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Scripture: Eccl. 3:1-8 As simple as it may sound, to understand that there is a time and season for everything in life, it is difficult to walk out at times.

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1 Without God, life unravels and ultimately will make no sense and be empty of meaning. 'Vanity, all is vanity.' But is it really?

Scripture: Eph. 6:4 (Luke 15:11-32) As fathers we are faced with the daunting challenge of leading through the inconsistencies of our time, learning to do so by manifesting fatherly love through a Christ-like life.

Scripture: Eph. 6:1-3 How can children honor parents in a world of confusion and brokenness.

Scripture: Eph. 5:21-33 Happily ever after happens only when two people submit to one another. Love then, is the choice - realizing that it is the doorway to long-term success.

Scripture: Eph. 5:21-33 The art of love comes when we are able to step into selflessness and away from selfishness.

Scripture: Eph. 5:21-23 'Happily ever after' is easy to read, but it is difficult and very hard work for the two people who say "I do".

Eph. 5:15-21 The unity of the body is the result when we submit to one another in reverence for our King.

I Pet 2: 1-10 Do we really trust that God loves us? We need to love God, not just what he gives us.

Scripture: Eph. 5:1-10 Learning to walk in love, as Christ did in the unifying factor and the challenge as the body of believers grow together.

Scripture: Eph. 4:25-32 Having been renewed in the spirit of our minds, and having a new identity, Paul begins to establish how New Creation life looks within the community of believers.

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24 New Creation brings new life, requiring new choices for us as to how we live. But it's not merely a change of habit, it is a transformation of thinking which drives us to new behavior.

Scripture: John 20:1-18 To the natural eye this story of an empty tomb is simply bizarre. Dead people, once dead, stay dead. What if, however, something happened that first Easter morning and the tomb was really empty? If that is the case, we have to do something with this Galilean carpenter known to the world as Jesus of Nazareth.

Scripture: Matt 26: 36-46 Jesus prayed three times a humble lonely prayer to His Father asking for another way. But God's silence in the garden that night was deafening -- but spoke volumes. Jesus needed strength to do what He knew was the only way.

Scripture: Matt. 18:21-35 Over this month we have seen in this powerful and beautiful prayer: Our Father - focusing upward and outward. We discover our purpose as the people of God - again, upward and outward. We discover that our provision is found - by faith, upward toward God. The big challenge for God's people is the living of New Creation life in a fallen world.

Scripture: Mark 6:30-44 Our Father in Heaven saved us by grace and with a purpose. He called us to be active agents in His Kingdom coming and His will being done. Today, we see what that looks like when Jesus gives daily bread in abundance, and builds faith in the process.

Scripture: Matt 6:9-13 Jesus didn't save us just so we could go to heaven. In Christ, we have been saved from death, but we have also been saved _for_ something.

Scripture: Matt. 6:9-15 Over the next weeks, I want to look at the Lord's prayer, its power, its purpose and why it is Jesus gave us these words when His disciples asked him: "Teach us to pray."

Scripture: Ephesians 4:13-16 The unity of the body being active in its ministry will lead to spiritual maturity. That, when the body is functioning together and rightly, will produce healthy well discipled Christians who in turn raise up healthy well discipled Christians.

Scripture: Acts 6:1-7 In any challenge we face, God always has just what we will need, waiting right in the midst of us. Learning to live together as a community, especially in transitions can prove to be unnerving sometimes, but is essential for growth and maturity.