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A Motivation For Obedience - Romans 8:28 by First Baptist Church Cola

From Nov. 7 event

From Nov. 7 event

Hope Above The Horizon - Romans 8:24-25 by First Baptist Church Cola

Becoming Children Of God - Romans 8:19-23 by First Baptist Church Cola

We know that we should guard our hearts, but how should we care for it? How do we maintain a healthy heart with the guidance of the Holy Spirit?

The Author of Proverbs tells us to guard our hearts above all things, for from it flows the well-springs of life. How do we do this? What does it mean and not mean?

Our heart is the problem, how does it get so tainted?

We so need to define our hearts because it is the center from which we live. Some of the material is borrowed from Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard and With All Your Heart by Craig Troxel.

What Does Assurance Have To Do With Suffering? - Romans 8:14-17 by First Baptist Church Cola

For Christ Followers there are many days we don't like to be obligated except to our own comfort. In Romans 8:12 Paul reminds us that our obligation is not to ourselves and our preferences but to the Holy Spirit, who we are given to lead us into the life of Christ.

Paul is emphatic that we are in Christ if we have the Holy Spirit. If God has given himself to us somehow then that "should" make a huge difference in our lives. So why doesn't the Holy Spirit make more of a difference? Because we don't understand His role in our lives, we have wrong expectations for what comes next.

We very seldom think that the indifference we show God through our priorities are actually viewed as hostility. I am in charge of myself and I give some time to God, what else does he want from me? Paul, points out that this mind is hostile to God because it does not submit to God's law and is unable to do so. As followers of Christ, how do we recognize this mindset and come to understand what God finds pleasing?

Paul says that those whose life is according to the world set their minds there and the result is death. So why do we do that? What are the conditions of my life that result in this life away from God? To move away from that life to a life characterized as according to the Spirit we must learn what keeps me in my own personal pig pen, never quite reaching the life and peace with God in the Spirit.

John 4:46-54

Leahan Doar, a Licensed Professional Counselor, speaks to a group of College Student at First Baptist Church Columbia about Anxiety. She talks about understanding what is happening when we experience anxiety, how is it different from stress, strategies to control it and how to think about it Biblically.

Imitating Christ In Our Relationships - John 1:14-18 by First Baptist Church Cola

Practicing Christianity - Building Relationships by First Baptist Church Cola

Practicing Christianity - Seeking God by First Baptist Church Cola