,help In order to grow in our faith, we must have spiritual disciplines in our lives. The six things God uses to grow our faith are practical biblical teaching, purposeful spiritual habits, god-honoring financial management, personal ministry, significant relationships, and defining experiences. This message is on the discipline of scripture meditation. We need to push ourself to reflect on scripture on a consistent basis and and need to push ourself to apply scripture consistently. As we meditate on scripture, we need to ask ourself, "is there an attitude, behavior, or relationship I need to changed based on this scripture?" http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/purposeful-spiritual-habits http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/livingclosetogodwk3audio.mp3 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:54:08 GMT Paul Westbrook Living Close to God habits,bible,meditation,scripture,god,reflection,consistency It is critical that we put God's truths into action. We must move beyond accumulating information and knowledge about God and do what he says..to do it. Obedience is what makes the difference. In order for us to do what God says, we must have purposeful spiritual habits, God-honoring financial management, serve in a personal ministry, have significant relationships, have practical biblical teaching and use our defining experiences in life to move us closer to God. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/life-changing-truths http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/livingclosetogodwk2audio.mp3 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:57:41 GMT Paul Westbrook Living Close to God life,truths,bible,obedience,action,knowledge,information,god,close,living God is honored by big faith. Big faith paves the way for great intimacy with God. There are things that help us grow our faith such as practical biblical teaching, spending alone time with God, honoring God with our finances, being involved in a personal ministry, etc. The greater the faith, the stronger our relationship is with God. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/increasing-our-faith http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/livingclosetogodwk1audio.mp3 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:57:23 GMT Paul Westbrook Living Close to God faith,intimacy,god,bible,growth,relationship Now that Christmas is over, how do we follow Jesus now? We should go to sleep with Jesus on our mind, we should wake up with Jesus, get ready for our day with Jesus, work throughout the day with Jesus and face interruptions with Jesus. In waking up with Jesus we need to acknowledge our dependence on God, tell God about our concerns for the day, and renew our invitation for God to spend the day with me. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/maintaining-the-spirit-of-christmas http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/preparing-our-heart-for-christmaswk4audio.mp3 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:12:52 GMT Paul Westbrook Preparing Our Heart for Christmas christmas,jesus,sleep,wake,ready,work,interruptions Some people don't embrace Christianity because they received a poor explanation of Christianity and have viewed improper application of how Christianity is lived out. The message of Christmas is how God proved his love by giving us the best gift of all. The gift of Jesus Christ is free but we have to receive it. We can't receive it through our performance or our good deeds. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/more-than-gifts http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/preparingourheartforchristmaswk3audio.mp3 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:05:04 GMT Paul Westbrook Preparing Our Heart for Christmas christmas,gift,christianity,life,love,give,giving We are all in need of a Savior. We cannot save ourselves. Jesus came to save us, not to mess up our life. We all need to acknowledge that we are in need of a Savior. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/our-greatest-need http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/preparing-our-heart-for-christmaswk2audio.mp3 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:37:25 GMT Paul Westbrook Preparing Our Heart for Christmas savior,salvation,jesus,all,people,christmas Christmas is for all people, not just for good people. When we give God the credit, we in turn get peace. We can experience God's favor in spite of our failings. We don't have to impress God, he loves us just as we are. We need to slow down the pace of life and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/inner-peace http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/preparing-our-heart-for-christmaswk1audio.mp3 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:10:49 GMT Paul Westbrook Preparing Our Heart for Christmas christmas,god,jesus,savior,angel,failings,meaning,credit,peace People not knowing what to believe because they compare Christianity to other religions. All the different denominations, translations and interpretations of the bible confuse people. Other religions are spelled DO; Christianity is spelled DONE. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/i-dont-know-what-to-believe http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/wallswk4audio.mp3 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:38:02 GMT Paul Westbrook Walls belief,believe,christianity,religions,translations,denominations,interpretations,bible Believing in God does not make you a Christian. We must also trust God. Christianity is something that is lived out. We are saved by grace not by good works. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/i-do-believe-isnt-that-enough http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/wallswk3audio.mp3 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:33:04 GMT Russ Klenke Walls believe,christianity,god,christ,bible,grace,jesus,christian What are we afraid we are going to have to give up to accept Christianity? Freedoms, fun, friends, and family. True freedom is in Christ; we can enjoy non-destructive fun; build strong, lasting relationships. