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We believe through conversation with God in prayer we align ourselves with His will, releasing His power and blessing. Therefore we will pray with humility and gratitude, expecting God's faithful response.

Prayer and the Sovereignty of GodGod is sovereign: Sovereignty means rule, and the sovereignty of God means that God rules over His creation with absolute power and authority. He determines what is going to happen. God is not alarmed, frustrated, or defeated by circumstances, by sin, or by the rebellion of His creatures.

"Rooted" in the word... what are some of the Bible basics and methods of study that we can use as we seek to get rooted in the word of God?The Bottom line:The Bible is God’s inspired word of revelation and exists as our single highest authority for living. We must learn how to study the text and "root" ourselves in the word of God!

The Bible is God’s inspired word of revelation and exists as our single highest authority for living.2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

God’s story is what makes sense of our lives and all of history. We don’t add God to our lives—he invites us into His story. God’s (redemption) purpose in freeing us from bondage to sin and suffering goes beyond what he wants to do in us; he wants to do something through us as we who have been called out of darkness and into his marvelous light make him known to others in word and deed.

Be in the STORY The Gospel: Covenant

Looking in to the scripture text of 1 Corinthians 13 - Sam gives us a good picture of what love is and what love does....

Every house—like any relationship, particularly a marriage—has trash that must be taken out. You’re going to sin against each other. Trash is going to accumulate. If you don’t take out the trash, it will stink up the whole relationship. Don’t fight with criticism, contempt, defensiveness, or stonewalling. Rather, fight to the glory of God by recognizing sin and repenting of sin. Repentance is three things: confession, contrition, and change. It takes a sinner to repent. It takes a victim to forgive. It takes two people to reconcile. The only way your relationship will be enduring and endearing is if repentance of sin and forgiveness of sin are practiced; otherwise, it will not get better, it will get bitter.

A wife is incredibly powerful in the life of her husband. The wife is to respect her husband (Eph. 5:33), which means “to notice, regard, honor, prefer, defer to, encourage, love, and admire” him. A respectful wife has a head of respect (How do you think about your husband?), a heart of respect (How do you feel about your husband? What do you say about him?), and hands of respect (What do you do for your husband?). A disrespectful wife may be silent and compliant, or loud and contentious. Still, it is possible to disagree respectfully. Do you respect your husband?

We all have the need to be needed - Longing for belongingDating is one of the ways that we seek to find a mate, but it also a way that many people look to find "their place".There are a few places that we can look first to decide if we're ready to date... as we read Mark 12: 29-31 we find Jesus calling us to the basic understanding that we must first "love the Lord your God" and "love your neighbor as yourself." This seems like an interesting place to start when talking about dating, but... check it out!

Katie Den Brave shares an incredible overview of all the "major" topics as well as her incredible story of God's grace and redemption. She covers topics like... How does our world and the media affect our point of view? How are guys and girls different? What does God's grace and provision really look like to someone who has walked through places of struggle and separation. Key verses: Proverbs 4:23 - "Above all else, guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life."2 Corinthians 5:17 - "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone, the new has come."Genesis 2:18-20 - "The Lord God said, 'It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.' Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that what its name. So the man gave names to all the liv

Marriage is a covenant, not a contract. Every covenant—including the new covenant of salvation—has a head, who is ultimately responsible for the covenant. The husband is the covenant head of a marriage; he is responsible for his marriage, his wife, and his kids. Similarly, Christ took that which was not his fault—our sin—and he made it his responsibility on the cross. He is our covenant head.

Every student will have to deal with conflict in his or her friendships. It’s your goal to set them up to handle the conflict (whether immediate or in the future) in a way that honors God and the other person, and doesn’t create unnecessary pain. Help your students begin to see that conflict can lead to deeper and more meaningful friendships when we change the way we deal with it.Scripture References: Matthew 22:37-39; Matthew 5:23-24; Romans 12:17-19; Ephesians 4:26-27; Colossians 3:13

Marriage is at it's best when husband and wife are Best Friends... That pretty much covers this one. Check out this time we had- powerful and great stuff from the word!

"Hitched" is the couples ministry of Tulare Community Church. Teaching through this series based on the book of the same title by Mark and Grace Driscoll... pastor Jeff shares an over view of chapter 1. From a wedding to a War gives a basic outline of what Christian marriage should look like as a reflection of the Gospel of Christ. Along with giving the "ideal" picture of the relationship, we talk about the pitfalls and challenges we face in our marriage commitment to one another.