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Peace Through Prayer MARCH 22nd - 24th, 2025 WEEK 3  _______________  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy  1. Describe the situation  2. Identify the trigger fear  3. Excavate the fear  4. Expose the Core Belief  Anxiety expands to the size of our thoughts.  Faith expands to the size of our prayers.  Biblical Antidote  How can I shape my prayers to lower my anxiety?  Philippians 4:4-8 (NIV) > 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about ...

Your First Step to Overcome Anxiety MARCH 15th - 17th, 2025 WEEK 2 _______________ Philippians 4:6 (NIV) > Philippians 4:4-8 (NIV) > Peace is found between the pillars of trusting God's GOODNESS and CONTROL. When you get anxious about WHAT might happen, you focus on WHO is in control.  Anxiety increases as our need to be in control increases. Anxiety decreases as our need to be in control decreases.  Romans 8:28 (NIV) > Isaiah 26:3 (NIV) > What makes you anxious the most is likely the area where you trust God the least. What is God speaking to you through this message?   What is one thing you can do this week to live out the teaching? GOD YOU ARE GOOD AND I GIVE YOU CONTROL! Peace is found between the pillars of trusting God's GOODNESS AND CONTROL 

Verde Valley Christian Church Dec 1 – 8, 2024 Sermon Series: Anchored in Unchanging Truth Sermon Title:"Anchored in Unity" Presenter: Jim Hammond Ephesians 4:1-3 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 1. Unity is God's FOUNDATION for the church Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 2. DIVERSITY is God's DESIGN of church unity Ephesians 4:7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. Ephesians 4:11-12 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of ...

Verde Valley Christian Church Nov 24 – Dec 1, 2024 Sermon Series: Anchored in Unchanging Truth Sermon Title:"Anchored in Love" Presenter: Jim Hammond 1. Without Love, I'm a USELESS NOBODY 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing . If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing . Romans 5:5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. 2. What this kind of love LOOKS like 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easil...

Verde Valley Christian Church Nov 17 – 24, 2024 Sermon Series: Anchored in Unchanging Truth Sermon Title:"Anchored in Hope" Presenter: Jim Hammond 1. Our Hope is CERTAIN 1 Peter 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1 Peter 1:4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 2. Our Hope STRENGTHENS Us 1 Peter 1:5-6 who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 1 Peter 1:7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 3. Our...

Verde Valley Christian Church Nov 10 – 17, 2024 Sermon Series: Anchored in Unchanging Truth Sermon Title:"Anchored in Faith" Presenter: Jim Hammond 1. Biblical Faith Has a SOLID FOUNDATION Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2. Faith is Anchored in God's PROMISES Romans 4:20-21 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. Romans 4:22 This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness." 3. Faith is Anchored in God's Unchanging CHARACTER Malachi 3:6 "I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your path...