If you want to know the purpose of a creation, you should go to the creator. If we want to know what God created us for, we should look at what He said when He created humanity.

And that's how we interpret what God is doing in our lives. He is giving us peace by leading us to walk in our purpose.

Bad things happen to all people. Yet, there is a particular people that God causes those bad things to work for their good. God takes the good and the bad for these particular people and makes something greater. He is always doing this.

Does the trouble you are going through have a purpose? If so, what is that purpose? Should you pray that the trouble ends or that it completes what it can do? Is God making bad things happen so that you will get something better? These are the questions answered in this sermon.

God must be the central figure in a father's life. If not, he will get everything else out of order. The relationship with his wife will be our to order. The relationship with his children will be out of order. His finances will be out of order. Thus, if a father wants to be a successful father, he must make sure God is central to his life.

Hope is the reason we wait for anything. I wait for the doctor because I hope he or she will be able to heal me. I wait in traffic because I hope to go home. Believers do not have their full glory yet. They hope they will see it when they are redeemed. They are assured they will see it when they are redeemed. But they still hope. We always have hope until we see what God has for us. That is redemption: to be all that God intended.

There was a tragic shooting in Virginia Beach this past week. Why do these things continue to happen? Politicians will tell you how to stop them. They tell us that they can keep us safe. They are wrong. We live in a fallen world that awaits restoration.

Is living the Christian life faithfully during difficult times worth it? It is. Do you want to know why?

The Bible tells us that there will be many people who will be surprised that they are not entering heaven. They will say that they called Jesus Lord and point to the amazing work they have done for Him. Yet, He will say, "I never knew you."

Will you be surprised too? No one needs to be. This message clears up how we can know we are a child of God.

The Bible tells us to honor our mothers all the days of our lives. That's what this message is all about.

We are not slaves to our God. We can choose to be His slaves but He doesn't treat us or call us slaves. He has adopted us so that we have a new Father, a new name and a new home.