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Text: Ephesians 4:25-32, other selected passages Summary: Effective communication is perhaps the most difficult thing to accomplish. It’s true of an organization and its true of a relationship. Although difficult to achieve, effective communication is essential. Tony Gaskins once said, “Communication to a relationship is like oxygen to life. Without it … it dies.” God communicates.…
Text: Ephesians 5:25-33 Summary: A 1966 hit song called “1,2,3” makes the assumption love is easy: “like stealing candy from a baby”, and “basically it is as easy as pie”. This common sentiment is actually producing pessimism and cynicism about marriage in our culture, because most people discover marriage is in fact difficult. If you…
Texts Ephesians 5:1, 15-24; 1 Corinthians 11:1-3, Philippians 2:5-11 Summary God gave us marriage to show us who He is and how He relates to us. His reputation is on the line, and so He took the initiative in His Word to give us the big picture of how each spouse is to reflect Him…
Texts 1 Peter 3:1-6, 1 Peter 5:5-7, other selected passages Summary When considering what we want and need in a future spouse, most of us don’t look deep enough. While we should place a certain emphasis on the physical and psychological qualities of the other person, the spiritual life is what will cause a marriage…
Texts Genesis 1:26-31, Genesis 2:5-25 Hosea 1-3 (selected passages) Summary Most people have high hopes for marriage. And many are disappointed with what they see. What if our view of marriage isn’t grand enough? What if God gave us marriage for something far greater than we are experiencing. Marriage is God’s idea. He gave us…
Text: 3 John 1:4 In the last epistle of John comes a statement every Christian parent, teacher, coach, pastor, and mentor has identified with: “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” It wasn’t just a sentiment that John was drawing our attention to. Our greatest joy reveals…
Text: Philippians 2:4-11 A parabola is a mathematical term. It is shaped like this U.This shape also represents the journey of Jesus Christ from heaven to earth, and back to eternity again. Christmas does not start with a baby in a manger. It begins with the second person of the Trinity in eternity past. Jesus’…
Text: 1 John 5:13-21 Life is filled with uncertainties. Most of us struggle with that. We want to know what will happen with many good things like our jobs, our marriages, our friendships, or our health. Sometimes we believe if those good things were guaranteed, then peace would reign over our hearts. John writes to the…
Text: 1 John 5: 1-12 There are many people who intellectually believe certain truths about Jesus. This was the experience of Pastor Bob before he became a Christian. True Christianity involves a trust, reliance and dependence on Jesus alone. This kind of trust is life changing. A person who truly believes will begin to be…
Text: 1 John 4:7-21 Summary: We’ve already seen in 1 John that a true believer is going to love others. But, how can I? I am still attached to my sin nature! I try, and I fail! God’s solution for our lack of love from one another is that He, being love, would send His…