Canoe Creek Christian Church

One of the most difficult things about connecting and remaining connected to Christian community is feeling welcomed. Our enemy uses our past and current failures to try and convince us we are not worthy, driving us away from the one community that can help us develop new patterns for living a life we dream of.

There is a community that can exceed any expectation you might have. It is a community that God is crazy for and it is a community that has the power of changing your life.

Everyone wants to be satisfied. Quite often, people think money will do it. But the reality is that nothing satisfies more than godly stewardship. The scriptures demonstrate that truth and tell us how to become a better steward. It impacts way more than just money, and is far more satisfying than something that can be burned up or lost.

Dave Ramsey's Financial Plan Baby Steps (in order):1. Emergency Fund: $10002. Debt Snowball: lowest to highest, one at a time3. Full emergency fun: 3-6 months of expenses4. Retirement: 15% of income into mutual funds5. College Savings6. Pay off Home Mortgage early7. Give, invest, FUN

When we listen to God's wisdom it can have an impact on our wallet. God has called us to live a people "called out" from the world. This means in how we make financial plans. Are we making plans? If we are, are we trusting His word to guide those plans?

Everyone wants peace, but most people have a list of fears as we live out our lives in this broken world. Jesus came so that we could have peace no matter the circumstance.

Families are not going to be perfect, but they can find peace. When we apply the simple truth of God to our lives and families, we can experience transformation.

Relationships can stress us out. God tells us to love Him and others, but in a broken world that can be stressful. Jesus came to restore us to God and help us to live in meaningful relationships.

As we address this issue, we need to keep in mind that depression can range from common to severe.

Compounding interest is essential to future savings just as compounding leadership is essential to the future of Canoe Creek.

When we're short on time, we're high on stress.We all have the same amount of time: 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week.How do we use the time we have?

Many people are stressed out because they don't know how to handle their money. However, a message giving a list of practical steps to being better with money is addressing the symptoms, and not the issue.

Stress is a natural part of life. You are not going to get rid of stress. But, you can deal with stress in such a way that you demonstrate you have the peace of Christ. Unresolved stress, or stress that is not dealt with properly, leads to anxiety. Anxiety can lead to physical breakdowns. It can lead to relational breakdowns. It can lead to spiritual breakdowns.

The Church is God's vessel for bringing Jesus, and therefore salvation, to the world.

Discipling others is an activity every disciple will be involved in. However, the church has become more like a col-de-sec than a highway. Col-de-secs are safe and comfortable. Discipleship can be "dangerous".Disciples accept the "danger" of discipling someone else: rejection, disagreement, etc...

Sometimes church leaders make the mistake of talking about giving only in the context of the church. A giving or generous spirit is so much bigger than just "tithing" or giving to the work of the church.Generosity doesn't come from commands, it comes from a heart changed by Christ.

We live in an environment that. tis starved for true religious experience. Our society is becoming more secular. Everything is about facts, figures, calculations or some form of quantifiable data. Everything is reduced and explained so it can be reproduced like a lab experiment. Much of that is an attempt from our society to try and replace God or play God.

Community isn't a Christian thing. Community is a human thing. People all over the world gather together and each group that gathers has a common purpose.

A disciple desires to know the truth.