"Light, water - both of these are images used to talk about what God can do through us to help others. How can we become better conduits for ministering to those in need?"

"One can't imagine a worse witness than those who are too busy 'worshiping' God that they don't have time to help those in need."

"We have been called by God to be a light and a source of healing and hope in our communities."

"Who are people in need of your help right now, help that you are especially equipped to give?"

"This week, the final chapters of Matthew, we study the inexhaustible truths regarding our Lord's death and resurrection and the hope that these two events offer us."

"How should Jesus' willingness to do what He did for us impact every aspect of our lives, especially when it comes to helping others? How can we learn to model better the character of Jesus in our lives?"

"At a time of so much turmoil and uncertainty in our world about the future, how can we learn to draw personal strength and hope from the promise of the Second Coming?"

"How can we make sure that we are not letting our desire to gain our maintain anything here, even something good, jeopardize what really matters: eternal life in Jesus?"

"The gospel needs to penetrate the heart, to go right to the idols of the soul, and whatever we are holding on to that's an impediment to our relationship to God needs to be gone."

"Peter and the disciples were gradually learning what true faith is. True faith isn't supposed to be the exciting experience of pursuing what you most want. True faith is the painful experience of releasing what you most want."