Upping Your Emotional Intelligence
Aiming Your Anger
July 4, 2021 • Frank De Luccio
All of us have felt the sting of someone’s anger and we’ve all certainly gotten angry at someone or something ourselves. The God-given emotion known as Anger is a natural part of life. But what is the Biblical perspective on anger? This Sunday we’ll take a look at what God has to say about Anger and how to aim it towards something positive.
Facing Fear
July 11, 2021 • Frank De Luccio
Every person has been equipped by God with a distinct set of emotions and each of these emotions are intended by God to be healthy expressions of how we feel about the various circumstances of life that we encounter. Along the way, as the result of the fall of Adam and Eve, all of us now wrestle with the right and wrong ways to express our emotions. This Sunday we’ll be looking at the emotion Fear. While Fear is not an emotion that we often enjoy, it is incredible how many people allow it to drive and consume their lives. In this week’s message we’ll unpack how unhealthy fear causes problems with our health and draws us away from God, and we’ll give you some tools to help you face your fears together with God.
Redirecting Rejection
July 18, 2021 • Brian Pawlowski
Our summer series is off to a fantastic start! So far, we’ve tackled anger and fear, But let me ask you a question…what do we do with rejection? We have all faced it at one point in our lives. And sometimes rejected by people we never thought would do that. Rejection can truly be a crippling thing to experience and can lead to all sorts of emotional troubles. That’s why this week we are going to talk about Redirecting Rejection. There is way to redirect it, especially if we know that the rejection is because we are doing what God is asking of us.
Dealing with Depression
July 25, 2021 • Brian Pawlowski
The mantra that keeps coming to the surface with this summer series is the idea that emotions should act as indicators and not guides. So true! When we allow our emotions to drive our decisions, that’s when we find ourselves in trouble. But this begs the question…what happens when we are past that? What happens when we either miss or ignore the indicators, or did use them as guides, and now we are stuck, overwhelmed, and feeling hopeless? Enter the reality of depression. As someone who has struggled with depression all my life, I am all too familiar with it. But through a lot of prayer, support and professional help, I have learned that while we may never be able to fully defeat it, we can absolutely deal with it. King David was someone who struggled too. Can’t wait to see you this Sunday at 9 or 11 as we dig into this!
Winning Over Worry
August 1, 2021 • Vince DiPaola
This Sunday, I will be continuing our series Upping Your Emotional IQ with a message on worry. Most people worry about things we shouldn’t and as a result they are left with what the Longman Dictionary describes as “an uncomfortable feeling in the mind caused by a mixture of fear and uncertainty.” Sound like something you struggle with? The truth is to one degree or another we all do, and that’s why Jesus addressed the subject of how to win over worry in the very heart of his amazing Sermon on the Mount. I’ll share four potent ways from Matthew 6:25-34 on how to worry less and trust more.
Surpassing The Stifling Effect Of Shame
August 8, 2021
On Sunday, we will have a special guest and Lakeshore favorite speaking at both services. Bishop Dave Singleton from Ark of Jesus Ministries will be continuing our series, “Upping Your Emotional I.Q.” by talking about Surpassing The Stifling Effect Of Shame. We all wrestle with the feeling of shame for the things we’ve done but God wants us to move past it to a place of freedom. Bishop Dave will help us understand how.
Getting Over Guilt
August 15, 2021 • Vince DiPaola
This Sunday, I will be continuing our current series by looking at “Getting Over Guilt”. Like we’ve said throughout this series, every emotion can be used in a good, biblical way or a bad, unbiblical way and the same is true of guilt. I will talk about the difference between “guilt” and “shame”, what destructive guilt looks like, what constructive guilt looks like, and how to strive for a guilt-free life. This will be an important message for all of us as we wrestle with the healthy aspects of guilt and learn to reject the unhealthy aspects of it.
Beating Bitterness
September 5, 2021
Pastor Brian will be finishing our Emotional IQ series with a message titled, “Beating Bitterness.” In particular he will be addressing how you deal with the relationships that cause so much of the bitterness in our lives. If you or someone you know has ever had a difficult relationship you won’t want to miss this message.