Passage: Joshua 1:1-9

 Passage: Psalm 23:5

In any time of transition, or during any time at all, we can rely on one constant, trustworthy, reliable fact: Jesus Christ is Lord. Can you make this claim: Jesus is my Lord, my Savior, my Friend, and my Shepherd?

 Passage: Ephesians 3:8

Like the Apostle Paul, I realize it is a great privilege to be allowed to preach the gospel: "Although I am less that the least of all God's people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ" (Ephesians 3:8).

 Passage: Ephesians 3:14-19

Trinity Sunday has always been a difficult day for me. I feel compelled to do more than just acknowledge the doctrine; I want to preach something that unveils inspiring truth about God as three yet one. But those are hard sermons to preach, about the hardest sermons I ever preach. It occurred to me this year that it is even harder for you, the congregation, who have to listen to those sermons. Yet, I'm going to subject you to one more attempt, another shot at preaching on the Trinity. So, listen and think about the prayer in Ephesians 3: 14-19.

 Passage: John 19:25-27

How do you work out the priorities of God and family in your life? Jesus had a family and hard to sort these priorities out in his own life, just like we do. There is a lot that we can learn from Jesus' interaction with his mother from the cross.