What does the Bible say about parenting? How can we ensure that future generations learn and grow to honor God and keep the faith? What responsibility falls on parents? What about the Church? How do these things apply to single parent families? What is the proper place for discipline, education, kindness, encouragement, and love? Can’t we just leave children to do their own thing?
Topic: Encouragement
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How can un-forgiveness be leprous to our relationships? What does the Bible say about relationships and forgiveness? How can we learn from God's example about how powerful forgiveness can be? What impact does unforgiveness have on our lives? Should we constantly remember faults? Should there still be consequences even when there is forgiveness?
What does the Bible say about families? What wise words in the book of proverbs give counsel to families? Should parents discipline their children? Should you marry a person with anger issues? What virtues make a great wife? How can you make a home happy following God’s design for marriage?
As we explore the subject of feeling alone, does technology and social media play a role in the weakening of our most important relationships? Has the next generation become too desensitized, plugged in, and disconnected from the real world? How does this condition fulfill end time prophecies? How can God make the difference in restoring broken relationships?
John Spellman preaches at Babylon SDA Church discussing the why difficult things can happen in a Christian's life? Should we be afraid of hardship? Why does God allow it? How did God teach Moses to deal with difficult situations? What lessons are there for us today? Should we give up when things are hard? What if we encounter hardship?
Why do some people push others away in order to avoid pain? Do relationships require risk? What does the Bible say about taking risks in building relationships? Is it healthy to shut people out of our lives or assume that they will hurt us even before they've ever done so?
The end of the story of Ruth and Boaz shows us how God often has a plan that we often can't see until we look back at how he has led us. Often God provides for us through the advice and wisdom of God fearing people He sends into our lives. Many feel alone because they don't have people close to them that can give them good counsel. What kind of people do you have in your life? Do you have friends that don't tell you what you want to hear? Can love look like correction?
How does God provide for us at times when we feel alone? Does God sometimes use people to bless us in times of need? Do we sometimes go through suffering without realizing and seeing how God is leaving us examples of His love to sustain us? How does the story of Ruth and Naomi help us to see how God is ever-present when we feel most alone?
Elder John Spellman speaks on the subject of the story of Elisha and the widow's oil. As believers in Christ, we are God's vessels. Are we empty and ready to receive the oil of God's Spirit? Do we sometimes pray while filling our lives with things that prevent God's blessings? Are we empty and ready to be filled?
Has God ever led you to a place in your life where you felt alone? Are there times when you feel alone because you don't understand God's leading and direction? Sometimes we can be where God wants us to be--even in the church--and still feel alone because others don't recognize God's working in our lives. Ruth and Naomi were in Bethlehem Judah, the place where God wanted them to be, yet still felt alone because no one understood where God was leading them.
Elder John Spellman speaks on the subject of dealing with conflict and the temptation to get even. How should Christians deal with anger? When other treat us wrong, how should we respond? What happens when a prince for a nearby nation abducts and rapes Jacobs daughter? How does this set a model of what not to do when others treat us wrong.How can believers exhibit patience in hardship?
How can we preserve unity in the church? What creates disunity? How does God’s law connect with unity? What led to the schism in ancient Israel? How was the early church divided? What can we do to avoid division today? How can leadership and counsel influence unity? Should people be allowed to do whatever feels right to them? How can we rightly divide the word of Truth today?