Mosaic Boston • Jamaica Plain

We all want to be happy, but did you know the more advertisements you see the less happy you are? Ads show us all the things we’re missing and they promise us happiness if we get the thing. The problem is, they can’t deliver on the happiness promised. If acquiring more stuff won’t make us happy, what will? Jesus gives us an unintuitive truth: “It’s more blessed to give that receive.” This week pastor Ivey shows us why we’ll find happiness in giving rather than getting.

We dedicate our time to the things we care about most. It makes sense for Christians to dedicate our time to God. How many hours do you dedicate to your relationship with God? Many Christians dedicate an hour a week on Sundays. Which is a good start, but a relationship needs more than that. Life is busy already! How can we give more time? If you need help in your relationship with God, watch this week’s message.

This week we look at a spiritual discipline that can turn your life around. Those that have a thriving life live out this discipline on a daily basis. What is it? Consistency. This week Pastor Ivey takes to Daniel, one of the most faithful and consistent people in the Scriptures. We’ll learn how being a consistent person can change our lives. Then we’ll get three ideas to help us be consistent God honoring people.

In week two of Pre-Decide we turn to temptation. All of us are tempted daily, and some days we’re more successful at fighting it than others. Succumbing to our worst temptations not only hurts us, but can hurt the people we love the most, and ultimately hurt the heart of God. How can we be better equipped and stronger against our struggles? This week, Pastor Ivey looks into the Scriptures to teach us three helpful methods to resist our most difficult temptations.

This week we begin a new series on making better decisions. Pastor Ivey talks about the idea of pre-deciding some of life’s biggest choices before they every happen. We’ll examine how this technique can help save us from making some really destructive decisions. This may not be an idea you’ve heard before, but it’s one found all over the the ancient wisdom of the Bible. Listen in this week for part one of our six part series Pre-Decide, “Take Back Your Life.”