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TANGO Great relationships are like a dance; they move with passion in an interwoven heartbeat. This series of movements provide a lifetime of shared experiences, growth, beauty and style. Great dances require practice, learning the instinctive flow of your partner, encountering conflicting steps and learning recovery. When a couples life is out of sync, breakdowns begin to happen. The repeated impact causes callouses to grow on the heart. To be great at the dance, how do couple’s repair the soul well? In this short 3-week preaching series, the messages are made to inspire, challenge, and encourage you in your relationships whether you are single, dating, or married.   MYTHS OF GREAT RELATIONSHIPS Less disagreement equals greater closeness. We must resolve ALL our problems to have a GR. Our greatest threat is our personality flaws. We must have an equal 50/50 load. We must meet a sexual relation quota. Having babies will solve the closeness problems. If it is GREAT, it will require minimal work

MODEL OF BEHAVIOR HEART CORE BELIEFS (EMOTIONAL BELIEFS) CONSUMING THOUGHTS COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR (HEALTHY OR UNHEALTHY)   THE ENERGY THAT POWERS OUR ENTIRE BEING IS EITHER FEAR OR LOVE!   THE BIBLE - HEART IDENTITY is generally synonymous with the Bible’s use of the word “HEART.” NEUROSCIENCE - THE BRAIN’S LIMBIC SYSTEM IDENTITY is generally synonymous with neuroscience’s use of the LIMBIC SYSTEM of the brain (fight, flight and freeze).   SYNONYMS OF IDENTITY NEUROSCIENCE – LIMBIC SYSTEM THEOLOGY – HEART PSYCHOLOGY – IDENTITY   The healing balm for our wounds is only found in: INTIMACY with GOD, OURSELVES and OTHERS. ONLY INTIMACY RESTORES IDENTITY!   RADIOACTIVE COMES FROM TWO WORDS:  “Radio,” which means access or transmission of radiant energy, or in a radius “Active” which means “compelled movement.” EXPRESSING RADIANT ENERGY THROUGH ACTIVATIONS!   I’m waking up Feeling it in my bones Enough to make my systems blow Welcome to the revolution, the new age I’m RADIOACTIVE!   LO

RADIOACTIVE Are you happy? Is life fun? Do you breathe in the moments of life, or are you discontented by the present as you pursue the future? Every January the gyms fill up, the diet programs kick in and people focus on annual plans. Goals of becoming healthier, fulfilling dreams, fixing broken relationships, and going for “the gold medal” are front and center. What if God could take us on a journey of discovery, showing us the power that is deep inside? What if we knew we were created RADIOACTIVE? What if we lived in every moment, compelled to action by an energy previously unknown?   Jesus shared an idea that often is overlooked, or even overcomplicated; he shared the power of love. He made love to be the greatest and most important of all human pursuits. He showed love as something beyond a discipline, or a behavior. He showed love as an energy, a force of God’s nature within every human heart. In RADIOACTIVE we will see the emphasis Jesus placed on this idea of love, it’s power and the profoun

BLAINE BARTEL THIS SUNDAY For the past several years, Blaine Bartel, with the support of his wife Lori, has been actively coaching men who are struggling with porn and sexual brokenness. He has discovered a gift of grace to help these friends do the work of resurrection and reinvent a life previously unimagined. You may be aware of some of Blaine’s accomplishments. He was considered the “Youth Pastor of America.” He hosted a national television show for more than a decade. He became a best selling author.  He led the largest weekly student gathering in America.  This is what the public knew about Blaine. What they didn’t know is that Blaine hated who he had become. Behind the curtains of his success was a man who was overcome by an unbreakable sexual addiction, severe clinical depression and marital brokenness. Eight years ago, he walked away from everything he had built and accomplished in an attempt to try to discover a life that was worth living. After a desperate attempt to end his life, he was

A CHRISTMAS STORY Christmas is finally here! Christ followers everywhere will gather to remember and celebrate the birth of Jesus. So what is up with the Christmas story. Everybody has seen the Nativity scene. There is a donkey, a shepherd, a few sheep, 3 kings, a treasure chest, Daddy Joseph, Mama Mary, and baby Jesus in a cradle-nest made of tree branches. Oh, and don’t forget the barn that looks like a thatch bus stop. What does it mean? Are the stories behind the story interesting? Does any of it matter?   The Biblical Christmas story is like watching a mystery theater; every scene has a twist. As this puzzling drama unfolds, the characters emerge with fascinating pasts. They are players injected into God’s plan to solve the suffering of the ages. This suspenseful piecing together of the Nativity’s characters and circumstances makes the birth of Jesus a thriller, leaving each of us a newfound purpose and power to make a difference. In A Christmas Story, we shift our eyes from surface ideas of the manger

