Month: February 2026

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Living a Life of Courage :: PHILIPPIANS

Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 2/22/26 by Pastor Steve Shields.

What is courage? Courage is not fearlessness. Courage is doing the right thing in the face of fear.

How to source courage. You know God by knowing His Word. Joshua 1:8a tells us Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night. You apply God’s Word to your heart. You believe God’s Word that He is with you.

Being courageous acknowledges the reality of your fear even the danger. Being courageous means to step forward into what you know God wants. Being courageous means to believe that you cannot lose when you trust God that you cannot lose.

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Leveraging Adversity in Your Walk with Christ :: PHILIPPIANS

Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 2/15/26 by Pastor Steve Shields.

Listen as Pastor Steve goes through Philippians 1-12-19.

Let adversity tell you what is really important. Adversity has a voice. Adversity is afraid. Adversity actually reveals what’s important…..

The Gospel. The Gospel transforms the worst of us. The Gospel transforms everyday people. The Gospel transforms the nations.

Let adversity transform you constructively. Let your light shine no matter what. Quietly note the ways your adversity can be used to inspire others.

Let Adversity cement your commitment. See adversity for what it is – a tool God uses to bring people to Himself. It will come to an end, and that end will be glorious.

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The Christian Family – Being All In :: PHILIPPIANS

Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 2/08/26 by Pastor Steve Shields.

Pastor Steve begins a new series through the book of Philippians.

The Bible is honest about family. There are shining metaphors and blemished reality.

Some Biblical bases for our love. We are IN Christ – together (Philippians 1:1). We’ve left behind a non-Christ past and embraced a Christ filled present and future (1:3-5). We are IN the game together (1:3-5). We’re in partnership together. We are IN process together. (1:6) We are IN grace together (1:7). We are IN touch together (1:8). We are INformed together (1:9-10).

What drives our love? The Holy Spirit – His presence and power. Us as we surrender to Him in humble dependence on Him.

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Growing in Wisdom – Everyone Needs It

Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 2/1/26 by Pastor Steve Shields.

Listen as Pastor Steve goes through Luke 2:41-52.

Jesus if fully God. Jesus is fully man. Jesus is One. One will, one undivided person, one unified divine being. Anything either nature does, the person of Christ does.

Growing in wisdom like Jesus. Be intentional in seeking wisdom. Put yourself in the right place. Place yourself with the right people. Be intentional about dropping the arrogance. Wisdom begins where arrogance ends.

Growing in wisdom like Mary. Be intentional about discovering the intentions of God.

Your homework! Write these down. Three places you can go to find Biblical Wisdom. Three people who can give you Biblical wisdom. Three things God did recently.

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