I have had the honor of working with many incredible Christian families through the years. I have also had the privilege of encouraging and instructing many parents as they navigated the difficult waters of raising children. In that role as a pastor...

How do we build excellent marriages? Ephesians 5 gives some foundations to both husbands and wives. But in context it first points to some necessary pursuits that provide foundations most Christian couples would never think of before building on those...

In my last message we looked at God’s design for men, examining His creation of and plans for Adam. In this message we look at God’s design for women through the creation account in Genesis 2-3. Like the man, we will see how Satan schemes against...

When it comes to evaluating our family in order to seek God and His will, the Word of God is certainly the place to begin.  Unfortunately there are countless voices leading us away from God’s teachings.  We started with God’s design for the family...

David was identified by God as “a man after My own heart.” Wouldn’t you love God to identify you that way? However, he will still a human.  And humans all struggle with sin. It is perhaps most strongly on display in the family. In Part 1 of “Why...

God is perfect! We humans are  . . . well, just human! We are sinners. And since families are made up of humans, they are imperfect as well. But God uses family to teach some of His greatest lessons and experiences that are part of His design to save...

It is hard to live a godly life in Christ Jesus! But it can be done if we love Jesus and obey His commands by faith. So how are we doing? Our families are actually one of God’s most effective and designated places to succeed and fail, unveil and...

Forgetting the Small Stuff

Philippians 3:12-16

Pew Bible page 640

I. Faith is never about the _______________.

Philippians 3:4-6; Acts 8:3; 26:9-11

Two things that can cause our faith to be less effective:

    1)  We _______________ over past...