Week 1Main Point and Overview: What is success in a family? Is it your son hitting the game-winning homerun? Is it your daughter getting the lead role in the school play? Is it having respectful, hard-working kids in society and school? While all of these things have value, the ultimate measurement of your family’s success will come down to having “tender hearts” toward the things of God. Does eac...  Read More

Matthew 4:18-22 “As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him. Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brothe...  Read More

Luke 5:11 Think about a time that you dropped everything that you were doing to go do something else. Typically, we can see that whatever needed our attention was more important than what we were doing. For example, you drop the sponge while you’re doing dishes and run outside to check on your child after hearing them cry. Or you drop your slice of pizza because you see your grandma’s beloved vase...  Read More

Luke 5:8-10 Peter understood who Jesus was and repented! This is where we see the disciple Peter put his faith in Jesus completely and follow Him. This is what it looks like to be a follower of Jesus! Peter heard the teachings of Jesus and believed in Him so he listened to Jesus’ command to go out and drop his nets. When he saw the result by catching so many fish the nets were under strain of brea...  Read More

Luke 5:6-7 If your family is anything like mine you are still recovering from the Easter feast of Ham, mashed potatoes, and so much more. At times it feels like thanksgiving on steroids because it often involves lots of candy and like stated above a feast. However, as believers we know it's not about the food, candy, Easter eggs or anything else. We celebrate that our Savior Jesus Christ rose from...  Read More

Luke 5:4-5 My sons are now in their 20’s and early 30’s. I can remember when they were in their teens and trying to give them some tidbit of Dad wisdom, usually wrapped in a couple of dad jokes for good measure. The response was almost always the same (If you have raised teens, you know what I’m talking about). They roll their eyes and respond in some variation of “I know what I’m doing.” The inte...  Read More