Ashes to Beauty

Sloth to Diligence

September 6, 2020 • Matt Zainea

How are sloth and destruction related? Through Proverbs, Matt Zainea completes the Ashes to Beauty series by calling us to diligence in Loving God and those around us.

Lust to Chastity

August 16, 2020 • Isaac Bronkema

Whether you are single, dating, engaged, married, or widowed - we all struggle with lusting for things that don’t belong to us. Isaac Bronkema encourages us to find the power through Christ to break free from our love-affair with sin as he teaches from Proverbs 5 and Romans 13.

Gluttony to Temperance

August 9, 2020 • Matt Zainea

Though most commonly associated with food, gluttony takes on many forms in our lives. Matt Zainea uses Proverbs and an example from the book of Acts to invite us to moderation and gratitude instead of over-consumption.

Wrath to Patience Pt 2

August 2, 2020 • Matt Zainea

Does choosing patience instead of anger seem impossible? By looking at the promises in Revelation, Matt Zainea shares how we can move into the rhythms of patience as an act of trust in God.

Wrath to Patience Pt 1

July 26, 2020 • Matt Zainea

What’s going on inside when our anger rises to the surface? By looking at the Proverbs and the story of Peter’s denial, Matt Zainea unpacks choosing patience instead of wrath.

Envy to Gratitude Pt 2

July 19, 2020 • Matt Zainea

How are envy and rotting bones related? Matt Zainea explains by looking at verses from the books of Proverbs and Acts, and tells how we can move from envy (what’s next) to gratitude (who’s next).

Envy to Gratitude Pt 1

July 12, 2020 • Matt Zainea

In our brokenness, much of what we do is motivated by envy. Matt Zainea talks about how envy can rob us of the joy of gratitude by looking at a story from the book of Matthew.

Greed to Charity 2

June 28, 2020 • Matt Zainea

Greed to Charity 1

June 21, 2020 • Matt Zainea

How do you view your life? Do you gravitate toward viewing it through a lens of scarcity? Or do you see abundance leading toward generosity? This week in part 3 of our Ashes to Beauty series, Matt Zainea talks about how charity opens our hands to give, when we take the focus off of ourselves.

Pride to Humility Part 2

June 7, 2020 • Matt Zainea

What keeps us from humility? Matt Zainea continues the Ashes to Beauty series by talking about how our prideful fears limit our imaginations towards Christ-like humility.

Pride to Humility Part 1

May 31, 2020 • Matt Zainea

How can something as ugly as pride be changed to the beauty of humility? Matt Zainea starts a new series focused on the seven deadly sins and the seven Christian virtues, and how true change can happen.