Marriage isn't about happiness. Marriage is about Jesus.

What does it look like to submit to one another out of reverence for Christ:

1. Wives should respect their husbands (v 22-24,33)

2. Husbands should love their wives (v 25-30)

3. Both...

Marriage isn't about happiness. Marriage is about Jesus.

What marriage teaches us about Christ and the Church:

1. Christ is the head of the Church (v22-24)

2. Christ loves the Church (v25-30)

3. Christ is united to the Church (v31-33)

God made marriage about Himself; He gets all the glory and we get all the benefits.- God created marriage to reflect Himself and declared it very good. (Genesis 2:22-25)

- God demonstrated His covenant-keeping character in marriage. (Jeremiah...

Jesus calls us into a great faith - even when we feel we are the least likely to have it.

3. Great faith is met by the King with holistic restoration. (v32-39)2. Great faith is expressed in radically transformed worship. (v29-31)1. Great faith is...

External behavior cannot produce internal purity in you; only the Spirit can change your heart.

1. Lips that honor, hearts that wander. (1-9)

2. What comes out reveals what's within. (10-11, 15-20)

3. Leave blind guides alone. (12-14)

Jesus reveals Himself as God by stepping into our fearful chaos and forming faith where fear once ruled.

Four threads:

1. Jesus reveals Himself as God.

2. Jesus comes near to fearful people.

3. Jesus transforms fear into faith.

4. Jesus is...

1. Ministry happens as life happens.

2. Jesus wants His disciples to minister to others as they learn from Him.

3. Living a life of ministry to others simply requires obedience; God will provide what is needed and more.

When God's Word gets in your way, it seems costly but He is doing more than you can see.

1. Our comfort confronted (14:1-5)

2. Our image threatened (14:6-9)

3. God's Word silenced but unstoppable (14:10-12)

Through the risen Jesus, God pours out His Spirit, bringing believers together and giving birth to the Church.

The Church is born:

1. Through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-21)

2. Of Christ, for Christ, and about Christ (Acts...

In seasons of silence, God is faithfully at work, preparing His people to recognize and trust His promised Savior.

In seasons of silence, recognize:

1. Silence is part of God's redemptive story (Luke 1:5-17)

2. Silence can be a merciful...