Week 5Main Point and Overview:   Raising your children to follow the Lord is NOT a small responsibility, in fact, it is the greatest responsibility a person has in regard to influence. You are a steward for God of the most precious gift. How will you handle this incredible opportunity? Thankfully, the Bible is filled with tremendous truths that can both safeguard your family and inspire them to im...  Read More

John 14:25-33 I remember a night shortly after my wife and I moved to Ortonville that was a transition point for me. One of our favorite things is to sit in our backyard late at night around a bonfire. People always come up with interesting discussions around a bonfire and ours often divulged into talks about God. At this point we did not really belong to a church, and I remember making a statemen...  Read More

John 15:16-17 John 15:16-17 tells us that we didn’t choose Jesus but that He chose us so that we would go and bear fruit and that our fruit would abide so that whatever we asked, the Father would give to us. When I read through just these verses, I am not gonna lie, I had a hard time at first understanding how the verses even related to us being homeless without Jesus. As I studied them more and p...  Read More

John 15:9-15 By now you should know that I am a huge Michigan State fan, such a fan that you will never see me cheering for the school down the road. To some that may seem crazy but let’s be honest, the rivalry goes both ways in a lot of fans minds. However, I still love Michigan fans, I believe that we can come together and support the cheering of Ohio State losing at any given time. I say all th...  Read More

John 15:7-8 Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. You’ve probably heard that song, right? It’s a classic in kid’s ministry.While the song is catchy and teaches us what the Bible says the fruit of the Spirit is, are we actually living it out in our day-to-day lives? How do we move from simply knowing the fruit of the Spirit to intentionally livi...  Read More

John 15:6 We are nothing without Jesus. That sounds harsh, but sometimes our heart needs to be reminded of that. John 15:6 says, “If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.” This verse has very specific wording: if you do not remain in me. He is addressing Christians, those who call themselves fol...  Read More