As Pastor Doug pointed out on Sunday, we have a limited amount of time with our children. So, how do we make the most of the small amount of time we have? How do we write the words of Jesus on their hearts? How do we best use our time with them to lead and guide them in the direction of Jesus?

God’s greatest desire is to be reconciled to His creation…ALL of His creation. This includes your enemies. This includes every person that disagrees with you. This includes every person who has wronged or hurt you. He desires a relationship with all of them whether you think they deserve it or not.

I believe that God has called each of us to the work that we do, whether it is in an office or in our home. It is really easy to approach our work in a selfish manner. Our job can become all about us and what we want to get out of it. Maybe it’s a paycheck. Maybe it’s a promotion. Maybe it’s a bigger house or a better car. Rarely do we approach our job as a place where God wants to interact with and through us to bring His kingdom to earth, but I believe that is exactly what He wants to do.

Failure is one of the only things that every single person has in common. We have all experienced failure in our lifetime, and we are destined to experience it again before we die. Failure is just a part of life. No one likes it, but we all experience it. It has existed since the beginning of time, and scripture is full of accounts of failures from the Garden to the grave.

Pastor Doug flipped the script on us Sunday morning. Instead of continuing to answer the question about why we need to be in a group/community, he posed a different question. He asked why our group/community needs us. This can be a hard question to answer. I mean, no one wants to come across as arrogant right? At the same time, everyone desires to be needed at some level.