Catalyst Church of Carrollton

Swing For The Fences

Swing for the fences.

Who's Really My Friend?

There's Always a Way

“There was a woman whose husband belonged to the group of prophets. When her husband died, she called out to Elisha for help. She said, ‘Your servant, my husband, is dead. He served the Lord faithfully. My husband was in debt to a certain man. Now that man wants to take my two children to be his slaves.’ Elisha said to her, ‘How can I help you? Tell me, what things do you have in your house?’ She said to Elisha, ‘Please sir, I have nothing in the house. All I have is a small jar of olive oil.’ Then Elisha said to her, ‘Go to all your neighbours. Ask them to lend you empty jars. Make sure that you get a lot of them. Then take the jars into your house. Go in with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour the olive oil from your jar into all the other jars. When each jar is full, put it in a safe place.’ The widow left Elisha. She went into her house with her sons and she shut the door behind her. They brought the jars to her and she poured the oil into them. When all the jars were full, she said to one of her sons, ‘Bring me another jar.’ But he said, ‘There are no more jars.’ Then there was no more olive oil to pour from her jar. Then the widow went back to Elisha, the man of God. She told him what had happened. He said, ‘Go and sell the oil. Use some of the money to pay the debt to the man. Use the money that remains to buy food for you and your sons. Then you will live.”
‭‭2 Kings‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬-‭7‬ ‭EASY‬‬

It's Time To Try Something New

“Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 1 Kings 17:7 NIV

Message-“It’s Time To Try Something New” 

What brooks have dried up in your life? 

Then the word of the Lord came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.” “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.” Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’ ” She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.” ‭‭1 Kings‬ ‭17‬:‭8-16‬ ‭NIV‬‬

You Have___ But It Doesn’t Have You

Catalyst Church of Carrollton 9/28/25 - "You Have___ But It Doesn’t Have You" Week 4 of Detox Your Mind

“If any of you are suffering, they should pray. If any of you are happy, they should sing. If any of you are sick, they should call for the elders of the church, and the elders should pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. Prayer that comes from faith will heal the sick, for the Lord will restore them to health. And if they have sinned, they will be forgiven. For this reason, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous person is powerful in what it can achieve.” ‭‭James‬ ‭5‬:‭13‬-‭16‬ ‭CEB‬‬ 

1. Call It Out.
2. Get Counseling, Coaching, and Community. 
3. Take Your Meds If You Need Them.

Get Ahead Of It

Catalyst Church of Carrollton 9/21/25 -“Get Ahead Of It” Detox Your Mind 2025 

If you don’t get ahead of them, you’ll get lost in them.

1. Face Your Thoughts.
Lamentations 3:17-20-“Peace has been stripped away, and I have forgotten what prosperity is. I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the Lord is lost!” The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words. I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.” 

2. Don’t Trust Your Thoughts.
Proverbs 3:5-“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”

3. Evaluate Your Thoughts.
 ‭Lamentations‬ ‭3‬:‭40- “Instead, let us test and examine our ways…

4. Transform Your Thoughts.
Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ -“Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”

Engineer Your Environment

Catalyst Church of Carrollton - 9/14/25 "Engineer Your Environment" Week 2 of Detox Your Mind

“It is wisdom that helps a man to build a house. The house will have a strong foundation if he understands what is right. Knowledge will help him to fill its rooms with beautiful and valuable things.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭24‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭EASY‬‬ 

Engineer Your Environment:

1. Don’t Just Remove. Replace.

Luke 11:24–26-“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest… Then it returns… and finds the house swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked…”

2.  Plan Your Life.

Proverbs 21:5-“Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.”

Ephesians 5:15–16-“Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity.”

3. Fill Your Tank. 

Mark 1:35-“Very early in the morning… Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.”

Exodus 20:9-10-“Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work…”

4. Set and Reset Your Table.

1 Corinthians 15:33-“Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 

Proverbs 13:20-“Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.” 

Get To The Root

Catalyst Church of Carrollton - 9/7/25 "Get To The Root"

“So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭ESV‬ 

Surface fixes don’t heal deep wounds. 

People pleasing is not who you are, it’s how you survived.

Rebellion is pain in disguise.

Words wound. 

Sex isn’t the problem. It’s a signal and a symptom.  

Hyper independence happened because you got hurt too many times depending on others. 

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭17‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Pain can make you want to disappear.

Paper or Plastic

Catalyst Church of Carrollton - 8/31/25 "Paper or Plastic"

Walk It Like He Talked It

Catalyst Church of Carrollton: 8/24/25 “Walk It Like He Talked It” Vision Month