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Love Handles: I'll Believe it When I See It

Love Handles wrapped up Sunday with “I’ll Believe it When I See It”. Whether it’s our spouse or us struggling to believe… nothing is too hard for the Lord.

Love Handles has helped all of us: single, married, or divorced. Keep the growth going by praying for your relationships, reading the scriptures, and connecting with friends in a Life Group.  Here are this week’s Next Steps:

• Read Genesis 17 and 18
• Trust God’s timing
• Come back this Sunday. Pastor Layne Schranz from Church of the Highlands (named the fastest growing church in America in 2010) will be in all three gatherings. Bring a friend!

To sign up for Launch (this Sunday!), click HERE, or for Discover, HERE.

More and more people are finding Jesus and following him fully at The Journey. Our combined weekend gatherings in February were nearly 60% larger than the same month in 2011… and over 160% larger than 2010. Nearly twice as many people have indicated they’ve put their faith in Jesus for the first time in a weekend gathering this year over the same time last year. People’s lives are being transformed by Christ as they gather, connect, and serve.

That makes Advance, our dream of moving to a new place so we can continue to grow, a really good investment. The building on Route 4 is back in motion. Will you do something radical to help make the dream a reality this week? Give online at www.yourjourney.tv/give.

Enjoy The Journey!

Love Handles: How Could You?

Love Handles continued this past Sunday with the toughest message of the series so far: “How Could You?” from the story of Hosea and Gomer. All of us who have been or are in a relationship have experienced the pain of betrayal at some level. What if we decided to forgive?

This week’s Next Step: Forgive

Sunday’s message may have brought to the surface questions about how to move forward in your specific situation. The Journey’s counseling partner, Safe Harbor, provides biblical, clinically sound counseling at our campus four days a week. They accept many forms of insurance, and where insurance does not apply, provide a discount to Journey members. To set up an appointment with a counselor, go to www.safeharborDE.com or call 302-239-4025.

Pastor Mark also recommends the book “Boundaries” by Henry Cloud and John Townsend.

Are you gathering, connecting, and serving?  To sign up for the next Launch, click HERE. To join a volunteer team, click HERE, or to sign up for Discover, HERE.  And remember that you can give online anytime by going HERE.

Don’t miss the final week of Love Handles! What should you do when the person you’re in a relationship with isn’t on the same spiritual wavelength you are? What if they don’t have the same faith you have? Or what if they use the “God” card too often? Find out this Sunday.

Enjoy The Journey!

Love Handles: Get a Room

Love Handles continued this past Sunday with the message, “Get a Room.” (You can hear the podcast HERE.) Great sex is exclusive, mutual, and generous. If you’re single, see your sexuality as a river flowing toward and into the ocean of marriage, instead of a swamp that spreads out prematurely and never reaches its destination. If you’re married… well, you know what to do.

This week’s Next Steps:

• Invite God into my sexuality. Whatever you’ve done, wherever you’ve been, and however you may have fallen short, today’s a new day in Christ. Ask for forgiveness and start fresh.
• Get a room. Valentine’s Day may be behind us, but why not make a week of it? We have our pastor’s blessing to fully enjoy our marriages this week.
• Bring a friend to week three of Love Handles. This weekend, the series addresses some of the harder parts of our relationships. Do you know someone who needs encouragement? Hand them an invite card and bring them along.

Are you dating or engaged? “Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts” is an excellent, easy to read book that will help you get to know the person you’re getting serious with.

At The Journey, we grow spiritually when we gather, connect, and serve. To sign up for the next Launch, click HERE, or for Discover, HERE.  And remember that you can give online anytime by going HERE.

See you this Sunday as Love Handles continues!

Enjoy The Journey.

Love Handles: Marriage is What Brings Us Together

Love Handles kicked off with a bang yesterday! Marriage is about connecting with each other where we’re similar and complementing each other where we’re different. To read about Adam and Eve, go to Genesis 2. To hear yesterday’s podcast, click HERE. Whether you’re single and waiting, married and learning, or divorced and healing, this series can help you get a grip on love, sex, and relationships.

(Want to dig deeper into the connection between marriage and spiritual growth? Pastor Mark recommends the book “Sacred Marriage” by Gary Thomas.)

This week’s Next Steps:

• Revisit my “at last” moment. If you’re in a relationship, are you still excited?
• Come back next Sunday as “Love Handles” continues
• Sign up for a Life Group. There’s still time – go to www.yourjourney.tv/connect to sign up for a group now!

This past week, The Journey aired 80 ads on WSTW, 93.7fm. And yesterday we broke our previous attendance record – over 460 people were on campus among our three gatherings. This week, 60 more ads will play on WSTW, and two weeks later, billboards will start going up in our community. That’s all possible because of your generous giving. You can give toward the mission and vision of The Journey online anytime by going HERE.

This Sunday, Love Handles continues with “Get a Room,” a message that will help all of us uncover the truth about biblical sex. Don’t miss it – and bring a friend.

Enjoy The Journey!