This sermon from Proverbs 4 will be speaking specifically to teens and young adults as God’s Word speaks into the crucial issues of these formative years.
As we enter into greater freedom and responsibility, life can be daunting. We need guidance and insight into the world, what the Bible calls Wisdom.
This message will explore what it is, why it’s important and how we get it.
This week we begin a series thinking about how we can be discerning God's will in our lives both individually and corporately. The word of wisdom in Proverbs 3 reminds us that discerning God's will begins with a willingness to submit our wills to God's in our lives. We won't be able to discern God's will for us if we think our own wisdom is sufficient for our lives. ...
As we continue our series in discerning God's will, we are faced this week with the truth that none of us makes decisions or takes actions in a vacuum. Our decisions and actions impact the people around us in ways great and small. Part of discerning God's will is to consider that impact, and to consider what God says he wants for people. This passage in Timothy tells us that God wants people to be saved and to know the truth about Christ. This revelation about God's desire for the people around us, should impact the way we go about our decisions and actions. ...
We continue our series on discerning God's will by considering this passage in Romans, which urges us toward a new way of thinking and living in Christ. It is a breaking away from the old patterns of decision-making and actions we had in the past, and a growing in the pattern of listening to the Lord and his leading more and more. This transformation is a life-long process, but we go about all of it in view of God's mercy toward us in Christ. ...