People who just hang in there avoid confrontation, distance themselves from those who’ve offended them; and hold onto the hurt and become bitter. God calls us to a different path. Only by walking the path to forgiveness can we have peace and life to the fullest.

Walk the Path of Forgiveness from TOCC Media on Vimeo.

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Lessons From a Father from TOCC Media on Vimeo.

Aaron Wheeler, guest speaker, shares some life lessons he wants to pass on to his newborn son.

Perhaps the one characteristic of David’s life that captured God’s heart more than any other is David’s confident faith in God, no matter what circumstance he found himself in. In 2 Samuel 22 David gives us 4 reminders to hold onto when life wears us down.

DAVE: Faith For Every Circumstance from TOCC Media on Vimeo.

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Everyone fails. But it is how we react to that failure that either captures God’s heart or drives us further from Him.

DAVE: Accountability to Overcome Sin from TOCC Media on Vimeo.

David was a man after God’s own heart. But he wasn’t the greatest dad in the world. By looking at his mistakes we can learn how to succeed as fathers and parents.

DAVE: Wisdom When Your Child Rebels from TOCC Media on Vimeo.

DAVE: Passion for the Presence of God from TOCC Media on Vimeo.

A. Expect the presence of God – v. 1 – 5
B. Respect the holiness of God – v. 6 – 11
C. Express an uninhibited passion for God – v. 12 – 21
1. Pure worship burns away everything that comes between us and God – v. 21

How do you respond when someone has done you wrong? When someone treats you unjustly, do you won’t to get them back? David has unusual mercy in the face of injustice and that mercy captured God’s heart. Randy’s gives us 3 lessons from David’s example for those times when we’ve been wronged.

DAVE: Mercy When You are Wronged from TOCC Media on Vimeo.

Sometimes you need to let your enemy go
Sometimes you need to leave your enemy to God
Sometiems you need to lavish your enemy with goodness

Does your life make God smile? Does His heart beat a little faster when He thinks of you? Is it really possible to live a life that pleases God? This week Randy begins a new series titled “DAVE: Capturing God’s Heart”. We’ll look at the life of King David, a man with deep flaws, Yet he was called “A man after God’s own heart”. From Dave’s example we’ll see that it is passion for God, not perfection, that gives us a heart that pleases God.

Capturing God’s Heart from TOCC Media on Vimeo.

“Capturing God’s Heart”
1 Samuel 16

What impresses ___________________________ – 1 Samuel 6-10, 12, 18

What impresses _________________________________ – 1 Samuel 7, 12

* S_______________________: More impressed with God’s

___________________ than man’s __________________

* H_______________________: More concerned with God’s

___________________ than man’s __________________

* D___________________________: More reliant on God’s

_________________ than man’s ____________________

* I___________________________: More devoted to God’s

_________________ than man’s _____________________

What ___________________ when all else fails is ____________

__________________________ – 1 Samuel 18c

Does Jesus still heal today? Do you pray like you believe he does? What if He doesn’t answer your prayer in the way you wanted? Randy helps you find out how to grow your faith in the healing power of Jesus in this look at Mark 5:21-34.

Everyday Sickness: The Power to Heal from TOCC Media on Vimeo.

Randy shares how to have the perfect… well, let’s shoot for a “pretty good” family by following Paul’s advice in Philippians 3:13-14.

The Pretty Good Family from TOCC Media on Vimeo.