Personal Spiritual Growth

These lessons provides various personal spiritual growth strategies as well as insights from God's Word that will help all Christians mature in their faith.
93 sermons
Callings
Celebrating the "Giving" in Thanksgiving
Mike explains why giving is the essential ingredient in thanksgiving.
Christian Lite or Light?
Matthew 5:14-16
Drawing Near to God
Part 1
If you are making an effort to come closer to God, if you are investing your energies into becoming a holier person, you will not have the interest or energy to fight with your brothers or sister in the church.
James 4:8-10
Drawing Near to God
Part 2
As Christians we have many challenges before us. Prayer and fasting is the best way we can present these before God.
James 4:8-10
Feelin' Fine in 99
Freedom Through Dependance
Heart Beat Away
In God We Trust
If we're going to trust anything, then we need to trust in God.
Repentance is a Revolution
Bible Basics
Mike explains how true repentance goes beyond feeling sorrow for sins—it's about a complete transformation of heart and lifestyle. He emphasizes that repentance is a bold, revolutionary act that turns one's life toward God, creating lasting change. This lesson challenges believers to rethink their understanding of repentance and embrace it as a powerful force for spiritual growth.
Acts 2:38
Salted Speech
Being effective in sharing our faith requires that we salt all our speech with grace, not just know the facts about religion.
I Thessalonians 2:1-12
Servant-Leadership
When I review the qualities in men who are fathers, the one that I find most appealing and helpful for the well-being of the family is a man's ability and willingness to be a servant-leader.
Setting our Spiritual Goals
This lesson looks at the goals that the church, which meets inside the building, should have.
Soul Saving Speech
I Thessalonians 2:1-12
Spiritual Emergencies
Sometimes in our lives, we face spiritual emergencies and I think we need to learn to prepare for these events as well, because everyone at one time or another will .. face a "spiritual" emergency of some kind.
II Samuel 12:7-25
Summer Sun or Son
The Consequences of our Choices
What we choose in life often indicates where we are at in our development and what we really want.
The Disciple and Service
In this lesson, we learn the basic requirements for becoming and persevering as disciples of Christ.
Matthew 20:28
The Good Steward
The Matrix Conspiracy
There is new technology, new gadgets, new ideas about how things work. But as far as the human condition is concerned; as far as what mankind's essential responsibility is; as far as what is truth and the reality of life, death and what comes after --- there really is nothing new here on earth --- under the sun.
The New You
In I Corinthians 6 Paul talks about a radical change that is possible and permanent and describes the three steps that lead to this new you.
I Corinthians 6:9-11
The Single Priority
To Proclaim and Serve
What Will it Take
Wholesome Sexuality
What does the Bible say about Sex?