From the Pastor | Church of Celebration

November 27, 2020

SUNDAY SNAPSHOT (HIDDEN IDENTITIES - 5)

Is there a side of you that EVERYONE ELSE SEES - but you and only you know WHO the REAL YOU is? Maybe you're tired of playing the game and you're desperately desiring to BE WHO GOD CREATED YOU TO BE!? Maybe it's time to TAKE OFF YOUR MASK and stop HIDING YOUR REAL IDENTITY? If this is YOU... then please don't miss the Last Week of our Current Series this week at COCthat we're calling "HIDDEN IDENTITIES!" Praying you'll join us...

Sunday Snapshot… (5) HIDING MY HURT

John 16:33... I have told you these things… so that in me you may have peace. In this world YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE! But take heart… I have overcome the world! (HURT/PAIN are inevitable in this world! HOW we deal with it is the KEY!)

In your PAIN and HURT... (Always Remember!) THERE IS HOPE BEYOND YOUR HURT!

Psalm 62:5-8… Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; MY HOPE COMES FROM HIM! HE ALONE is MY ROCK and MY SALVATION; HE IS MY FORTRESS… I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN! My Salvation and My Honor DEPEND ON GOD; HE is MY MIGHTY ROCK… MY REFUGE! TRUST IN HIM at ALL TIMES… O People; Pour Out Your Hearts To Him, for GOD IS OUR REFUGE!

Three Ways God Heals Your Hurt...

YOU NEED TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT YOUR HURT IS AND STOP HIDING FROM IT! (Remember... You're Not The Only One Who Has A Hurt!)

HE HEALS US THROUGH HIS PEOPLE! (God Will Never Waste Your Hurt!)

Romans 12:15… Rejoice with THOSE who Rejoice... Mourn with THOSE who Mourn.

HE HEALS US THROUGH HIS PRESENCE! (The Presence of The Almighty is far better than whatever you’re choosing to HIDEfrom Your Pain!)

Psalm 71:14… But as for me… I WILL ALWAYS HAVE HOPE - I will praise you more and more!

Whatever it is that is causing you PAIN/HURT... choose to ALWAYS HAVE HOPE amidst Your Circumstances! (Psalm 46:1 / Isaiah 53:5 / Hebrews 13:5 / Psalm 147:3 / Romans 8:38-39)

See You This Weekend Celebrators…

IN-PERSON LIVE SERVICE TIMES…

SUNDAY – 9a (MHS Performing Arts Center) – Unified Service This Week Only!

ONLINE SERVICE TIMES…

SUNDAY – 9a / 5p

COC ONLINE SERVICE SITES…

http://churchofcelebration.com/coc-online/

CCITY ONLINE SERVICE SITE…

http://churchofcelebration.com/ministries/celebration-city-birth-4th-grade/

RunTheRace! (Heb 12:1-2)

Pastor Josh

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November 20, 2020

SUNDAY SNAPSHOT (HIDDEN IDENTITIES - 4)

Is there a side of you that EVERYONE ELSE SEES - but you and only you know WHO the REAL YOU is? Maybe you're tired of playing the game and you're desperately desiring to BE WHO GOD CREATED YOU TO BE!? Maybe it's time to TAKE OFF YOUR MASK and stop HIDING YOUR REAL IDENTITY? If this is YOU... then please don't miss the Fourth Week of our Current Series this week at COC that we're calling "HIDDEN IDENTITIES!" Praying you'll join us...

Sunday Snapshot… (4) FINANCIAL FAKERS

Proverbs 13:7… One man PRETENDS TO BE RICH yet has NOTHING; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Those who fall into the HIDDEN IDENTITY of being a FINANCIAL FAKER have this mindset in life... "I'LL PLAY NOW AND PAY LATER!" (This is a Dangerous Mindset!)

Romans 1:25… They have exchanged the Truth of God for a LIE... and have worshiped and served Created Things rather than the Creator… who is forever praised! (MONEY PROMISES US A LIE! - It's the ROOT of ALL EVIL!)

If you believe that MONEY CAN'T BUY YOU HAPPINESS... then WHY are you always thinking/believing 'JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE' might help?

When it comes to MONEY (Financial Faker) - most of us don't have a MONEY PROBLEM... we have a SPIRITUAL PROBLEM! (Meaning...) WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN CHRIST!

Genuine HAPPINESS / SIGNIFICANCE and SECURITY are found in CHRIST ALONE! (Philippians 3:7-8) If you BELIEFS change... your BEHAVIORS will follow!

See You This Weekend Celebrators…

FACE/FACE LIVE SERVICE TIMES…

SUNDAY – 9a and/or 10:45a (MHS Performing Arts Center)

C56 (9a) / CYJH (9a) – CYHS (10:45a)