Sometimes we get content where we are at in our spiritual lives because we don't have clear understanding as to what we should be doing in our day to day relationship with the Lord. This leads to stagnation in our faith and relationship with God. Today, we see from 1 Timothy 4:6-16 what we should be doing to serve God well and become a more mature servant of the Lord.

Unfortunately, death and grief are a part of our world. We all experience it. How should the Christian respond to death and grief?

The Bible teaches that husbands are to be the leader of their family and wives are to help them and submit to their leadership. However, the question is do biblical gender roles for men and women extend into the family of God the church? We will see in our passage today that they do and we will see how women specifically can serve the Lord in church.

As we grow in our faith, we have the growing temptation to be arrogant and proud of our own righteousness. If we succumb to this, we will be arrogant and judgemental toward those around us who are sinning. How do we keep from becoming proud and arrogant in our walk of spiritual maturity with the Lord?

American culture is adverse to showing hospitality. This makes it challenging for us to want to be hospitable, yet the Bible commands it of Christians. Not only this, but the way hospitality looks today is somewhat different than it would have looked when the Bible was written. So, what does Biblical Hospitality look like today?