Marked by pain, and yet Jabez asked God for blessing, expansion, God’s presence (guidance), and protection from “trouble and pain”.

"There was a man named Jabez who was more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because his birth had been so painful. He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, 'Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in...

Matthew 2:1-12 3 kings “magi” – men of wisdom who studied the stars, a person noted for unusual capacity of understanding, combining both the secular and religious, one with special wisdom about the meaning of the course of the stars and its interconnection with world...

Genesis 1:26-28  "Then God said, 'Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the tame animals, over all the earth, and over all the small crawling animals on the earth.' So, God created...

"Then God said, 'Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the tame animals, over all the earth, and over all the small crawling animals on the earth.' So, God created human beings in...

We may find ourselves asking: What am I doing here? Why do we exist? First, we should understand that God has purpose.

God’s Purpose for Humanity includes Relationship, Character, Function, & Reproduction – Genesis 1:26-31

God Exodus 34:6-7…merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding (overflowing) in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin… US Genesis 1:27a So God created human beings in His...

Philippians 4:12-13 Through Christ -> The Power of Joyful Strength

Fixing Your Thoughts So You Can Fix Your Thoughts. Chiquacta Hodges brings us a message from Philippians 4:8.

What does the joyful prayer of faith sound like?

Philippians 3:12-21

Kingdom Citizenship

The Mindset of Jesus

Philippians 1:25-26

Acts 16:18-40, Philippians 1:1-7

Acts 16 – helpful story of the beginning of Christianity in Philippi

Matthew 22:34-40 (NLT) But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again. One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: “Teacher, which is the most important...