(Scroll down for video) Is your small group a safe environment where relationships can grow, or do you find that you have a hard time getting people to connect? Connecting with and developing relationships with other believers outside of a weekend service is very important to our spiritual and mental health – God hardwired us […]
Jim Putman – Lead Pastor of Real Life Ministries leads a discussion on finances with Gabe Cleave – Hayden Campus Pastor, and Santha Yinger – Mental Health Ministry Lead. You can watch the sermon that goes along with this podcast here: https://realliferesources.org/sermon/first-week-2/ Some of the things they cover in this podcast are: – Can I […]
(scroll down to download) Finding peace in a world of anxiety Do you sometimes feel the stress and anxiety of life is overwhelming? Do you find yourself tired and worn down, struggling to continue with the day-to-day battles? I want you to know that you are not alone in that —I have struggled with this […]
THE LIES WE BATTLE Ephesians 3:18-19 (NLT) 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with […]
End Times Introduction: • There are many issues right now: Pandemics, social and cultural changes. • There are current and future economic concerns. • There are political issues. • People are feeling less than secure: There is an increase in addictions – violence—mental health issues –on and on. • In Jesus’ day people were seemingly […]
Finding peace in a world of anxiety Do you sometimes feel the stress and anxiety of life is overwhelming? Do you find yourself tired and worn down, struggling to continue with the day-to-day battles? I want you to know that you are not alone in that —I have struggled with this too. And apparently so […]
“The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional.”
REVIEW We often live lives too fast paced, too busy, too full of a schedule This is unhealthy and it leads to poor health in other areas of our lives (physical, mental, emotional, relational, spiritual, etc) Jesus lived the most profound life full of meaning and purpose yet He wasn’t hurried. He invites us to […]
Discipleship requires that we learn to obey all that Jesus has commanded Resources—Randy Alcorn – The Treasure Principle Matthew 28:18–20 (NIV) 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the […]
Review: Relationship, Rest, Remembering, Resilience 1) Restoration requires honesty with ourselves and with God Be honest with yourself Psalms 139:23-24 (NIV) Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalms 119:28-30 (NLT) I weep […]
Restoration Our goals –destigmatize it Help those who struggle with it Prepare those who don’t to understand and help others Review 5 R’s Relationship Rest Remembering to remember Resilience –to have hope and get up again Restoration –this is not the Matrix We cannot just decide to forget our past and move forward Remember we […]
“So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining […]
Right Now Media and Real Life Ministries present The Suicide Dilemma – a 5 session series on Suicide and the effect it can have on us and the world around us, featuring Pastor Jim Putman. What does the Bible say about suicide? This series will biblically inform Christians with the truth about suicide. Viewers […]
Right Now Media and Real Life Ministries present The Depression Dilemma – a 5 session series on Depression and the effect it can have on us and the world around us, featuring Pastor Jim Putman. Have you ever felt depressed? Do you suffer through seasons of depression? In this series, we seek to inform, educate, […]
Jesus was the greatest in humility, so it makes sense that His sacrifice was the greatest of all time. 1. Why was a sacrifice required? Sin is so grievous to God it requires a blood sacrifice (Hebrews 9:22). In the Old Testament, the priests would have to sacrifice animals for the sins of […]
Romans 5:6-8-6 When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. 7 Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. 8 But God showed his great love […]