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Tired of feeling down, joyless, irritable, impatient, and just...bad...in general? It seems like these traits are dominating our self-evaluations these days. But we were made to be better. Join Coach CJ as he talks about some new "muscles" you can exercise to give you the life you were meant to have.

When it comes to taking pride in our work or accomplishments, how much is too much? Sherri joins us with some encouraging words from the Bible that will help us balance our pride with a healthy dose of humility.

When reading stories from the Bible, it's easy to overlook that we're often reading about many years of someone's life in just a few minutes. Why is this important? Ben is here today to examine a time in Joseph's life when patience and waiting on God's timing was critical, and to encourage you to be patient if God seems to be moving a bit slow in your own life.

Lust and the lure of temptation is something we're all familiar with; we deal with it daily. And while it seems like an exercise in futility to try to resist the things of the flesh, it can be resisted. Nick is here today to share some encouragement he learned from the Bible that will help you stand against the things you don't really want to do.

"What goes around, comes around." That's a phrase, and a truth, that we've probably all encountered at some point. Mark knows the feeling and also knows a passage from the Bible he can turn to when he feels a potential mistake heading his way. Mark is here to share that passage with you today.

Isolation. It's something we've all become a lot more familiar with this year. So how do you manage when you're all on your own? Mark's...

Forgiving others can sometimes feel impossible. But Nick is here today to share some wisdom from the Bible what will help us tap into a...

There's probably not anyone reading this who has NOT offended someone else with their words--intentionally or not. And you know how hard...

Young or old, we all come upon those times in life where the future and all its possibilities opens up in front of us and we're left...

Imagine withdrawing $100 from the bank and getting $1000! Imagine asking for an extra day to work on an assignment and getting a whole...

It's easy to think of the words kindness and goodness as meaning the same thing. Yet, in the Bible, there is a subtle distinction. Nat is...

It can be easy to forgive someone when their sin is just a "one-off," a mistake that any of us could make. But what if that person keeps...

Often anger feels like a hindrance at best; a wrecking ball at worst. So is it possible there's a good side to it at all? Paula is here...

As we grow older, the cute rhymes we teach our kids can start to seem a little "old fashioned." But the lessons we learn as a child have...

Sometimes, it's the little things a person does that annoy us the most. And no matter how hard we try to ignore that action, it just gets...

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." There's some sobering truth found in that familiar phrase we typically hear at the end of a person's...

If you know much about cooking, you probably know that there is a big difference between baking power and baking soda. Use the wrong one...

How do you handle the check engine light in your car? Some black tape is a solution many turn to. But deep down, we all know that we...

How does the role of ambassador sound to you? Most of us want nothing to do with being a diplomat, yet, as Christians, that's what the...

Sometimes it feels like the first word a child learns is, "mine!" It's one thing when a child snatches a toy away from another child, but...

On TV, an argument can usually be ended by a powerful speech to wrap the episode up. But real life isn't so neat, and our words often get...

We're all going to face trouble at some point in the future. Maybe not today, but soon. In fact many of us are already resigned to having...

Genesis 1 tells us that everything God created was good. But it's not long in the Bible till we see something that's not good--and it's...

We all take different paths through our lives. And unfortunately, sometimes when following God, it feels like we walk alone. But Celeste...