Empowering People

Proverbs 26 contains multiple proverbs about fools and their folly and how the righteous wise are to act toward them. Verse one teaches that these two things don't belong together: Honor (public applause and appointment) and Fools.

Join Meghan for this morning's devotional about praying for the next generation.

Proverbs 25:28 uses a strong simile to warn us that someone lacking self-control is vulnerable to destruction. What is self-control and how do I gain more of it?

Pastor Travis continues teaching through the book of Luke. This week we are in Luke 4:31-41 as Jesus heals the people with authority and compassion.

Proverbs 25:27 (and 27:2) teach us about the ambition most humans have to gain the attention and applause of others. The caution in the Proverb is to not seek this sweetness and our question today is Why. Why not court the applause of others by "tooting your own horn"?

Monday Morning's devotional comes from Romans 4:13-25.

Proverbs 25:26 paints a picture of a great loss to a community when "the righteous" give way before "the wicked". The loss is this: A good source of pure drinkable water becomes polluted and muddied.

What do you do when someone you depend on is constantly looking for a fight? In Proverbs 25:24 it's pictured (as is typical in Proverbs) as a husband who has a quarrelsome wife; but the opposite genders is easily imagined. What do you do with such a person?

Proverbs 25:23 shows how anger is produced when someone is gossiped about by "hidden" tongues. What should a community do when this kind of sin begins?

For Monday morning's devotional Pastor Kevin will recap Sunday's sermon on Covenant.

Proverbs 25:21-22 is quoted by Paul and the principle is taught by Jesus. There is a way that we can overcome evil.

Pastor Travis will be taking us through Luke 4:16-30.

When you need to teach someone something important that they just don't seem to understand or acknowledge - a strong simile is the way to go.

Monday Morning's devotional comes from Romans 4 and the subject of the forefathers of our faith.

Another crazy simile from Proverbs - this time in 25:19 where unfaithful, unreliable, or untrustworthy people fail you in a time of distress - much like a wobbly ankle or bad tooth would fail you and cause you pain.

Thursday Morning's devotional comes from Romans 3:21-25a, 27-28.

Pastor Travis continues his devotional series in Luke. This morning he will be sharing on the Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness.

This proverb - Proverbs 25:18 - lets us know that even the weakest among us have weapons that can maim and kill. There is a destructive force called "False Testimony" that the Proverbs condemns multiple times - here the emphasis is its design to injure or kill. Beware of this weapon.

Please join Michelle as she shares a devotional from Mark 5:21-43.

Proverbs 25 continues today with a two-verse warning about lacking emotional intelligence when it comes to enjoying your neighbor. It's possible for your neighbor to move from an impression of you being a good neighbor to you being a nuisance.

Pastor Travis is leading us through Luke 2 this morning.