It’s easy to lose sight of your purpose when the race gets long and the finish line is still a long way off. Learning how to stay engaged and enthusiastic will help us grow old well.

You will always face challenges and obstacles. How we handle those early setbacks will develop habits and patterns for how you overcome them in the years to come.

Youth can be a liability or an asset and it all depends on how you maturely handle it.

Few things will make you feel more connected to your Creator than worshipping him on a daily basis. Songs often give us language for how grateful we are for His presence in our lives and how desperate we are for his power to help us.

There is a pervasive sadness that seems to loom over our culture today. David battled the loss of a child, marriage issues, and occupational hazards that caused him to want to give up multiple times. But he didn’t throw in the towel and the big reason for that was God’s faithfulness to him in the midst of life’s low points.

From the birth of a child, to a wedding, to a baptism, to a good meal, to beautiful weather, there are so many things in life worth singing about and dancing about. David never passed up an opportunity to thank God for the good things in his life, and we shouldn’t either.

David spent a lot of his life on the battlefield facing one daunting enemy after another. He didn’t rely on his own strength and wisdom to help him succeed, rather he invited God to give him the resolve he was going to need to be victorious.

This week we will learn the value of developing a good work ethic for the long haul so that we can bear fruit over the course of our lives.

This week we will learn how to remain disciplined and avoid cutting corners so that we can achieve the goal of finishing the race.

This week we will learn how to endure suffering by eliminating distractions and remaining focused on the Father.

Jesus called John the Baptist the “greatest man ever born.” Ever wonder why? Why would Jesus brag so much about his cousin John? Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that John preached about the need to repent of our sins, and Jesus died to forgive them. Their messages played off each other. We’ll take a look at that in this message.

Imagine a nation, about 200 years old, prosperous, powerful, respected…but a nation that has lost its way; a nation God is displeased with, a nation on the cusp of his judgment. No, it’s not the United States, it’s the nation of Israel, eight centuries before Christ. God raised up a prophet to warn them of judgment to come, because God is a God of justice. Beware.