Today we do a soft launch into our series in First Samuel "The Voice of God" by first being led through the story of Hannah where we will think about what may be possible in our lives when we seek and ask the Lord.

We conclude our study series in First Timothy where the apostle gives all the final reminders to Timothy encouraging his readers to endurance in the faith so they can go the distance.

Today we explore deeper Paul's advice to Timothy about contentment being great gain and answer the questions "What is Contentment?" and "What does Contentment Do?"

We jump back into 1st Timothy looking at the beginning of chapter 6 where Paul addresses slave owners and slaves who are a part of the church where Timothy is pastoring. We will apply this passage to current events to understand that laws and order matter but there is a greater law of grace in the kingdom of heaven.

We conclude our Local Church series looking at the last of the seven churches where we will discover what it means to be a faithful and true witness. Faithful and true witnesses need to be hot or cold, refined in God's fire, and rebuked and disciplined.

The next two churches in Revelation Jesus speaks two teach us that outward reputation does not equal a spiritual life, there is victory beyond appearances, strength does not equal faith and obedience, and how to hold on to Jesus.

This week we study Jesus' words to two more churches in Revelation where the importance of the proper understanding of the Bible as a sword, the Sprit's provision of personal revelation, the role of the Word, and the role of the Spirit.

Today we begin a new mini-series look at the letters to the 7 churches in Revelation 1-2. We start looking at the first two churches where we learn that the presence of Jesus in the local church, the mission of Jesus has local churches, the battle of the local church, and the confidence of the local church.

In the conclusion of our Advent series, we consider what it means to prepare as we wait for Jesus's second advent (second coming). We will discover that faithful preparation involves active living, active listening, and active looking.

On the fourth week of advent we light the pink candle of love. Through the story of the wise men we will learn about the unexpected nature of love, threats to love, and the gift-nature of love.