TODAY’S MESSAGE PSALM 37:4-6 TPT Make God the utmost delight and pleasure of your life, and HE WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU WHAT YOU DESIRE THE MOST. 5 Give God the right to direct your life, and as you trust him along the way YOU’LL FIND HE PULLED IT OFF PERFECTLY! 6… He will manifest AS YOUR JUSTICE, as sure and strong as the noonday sun.   QUESTION At the end of the holidays, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE EXPERIENCED, or how do you want to have benefited?   PRINCIPLE Expenditures/gifts should HONOR the joy in relationships, not BE the joy in relationships. Gifts CELEBRATE relationships, not FIX relationships!   FACT WHERE DOES STRESS COME FROM? Stress is rooted in our desire to control something or someone!    _______________ PATH TO BEING STRESS FREE   1.  SELF AWARENESS – ATTUNEMENT PSALM 77:6 KJV [Asaph said in a time of deep distress]  … COMMUNE with MINE OWN HEART:  and my SPIRIT made DILIGENT SEARCH.   PRINCIPLE You cannot CHANGE, or FEEL DIFFERENTLY about, what you DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE. You have to NAME IT to TA

TODAY’S MESSAGE QUESTION #1 At the end of the holidays, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE EXPERIENCED, or how do you want to have benefited?   FACT During the holidays Americans are notorious TO SPEND INORDINATE AMOUNTS OF MONEY on things that later INDUCE INORDINATE AMOUNTS OF STRESS!   _______________ QUESTION #2 What is a HEALTHY PERSPECTIVE for relating with money that will support long-term emotional peace?   PRINCIPLE Money will either be YOUR servant, or YOU will become money’s slave!   PRINCIPLE Money will either be YOUR servant, or YOU will become money’s slave! --------- YOU get to decide!   Matthew 6:21, 24 KJV (Jesus said) For where your TREASURE is, there your HEART will be also … 24 No one can SERVE TWO MASTERS; for either he will HATE the one and LOVE the other, or else he will be LOYAL (DEVOTED) to the one and DESPISE the other. You cannot serve GOD and MAMMON. SYNONYMS SERVE God, LOVE God, DEVOTE to God OR SERVE money, HATE (not love) God, DESPISE God    REFLECTION Which of these statements create mor

MERRY STRESSMAS   What stresses you out during the Christmas season? What turns the celebration of Christ into an emotional meltdown? Maybe it is schedules, budgets and/or toxic interpersonal situations? The good news is that there tools, principles and wisdom to rise above these situations. When we approach stress with a “victim’s mentality” we are vulnerable to biological, mental and relational viruses. However, when we approach stress as a challenge to overcome, we enter with the health of a Jesus-disciple. Join us for our annual holiday preaching series at LifePointe called, MERRY STRESSMAS, DON’T LET THE GRINCH STEAL CHRISTMAS. Discover with us how to reach the other side of the holidays being healthy, happy and holy!   TODAY’S MESSAGE STRESSORS WEATHER EVENT PLANNING FOODS FAMILY TRAUMA MEMORIES MONEY COMPARISONS   CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS OUTDOOR DÉCOR INDOOR DÉCOR ELF ON SHELF SANTA GIFTS COMMUNITY SVC CHARITIES PARTIES MEMORIES LIGHTS TOURS FAMILY PHOTOS

TODAY’S PREACHING   PROMISES, PROMISES? GUARANTEES? GOOD INTENTIONS?  _______________  BIBLICAL PROMISES = ESTABLISHED FACTS (Not future GOOD INTENTIONS or MYTHICAL FANTASIES) _______________  31,173 Scriptures / 30,000+ Promises? / 8810 Promises _______________ HEBREWS 8:6 NKJV … (Jesus Christ) is also Mediator of a BETTER COVENANT, which was established on BETTER PROMISES. 1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-25 NKJV …the Lord Jesus on the [same] night in which He was betrayed took BREAD; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke [it] and said, "Take, eat; this is MY BODY which is BROKEN FOR YOU; do this in remembrance of Me." 25 In the same manner [He] also [took] the CUP (OF WINE) after supper, saying, "This cup is the NEW COVENANT in MY BLOOD. This do, as often as you drink [it], in remembrance of Me." HEBREWS 9:22 NKJV And according to the law almost all things are PURIFIED WITH BLOOD, and without SHEDDING OF BLOOD there is NO REMISSION (OF SIN).  _______________ ADAM  GENESIS 2:7 NKJV And the LORD God formed man [of] t

