What if we looked for the good?
What if we looked for the good?
There is an old saying, “Anyone can find dirt; it takes effort to find gold.”
Sunday, we are going to think about thinking, specifically how to think well.
The Scripture lays ...
What if we promoted peace in the family?
What if we helped one another love one another?
How do we cultivate communities where peace reigns?
How do we help people who clash learn to love one another?
Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers!”
Let’...
What if we promoted peace in the family? (The 5:15)
As Paul concludes his letter to the Philippians, he tells them again to "stand firm" in the midst of opposition and challenge. But in order to stand well, we must stand firmly upon the family of God's people ...
What if we kept our eyes on the prize?
That stinks!
Paul compared his religious life without Christ to rotten rubbish!
He then tells us how to abandon the religious rubbish and replace it with radiant relationship, with Life itself, from “do do” l...
One Thing (The 5:15)
Paul tells us in Philippians 3 that he focuses on one thing. But in order to do it well, we must know how to forget what is behind and focus forward rightly. How does God view our past? And how can we forget we...
What if we abandoned worthless pursuits and sought significant relationships?
If you had to make a list of people you know well, who would make the cut?
Let’s say you had to limit the list to ten people—who would be first?
What about people who know you well?
Are there people with w...
What if we abandoned worthless pursuits and sought significant relationships? (The 5:15)
For Paul, knowing God is the only path to true joy. But it's quite easy to think we are taking the path to knowing God when, in fact, we are simply piling up meaningless religious activity. How can we understand the grace of Jesus in the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his suffering so that we can truly rejoice in the Lord?
What if we made disciples like Paul?
How would you like to invest in an opportunity of a lifetime? It’s one that you would not only look back on as prudent and profitable, but just thinking about it would touch a place deep in your emotions that c...
What if we trained Timothys? (The 5:15)
In this section, Paul gives a glowing recommendation for Epaphroditus and Timothy. But where do men (and women) like this come from? How can we invest in the next generation so that those who come after us are strong in the things that really matter?
Do All Things Without Grumbling?
Thirty Miles!
That’s the distance the human eye can see a flickering candle on a dark night.
Sitting on a hillside with crowds gathered around him, Jesus delivered His longest and best-known teaching, “Th...