Today Bill will take a humorous, inspiring look at how to set meaningful priorities, learn the discipline of endurance, and practice the art of pacing in order to successfully balance the challenges and opportunities of work and the rest of life.

In Cole's third painting entitled, Manhood (we should probably call it "Adulthood"), the scene experiences the most stark changes as the landscape is now rugged and rocky – storm clouds fill the sky.

This message will explore what the teen years are about from God's perspective and how we can help those hope-filled youth in our lives stay the course as they pursue their dreams.

With much more detailed description and analysis of Cole's painting, combined with a look at the Scriptural allusions this all points to, this message will explore what childhood is about from God's perspective.

This message will introduce Thomas Cole and the Voyage of Life paintings. Using biographical material from Cole's own life, as well as selected Scriptures, we will set up this entire series by getting people focused on this idea of life as a journey.

In this section of Luke 15, we are confronted with a clarion call from Jesus to experience the rescue efforts by volitionally identifying with one of two primary characters in this story-while at the same time avoiding becoming like the third character.

The woman in this story most likely represents the Church who are called to not only join God's heart and mind when it comes to how we view the world around us, but actually become part of the rescue efforts to find and brings home lost people to Christ.

What you are going to find over the next few weeks is that God still has a huge agenda for your life in now joining Him in the search and rescue of others who need to be found as well.

God's Presence and power in our life enable us to overcome our scarcity mindsets and truly think abundantly.

Contentment in a Christian's Life