Have you ever felt like your life has grown empty from losses, suffering and affliction, and things aren’t going so well? Maybe it is time to return home. Ruth 1

Are you a sheep or a goat? How you treat others can determine the answer to that question. Matthew 25:31-46

When it comes to following and serving the Lord – are you letting fear or faith – drive your actions? Matthew 25:14-30

Do you make wise or foolish decisions? Jesus tells a parable that show how the decisions we make will impact our future. -- Matthew 25:1-13

God invites you a wedding feast. Will you come? Be sure to wear the right clothes when you come. Matthew 22:1-14

What will you do with Jesus? Jesus faced people in his day who somehow missed he was the king of the kingdom. Matthew 21:28-46

How would you feel if you worked all day and someone else worked only an hour, and you received the same pay? Jesus tells a parable where that happens, but he is making a bigger point in the parable for us to consider. Matthew 20:1-16

How often should we forgive others? Or should we? Jesus has an answer to that. Matthew 18:21-35

Jesus gives a parable about fishing with a net and draws lessons for us today.

Matthew 13

We every day nearly wonder if some things are worth the cost. In these parables Jesus will talk about the value of the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 13:44-46

Sometimes in life we feel like our efforts are insignificant or unimportant and we wonder if what we do even matters? But Jesus in some stories about mustard seed and yeast tells us our efforts in the kingdom do matter. Matthew 13:24-43

The kingdom is like a field of wheat and weeds. The followers of Jesus live in a world where evil also exists. Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

We see and hear things every day, but they don’t always impact our life. Jesus experienced that will people in his day and told a parable to describe the heart we need if we are going to follow Jesus. Matthew 13:1-23; Matthew 12

The new community of believers were praising God and committed to one another. Acts 2:42-47

Peter concludes his sermon with Jesus is Lord and Christ. The crowd asks – “What shall we do?” Peter will answer them in Acts 2:37-41.

In Acts 2 Peter preaches about Jesus. Who is Jesus and what does that mean for us today?

Just as we begin a new year – Acts 1-2 is a new beginning for the disciples of Jesus. As we begin a new year we see 3 P’s essential for our life in Christ today. Acts 1-2

Do you stop to offer thanks? Do you show gratitude most of all to God? Jesus heals 10 lepers but only one comes back to thank him. Luke 17:11-19

Who do you believe Jesus is? What does that mean? In John 11, Jesus says he is the resurrection and life. Then he poses a question we must all answer – do you believe this? John 11:1-37; Romans 6