Main idea: When God is not the center, outrageous passions will take flame and scorch lives. I. Six warnings: When God is not the center... Passions turn abusivePassions twist lovePassions fuel greed...

Main idea: God’s grace should increasingly prompt you to live better with others, and worship Him. Let God’s Grace Affect Your Relationships with Others (1-11)Let God’s Grace Affect Your Relationship with Him (12-20)...

Big idea: Winning the greatest contests of faith will first require the most humble prayers. Trust God’s protection for humble reconciliation (Genesis 32:1-5).Seek God’s grace through humble prayer (Genesis 32:6-21)....

Depression is a term that a lot of Christians can be afraid to use as it is not used in the Bible. However, the Bible has plenty of things to say about sadness, sorrow, grief, and despair and how God is a refuge and relief to such feelings....

Main idea: Fight for undivided worship. The LORD is your only protector. Watch for divided worship (Genesis 31:17-21).Trust God’s protection, not your own schemes (Genesis 31:22-32).Rely on God’s...

Big idea: Set your heart toward home; God’s promises and presence go with you. Three exoduses: Jacob to CanaanIsrael to CanaanChristian to the New Heavens and New Earth T...

Big idea: Take your pain to God; His promises and His pity are abundant. Pray to God who sees when you are hated (Genesis 29:31-35) Pray to God who hears your desperation and envy (Genesis 30:1-13) Rach...

Main Idea: God is always with His people, so walk with Him by thankful faith and trust. Stage 1: Faith—Walk in faith that God will keep His promises (Genesis 29:1–8).Genesis 28:15St...

Emotions are a part of everyday life. As God’s image-bearers, we experience emotions, but those emotions can become wayward, consuming, and debilitating. There is comfort available in the God of all comfort....

Introduction Big idea: See the vision (again)—transform your worship. Preparation: God must prepare you (Genesis 28:1-5).Caution: You can’t go through the motions (Genesis 28:6-9).Vision:...

Main idea: Epic sovereignty beats epic sins every time. FamilyNationsChurch Identify epic sins.Marvel at epic sovereignty.Welcome epic sanctification....

A guest speaker finishes our Life Together series by talking about a believer's duty to evangelism or go and make disciples. Our modern-day reluctance to obey in this area is similar to the delayed obedience that the returning exiles showed i...

Main idea: The Lord is always with His people to bless them. So, remember His promise, rely on Him, renew your worship and rejoice in Him! Introduction Matthew 28:20John 14:23Ephesians 2:21–22Colossia...

Big idea: God’s sovereign grace calls us to humility and hope. Humbly content yourself in blessingsHopefully depend in chaos For IsraelFor usFor me ...

Big Idea: Work for the Lord and wait for His reward, and you will work with integrity. Proverbs 3:7-8 Work unto the Lord (Ephesians 6:5). Colossians 3:23 Respect your employer. Please t...

Big idea:  The dignity of work rests in understanding work as an act of worshipful service to God and others. Four perspectives that shape your philosophy of work into worshipful service to God and others: ...

The church was born as the Holy Spirit fell upon the disciples at Pentecost, a large crowd gathered, the gospel was proclaimed, and the rest is history. God is still in the business of building his church as people are filled with the Holy Spirit,...

Big idea: Three discoveries about God’s purposes in work will help you like your work more better. Find freedom by working as worship to God. (Genesis 1:26-2:3) Imaging God Serving God ...

Introduction Big Idea: In all service, keep a ready eye on God’s providence. Commit Pray John 14:13-14 James 1:5-6 Wait Give thanks Give testimony...

Big idea: Grieve with gospel hope by laying your aching grief beside active hope. Admit the double ache of death. Act on God’s promises.Romans 4:17-18 Anticipate the promises fulfilled. ...

Main idea: Believing God who provides will ensure you pass your tests of faith. Consider God’s great tests (Genesis 22:1). Address your great loves (Genesis 22:1-2). Focus on great promises and provision (Genesis...

Big idea: God is keeping His promises, so you must keep calling on Him. In a season of blessingIn a season of family strifeIn a season of sufferingIn a season of national strife ...

Main idea: Our ability to hope in trials, be confident in tribulations, and rejoice in suffering depends upon our understanding of God’s ultimate purpose in all our trials and tribulations. The recipients of ...

Main idea: The Apostle Paul describes four reasons being justified by faith enables you to trust God in trials. You have an established peace with God (Romans 5:1).You have constant access to God’s grace (Romans 5:2a)....

Main idea: When hostility comes, trust that you are being trained by the loving Father. God’s goal The race you're running Strip off every weight and sin....

Main Idea: When despair rolls in start exalting God’s wisdom and stop exalting man’s. Good news: God is infinitely wiser than you (11:33)Ephesians 2:4Relax: God doesn’t need your expertise. (11:34-35...

He is good in all that He does (Psalm 119:65). Genesis 1:31: "God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good." Acts 14:17: "and yet He did not leave Himself without witness,...

Main idea: Trust and worship the Lord, who is sovereign over every detail. “God’s providence is His constant care for and His absolute rule over all His creation for His own glory and the good of His people.â€...

Main Idea: Trust and be strengthened by the sovereign God. You are not hidden from Him; He has not disregarded you. Isaiah 40 contains five demonstrations of God’s sovereignty that should cause you to trust in, depend up...

Main Idea: Do battle with old sins by trusting God’s eternal grace Keep Watch on Old SinsListen to God’s Gracious InterventionAbimelechAbraham Matthew 10:27Proverbs 16:7...

Main idea: Trust God’s message to escape God’s judgment. Trust God’s assessment of sin (Genesis 19:1-11,13). 2 Peter 2:7-8 Romans 3:23 Believe the news of judgment (Genesis 19:12-14) Luke 1...

Main idea: Cultivate a righteous response to God’s righteous judgment. Pay attention to God’s judgment. Psalm 89:14 Proverbs 21:3 Jude 1:7 Pray for mercy from the Judge. Colossians 4:2-4 ...

Main idea: Drive doubt from your heart by trusting God’s personal and powerful promises. Recognize that God gets up close and personal. John 14:16 Remind yourself that nothing is too difficult...

Main idea: A genuine relationship with God is a covenant relationship, and God Almighty is worthy of that commitment. A genuine relationship with God is a covenant relationship. The commitments of th...

The goal of parenting (from The Faithful Parent, Scott & Peace): “The goal for Christian parents is to be faithful to God’s Word by His grace and for His ...

God's grace is unmerited favor that he bestows to save sinners and bring them into a relationship with him, but there is so much more to grace. It rescues us, causes us to anticipate Christ's glorious return, and it brings about transformation in ...

Main idea: Wait on God who sees rather than putting your hope in false saviors. Which promises of God are you waiting on Him to fulfill in your life? Don’t put your hope in human ef...

Main idea: Put your heart at rest in the safety of God and his covenant promises Remember God’s Calling and Deliverance (Genesis 15:7)Engage in the covenant relationship (Genesis 15:8-11)See who really ful...

Main idea: (Keep) open your heart to the true hope of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Foolish hearts Open hearts Burning hearts Automat...

To stay on course, remember the Lamb as you look forward to His return.  Refocus on the Deliverer in Passover.Re-orient the direction to Christ’s kingdom.Revisit the death of Christ. Reset the de...