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Letting Go Of Distractions

December 8, 2019  / / /  Travel Light  / / /  Week 2: "Letting Go Of Distractions". In a crowded, busy holiday season, it's common for people to feel weighed down. Sometimes we carry weight that God never intended that we carry. His solution is simple: Let go of the baggage and travel light. ========== Title: "Letting Go Of Distractions" Speaker: Jim Hammond Series: Travel Light I. Have A MARY Christmas Luke 10:38-42 (NIV) As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" 41 "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but fe...

Letting Go Of Stuff

Welcome to Verde Valley Christian Church December 1, 2019 / / / Travel Light / / / Week 1: "Letting Go Of Stuff". Are you accumulating on Earth what you cannot keep? Or are you investing in Heaven what you cannot lose? ========== Title: "Letting Go Of Stuff" Speaker: Jim Hammond Series: Travel Light I. It’s better to have LESS of what doesn’t matter and MORE of what does. Ecclesiastes 4:6 (NIV)   Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. Luke 12:15 (NIV) … “Watch out!  Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” II. One HANDFUL Living Ecclesiastes 4:6 (NIV)   Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. A. THROW OUT Matthew 19:21-22 (NIV)  Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come,...