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Part of doing something great with your life is knowing how to keep your composure and stay the course when times are tough.

Pastor Steve Troglio; “Love Calls You By Name”
The Firehouse Chapel

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There’s an old saying that goes, “you are what you eat.” In this lesson, Dr. Tony Evans explains why that’s also true when it comes to your spiritual diet as he talks about the importance of scriptural nourishment.

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recognition & status: Matthew 23:1-12; sacrifice: Mark 10:29-31; mindset: Luke 17:10

“Everything is meaningless. A chasing after the wind.” Unless you do this.

Solomon has led us on a quest for wisdom and purpose throughout Ecclesiastes. The quest leads not so much to a place as to a way to live. If you are feeling overwhelmed with the stress of effort, expectation, and achievement, you need to hear Solomon’s Twelfth and final secret. Join Brett Clemmer as he shows us the final secret from this wise teacher.

Pastor Steve Troglio; “It Was Always Gods Plan”
The Firehouse Chapel

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For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened ~ Romans 1:21, ESV

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“The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing” (Zephaniah 3:17, ESV).
God the Father is able to heal the hurt of every human heart, and Zephaniah 3:17 gives us glimpses of how He does it.

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The problem with pain and suffering is that it really, really hurts. And we all have them—physical, financial, family, work, emotional, and psychological pains. Some are self-inflicted, but other appear random. Could that be true? Suffering raises these profound questions about God: Does he know what I’m going through? If he knows, does he care? If he knows and he cares, does he have the power to do something about it? If he knows, cares, and has the power, then why am I in such pain?

Do you have a friend who would do anything for you—the kind you can call at 2:00 AM and they will come running? We all know we need some friends and brothers with whom we can do life together and talk honestly about the struggles unique to men. But adult male friendships are difficult to start and hard to keep. In this lesson Pat Morley will help us explore the beauty of friendship, and how we can find and keep godly friends

Proverbs 23:24, Colossians 3:21, Ephesians 6:4, Deuteronomy 6:1-9, Psalm 78:1-7, 1 Kings 1:6, Proverbs 19:3, 22:15, Matthew 12:34, 1 Timothy 5:8
What do our children most need from their fathers? How can we meet those needs? Join Patrick Morley as we explore what the Bible says are the greatest needs of our children, then unpack a treasure-trove of “you can do them today” ideas to equip you to be that dad who really makes a difference. And bring another dad as your guest for an UPLIFTING and INFORMATIVE session on raising great kids!

This is the will of God, your sanctification (1 Thessalonians 4:3a, ESV).
Often discussions about God’s will seem to revolve around answering life’s big questions like where we go to college, who we choose to marry, which job to take, which house to buy, what our kids’ lives will be like when they grow up . . . and then before we know it, we’re discussing where they’ll go to college, who they’ll marry, what job they’ll take, and the whole thing cycles into the future.

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What area of your life is so desperate that you have nowhere else to turn? Join us as we look at a man so desperate that he literally BEGGED Jesus for help when his son was dying. And Jesus did help him. What is the “death” you are facing? Do you believe—really believe—that Jesus can bring healing to your desperate situation? Join Patrick Morley to rehabilitate your “theology of prayer.” Learn why and how you can release enough faith to take Jesus at his word.

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Scriptures: 2 Timothy 3:1-9, Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23, Romans 6:6
This Week: We are blessed beyond measure, but have become more self consumed than ever before. The ultimate reason for people having a huge void in their heart because they are missing God. People are trying to fill it with a better way other than God.

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As for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 3:14–15, esv).

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Everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith (1 John 5:4, esv).
“Trees don’t grow to the sky,” economists sometimes say. This expression suggests that things in life reach a maximum rate of return, above which they’re not able to achieve any greater height or potential output. All you can do at that point is maintain, and try to keep it from falling.

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When we’re stuck in difficult circumstances, we call on God to get us out. But, Dr. Tony Evans says that, even if the storms of life are getting worse, we may already be right where God wants us.

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Many consider the miracles charming, antiquated myths. In fact, you yourself may find them somewhat embarrassing, or feel a need to explain them away. But without miracles—the virgin birth, the resurrection, walking on water, and turning water to wine—what’s left? A man who made a lot of claims without much to back it up. Join Patrick Morley as we use the miracle of turning water into wine as a backdrop to explore what miracles do for us and why the probability of God tinkering with nature makes a lot of sense.

Jesus Christ is easily the most interesting, unique, revered, admired, worshiped, misunderstood, disrespected, ridiculed, and talked about man of all time. What we know about Jesus dwarfs what we know about ALL the “next” greatest men who ever lived combined—men like Lincoln, Gandhi, and Aristotle.

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When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him (Psalm 8:3–4, esv)?

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Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 5:20, ESV). If we never received another thing from God for the rest of our lives, we could still fill each day with genuine gratitude:

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Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin (1 Peter 4:1, ESV).

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The Big Idea: Have you ever known a generous man who was not fundamentally happy with his lot in life?
In this week’s lesson we’re going to explore the relationship between money and happiness. There is a connection, but it may be different than you think! In this lesson Patrick Morley helps us “follow the money.” You’ll learn how you can use money to buy happiness.

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Frequently in Scripture we read about God and the offering where He asks for the “first fruits” of all that He has given to us. As just one example of many, we read in Proverbs, “Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first of all your produce” (Proverbs 3:9). When Jesus reproved the church at Ephesus, He chided them for having left their “first love” (Revelation 2:4).

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Jesus is a man who came from His Father to do those things that always please Him. And because of Jesus’ obedience to His Father, His Father became our Father. It has bothered me to think that it pleased the Father to send Jesus to the cross. When I think of love, I do not want to equate it with suffering. But my perspective remains earthbound. God did not equate the cross with suffering as much as the cross was equated to glorification. The cross glorified the Son in restoring and bringing everything back under the authority of Christ. The cross brought salvation to us. As a result, we too suffer on earth for the greater call of glorification for eternity.
Because of Jesus’ death, we can say with confidence that the Father has not left us alone. He has given us His Holy Spirit to intercede for us, counsel us, teach us and comfort us. We are never alone.

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It would be easy to call myself a failure. I, who value love above all things, have failed in my marriage of eight years. I am 30 and single for the first time since college. I am getting by, but my not-quite-two-year-old daughter has more money in her savings account than I have in mine. I am drawn towards friends who have other priorities, and I want more than they can give me.

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Throughout our lives we are given names. Names that sometimes we live up to and names that we fall under the weight of. Some names are painful and have brought shame. And others give us a glimpse of hope of who we will one day be. So how do we begin to see our real name? It always involves a fight. And not just any fight — a fight with God.

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David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh. And Jonathan, Saul’s son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God. And he said to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Saul my father also knows this.” And the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home (1 Samuel 23:15–18, ESV).

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What is love? What does it mean to you, and how do you define it? Last week we asked our participants to define love for us, and here’s what they said.

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