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A message that invites us to consider our personal brokenness as we look “inward, upward, and outward,” in the backdrop of God’s passion to redeem, restore, and heal. Key Passage: Psalm 23:3 (”He restores my soul”)
Beginning with God’s inquiry of Adam in the garden this message invites men to explore and recognize brokenness, drop their fig leaves, and move into authentic intimacy with God and others. Key Passage: Genesis 3:9 (”But the Lord God called to the man, ‘Where are you?’”)
What does it mean to really love God with our heart and not just “do the Christian life”? What comples us in our spirituality? Paul earnestly stated that, “Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all and therefore all died” (2 Cor. 5:14-15). If we are honest, we are often compelled by things like drivenness, insecurity, jealousy, anger, even shame. In Christ we are invited to a freeing journey of living from the heart. What might this look like? This message explores “postures our heart must take” which include humility, receptivity, trust, attentiveness, intentionality, perseverance, and grace.
Understanding God’s design for gender, sexuality, and relationships through examining parallels between human sexuality and the Trinitarian nature of God. Based upon an upcoming course at Denver Seminary (Spring 2008).
This message explains the spiritual nature of addiction, the roots of our addictive passions, the cycle of addiction, and how to break free. Based upon the forthcoming book of the same name.
Michael Cusick weaves his personal story of being healed from sexual addiction and how God saved his marriage. This message explains the basis for breaking free from lust and sexual compulsion and invites listeners to walk a path of learning to love from the heart. This message has been presented to both mens groups and co-ed groups. (can also be presented with Julianne Cusick).
A shorter version of the message above while exploring the common myths of intimacy and then leading couples to the true nature of marital intimacy.
My good friend Aram–who has also been my pastor for 15 years–just returned from a three month sabbatical.
Among other things during the sabbatical, he and his wife had time at the beach, time at a monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, and time at a conference in Chicago where the emminent German theologian Jurgen Moltmann was speaking. Read more…