Pastor Petersen reflects on the importance of humility and the dangers of pride, drawing on his life experiences and biblical verses from Psalms, Ephesians, and 1 Corinthians. He emphasizes that Christians are not the achievers but rather recipients of God's blessings, hence any boasting should be in God's work, love, and salvation, not personal accomplishments.
You're here for a purpose. I hope you know that.
We like it when people that are close to us tell us that they love us.
A number of years ago, I took some college students over to Ukraine to teach vacation Bible school in the summer.
Have you noticed how often the Bible uses contrast to teach truths?
But what happens after he rises? He ascends.
We were once in darkness. We once had a filter covering our vision, like a filter on the end of a camera.
Who is your enemy? Maybe when you heard that you thought about a person, maybe it's that coworker that always seems to get under your skin.
Hey, did you? Did you see who's here? Like, yeah, they're here. That that that person who. So that the really important person, the really valuable one, like the MVP, they're here.
Some things that don't seem very important to us are very important to God. Today Pastor Ken Mellon tells us about some things that are important to God.
As we finish up the book of Ephesians, we're looking at it as if it is a photo album of the Christian life. And here we have the military pictures.
As we flip through the photo album of the Christian Life from the book of Ephesians, here's where we get to the wedding photos.