Somebody once asked comedian Jerry Seinfeld how to get better at telling jokes. His answer was pretty simple: the way to get better is to create better jokes, and the way to create better jokes is to write one every day. Then he explained how he does it. He buys a big wall calendar that has a whole year on one page. He hangs it on a wall that he...
We have been studying on these Sundays the ministry of the Holy Spirit. It’s been kind of a new thing for many of us, and we have learned a lot. We’ve learned about how to walk in the Spirit. We’ve learned about what it means to be filled with the Spirit. We’ve learned that the fruit of the Spirit is our character. And we learned recently that we...
DL Moody was one of the most influential evangelists of the 19th century. You’ve heard me talk about him over the years; he’s one of my favorite characters. He left a successful career in the shoe business to share the gospel. During his brief 62 years of life, it is estimated that he preached to more than one million people and led over one...
When Walt Disney opened Disneyland in Anaheim on July 17, 1955, it covered 160 acres of former orange groves. Opening day was chaotic; rides broke down, paint was still wet, and the pavement was so soft that women’s high heels sank into the asphalt. But Walt had built something no one had ever seen: a place where imagination came to life, and he...
We are studying the ministry of the Holy Spirit, and today, I want to talk to you about the fruit of the Spirit, which is a term used in the New Testament. During World War II, a young teenager tried to enlist in the Navy. He was only 15, but he was very large for his age. He told the recruiting officer in Richmond, Virginia, that he was 16. The...
If you have ever watched a halftime show at a basketball game, you know just how hard they try to keep the crowd entertained. I mean, there are Frisbee- catching dogs and trampoline dunkers and even dancing unicyclists. But at a recent Las Vegas game where the Aces play, the stars of the show were barely 2 feet tall, and they were still in...
It was the fall of 1940 in a small village in southern France. Four teenage friends and their dog, whose name was Robot, were trotting along a countryside road. As they wandered near a hillside, Robot scampered toward a hole in the ground near a fallen tree. The boys, bold and adventuresome, followed after him. The opening was barely wide enough...
We’re studying the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. People want to know who the Holy Spirit is and what in the world He has to do with life. We’re going to talk about that today as we focus our attention on a verse of Scripture in Ephesians chapter 5, which tells us to be filled with the Spirit and not drunk with wine. Quite a analysis! One of the...
What’s up, Lake Point family? Great to see you guys this weekend! My name is Mike, bro, in case we haven’t met before, and I get the privilege of being on the teaching team around this place. I just want to welcome all of our campuses and those of you who might be joining us online somewhere around the world. I’m so thankful for all of you, and...
There are millions of dreams that die each and every day because they were never acted upon. There are countless life-changing possibilities that slip silently into the night because they were never seized upon. Why do we miss life-changing opportunities? Why do we miss divine opportunities? Well, sometimes we get paralyzed by the fear of making a...
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