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REAL WITH GOD (opens the original)
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What do you do when the thing you prayed for doesn't happen? When the loss is real and there's no fixing it, most of us either put on a brave face for God or quietly build a case against Him. But there's another way. In this message, we look at King David in 2 Samuel 12, a man who fasted, wept, and pleaded for his son's life, and then, when the answer was no, got up, washed his face, and went to worship. Being real with God starts with being honest about our own brokenness instead of filtering i
REAL WITH OURSELVES (opens the original)
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Most of us think we're above average — a better driver, a better person, a better spouse than most. Statistically, that can't be true for everyone. So why do we all believe it about ourselves? This message uses King David's story as the warning. Here was a man after God's own heart who let comfort turn into complacency, complacency into sin, and sin into cover-up — all while telling himself he was still okay. It's a picture of how easily we can lose touch with our own hearts when we stop paying
WE HAVE A REAL ENEMY (opens the original)
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We like to think our decisions are our own—driven by logic, feelings, or what's right in front of us. But what if you couldn't fully trust any of those things? In this opening message of the "Real" series, we take a hard look at spiritual warfare and the reality that every believer faces an enemy who knows exactly how to distort our perception. Drawing from Luke 4, this teaching unpacks the enemy's playbook using a surprising analogy: retail marketing. Just like stores use lighting, angles, and
Exile in Babylon (opens the original)
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When the world stops feeling like home, how do you keep the faith? In this message from River Lake Church, we dig into Jeremiah 29 — God's letter to His people in exile — and discover a surprising call: don't retreat, don't fight, but settle in and seek the peace of the place you've been planted. We explore what it means to live as "exiles" today, following Jesus in a culture that isn't always our own, and why God's promise still holds — plans to give us a future and a hope. Even in Babylon, He'
Worship is Discipline (opens the original)
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Worship isn't just what happens during the songs on Sunday—it starts way earlier than that. This episode wraps up the Why Church? series by looking at worship as something woven into our everyday work, the costly stuff we'd rather hold onto than surrender, and yes, the singing too—though maybe not in the way we usually think about it. Along the way, the honest objections get addressed: not liking the songs, feeling awkward, feeling too exposed. The invitation is simple—stop focusing on yourself
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