Focal Passage: Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-16 A call from Christ unto salvation when accepted is immediately met with a call for service — service to the One who saved us by obeying His teachings and living a life worthy of the calling we have received. And, service to one another in love to help grow and encourage each other. We all have weaknesses just as we all have strengths. And
Focal Passage: Genesis 39:7-21 All people face some kind of trauma in their life. Sometimes it happens because of their own actions. Sometimes it happens because of what others did. Sometimes there is no explanation. After trauma occurs, the question becomes “what now?” The default position becomes “I’ve been hurt. I’m a victim. Because of this trauma, my life has been forever changed!” The story of Joseph details another
Psalm 34:1-3, 8-10, 15-18 There can be no debate about the fact that worship is essential in the lives of all those who believe in God and are called according to His purpose. But not all believers understand the importance of it, nor how or why it should be practiced. If you were to ask, you would probably receive as many different definitions for worship as the number of
Focal Passage: Genesis 37:5-8; 18-28 Giving gifts for the most part is just such fun and important. So important, that gift giving is actually one of the Love Languages. During our early years of marriage, I loved to buy my wife clothes. I knew her sizes. I would walk from one end of the mall to the other looking for just the right things. It was fun and joyful. The
Focal Passage: Colossians 1:9-14; 21-29 There are a lot of discussion these days on how to go about fulfilling the Great Commission. If we break it down, we find it has two parts. One, we are to make disciples. In other words, we are to help others find salvation through Jesus Christ. Secondly, after making disciples, we are to teach them everything Jesus commands us to do. The first
Focal Passage: Genesis 35:1-15 Leaving is never easy. Leaving family after a wonderful holiday season is never easy but is tempered with the knowledge that there will be another time. Leaving a job and friends is never easy even for a new opportunity but again tempered with the knowledge that some friendships will survive time and distance. However, sometimes leaving means never returning. A bad job. A bad break-up. A
Focal Passage: Matthew 28:18-20; II Corinthians 5:16-21 Everyone living today who has accepted the free gift of grace and found salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ has done so through the testimony of others. None of us experienced the physical presence of Jesus as the disciples did. We didn’t see first-hand the miracles He performed. None of us heard Him speak or walked by His side. Everything we know
Focal Passage: Genesis 32:22-32 Jacob wrestled with God and lived! Yes, he walked with a limp because of his injury, but his life had been spared. He came face to face with God and lived. This was no dream and no accident. Alone until daybreak, Jacob wrestled with God. His hip socket dislocated in the struggle did not stop Jacob from wrestling with all his strength and might. In the
Focal Passage: I Peter 2:1-12 In this study we will be discussing the church. When the word church is used, most peoples mind immediately goes to a building, a place, a structure that is inanimate made with brick and mortar. But in Scripture, the church is a living, growing, maturing, entity. Its body is comprised of all who believe in and follow its head the Lord Jesus Christ. For
Focal Passage: Genesis 30:25-34, 41-43 Patience is a virtue. But try as I might, I am not very patient. I do not like long lines. I do not like waiting almost anywhere. But I try. Even as I get older, I continue working on it. However, patience is a characteristic of value and worth. It means tolerance, persistence, fortitude, perseverance, and unflappability — those things we strive for yet may
Focal Passage: Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-16 A call from Christ unto salvation when accepted is immediately met with a call for service — service to the
Focal Passage: Genesis 39:7-21 All people face some kind of trauma in their life. Sometimes it happens because of their own actions. Sometimes it happens
Psalm 34:1-3, 8-10, 15-18 There can be no debate about the fact that worship is essential in the lives of all those who believe
Focal Passage: Genesis 37:5-8; 18-28 Giving gifts for the most part is just such fun and important. So important, that gift giving is actually one
Focal Passage: Colossians 1:9-14; 21-29 There are a lot of discussion these days on how to go about fulfilling the Great Commission. If we break
Focal Passage: Genesis 35:1-15 Leaving is never easy. Leaving family after a wonderful holiday season is never easy but is tempered with the knowledge that
Focal Passage: Matthew 28:18-20; II Corinthians 5:16-21 Everyone living today who has accepted the free gift of grace and found salvation in the Lord Jesus
Focal Passage: Genesis 32:22-32 Jacob wrestled with God and lived! Yes, he walked with a limp because of his injury, but his life had been
Focal Passage: I Peter 2:1-12 In this study we will be discussing the church. When the word church is used, most peoples mind immediately goes
Focal Passage: Genesis 30:25-34, 41-43 Patience is a virtue. But try as I might, I am not very patient. I do not like long lines.
