One of the things that seems to represent status in our generation is who has the most people following them on twitter. But there are certain people that you know that, if people were to find out you were following them, it would ruin your reputation--bad influences.

Well in this sermon Pastor Justin Cox discusses three different kinds of people that we should not follow in this world--discussing the extremes of those that are leaning on their own understanding, from the legalist to the sinner wanting the reputation of being a Christian. This message is good for all those that are struggling to give God their hearts.

We are all leaders. Whether we know it or not, whether we want to be or not, whether we're willing to admit it or not, there is always someone following our example. Someone is always looking to you for leadership--kids, friends, family, co-workers--the world is watching you and modeling what you do. Part of being a human is being impressionable. So the question is not whether or not you are a leader but what kind of leader are you.

In this sermon Pastor Cox shares with us about this truth and discusses the danger of being a bad leader and gives creative ways to demonstrate and practical ways to improve our leadership of others. As well as bringing conviction to those of us who may not have been leading people in the right direction.

It is really easy to start running the race but what happens when things don't go our way? Some people may start out in Christianity just wanting to try it and then they walk away when things get difficult. Why? Often times it's because they weren't really planning on making it the whole way anyway. Or they have so much still invested in the past they going forward with Christ just doesn't seem worth it. When we leave doors open to return to the world we can expect them to call for us, and if they do call for us we have to make the decision to either shut that door or return.

In this sermon Pastor Cox discusses how some people are already pre-disposed to giving up before they even start the race. He discusses the symptoms of those that are inclined to give up and when it becomes obvious that they have their minds set on returning to their old life. This is a good sermon indirectly comparing the difference between saving faith and human effort. Do you have what it takes to make it to the end?

Like Lebron James, the Apostle Paul had one objective in mind--to win the prize and attain the goal. Paul had to move forward and hold on to his determination to believe that winning eternal life meant forgetting what was behind him. We as Christians tend to want to drag things from our past into how we deal with God or we have the mindset that because we believed at one point we're good and so we stop fighting.

To the Apostle Paul, the Christian life had to mean victory and nothing less than that. In this sermon, Pastor Justin Cox continues spelling out the essentials of running and winning the Christian race where he left off last week. So get your spiritual deodorant on and be ready to sweat as you listen.

Did you know that the Apostle Paul and Lebron James have some things in common? In Philippians, Paul shares something with us about what his focus was on. He had one goal--to win the prize. He may have been breaking all kinds of records on the way to knowing Christ more deeply but those other things didn't matter to Paul because he was in a distance race and he was determined to win an eternal reward.

In Christianity many of us get side-tracked with so many little goals that the thing that is most important--a relationship with Christ--is neglected. Many may run well for awhile but then they get hindered because there were certain things which they failed to realize were important in running the Christian race to win. In this sermon Pastor Cox, gives us some pointers on how not merely to start the race but how to finish it well--how to take hold of that for which Christ has taken hold of us....

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.

When we're kids our parents tend to shield us from things on TV that we just don't need to be watching. When we become Christians often times there is no one there to tell us how NOT to look at things pertaining to the faith.

Sometimes we can see or hear about the cross so many times that it simply loses its impact. That's because we fail to put ourselves on there with Jesus--that it isn't just something Jesus did for us back then but it is something we live in now. Because we neglect this truth we start forgetting what Christianity is really all about. Listen in as Pastor Cox expounds on Philippians 3, in which Paul discusses his determination to become like Christ in His death.

Did you know that God has a "Biggest Loser" competition going on? On the day when He will settle all accounts God is going to weigh everyone's life to see who gave up the most for the purpose of knowing Him.

The heart God desires to see of us is not one that does just enough to try to get by, but one that gives up on trying to perform "Christianity" or the things in this world that are temporarily pleasurable, in order to know the one that gave up everything to win us back from sin and death.

In this sermon Pastor Cox emphasizes the importance of losing your life in order to know God in an intimate way.

Most of us have goals that we have set for ourselves in life, but how many of us can honestly say that we have made suffering one of the major goals for our lives? Yet the Apostle Paul said that he had a goal in life and was focused on the achievement thereof--namely, that he might know Christ in the fellowship of His sufferings. The other apostles also counted it an honor to share in the sufferings of Christ. How do we take it?

In this sermon Pastor Justin Cox shares the importance of making this a goal in our lives--to experience suffering for Christ, and to find Christ in the midst of suffering. Pastor Cox challenges us to endure in order to know Christ in a more intimate way than we have yet known Him.