This week we started our new series called "next steps". We are challenging everyone to take a next step in their faith. This week Pastor Ben covered the first part of our series to "Follow Jesus". Following Jesus is more than a decision. It helps us discover our purpose in life.
Have you ever struggled to have faith when everything around you is falling apart? Pastor Ben talks about despite the difficulties around us, we can have faith just like David did. David had every reason to give up hope, but he remembered all that God had done for him.
Guest Preacher Nick Smith is the missions Pastor at one of our current church partners. He shared with us how Jesus challenges us to pick up our cross and follow him daily. We are thankful for the message he shared.
As we looked into the story of the prodigal son, we saw several things we could learn from each person. We learned several "Don't be that Guy/Girl" statements that we can so easily get caught up in believing.
Many times in our life we feel hopeless and we say we hope so. But God's word reminds us that we can Hope Fully in Him and His words despite our circumstances around us. We discussed what is holding us back from living the life that God has called us to live.
The last words someone says before they leave or before they pass away are some of the most important words. As we discussed the last words Paul shared in the book of 1 Timothy they encouraged us to guard and protect what we have learned in order to help us fulfill our calling.
Many of us believe God has a plan for our life but most of us don't know how to take a next step in that plan. We learned that all of us are somewhere between our life before Christ and our life after coming to Christ. But most of us don't know where we are in order to take a next step.
Have you ever struggled with contentment? Most people have. Paul challenges us in this text that Godliness with contentment is great gain. That the desires of our heart to pursue money will only lead to sin and disaster.
In today's message we learned that it is important to be wise in how we steward our resources to those in need, especially widows. Paul gave us qualifications that each widow should meet in order to receive support. He was specific about the church helping those who were in genuine need.
Have you ever had someone set a poor example for you to follow after? Maybe a parent or boss? In today's message Paul is challenge Timothy to set a positive example to those he is leading so that they will trust him to lead them to grow in their faith and follow his example.