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/i-dont-want-to-believe http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/wallswk2audio.mp3 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:42:36 GMT Todd Korasick Walls freedom,christ,christianity,fun,friends,family The emotional and intellectual walls that keep us from believing in Christianity. A disbelief in the supernatural, a disbelief in absolute truth, a disbelief in the unique claims of Christianity are 3 of the intellectual walls we use. Emotional walls are that we can't believe because of evil in the world, we can't believe because of pain in our lives, we can't believe because of issues we have with our earthly Father. We must dismantle those walls in order to believe. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/i-cant-believe http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/wallswk1audio.mp3 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:04:53 GMT Paul Westbrook Walls evil,pain,walls,god,christianity,believe,emotional,intellectual Intellectual and emotional walls that people use that keep them from accepting Christianity. Disbelief in the supernatural, a disbelief in absolute truth, disbelief in the unique claims of Christianity. We can't believe because of evil int he world, we can't believe because of pain in my life, we can't believe because of my earthly father. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/i-cant-believe http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/walls.mp3 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:45:50 GMT Paul Westbrook Walls walls,christianity,absolute,pain,evil,dismantling Fear, stress and selfishness are causes of negativity. When we are negative, we are questioning God's wisdom and His care. We forget about God's goodness. We should do everything without complaining. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/positively-negative http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/positively-negative.mp3 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:18:52 GMT Todd Korasick Fear, stress and selfishness are causes of negativity. When we are negative, we are questioning God's wisdom and His care. We forget about God's goodness. We should do everything without complaining. fear,stress,selfishness,god,negativity Using Jesus as an example of how we should carve time out of our day to go to God in prayer. When we make God a priority in our lives, it relieves stress. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/uncertainties http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/stressedkwk5audio.mp3 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:43:02 GMT Paul Westbrook Stressed god,quiet,prayer,stress,talking,jesus,example God's perspective on stress is totally different than our perspective. God is at work in stressful situations even when we don't see it. God goes ahead of us and we don't need to worry but trust in him and that helps eliminate stress. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/misperceptions http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/stressedwk4audio.mp3 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:48:07 GMT Paul Westbrook Stressed stress,misperceptions,god,perspective,circumstances In order for us to walk humbly before God, we need to live our lives within God's boundaries; totally surrendering our lives to God. God assumes total responsibility for the life that's surrendered to him. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/divided-loyalties http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/stressedwk3audio.mp3 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:38:13 GMT Paul Westbrook Stressed surrendering,walk_humbly,patience,god,surrender,lessen_stress Simplifying our lives and focusing on God relieves stress. Realigning our life with Godly priorities. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/overloaded http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/stressedwk2audio.mp3 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:21:42 GMT Paul Westbrook Stressed stress,priorities,simplifying,focus,god How to manage stress. How being humble will help us manage our stress because we can have better relationships though humility. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/relational-tension http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/stressedwk1audio.mp3 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:54:10 GMT Paul Westbrook Stressed humble,humility,harness,relationships,ego,stress Christians being compassionate about the less fortunate. We can't do everything, but we all can do something. God hears our prayers when we take care of his people. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/what-if-christians-were http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/perceptionswk4audio.mp3 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:22:48 GMT Paul Westbrook Perceptions compassion,compassionate Christians being hypocritical; focusing on the wrong things; trying to impress people rather than seeking God http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/christians-are-hypocritical http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/perceptionswk3audio.mp3 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:28:50 GMT Paul Westbrook Perceptions hypocritical,hypocrits,christians Seeing Homosexuals through the Father's eyes; message of hope for homosexuals; about our bowl being filled http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/christians-are-homophobic http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/perceptionswk2audio.mp3 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:48:15 GMT Paul Westbrook Perceptions homophobic,homosexuality,love,bowl