September 8, 2021
“When we are content, we are freed to seek God first, but when we are NOT content, we become enslaved to the warped desire to seek what we don’t need at the expense of what we can’t live without: our God!”
Pastoral Qualifications
1 Timothy 3:2, 6 – Able to Teach, Not a Recent Convert, & Not Puffed Up
September 1, 2021
“If we’re going to be confident about ANYTHING we think we know, let it be Jesus Christ crucified for the sins of those who believe and turn to Him in faith and repentance.”
1 Timothy 3:2-3 – Hospitable, Not Violent, Gentle, & Not Quarrelsome
August 25, 2021
“We are called to respond to other people as Christ responded to us in OUR stubbornness and sinfulness: Gentle, not violent, not quarrelsome, hospitable…”
1 Timothy 3:2, 7 – Respectable & Well Thought of by Outsiders
August 18, 2021
“This is part of following Jesus: Watch how you live among outsiders. Be holy and honorable in your conduct to strengthen your witness.”
1 Timothy 3:1-2 – Sober-Minded, Self-Controlled, & Not a Drunkard
August 11, 2021
“We protect ourselves from the control of other substances or influences so that the Spirit will have more control over us.”