Saturday, August 20th 2016

31 Days of Wisdom | Day 20

Reading for today: Proverbs 20:1-30 Are your words speaking louder than your actions? This verse reminds us of quite the opposite. That the actions of a faithful man speaks louder than his words. Too many times we walk around with a lot of “face talk.” Just words that mean nothing. Promises that we have no […]

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Friday, August 19th 2016

31 Days of Wisdom | Day 19

Reading for today: Proverbs 19:1-29 I have met so many parents who hesitate disciplining their children. They fear hurting their spirit, or being perceived as harsh, or even better having their child angry with them. Allow me to ask a question, would you rather discipline your child now, or watch in agony and helplessness as […]

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Thursday, August 18th 2016

31 Days of Wisdom | Day 18

Reading for today: Proverbs 18:1-24 You want safety? You want protection? The Lord Jesus Christ is the only safe haven for us. The great promise is that if you have put your faith in Jesus Christ as your savior you are protected in the shelter of His arms. I love what the writer says here […]

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Wednesday, August 17th 2016

31 Days of Wisdom | Day 17

Reading for today: Proverbs 17:1-28 Do you feel like you always have to be right? How many times has that lead you into a sizeable argument with someone? Solomon says here that we need to stop worrying so much about being perceived as being right, and be more concerned about being peaceable. Paul tells one […]

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Tuesday, August 16th 2016

31 Days of Wisdom | Day 16

Reading for today: Proverbs 16:1-33 Don’t do anything without Christ and you will be successful. Pray and ask God to grant you vision of how He wants you to go about this task.Here’s what’s important here: success in our minds and the mind of God is almost never the same idea. Don’t be deceived by […]

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Monday, August 15th 2016

31 Days of Wisdom | Day 15

Reading for today: Proverbs 15:1-33 Have you ever tried to do something on your own, only to realize that someone you know has done it before and could have saved you a tremendous amount of time and effort? I know that on more than one occasion I have had this has been my experience. Over […]

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Monday, August 15th 2016

Monday Morning Quarterback | August 15th

Turn to Wisdom or Ignore it. Which will you choose? Yesterday Pastor Dave’s challenge to us was to choose to go down the path of Wisdom, listen to her challenge, because staying simple will lead our lives into all sorts of danger and difficulty. The 5: A recap of Dave Crandall’s Message, “The Simple” in […]

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Monday, August 15th 2016

Volunteer Highlight | Cory Peterson

  At Friendship we believe the Church is not a building, it’s people, serving together to glorify God as an effective and influential church. So, each week, we highlight a volunteer or staff member who serves at Friendship, because our volunteers and staff make everything we do possible! We’ve asked each person some fun questions to […]

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Sunday, August 14th 2016

Set List Sunday | August 14, 2016

Here’s what we sang this morning as we continued our new series, “The Way Of Wisdom”: My Beloved (Crowder) Praise Him (Hillsong) Rule (Hillsong United) This Grace (Kristian Stanfill) Listen to this set list on Spotify here. (playlist links are active for the whole calendar year of this post)

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Sunday, August 14th 2016

31 Days of Wisdom | Day 14

Reading for today: Proverbs 14:1-35 Big lesson here: don’t be quick to judge a circumstance. WAIT until you have all the FACTS and not all the opinions, including your own. When you are quick to come to a conclusion, the Bible says here that it “exalts folly” meaning it makes you look like a fool. […]

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Saturday, August 13th 2016

31 Days of Wisdom | Day 13

Reading for today: Proverbs 13:1-25 Don’t these verses just make you giggle! We struggle and fight to get more and more money and what it ends up causing us is more and more problems. Now, don’t get Solomon wrong, he was the richest man on the face of the earth so he wasn’t against money. […]

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Friday, August 12th 2016

31 Days of Wisdom | Day 12

Reading for today: Proverbs 12:1-28 Pretty plain and simple, huh? The writer of the proverbs invites us to celebrate the painful act of discipline. This seems weird doesn’t it? That’s like saying, “Be excited about your house being foreclosed on!!” It just doesn’t line up with our way of response. But like it says, it’s […]

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