What are we living for? Are we even consciously aware of it? It is so easy to become so caught up in the day-to-day that we cease to really deliberately choose Christ. As a result many of us find ourselves actually living for many other things not only in our actions but in the reasons behind our actions.

In this sermon, Minister Chris Davis continues discussing the importance of God's ownership of our lives by addressing the part of us that only we and God see--our hearts. This is a very challenging message because it confronts the inner life and digs at the root of our behaviors, and is sure to bring conviction along with it. Be blessed and challenged as you listen. (Note: the first few minutes were not recorded so bear with it, as you may be lost for the first few seconds.)

We as human beings seem to have something inside us that longs to worship. There is something about us that makes us want to find something we can be obsessed with or consumed by. Sadly, so many people, even within the church, find something other than God to set their affections on--a job, a relationship, or even works they're doing for God.

In this message, Minister Chris Davis teaches us that worship is more than just lifting our hands during a worship session but that it is attached a lifestyle of love and devotion that comes from gratitude for what Christ has done in the Christian's life. This is a good message to use to examine whether you're heart is really devoted entirely to God or if there are other things that compete with your affections for Him.

It is really easy to see other people's sins but really difficult to see our own. It is easy for us to point the finger at others and give a list of things they're doing wrong, but when confronted we're likely to give a list of excuses instead of owning up to our mistakes. We're not too quick to acknowledge when we've messed up.

In this message Minister Facey encourages us to see our own self righteousness and pride before trying to act like super Christians or point our fingers at the faults of others. He gives warnings on the dangers of setting up unbiblical standards for our lives instead of trusting Christ.

This message is very timely and has been under attack. If you find yourself struggling to keep Christian rules instead of letting God work out your salvation in you, then listen close because the principles presented in this message are very important for every Christian to understand.

Because Easter represents the death and resurrection of Christ 2,000 years ago, this holiday is all about new beginnings. Every Easter many people buy new clothes to look fresh on their biannual visit to church. In this message Minister Facey uses this idea to ask the question, What new things are we going to get this Easter?

This sermon is a call to remove the grave clothes of our past and our own powerlessness against sin and to find confidence in the new life and power that God has promised us as we clothe ourselves in Christ. It is an inspiring push toward walking with God in a consistant way because our freedom to live new lives was purchased by Christ if we receive Him by faith.

Every New Year people tend to make promises they are going to try and keep in the up coming year. We all like the idea of taking advantage of the changing of the year by using it as an excuse to fix the things in our lives that we would like to change either about ourselves or our circumstances.

Usually we make resolutions about losing weight or finances but in this sermon Pastor Cox gives us ten bangin’ New Year’s resolutions for Christians. Some of these have to do with how we relate to people, some have to do with how we relate to God, and some are how we relate to sin. I was both convicted and blessed while I listened to this very encouraging message on how we ought to usher in the new year.

Some of us have experienced bullies in our lives but all of us have been beat up by sin. Well, in the case of bullies and in the case of sin in a Christian’s life, there comes a time when we need to get tired of being pushed around and start doing something about it.

The good news for a Christian is that Christ has already done something about it. When someone is bullied he might get his brother or father to help him. As Christians we just need to walk in the power that Christ has made available to us. The important thing is to know that this is about knowing God and knowing ourselves and doing what we have to do to stay with Him.

Pastor Cox encourages those that are tired of living impure and half hearted with some principles to use to live pure and devoted to God.

In the 1992 Olympics a runner by the name of Derek Redmond was expected to finish with a medal but instead he finished dead last because right in the middle of the race his hamstring tore. The whole world witnessed it. But instead of giving up he pressed on, determined to finish the race, and the world applauded his courage.

King Manasseh fell hard into sin, offering his kids to idols, leading a whole nation astray, and was almost entirely responsible for his people being placed under God's judgment. He had no reason to get up and go after God but in spite of his condition, Manasseh humbled himself, turned from his sin and God honored his repentance by giving Manasseh a chance to know Him.

Most of us can learn a lot from Manasseh's determination not to let discouragement and defeat get the best of him. In this sermon Pastor Cox expounds on all that Manasseh had to go through to turn back to God and encourages those in the same state as Manasseh to do as he did.

When you first get saved it is so exhilarating!  You're pumped and ready to witness to everyone you come into contact with.  You can just feel the Holy Spirit moving through you and using you.  Am I right?  You feel like nothing can bring you down.

And then you sin.  ugh.

Sin affects us in so many ways.  Psychologically, your thoughts begin to change.  Emotionally, the shame you feel from knowing the same friends and family you were just witnessing may be aware that you've just sinned, can discourage you from ever wanting to share the Gospel again.  And even worse than that, the devil knows that you've sinned and will use that moment of weakness to try and take you out of the faith for eternity.

You hear alot of people say, "well even David sinned" and that is true, but what did David do after sinning? Instead of condemning himself, David prayed for restoration and vowed to teach sinners the Lord's ways (Psalm 51).  Listen as Pastor Cox pushes you to get back up and keep running the race of faith even after stumbling.  Just imagine how much louder the crowd roars when the team they thought would lose comes up from behind and wins.  We too have more influence after getting up.  When the enemy thought he had us defeated we come back even stronger!