TODAY’S PREACHING   PROMISES, PROMISES? GUARANTEES? GOOD INTENTIONS?  _______________  HEBREWS 8:6 NKJV … (Jesus Christ) is also Mediator of a BETTER COVENANT, which was established on BETTER PROMISES. _______________ BIBLICAL PROMISES = ESTABLISHED FACTS (Not future GOOD INTENTIONS or MYTHICAL FANTASIES) _______________  31,173 Scriptures / 30,000+ Promises? / 8810 Promises _______________ WHAT IS A COVENANT A covenant is a binding agreement between two parties, based in both intimacy and law, promising blessing and cursing; and even death to the one who breaks it.  _______________ A COVENANT IS MORE THAN A CONTRACT Agree to terms Select representatives Cut Blood Exchange Clothes (Robes - Identity) Exchange Belts and Weapons (Strength) Walk unto Death (Sacrificial Animals) Pronounce Blessings / Cursings (Oaths/Vows) Seal of Covenant (Most Prized Possessions) Exchange Names Commemorate by a Memorial Sign (Piling stones, Planting Trees, Rainbows) Have a Covenant Meal Together (Ingest Fo

TODAY’S PREACHING   PROMISES, PROMISES? GUARANTEES? GOOD INTENTIONS?  _______________  BIBLICAL PROMISES = ESTABLISHED FACTS (Not future GOOD INTENTIONS or MYTHICAL FANTASIES) _______________  31,173 Scriptures / 30,000+ Promises? / 8810 Promises  _______________ HEBREWS 8:6 NKJV … (Jesus Christ) is also Mediator of a better COVENANT, which was established on better PROMISES. _______________ WHAT IS A COVENANT A covenant is a binding agreement between two parties, based in both intimacy and law, promising blessing and cursing; and even death to the one who breaks it.  _______________ A COVENANT IS MORE THAN A CONTRACT Agree to terms Select representatives Cut Blood Exchange Clothes (Robes - Identity) Exchange Belts and Weapons (Strength) Walk unto Death (Sacrificial Animals) Pronounce Blessings / Cursings (Oaths/Vows) Seal of Covenant (Most Prized Possessions) Exchange Names Commemorate by a Memorial Sign (Piling stones, Planting Trees, Rainbows) Have a Covenant Meal Together (Ingest F

UNBREAKABLE PROMISE - NEW PREACHING SERIES What is your promise for life and eternity? What does God think about you? Does God change in moods and seasons? In UNBREAKABLE PROMISE we discover the power of a COVENANT. While contemporary ideas of a “promise” express future intentions, God has taken us back to the Cross of Christ where He swore by Himself. What that means is God isn’t bolstering hope around what He intends to do; He has committed His entire being and existence in what He has already done. For God to change His mind about you - about your future, or your daily nurture, or your freedom – He would have to self-destruct. The power of this COVENANT, that Jesus has invited us into, is that we never have to question God’s will for our protection, health, strength, prosperity and contentment. The CALL on our lives will lead us to uncomfortable and inconvenient places, often surrounded with sufferings in obedience to God. However, the COVENANT has forever established our welfare as we fulfill th

TODAY’S PREACHING 1 THESSALONIANS 5:19-21 KJV QUENCH (extinguish) NOT the (HOLY) SPIRIT. 20 DESPISE (displace or set aside, regard lightly, or not esteem) NOT prophesyings. 21 PROVE ALL THINGS; hold fast that which is good. JOHN 16:7 NKJV [Jesus said] Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to YOUR ADVANTAGE that I go away; for if I do not go away, the HELPER (Comforter, Counselor, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, and Standby) will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. 2 CORINTHIANS 13:14 MSG The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP of the HOLY SPIRIT, be with all of you.   DESIRE FOR HIM 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1, 31 NKJV Now concerning SPIRITUAL [gifts] (things pertaining to and of the Holy Spirit), brethren, I do not want you to be IGNORANT: ... 31 But EARNESTLY DESIRE the best gifts… 1 CORINTHIANS 14:39-40 NKJV Therefore, brethren, DESIRE EARNESTLY to prophesy, and DO NOT FORBID to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be done

