By: Pastor Mike Sanders Parenting is the hardest job in America. It is a job that requires 24/7 dedication, patience, andunconditional love. It is also a job that comes with no instruction or training.There are many different parenting styles, but three of the most common are authoritarian,permissive, and conflict.Authoritarian parenting is a style of parenting …
1 st John 1:3-7By Pastor Mike Sanders “that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship withus; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ” (1Jn 1:3 NKJV).The word fellowship comes from the Greek word koinonia, which means “to share togetherwith.” Fellowship …
1st Corinthians 7:1-9 By Pastor Mike Sanders Marriage is the norm in our society because of the marriages of our friends and the expectations of our families. For single people, who can feel as though they’re missing out on something crucial, this can be challenging. But the truth is, there’s nothing wrong with being single. …
Acts 1:12-16 By: Pastor Mike Sanders Martyn Lloyd-Jones once wrote: “Prayer is beyond any question the highest activity of the human soul. Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes face to face with God” (Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, 2 vols. [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1979], 2:45). A …
By Pastor Mike Sanders It is an old story, but its truth transcends time. A little four-year-old girl became frightened late one night during a thunderstorm. After one particularly loud clap of thunder, she jumped up from her bed, ran down the hall, and burst into her parent’s room. Jumping in the middle of the …
“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counselor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? …
By Pastor Mike Sanders Many years ago, a father and his daughter were walking through the grass on the Canadianprairie. In the distance, they saw a prairie fire; eventually, they realized, it would engulf them.The father knew there was only one way of escape: they would quickly begin a fire right wherethey were and burn …
By Pastor Mike Sanders Parenting is the most challenging job in America. Few experiences are more wonderful and difficult than raising children. In our custody are given the impressionable and unpredictable little persons who grow up so quickly! YES… there are times, those difficult times when we are considering to bring up our children the …
John 3:16 We receive a gift from someone else because they want to show us they love and care about us. A gift is not something we can earn or deserve, but something we receive. Many people think Christmas gift-giving started when the Magi brought gifts to the Christ child, but the original Christmas gift …
Hebrews 2:9 If you tell me where you are looking, I will tell you where you are going. So many are holding on to the past. When we glory about the past, we shrink from the present and become scared of the future. What then? Are we to abandon in despair our hopes for a …
