Real Hope, Real Talk

With eternity in mind, keep grinding, for Jesus is coming.

Real religion requires resting in God's providence, because His providence controls and cares.

The cure for our conflict comes from submission to our Savior. 

Wising UP means you go down, not wising up only sows disorder, and wising UP produces the harvest.

Real religion requires taming the tongue. Today, we look at the Power of the tongue, the Problem of the tongue, the Perversion of the Tongue, and the Path for our tongues.

DEAD faith isn't saving faith, DOING faith isn't saving faith, but DYNAMIC faith is saving faith. 

Favoritism shows what we believe about God, the Kingdom, and the Gospel. 

God's glory should cause us to give up our gain for others' good. 

Our deliverance depends on delighting in His word. Our word destroys, His word delivers, and we can delight in His Word. 

Consider the hard things as good things because they are producing and God is perfecting.

The Christian's heart belongs to Jesus, you have a divided heart, and only the Gospel can make your heart whole.

Remember you are a servant of the Lord, to honor faithful leaders in the Lord, to raise up future leaders in the Lord, to declare the works of the Lord, and to trust in the faithfulness of the Lord. 

CLING to the promises of God, from purity of heart, with perseverance in the Spirit, and to Christ so that you do not perish.   

God's people should care deeply about the unity and purity of the body for the sake and testimony of Jesus Christ. To do this, we should: guard Truth and pursue holiness, confront others in love, listen with grace-filled understanding, and move forward in unity and agreement. 

Christ is the ultimate Victor. 

The key to happiness comes from savoring Christ as the true king. He is the King we want and the King we need. How can you savor Christ as the true King?

There must be a passion and priority in the Gospel, there is the certainty of uncertainty, there is one clear objective, there is a need to care and be careful, there is a hopeful surety and promise, there is a greater blessing in giving than receiving, and there are always goodbyes in the Gospel. 

Accept your LOT in life, don't do a little for A LOT, and ALLOT your life to benefit others first.

The key to enjoying the gift from God is to enjoy the greatness of God. The Gift from God, the Greed of Man, and the Ground to Grasp.

Enjoyment in God requires entirety with God. God's Faithfulness, God's Favor, Our Failure, and Our Fortune.

Join Pastor Craig as he unpacks men's role as shepherds. 

Join Pastor Derek as he journeys through the Biblical Mandate for Men. 

Finish well in the work God has for you, for the generations to come, and to receive the eternal reward. 

Slowly but SURELY, God unfolds His plan to us according to the faithfulness of His promise. God's Word is perfect, God's Record is perfect, God's Plan is perfect, God's People are (slowly) becoming perfect, and God's World will be made perfect.

God is BUILDING the people of God, for the mission of God. "Taking the land" is about fellowship with God, and the mission of God. "It is the Lord's doing" that accomplishes the mission. "Rest from war" doesn't mean rest from mission.