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Last week we talked about how to be prepared for Christ's return. This week we will look at a story Christ tells that will demonstrate proof of that readiness, so that when we encounter Christ on the day of the Lord, we will hear Him say "Well done, share your master's happiness." Will you be ready? How does your life show it?

Are you reading the signs? Seems like each day there's a new reason to believe the end is near. But we trust Christ to faithfully keep his promises, and He has shown us ways to be prepared for a day that will arrive like a thief in the night. Are you ready?

A servant is forgiven a massive debt but refuses to show mercy to a fellow servant with a smaller debt. The master condemns the unforgiving servant's lack of compassion, emphasizing the need to forgive as we've been forgiven. Does our compassion reflect the degree to which we've been forgiven?

It's no surprise to God that we would face fear and anxiety, but like always, He provides reassurance and strength to face anything that comes. So what do we do when fear strikes? How do we cast our anxieties onto God and what should we look for from Him?

Clean and unclean are two common terms we see God use throughout the Bible. These terms are used to describe places, animals, objects, and even people. God calls his people to discern what is clean and unclean. But what happens when we get it wrong and mislabel people? The Pharisees in the NT were confident that they were right, but were they? How do we avoid falling into the same trap and being guilty of spreading what the Bible calls “The yeast of the Pharisees?”

"Don't judge me!" Usually heard when someone doesn't want to be embarrassed about some quirk in their personality. Nearly as often, a heart's cry in times of weakness or fear of someone forming a wrong opinion about us. But why does Christ utter these words? Is He really forbidding discernment or using good judgment? Or is this a reminder of His grace?

"God is Love!" It's a mantra repeated by those who claim to know Him, and 1 John 4 tells us it's so in His own words. But what does this mean? Why is it so important that we understand what love truly is? After all, our understanding of what love is will inform our understanding of who Jesus is.

All those who trust Christ as Savior will spend eternity in glory with God. Isn't it enough though to just get to glory? But how do we do that? How do we trade the risky and perishable investments of this world and trade them in for eternal rewards?

in Luke's account of the Gospel, he writes that Christ came to call sinners to repentance. Well, what is repentance? Simply apologizing? Feeling bad about something we did? Or is it something greater? We'll look at what Jesus means by repentance, why it matters, and what we can do about it.

We know that God has promised to never leave us or forsake us. David even pondered, "Where can i go from your presence?" But haven't we all endured times where it seemed like God was ignoring us? When our cries seemed to fall on deaf ears? So how do we endure? How do we set our hearts on God during those exhausting times?