BIG IDEA: A DISTRACTED LIFE TODAY WILL DAMAGE THE LIVES OF TOMORROW. Scripture Passage:  Acts 3:19 (NIV)   "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord." The call to repentance is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, emphasizing the importance of turning away from sin and toward God. The act of repentance is not just about acknowledging wrongdoing but about actively choosing a new direction that aligns

BIG IDEA: A DISTRACTED LIFE TODAY WILL DAMAGE THE LIVES OF TOMORROW. Scripture Passage: 1 Kings 14:27-28 (NIV)   "So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace the gold ones and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. Whenever the king went to the LORD’s temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom." Rehoboam's decision to replace gold shields with bronze signifies an attempt to mai

BIG IDEA: A DISTRACTED LIFE TODAY WILL DAMAGE THE LIVES OF TOMORROW. Scripture Passage:  1 Kings 14:9-10 (NIV)   "You have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made for yourself other gods, idols made of metal; you have aroused my anger and turned your back on me. 'Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave or free." Jeroboam’s actions demonstrate how one person's sin c

BIG IDEA: A DISTRACTED LIFE TODAY WILL DAMAGE THE LIVES OF TOMORROW.    Scripture Passage: 1 Kings 11:1-4 (NIV)  "King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites. They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, 'You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.' Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. He had seven hundred

BIG IDEA for the week:: No matter how sincere someone might be in "THEIR TRUTH", it should always be weighed against GOD'S TRUTH. Scripture: 1 Kings 13:4-6   "When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, 'Seize him!' But the hand he stretched out toward the man shriveled up, so that he could not pull it back. Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to the sign