Thursday, December 26, 2019
A Future of Hope
| 2:16 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the The Gifts Of Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Video Devotionals
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Finding Healing
| 4:08 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the The Gifts Of Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Soul-Restorer
| 1:48 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the The Gifts Of Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Monday, December 23, 2019
Why Do We Need a Counselor?
| 2:20 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the The Gifts Of Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Friday, December 20, 2019
Saying Thank You
| 2:07 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the The Gifts Of Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Your Greatest Gift
| 3:25 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the The Gifts Of Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
What’s Your Response?
| 3:28 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the The Gifts Of Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The Gift of Connection
| 2:37 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the The Gifts Of Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Monday, December 16, 2019
Your Customized Gift
| 1:50 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the The Gifts Of Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Friday, December 13, 2019
It Begins With The Heart
| 2:19 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the Come Let Us Adore Him Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Keep Watch!
| 3:11 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the Come Let Us Adore Him Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Remove Poison From Your Heart
| 2:53 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the Come Let Us Adore Him Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
A Season For A Heart Checkup
| 1:38 MIN WATCH |
A video devotional from the Come Let Us Adore Him Christmas Series by Pastor Dale O’Shields.
Monday, December 9, 2019
Guidance 101
| 1:27 MIN READ |
Every form of transportation requires a guidance system. Whether walking, driving, sailing, or flying, we need guidance. In ancient days, direction was discovered through the movement of the sun and stars. Over time people invented the compass and developed maps. Now we have sophisticated GPS systems on our smartphones! You can only get where you need or want to go when you have clear directions.
Unfortunately, far too many people wander through life without a reliable guidance system. They drift along, based upon their feelings and the flow of the influences around them. These are poor maps for life!
The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah described the poor choices of the people of Judah during one season of this nation. Look at his words found in Jeremiah 7:24 (NIV) “But they [Judah] did not listen or pay attention; instead they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.”
To understand guidance, we need to understand this—the worst guide for your life is you! You need a better guide than yourself. The direction of your life needs to be determined by something more reliable than your emotions or the tug of the crowd around you. You’ll never make forward progress when you’re listening to such voices.
Stop for a moment, and think about your personal guidance system. If you’re not satisfied with your life location, perhaps it’s time to use a better map!
Pastor Dale
Friday, December 6, 2019
Where Are You Going?
| 1:34 MIN READ |
Where you end up is always determined by your heading. You can’t get to a location north of you if you’re driving south!
Too often, people say they want to get to a specific place in life while living their life in an entirely different direction. Sometimes they are sadly surprised by their destination, never realizing that they are where they are because they failed to properly plan their journey.
There’s a very simple solution to getting to the right place in life. Be careful about selecting your friends. Your friends are the biggest influence in your life. Get friendships right, and you likely will get life right.
The first friendship essential to choosing all other friends well is your friendship with God. When you’re pursuing a friendship with God, you’ll add and subtract people from your life. Your love for Him will become a filter for the others you’ll embrace as key influencers in your life.
David, the psalm writer, gave us a good reminder about the power of choosing the right friends in Psalm 1:1-3 (NCV) “Happy are those who don’t listen to the wicked, who don’t go where sinners go, who don’t do what evil people do. They love the Lord’s teachings, and they think about those teachings day and night. They are strong, like a tree planted by a river. The tree produces fruit in season, and its leaves don’t die. Everything they do will succeed.”
Stop for a moment and look around you. Where’s your life going? If you don’t like what you see, strongly consider changing your friends. Start by making God your #1!
Pastor Dale
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Pay Day
| 1:59 MIN READ |
Pay day is the day you get what’s coming to you. It’s the day you receive compensation for what you’ve done.
Most often, we think of pay day as a very good thing. When you have a job, you expect to get paid for the work you’ve performed. Pay day is that day.
However, in the arena of relationships, pay day can take on a whole new meaning. It becomes a part of dealing with hurts and offenses. It’s an internal decision to make someone pay for the pain they have caused you. We think, and sometimes say to the offending person, “Your day’s coming!” It’s called revenge, a grudge, retaliation.
Jesus gave a story in Matthew 18 about the right way to deal with relationship pain. He described a servant who owed a king millions of dollars. The king called in the loan, but the servant had no means to pay. This servant begged for time and mercy, and the king graciously forgave all the man’s massive debt.
Then the story takes an ugly turn. The forgiven servant left the king’s presence and immediately headed to the home of another servant who owed him a few hundred dollars. He grabbed his fellow servant by the neck, choked him, and demanded immediate repayment, offering no mercy or debt forgiveness. The greatly forgiven man refused to forgive a significantly lesser debt. When the king heard about it, he called the first servant back, sentenced him to prison, where he was tormented, all because of a merciless heart.
Jesus concluded the story with these words found in Matthew 18:35 (NIV) “This is how my Heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
Think about your life for a moment. How has God handled the great debt your sin created with Him? He sent Jesus to pay for it so that you could be forgiven. Our responsibility is to extend the forgiveness God has given us to others. Let’s stop making others pay for their failures toward us. Let’s give people the same forgiveness God freely and graciously gave us!
Pastor Dale