Posts Tagged with "Thursday Thoughts for Parents"

This post is based on C.J. Mahaney's sermon, Resist Your Adversary,given on September 24, 2017. Have you ever faced a bully? You know, someone who tries to intimidate you? When you think of facing a bully, how do you feel (sad, angry, depressed, frightened)? How should our perspective change knowing that Jesus has already beaten the most ferocious bully we could ever fa...

This post is based on C.J. Mahaney's sermon, Our Marching Order, given on March 26, 2017. Because of the glory of what has been given to us in the gospel, Peter continues with a simple, familiar command. Echoing the words he personally heard our Savior say, he reminds us that just as God loved us, we are to love one another. Read 1 Peter 1:22-25 The call to love one ...

This post is based on CJ Mahaney's sermon, Meet the Author, given on Februrary 5, 2017. As we prepare to be ministered to by the apostle Peter, CJ began our series by introducing us to the author of the book. Getting to know the author peaks our interest and whets our appetite for what God is going to teach us through his words. Let's spend a few moments considering the...

This post is based on C.J. Mahaney's sermon, A New Year's Expectation, given on January 8, 2016. The second half of Psalm 27 reminds us that even for those who seek after God there are times of difficulty and darkness. David feels fear and even worries that God might abandon Him. But in the end, he remembers God's love for him and resolves to wait on the Lord's provision ...