Mature and Complete helps us to focus on what is truly important.By Thad Lanthripe

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

Keep walking forward in faith. Look to God and His people for perspective.By Matt Sprankle

Keep walking forward in faith. Look to God and His people for perspective.By Matt Sprankle

Faith gives us the ability to consider it joy when facing trials because God has a purpose for the painful circumstance.By Thad Lanthripe

Faith gives us the ability to consider it joy when facing trials because God has a purpose for the painful circumstance.By Thad Lanthripe

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

The next essentials in decision making are learning how to listen to God's voice. It is easy for us to pick up this block and run with it to decide what we are going to do. However, that could lead to some foolish decisions. This block - Prayer and Prompting - Listening to God's voice - comes last because we want to make sure that it is built on th…

The next essentials in decision making are learning how to listen to God's voice. It is easy for us to pick up this block and run with it to decide what we are going to do. However, that could lead to some foolish decisions. This block - Prayer and Prompting - Listening to God's voice - comes last because we want to make sure that it is built on th…

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

Searching for God's specific will is the next step after learning to do His general will. This involves asking for wise counsel on specific decisions and seeking to get a neutral heart before God.By Matt Sprankle

Searching for God's specific will is the next step after learning to do His general will. This involves asking for wise counsel on specific decisions and seeking to get a neutral heart before God.By Matt Sprankle

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

God's general will is lined out for us in scripture and we get to know God's will and ways through experience. This experience requires faith, integrity, and obedience. God's will and ways become clear to us as we choose to live God's way over and over again.By Matt Sprankle

God's general will is lined out for us in scripture and we get to know God's will and ways through experience. This experience requires faith, integrity, and obedience. God's will and ways become clear to us as we choose to live God's way over and over again.By Matt Sprankle

Good decisions flow out of a heart of wisdom. A heart of wisdom will do what is righteous towards God, just towards people, and prudent towards a goal. A heart set on wisdom will then consider the building blocks of God's guidance as they make decisions.By Thad Lanthripe

Good decisions flow out of a heart of wisdom. A heart of wisdom will do what is righteous towards God, just towards people, and prudent towards a goal. A heart set on wisdom will then consider the building blocks of God's guidance as they make decisions.By Thad Lanthripe

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

We want to find explanations and reasons for everything and it drives us crazy when things don't work out as they should. Or when the supposed happy ending seems to fizzle out into nothing. Certainly, we're promised an abundant life in Christ with purpose and eternity with God, but then why is life so complicated and difficult, even for believers? …

God has a growing family (Eph. 2:19) - His teams accept one another and keep on growing by adding to their number. The church does that by welcoming guests (Rom. 15:7) and continuing to add them into the church (Acts 5:14).By Thad Lanthripe

God has a growing family (Eph. 2:19) - His teams accept one another and keep on growing by adding to their number. The church does that by welcoming guests (Rom. 15:7) and continuing to add them into the church (Acts 5:14).By Thad Lanthripe

We are free in Christ! Yet, that is not a license to do whatever we want, but a mandate to follow in such a way that we "keep in step with the Spirit." In this sermon series in Galatians, we'll look at freedom and responsibility, two biblical concepts that help us focus on Christ while loving and serving others. Join us and bring a friend!…

We are free in Christ! Yet, that is not a license to do whatever we want, but a mandate to follow in such a way that we "keep in step with the Spirit." In this sermon series in Galatians, we'll look at freedom and responsibility, two biblical concepts that help us focus on Christ while loving and serving others. Join us and bring a friend!…

We are free in Christ! Yet, that is not a license to do whatever we want, but a mandate to follow in such a way that we "keep in step with the Spirit." In this sermon series in Galatians, we'll look at freedom and responsibility, two biblical concepts that help us focus on Christ while loving and serving others. Join us and bring a friend!…

We are free in Christ! Yet, that is not a license to do whatever we want, but a mandate to follow in such a way that we "keep in step with the Spirit." In this sermon series in Galatians, we'll look at freedom and responsibility, two biblical concepts that help us focus on Christ while loving and serving others. Join us and bring a friend!…

We are free in Christ! Yet, that is not a license to do whatever we want, but a mandate to follow in such a way that we "keep in step with the Spirit." In this sermon series in Galatians, we'll look at freedom and responsibility, two biblical concepts that help us focus on Christ while loving and serving others. Join us and bring a friend!…

We are free in Christ! Yet, that is not a license to do whatever we want, but a mandate to follow in such a way that we "keep in step with the Spirit." In this sermon series in Galatians, we'll look at freedom and responsibility, two biblical concepts that help us focus on Christ while loving and serving others. Join us and bring a friend!…

A legendary team stays "sharp" in the way they approach things. Sharp: alert competence and clear understanding shown in a resourceful, enthusiastic way. An important aspect of being "sharp" is that we do the best we can with our resources. This means that we don't compare but focus on what we can do to take care of our responsibilities (Gal. 6:4-5…

A legendary team stays "sharp" in the way they approach things. Sharp: alert competence and clear understanding shown in a resourceful, enthusiastic way. An important aspect of being "sharp" is that we do the best we can with our resources. This means that we don't compare but focus on what we can do to take care of our responsibilities (Gal. 6:4-5…

We are free in Christ! Yet, that is not a license to do whatever we want, but a mandate to follow in such a way that we "keep in step with the Spirit." In this sermon series in Galatians, we'll look at freedom and responsibility, two biblical concepts that help us focus on Christ while loving and serving others. Join us and bring a friend!…

We are free in Christ! Yet, that is not a license to do whatever we want, but a mandate to follow in such a way that we "keep in step with the Spirit." In this sermon series in Galatians, we'll look at freedom and responsibility, two biblical concepts that help us focus on Christ while loving and serving others. Join us and bring a friend!…

We are free in Christ! Yet, that is not a license to do whatever we want, but a mandate to follow in such a way that we "keep in step with the Spirit." In this sermon series in Galatians, we'll look at freedom and responsibility, two biblical concepts that help us focus on Christ while loving and serving others. Join us and bring a friend!…

A legendary team and its members are proactive - they have a "can do" attitude and take initiative to do right and accomplish God's purpose. Choosing a proactive posture buys up the opportunity (Gal. 6:10) and trusts that we can do anything through Christ (Phil. 4:13).By Matt Sprankle

A legendary team and its members are proactive - they have a "can do" attitude and take initiative to do right and accomplish God's purpose. Choosing a proactive posture buys up the opportunity (Gal. 6:10) and trusts that we can do anything through Christ (Phil. 4:13).By Matt Sprankle

At CIV, we value a godly cohesion (cohesion: to stick together tightly). A legendary team chooses to be loyal and trust one another which builds unity and brings results to glorify God.By Thad Lanthripe

At CIV, we value a godly cohesion (cohesion: to stick together tightly). A legendary team chooses to be loyal and trust one another which builds unity and brings results to glorify God.By Thad Lanthripe

We have a new lead pastor! But wait, what now? What will change? What will stay the same? Often times change evokes two responses; excitement for something new or hesitant curiosity about what the future will hold. This sermon series will help us set realistic expectations based on God's Word while holding fast to Christ, our anchor. Join us as we …

We have a new lead pastor! But wait, what now? What will change? What will stay the same? Often times change evokes two responses; excitement for something new or hesitant curiosity about what the future will hold. This sermon series will help us set realistic expectations based on God's Word while holding fast to Christ, our anchor. Join us as we …