Of Faithfulness and Leadership

Pastor Chris Ackerman Last week in the introduction to our new sermon series Pastor Terry took us through the first five chapters in the book of Joshua. This week we’re focusing on chapters 6 through 10. Through these chapters we see some very dramatic victories. As we look at these passages today, I want us…

Be Strong and Courageous

Pastor Terry Tatum  This week at Lynn Haven UMC we’re starting a new sermon series where we will look at the books of Joshua and Judges. We are calling this series our Summer Book Club and to accompany the series we have a summer reading plan available if you’d like to read and study along…

The People-Pleasing Trap

Pastor Craig Carter This spring we have been attempting to answer life’s most important question, What on Earth Am I Here For? We have looked to God’s Word for the reasons the Lord created us in the first place and have discovered that we were made for worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, and mission (or evangelism).…

The Comparison Trap

Pastor Craig Carter We just wrapped up our 40-day spiritual growth campaign based on Rick Warren’s bestselling book, The Purpose Driven Life. In it, we tried to answer life’s most important question: What on Earth Am I Here For? As we seek to live a purpose driven life, we need to be aware of two…

Called to Be Sent

Pastor Terry Tatum There are only 4.6 billion people with Internet access around the world and yet the question, “why am I here?,” has been searched on the web more than 5 billion times. How is that? To me, that means a lot of people are asking the same question over and over. It’s the…

Called to Bless

Pastor Craig Carter In our current church-wide study, we have discovered that the Bible oftentimes speaks about God’s purposes for our lives in terms of “callings” He has placed on us. So far, we have observed that we are called to be loved by God and to love Him back through worship, we are called…

Called to Become

Pastor Craig Carter In our current sermon series and spiritual growth campaign, we are seeking to discover What on earth am I here for? We are using Rick Warren’s bestselling book, The Purpose Driven Life, to find the answer to this important question and we’re learning that God put us on this planet for several…

Called to Belong

Pastor Craig Carter We are in a 40-day spiritual growth campaign based on Rick Warren’s bestselling book, The Purpose Driven Life.  By listening to sermons, reading a chapter in the book each day, and joining with other believers in small groups to discuss the material, we are seeking to answer life’s most basic question, What…

Called to Be Loved

Pastor Terry Tatum Last week Pastor Craig introduced our new sermon series and church-wide study, What on Earth am I Here For?, based on the book The Purpose Driven Life by Pastor Rick Warren. Through this study we are looking at what God has called us to be — our purpose. More details about this…

Called for God’s Purpose

Pastor Craig Carter This week we’re introducing a new sermon series: What on Earth Am I Here For? It’s based on Rick Warren’s bestselling book, The Purpose Driven Life.  As we learned last week on Easter, there’s more to life than simply being alive. And in order to enjoy the abundant and eternal life that…