Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 16 March 2, 2025 Pride, haughtiness, and offense create a deadly spiritual partnership leading to bondage and deception when they join forces in a believer’s heart.
Article The Engrafted Word: Divine Transformation for Taming the Temper 12 min read · February 28, 2025 The engrafted Word transforms our responses to offense and anger, rewiring our hearts and minds to reflect Christ’s nature through surrender and divine renewal.
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 15 February 25, 2025 Pastor Shelley examines the spiritual progression in 2 Peter 1:5-8, emphasizing how believers must actively participate in adding virtues to their faith. The sermon focuses particularly on temperance (self-control) and managing anger as crucial steps …
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 14 February 23, 2025 This sermon explores the “spirit of offense” as a spiritual trap that partners with other negative influences like anger, bitterness, and division. Pastor Steven L. Shelley identifies three categories of partnering spirits: self-centeredness, …
Article Breaking the Partnership: When Offense Allies with Anger 6 min read · February 21, 2025 An exploration of how offense and anger work together to create spiritual and physical harm, and biblical ways to break free from their destructive partnership.
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 13 February 18, 2025 This sermon explores the characteristics of the spirit of offense through three main categories: its self-centered nature, the stronghold of bitterness, and its divisive effects. Using James 1:19-20 as foundation, it reveals how offense often manifests as …
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 12 February 16, 2025 This message examines the nature and impact of offense in believers’ lives, revealing how it partners with spirits like anger to create compound spiritual problems. Through Hebrew word studies and practical examples, it demonstrates how offense …
Article From Trials to Triumph: Trusting God's Sovereign Plan 8 min read · February 14, 2025 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. – Genesis 50:20 Trusting God in Life’s Detours – Navigating the Path of Uncertainty Life’s journey rarely unfolds in a …
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 11 February 11, 2025 Through Joseph’s life story, Pastor Shelley examines how maintaining righteousness and resilience through trials positions believers for their divine purpose. The message distinguishes between envy and jealousy, demonstrates how apparent setbacks …
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 10 February 9, 2025 This sermon delves into the power of forgiveness, resilience, and faith in God’s plan, using Joseph’s journey from betrayal to redemption as a model. It highlights how offense and bitterness can hinder spiritual growth but emphasizes the …
