Expectations Meet Reality

MOTIVATE Expectation is the father of all frustration and the mother of all disappointment. When you enter a marriage, you have expectations for your spouse. It’s why premarital counseling is important – to communicate expectations before they become a source of conflict. Parents have expectations of children “I expected better of you.” “What did you…

A Woman’s Reach (Mark 5:21-43)

MOTIVATE What would you answer (in priority order) if simultaneously: phone rang / door knocked / oven timed / smoke detector sirened / child cried & called ? We live in a world with multiple pressures, problems, and people calling for our attention. Sometimes we are able to act in accomplishing multiple tasks, and other…

Jesus Invites Us To Faithfulness (Hebrews 13:1-8)

MOTIVATE There’s a story of a man who was always looking for his next score of cash. He would fraud friends, he would steal from stores, and even occasionally rob bystanders. One night the malicious man was walking through the park while he saw another gentleman sitting alone and reading a book on a park…