Seven Statements from the Cross • Week 1 Forgive Everyone Who’s Trying to Ruin Your Life Statement I — Luke 23:34 • Sunday Kickoff “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” — Luke 23:34 (ESV)…
Yes, forgive everyone
The ones that matter are in the next room
Happy Saturday! If you made it through this week, and you felt the tugs. Me too. This one was close to home, and I mean that literally. “Don’t take it out on them” isn’t an abstract concept for me. I…
Call them back to the table
“Not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” Philippians 2:4 · ESV Tom, 44, comes home on a Friday. His 14-year-old Jaylen is gaming in his room. His 16-year-old Maya is on…
Both directions
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 · ESV Kevin, 47, just got off the phone with his mother’s oncologist. Her treatment isn’t responding the way they’d hoped. He walks into the kitchen where…
Words are cheap
“Love is patient and kind… it does not insist on its own way.” 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 · ESV Harold wasn’t always this man. He was the guy who fixed things. Coached Little League. Built the deck in the backyard with…
Take the opportunity to correct in love
“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 · ESV Dev, 49, is proud of his son Tyler. The kid is 17, already accepted early decision,…
Don’t Take It Out on Them
“Love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:12 · ESV Marcus, 52, and Renae have been married 31 years. They built a good life, raised kids, survived hard seasons, made it through the kind of years most couples…
Don’t take it out on them
“When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son!’ Then He said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother!’ From that hour the disciple took her into…
One word…that’s all it takes
“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.” 1 Corinthians 3:6 (ESV) Hey friends/family, If you found some of the messages close to home this week, me too. I’m not writing any of this from another side. I’m in…
Before they forget!
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” Exodus 20:12 (ESV) Tom drove to his father’s house with a list. Bills. A prescription. The house…