Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.  Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.  Psalm 103:1-5 

1.  LOOK WHAT GOD HAS DONE  

“The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.”   Psalm 126

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WHO AM I? 

See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.  1 John 3:1  

 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.  Ephesians 2:10 

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life

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“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.  Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.    Matthew 7:24–25 NLT 

1. YOU CANNOT BUILD A SECURE LIFE ON A CRUMBLING FOUNDATION 

But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.  When the rains and floods com

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The Collection for Christians in Jerusalem 

I really don’t need to write to you about this ministry of giving for the believers in Jerusalem.  2 For I know how eager you are to help, and I have been boasting to the churches in Macedonia that you in Greece were ready to send an offering a year ago. In fact, it was your enthusiasm that stirred up many of the Macedonian believers to begin giving. 

3 But I am sending these brothers to be sure you really are ready, as I have been

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For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”    Matthew 20:28 NLT 

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be

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Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one an

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WORDS TO GROW BY:

FAITH

Pastor Sam Goins

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."  Joshua 1:9 NIV 

Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.  Heb. 11:1 NLT 

1.  FAITH ALWAYS REQUIRES A MOVE 

"By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going."  

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WORDS TO GROW BY

GRACE

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.  He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.  James1:17,18 

1. Grace Establishes My Relationship with God 

"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one ma

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EMBRACING COMMUNITY

Acts 2:44-47 (NIV) 

44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

1 John 4:16-21 (NIV)

16 And so w

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CROSSROADS

4 CHOICES THAT CHANGE EVERYTHING

Pastor Sam Goins

Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.— Romans 6:13 NLT 

1. CHOOSE GOD'S WAY OVER MY WAY. 

Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom.  Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil. Then you will have healing fo

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Heal Your Hurting Mind pt.5

1. Stop Managing Your Pain and Choose Healing 

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." Psalm 147:3 

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind..." Romans 12:2 

2. Unclog the Vertical Blockage by Releasing Others 

"For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you..." Matthew 6:14–15 

"Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and y

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How to Cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude

July 12, 2026   Chaplain Doug Kinder

The Origin of Thanksgiving Becoming a National Holiday

Thanksgiving is a KEY WORD throughout the scripture.

Duet. 8:10       God’s Command to Israel

Pslm 100:4     I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart

Col. 1:11-12   Give thanks for Eternal Life

Eph. 5:20         Always giving thanks to God for everything          

1 Thess. 5:18 Give thanks in all circumstances

Job 1:21           The Lor

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Heal Your Hurting Mind pt. 4

So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law. Galatians 5:1 NLT 

For freedom Christ has set us free … Galatians 5:1 ESV 

 A hurting mind isn’t a broken mind; it’s healing in progress. Jesus asks you to meet His grace with your faith. 

The enemy often attacks hardest after progress.  

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the dev

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Heal Your Hurting Mind pt. 3

WHAT’S HOLDING YOU BACK?

“May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”    1 Thessalonians 5:23 (NIV) 

“He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”     Philippians 1:6 (NKJV) 

1. RECOGNIZE T

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Heal Your Hurting Mind pt.2

Pastor Sam Goins

You’re a spirit with a soul that lives in a body. 

Salvation is instant, but sanctification is a process.  

They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. 23He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?” 24He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking

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