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Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 08/18/24 by Pastor Steve Shields.

This isn’t just for students going back to a school building. This message is for everyone! Listen as Pastor Steve speaks on Luke 10:25-37.

There are 3 essentials we all need as we live our lives. Love, integrity and self control are seen in the story of the Good Samaritan.

Loving your neighbor as yourself means choosing to love whoever God puts in your path. If you chose to love whoever God puts in front of you, how would that change your heart?

Integrity is making reality conform to your words. Integrity is the opposite of hypocrisy. Integrity comes with being near Christ.

Self control gives you powerful influence. Self control gives you the ability to love. To make the rugged choice to do the right thing.

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Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 8/14/21 by Pastor Steve Shields.

As we head back to school, recent grads gave their wisdom to be applied to the new school year. Listen as Pastor Steve uses the wisdom from the Bible to connect the graduates thoughts.

Don’t live in regret. Philippians 3:13

Use obstacles to grow. Philippians 3:14

Have fun – Trust God. Don’t overthink and stress about everything that happens. Ecclesiastes 12:13

Avoid distractions. Ephesians 5:15-18 and Matthew 13:22

Find motivation. Colossians 3:23-24

Find other Christ-followers. I Thessalonians 5:11

Ask yourself, would doing this make ______ proud of me? Ephesians 5: 1-3

Look to God for your identity. Genesis 1:27, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 2:10, I Peter 2:9 and Jeremiah 29:11.

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Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 8/29/21 by Pastor Steve Shields.

What made Daniel and his friends different? They were thinkers, learners and motivated while living in their difficult environment.

What lessons can we learn from Daniel when we are in a difficult environment? We believe God can help us even when the demands are unreasonable, when we are in danger, or being persecuted.

We also see from Daniel’s story that we need to walk closely with God. We need to be in His word.

We see how Daniel cooperated without compromising. He allowed himself to be called a new name that was not pleasing to him, but did not compromise in ways that would defile him.

Our mindset is crucial. We need to believe that God is in control. We need to resolve that we will stand firm. We need to trust that God is with us.

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