Word of Life Family Church

If we are not careful, we will miss opportunities with people. Time is a resource, so we need to make the most of our time. Are we putting ourselves in a position to have the time to do things well? What is it that you should have done along time ago? Time is Valuable. Don't let it pass you by and regret that you didn't value the time you did have.

Hold fast the FORM of sound words,....

When building it is important to have a firm foundation that is "sound". One meaning of the word form is to maintain sameness. (Like a pattern).

Jesus used stories and life as examples to illustrate the truths of what he taught. But He stood on what was written for His stand.

Have you ever seen a video of a person on a runaway scooter? If the scooter was your thought life would you be that person?

1 Thess 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour KJV

Doctrine affects conduct.

• We need to know what the Bible says and not just what someone else says.

• In the letters written to Timothy the subject of Sound Doctrine comes up time and time again.

• Wackadoodle teaching spreads like cancer or gangrene and destroys peoples lives.

Paul writes to urges us to be transformed or changed by the renewing our minds through the Word of God. Pastor points out that as we renew our minds, it keeps us from going back to where we came from and helps us to prove out the will of God. As we walk out the will of God there should be marking stones, that represent the changes in our lives. Pastor reminded us that our kids learn Christ at home, by our example.

The doctrine of compromise was used in the Old Covenant when Balaam taught Balac to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel. It is a tactic the devil uses to weaken and enslave people of promise. Compromise is sinister in it's working. Jesus hates compromise and the deeds of it because it enslaves people.

Religion tries to put pressure on us to conform from the outside in. God desires for us to be transformed from the inside out. Transformation change (from the inside to the outside) is needed.

Are you a person who has been set free? Are you a person who only takes one step into your freedom? Living on the edge of the bondage isn't much different then living in the bondage. When Jesus sets us free He doesn't expect us to camp out where our bondage was.

Due to technical difficulty, this is only a part of last weeks message.

Our thankfulness is seen in how we do life. Pastor shared five ways we show our thankfulness.

When you are in the zone you are unstoppable. Today P Mike talked about three different zones. 1st the Comfort Zone, The God Zone and The End Zone.