recognition & status: Matthew 23:1-12; sacrifice: Mark 10:29-31; mindset: Luke 17:10

“Everything is meaningless. A chasing after the wind.” Unless you do this.

Solomon has led us on a quest for wisdom and purpose throughout Ecclesiastes. The quest leads not so much to a place as to a way to live. If you are feeling overwhelmed with the stress of effort, expectation, and achievement, you need to hear Solomon’s Twelfth and final secret. Join Brett Clemmer as he shows us the final secret from this wise teacher.

Pastor Steve Troglio; “It Was Always Gods Plan”
The Firehouse Chapel

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened ~ Romans 1:21, ESV

“The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing” (Zephaniah 3:17, ESV).
God the Father is able to heal the hurt of every human heart, and Zephaniah 3:17 gives us glimpses of how He does it.

The problem with pain and suffering is that it really, really hurts. And we all have them—physical, financial, family, work, emotional, and psychological pains. Some are self-inflicted, but other appear random. Could that be true? Suffering raises these profound questions about God: Does he know what I’m going through? If he knows, does he care? If he knows and he cares, does he have the power to do something about it? If he knows, cares, and has the power, then why am I in such pain?

Do you have a friend who would do anything for you—the kind you can call at 2:00 AM and they will come running? We all know we need some friends and brothers with whom we can do life together and talk honestly about the struggles unique to men. But adult male friendships are difficult to start and hard to keep. In this lesson Pat Morley will help us explore the beauty of friendship, and how we can find and keep godly friends

Proverbs 23:24, Colossians 3:21, Ephesians 6:4, Deuteronomy 6:1-9, Psalm 78:1-7, 1 Kings 1:6, Proverbs 19:3, 22:15, Matthew 12:34, 1 Timothy 5:8
What do our children most need from their fathers? How can we meet those needs? Join Patrick Morley as we explore what the Bible says are the greatest needs of our children, then unpack a treasure-trove of “you can do them today” ideas to equip you to be that dad who really makes a difference. And bring another dad as your guest for an UPLIFTING and INFORMATIVE session on raising great kids!

This is the will of God, your sanctification (1 Thessalonians 4:3a, ESV).
Often discussions about God’s will seem to revolve around answering life’s big questions like where we go to college, who we choose to marry, which job to take, which house to buy, what our kids’ lives will be like when they grow up . . . and then before we know it, we’re discussing where they’ll go to college, who they’ll marry, what job they’ll take, and the whole thing cycles into the future.

What area of your life is so desperate that you have nowhere else to turn? Join us as we look at a man so desperate that he literally BEGGED Jesus for help when his son was dying. And Jesus did help him. What is the “death” you are facing? Do you believe—really believe—that Jesus can bring healing to your desperate situation? Join Patrick Morley to rehabilitate your “theology of prayer.” Learn why and how you can release enough faith to take Jesus at his word.

Scriptures: 2 Timothy 3:1-9, Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23, Romans 6:6
This Week: We are blessed beyond measure, but have become more self consumed than ever before. The ultimate reason for people having a huge void in their heart because they are missing God. People are trying to fill it with a better way other than God.

As for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 3:14–15, esv).

Everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith (1 John 5:4, esv).
“Trees don’t grow to the sky,” economists sometimes say. This expression suggests that things in life reach a maximum rate of return, above which they’re not able to achieve any greater height or potential output. All you can do at that point is maintain, and try to keep it from falling.

When we’re stuck in difficult circumstances, we call on God to get us out. But, Dr. Tony Evans says that, even if the storms of life are getting worse, we may already be right where God wants us.

Many consider the miracles charming, antiquated myths. In fact, you yourself may find them somewhat embarrassing, or feel a need to explain them away. But without miracles—the virgin birth, the resurrection, walking on water, and turning water to wine—what’s left? A man who made a lot of claims without much to back it up. Join Patrick Morley as we use the miracle of turning water into wine as a backdrop to explore what miracles do for us and why the probability of God tinkering with nature makes a lot of sense.

Jesus Christ is easily the most interesting, unique, revered, admired, worshiped, misunderstood, disrespected, ridiculed, and talked about man of all time. What we know about Jesus dwarfs what we know about ALL the “next” greatest men who ever lived combined—men like Lincoln, Gandhi, and Aristotle.