TODAY’S PREACHING 1 THESSALONIANS 5:19-21 KJV QUENCH (extinguish) NOT the (HOLY) SPIRIT. 20 DESPISE (displace or set aside, regard lightly, or not esteem) NOT prophesyings. 21 PROVE ALL THINGS; hold fast that which is good. JOHN 16:7 NKJV [Jesus said] Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to YOUR ADVANTAGE that I go away; for if I do not go away, the HELPER (Comforter, Counselor, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, and Standby) will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. 2 CORINTHIANS 13:14 MSG The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP of the HOLY SPIRIT, be with all of you.   DESIRE FOR HIM 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1, 31 NKJV Now concerning SPIRITUAL [gifts] (things pertaining to and of the Holy Spirit), brethren, I do not want you to be IGNORANT: ... 31 But EARNESTLY DESIRE the best gifts… 1 CORINTHIANS 14:39-40 NKJV Therefore, brethren, DESIRE EARNESTLY to prophesy, and DO NOT FORBID to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be done

TODAY’S EPISODE NOTES:   PRINCIPLE: As we grow in increased EXPECTATION FROM the relationship, we are pressed for increased DEFINITION WITHIN the relationship.    PRINCIPLE: We aren’t prepared to COMMIT to a relationship if we aren’t prepared to CLARIFY the DTR question.   REAL REASONS WE DON’T DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP (DTR) Unsure of what we really want Fear of commitment Unacknowledged desire for secular things Fear of failure Fear of other’s opinions Fear it isn’t really real Emotional connections are too difficult Fear of weirdness   2 CORINTHIANS 13:14 NKJV The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the COMMUNION of the HOLY SPIRIT [be] with you all. Amen. 2 CORINTHIANS 13:14 MSG The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.   WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT? HE’S A PERSON JOHN 14:16-20 NKJV [Jesus said] And I will pray the Father, and He will give you ANOTHER HELPER (Comforter, C

TODAY’S SERMON NOTES JOSHUA 1:8 NKJV (God said to Joshua) This BOOK OF THE LAW (Word of God) shall not depart from your MOUTH, but you shall MEDITATE in it day and night, that you may OBSERVE TO DO according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way PROSPEROUS, and then you will have GOOD SUCCESS.   HOW TO INTEGRATE, REGULATE AND ACTIVATE   THINK IT HEAR IT IMAGINE IT DECLARE IT [TILL I FEEL IT]  ____________________  To be BUILT means I must… INTEGRATE God’s Word into my THINKING REGULATE God’s Word into my EMOTIONS ACTIVATE God’s Word into my DOING  ____________________ TO BE BUILT MEANS I MUST… THINK it till I FEEL it, FEEL it till I DO it, and DO it till I LIVE it!  ____________________   DECLARATIONS – DECLARE IT! FACING PRESSURE - I am of God and have overcome him (satan). For greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world. (I John 4:4) FACING PRESSURE - I am far from oppression and fear does not come near me. (Isaiah 54:14) FACING PRESSURE - No weapon formed again

TODAY'S EPISODE NOTES    TO BE BUILT MEANS I MUST… THINK it till I FEEL it, FEEL it till I DO it, and DO it till I LIVE it!  ____________________ MANY PEOPLE … SING the Word TALK the Word QUOTE the Word ANALYZE the Word Put the Word on magnets and BUMPER stickers TATTOO the Word to their arms STUDY the Word (Greek/Hebrew) WRITE PAPERS on the Word Set Word promises on SMALL CARDS around their house Listen to the Word on Cd and MP3 Go to CONFERENCES for the Word YET still refuse TO DO THE WORD! ____________________ BUILT THINK IT FEEL IT DO IT [LIVE IT]  ____________________ MARK 11:22-24 TPT Jesus replied, “Let the FAITH of God be in you! 23 Listen to the truth I speak to you: If someone says to this mountain with great FAITH and having no doubt, ‘Mountain, be lifted up and thrown into the midst of the sea,’ and BELIEVES that what he says will happen, it will be done. 24 This is the reason I urge you to BOLDLY BELIEVE for whatever you ask for in prayer—BELIEVE that you have received