Given enough time and opportunities, all human beings let us down, at least sometimes. We are frail, imperfect, and subject to the limitations of flesh, blood, time, and fatigue. But God has no such limitations. He doesn't grow tired or need to sleep. Even nature obeys him. Our God is all-powerful.
The God Who Abandons?
June 30, 2024 • Mark Adams • Luke 15
God will never abandon us. God is the Shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine to go search for the one who is lost. He is the Father who waits for his child to come home.
The God Who Withholds?
July 7, 2024 • Mark Adams • Matthew 7:6–13
God provides. He makes a way where there is no way. He sends the sun and the rains. God knows what we need and makes provisions so that we can flourish, even in harsh circumstances.
The Unreliable God?
June 23, 2024 • Mark Adams • Psalm 145, Genesis 12:1–3, Hebrews 13:8
We've all had the experience of someone promising to us one thing, then failing to deliver with their actions. But God is trustworthy and reliable, giving us what we need when we need it, and much reason to tell the next generation that "God is faithful."
The Abusive God?
June 16, 2024 • Mark Adams • Genesis 3, Matthew 20:29–34, Matthew 9:35–38, Matthew 14:13–14, Matthew 15:32
Many have experienced mistreatment by the hand of the people they needed and trusted most to love and care for them. God is not abusive. God is a healer; our great physician.
The Inattentive God?
June 9, 2024 • Mark Adams • Jeremiah 1:4–8, Matthew 10:29–31, Psalm 139
People are busy. Under the financial burdens of providing and the stress of working, parents may struggle to tend to their children as well as they'd like, and disconnects can occur. But God is not disconnected from us or our situation. He knows us even better than we know ourselves.
The Emotionally Distant God?
June 2, 2024 • Mark Adams • Hebrews 4, Hebrews 5
We are emotional beings who long for an emotional connection with others. In fact, if we don't tend to this aspect of our being, we can become withered and discouraged. God is not emotionally distant, but is instead a God of Empathy and Grace.
The God of Impossible Expectations?
May 26, 2024 • Mark Adams • Psalm 103, Hosea 11
Some adults, unfortunately, place onto their children expectations that no one could achieve. It is tempting to know the perfection and holiness of God and to experience anxiety born of the worry of never measuring up. Instead, the real God we've come to know is a God of deep compassion.
