Balancing Ministry N' Work

1.         We are going to start a new series next week. 2.         This morning we are going to discuss something triggered by my reading a single sentence. 3.           That sentence was, we need to fight with Scripture. 4.         Then it got me thinking. a.         How do we fight with Scripture? b.        What does that look like? c.         Do we all know what that means? d.        Do we know how? 5.         Ok, let’s start with what fighting with Scripture is not. a.         It is not being Bible thumpers… and I mean literally using our physical Bible’s to hit people upside the head with. b.      ...

  1.         Please open your Bibles to Philippians 4. a.         We will be wrapping up Philippians this morning. 2.         We all get the I want it’s from time to time. a.         A bigger house. b.        A promotion. c.         A new truck. d.        Or a fun toy. e.         Now please hear me. f.           I am not saying having this stuff is bad. g.         When God blesses our careers for example, we do end up with more to enjoy life with. h.         But at the same time that would mean we have more to be a blessing with. 3.         The tri...