Losing Your Temper Part 1

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Losing Your Temper Part 1

Red with Anger

March 6, 2022 • Philip De Courcy • James 4:1–12

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Anger is a word that is one letter short of the word danger. Anger is dangerous, when it is fleshly, selfish, uncontrolled, it's bad for your physical health. It's detrimental to your emotional well being. It's not good for our social cohesion. And it certainly undermines your spiritual vitality. Anger must be directed to a clear, moral, wrong as defined by the character and will of God. James addresses the reality that there are consequences, causes and cures of and for anger. We need to restrain, recognize, repent and resist anger.

Got To Have It - Part 2

May 1, 2022 • Philip De Courcy • Exodus 20:17

Contentment is an abiding soul sufficiency rooted in a growing relationship with Christ. It has been said, “that another good word for contentment is containment.” An acrostic for Content would unfold like this: Cherish Christ, Offer thanks , Nurture love, Tithe, Embrace providence, Nix ungodly desires and Take the long view.

Got To Have It - Part 1

April 24, 2022 • Philip De Courcy • Exodus 20:17

Covetousness is a gateway sin. It leads you to other sins in its fulfillment. At its base, covetousness is the longing for something that is not rightfully yours. We are encouraged to pursue contentment, which is the opposite of coveting. In this sermon we will see: the character of envy, the consequences of envy, and the cure for envy. Envy is inordinate, idolatrous and insidious. It dishonors God and depreciates life. When we covet, we fail to love God. The cure for the pleasure of sin is not prohibition, but a greater pleasure in Christ.

It's Time To Decide - Part 2

April 10, 2022 • Philip De Courcy • Psalm 25

The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of our choices. And that's what makes decision making the pressing present priority that it is. Do you want to live your life like Jesus lived His? How many times do the gospel writers and the commentators in Jesus' life say this? That He did that according to the Scriptures. That whatever He did was done in fulfillment of the scriptures. Jesus' life was choreographed by God's word. The Bible is there to take the guesswork out of life. God's will in many ways is an open secret. Conduct is determined by the truth of God's Word. And so He wants to walk in God's ways. He wants to travel the path of obedience. Where the word of God is not definite or where the word of God is dealing with a matter of choice or freedom, we need to deploy and employ sound judgment.