Being a father is never easy. It is much more than simply getting up, going to work, and bringing home a paycheck to make sure that you keep a roof over your head and food on the table. Being a father also means living with integrity; being a man of open honor and honesty. Some of the greatest lessons I learned from my father came not from what he said, but what he did. Our children watch our every step to see how we live our lives and whether or not our walk matches our talk. The legacy we leave is seen in how they eventually walk themselves.
Before each of us here today is a new year of possibility and opportunity. Should the Lord tarry his coming and we live to see January 1, 2025, we each…
It is at this time of the year that the hearts and minds of many the world over are turned to the birth of God’s Son. While no one definitively…
“God-fidence: Knowing I can’t but He can.” Overconfidence is obnoxious and overbearing. Lack of confidence often makes us our own worst enemy and is the reason we give up too…
We have come to the last of our lessons on elders. Over the last three weeks we have focused on . . .Who these men are and why we need…
God has great power available toward us who believe. It is power which according to Paul is “in accordance with the working of the strength of His might” (1:19). It…
This morning as we continue to look at the character traits that God looks for in these men, I will also see what God expects them to be able to…
Paul’s letter to the Christians in Ephesus is rich in what it details for us concerning our standing in Christ. It is as if Paul says “I have so much…
The church, the body of Christ, of which many of us here this morning are a part, if it is to function at its greatest potential, needs godly leaders. This…
Upon investigating Thanksgiving in both the Old and New Testament, we come to three questions that will show us why we are to truly be thankful. What blessings have we…
Two of the most powerful words you have in your vocabulary are the words “Thank you.” Many of us may recognize Paul’s words to the Christian in Colosse, “Let the…