SAGE: Learn Your Lessons
In this sermon from Act Like a Man: Real Men 101, Pastor Mark shares that true wisdom comes from the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Spirit matures men in wisdom to be like Jesus Christ.
Are You Better at Praying or Planning?
Nehemiah 2:8 – …the good hand of my God was upon me. When my wife Grace and I first got married, we quickly realized that we approached problem solving very differently. She would spend a lot of time praying so that she was unburdened, filled with faith, and trusting God to take care of us. … Read more
What God Seeks to Build, Satan Seeks to Break Part 1
Nehemiah 1:8-9 – Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, “If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples, but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring … Read more
Nehemiah #2 – How can you find God’s will with prayer and planning?
In Nehemiah 2, Nehemiah audaciously approaches the king with his plan, after much planning and prayer, recognizing that he ultimately answers to the King of Kings. Pastor Mark points out several key facts from this chapter, including the fact that vision requires provision, your confidence comes from your calling, and that, to lead others, you must follow the Lord.
Jacob Prepares to Reunite with Esau
Genesis 32:6 – And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.” There are times in life that it feels like we are in an exhausting battle. Sometimes we even battle with God – struggling to … Read more
Leaving Laban
Genesis 31:17-18 – So Jacob arose and set his sons and his wives on camels. He drove away all his livestock, all his property that he had gained, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac. After Jacob rejects Laban’s offer … Read more
Rejecting Laban’s Offer
Genesis 30:27-28 – But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you. Name your wages, and I will give it.” When a relationship gets off to an unhealthy, or even toxic, start, unless a significant change … Read more
Six Lessons from the Trailer Park Sitcom in Genesis 29-30
Genesis 30:4 – So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. As we’ve moved through the family line to the story of Jacob, who is now an adult with too many wives and too much baby mama drama, we learn a number of lessons through all that … Read more
How Do You Know if You’re Walking in God’s Will
Pastor Mark sits down with Trinity Church interns answering their questions on life, relationships, and Christianity. In this Ask Pastor Mark, answer your questions on, how to know if you’re in God’s will.
Architecting Life and Family
Genesis 21:14 – So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. You probably live in a house, condo, or some type … Read more
Stewarding Your Blessings
Genesis 13:1 – So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. When Abram and Sarai (who later become Abraham and Sarah) receive God’s call in the beginning of Genesis 12, God asks them to leave their family as, in 12:1, He … Read more
Lessons from Abraham and Sarah
Genesis 13:14-15 – The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.” In this section, Abraham, much … Read more