Confrontation is never pleasant and is usually avoided.  In Galatians 6:1 Paul gives 4 important "secrets" to confrontation.

Enjoying Worship is a blessing of God and yet worship is often . . . less than enjoyable.  Why?  It is possible that worship is not what God intended because we have missed what ought to be in our worship and have become distracted in our worship.

Worship is personal and corporate, is intentional and relational because of who God is and what He has done.

Prayer Changes Things!  Do I pray as if prayer is really the deciding factor?  Do you ever pray as if PRAYER is really the pivotal point?

In these verses Jesus gives the parable of the widow and the unjust judge.  Please note that Jesus did not say that His people were like this widow but that IF she got her request how much more will God's people get their requests.  Pray!  Pray specifically!  Pray intentionally!

John wanted followers of Jesus Christ to be confident of their relationship with God through Jesus Christ.  John wanted them to be confident that Jesus was God come in the flesh and how this new relationship changed them and their lives.

In this portion of our study John addresses the witnesses that verified that Jesus Christ is the Messiah.

In 1John 5, John addresses some facts about which Christians can be confident.  You can know for certain that you are on your way to heaven.  Often doubts crowd into a person’s mind and then we struggle with how to get help or help them.  John said I wrote all of this so that you can KNOW you have eternal life.

You can also be confident that Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah.  A person cannot go to the Father without believing that Jesus Christ is the promised messiah.  Jesus cannot be anything less than the Father said and Jesus still be the promised Messiah.  God come in the flesh (God with us).

We often talk about God’s will and we desire it, but is there a simple way to know it?  Is it difficult to know God's Will?  Without knowing God’s will we can make some very foolish decisions.  Without God’s guidance and will we will act rashly and without apparent thought.  God’s will is really important for us today.  The good news is that God is more interested in us knowing His will than we are.  Follow along as we look at basic truths about God's Will.

1John 5:14-17 is part of the conclusion of John’s first Epistle.   As John concludes this short book he gives us “Facts about which Christians are confident.”  We are confident about the deity of Jesus Christ.  We are confident about the security of our Salvation.  This study looks at our confidence that God will answer our prayers.

As we come to the end of John’s first epistle, John reminds us of reality and helps us keep life in perspective.  You have a new life in Christ.  Don’t let a skewed perspective keep you from enjoying reality.

The word offend is often confused with hurting someone's feelings, yet that is not what our Lord meant when He warned about offenses and taught about how to deal with offenses.  In Luke 17 He addresses the seriousness of offending and the right response to offenses.  Our Lord ends by giving hope.  We can do what our Lord asks us to do.

Christians love and can love because they have been given of God's nature.  When Christians truly love, the world sees the Father.  Love is such an amazing gift that much of our pop music is written about it.  We hear of love lost, love found, love stolen and even love abused.  Music lyrics tell us that love could fix the world problems if it would just love.  The problem we face is that love has been so perverted that the definition of love has become about taking rather than giving.  

God is love.  Love is part of God's nature and John repeats our Lord's teaching about the importance of love in 1John 4:7-16.  Christian love allows others to see something they can only wish for and desire.