Marriage. A series for you- no matter your status.
By Daniel Edwards | January 31, 2012
Most married couples recognize they could use some advice and counsel on making their relationship stronger. But what about people who aren’t married? What about people who are single, divorced, or widowed? No matter your marital status or the status of your marriage, you will find our upcoming series “MARRIAGE.” helpful.
It is my prayer that God will use these services to:
prepare future marriages,
enrich healthy marriages,
rescue struggling marriages,
& restore broken marriages.
Reasons this series of message will be helpful for singles:
You are not married, but you struggle with sexual temptation.
God created sex to be enjoyed within marriage, so dealing with God’s plan for marriage will help us better understand God’s intention for sex. When we compare God’s plan with our perversion of that plan, we appreciate God’s guidelines for sex.
You are not married, but you have other relationships.
Marriage is about adoration, commitment, and sacrifice. So is every good friendship & partnership. Many of the principles we will learn about a healthy marriage will be principles that should be present in any healthy relationship- even non-romantic relationships. These messages will teach us to be better spouses. They will also teach us to be better friends, classmates, siblings, parents, co-workers, etc.
You are not married, but you have friends who are or will be.
Most likely you will have opportunities to support, encourage, and pray with friends and family who are married, even struggling in their marriage. These sermons will better prepare you for those moments of influence.
You are not married, but you may be married in the future.
It isn’t God’s plan for everyone to be married. Marriage isn’t God’s only plan for His people to find happiness, satisfaction, and fulfillment. For many, though, God’s plan for the future includes glorifying Him through marriage. This series will be an excellent base for such a future.
MARRIAGE. starts at 10:30 on February 5.
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Favorite Tweets from October. Yes October.
By Daniel Edwards | January 23, 2012
Michael Lukaszewski 
Bart Millard - 20 yrs from now we’re gonna remember 2011 as “that year we thought those 5 toe’d shoes were cool”
Jim Gaffigan @JimGaffigan
- Just told my 5 year old that it is bad luck to go outside on the first day it snows.
Joe D Wilson - The shorter ur grass in the fall, the more ur leaves blow into ur neighbors yard. Yes, I just mowed my lawn.
Jay Double - Watching the Walking Dead. No I’m not talking about the Colts!
- Pakistan was just elected to the U.N. Security Council. Seriously… this is not an Onion headline.
Triadwx - An image from @snowshoemtn this morning….. very nice. #ncwx#wvwx #vawx yfrog.com/klb9skcj
Looks like this will be the first time in years that I don’t head up to snowshoe.
PTI @PTI
- Raise that roof, TK. twitpic.com/739hsa
I enjoy this show about sports more than I enjoy sports.
Kurt Lindgren @kurtlnd
- If you are trying to “keep up with the Jones’s,” STOP! Because they just filed for bankruptcy.
Joe Thorn - My daughter loves her horse head pillow, but doesn’t get the awesome Godfather connection. instagr.am/p/Ql_Xm/
- Korean scientists have cloned a coyote. In other news, ACME company sales have recently doubled.
- Why is it when I’m in a TSA line I’m always behind the person that has never left their house?
Matt McGill - Being able to label my issues doesn’t mean I’m working on them. Unfortunately, it does make it easier to pretend that I am.
Jon Tyson - Church of celebrity, consumerism & competition. “Our pastor is amazing, our programs meet all my needs, our church is better than yours.”
Mat Clayton - To the police surveillance van outside our flat, renaming your wifi would make you stealthier pic.twitter.com/PjzcSX2v
- Warning: Blackberrry phones are crashing, there is an increased chance today of making eye contact with people in heavily starched shirts.
Matt Todd - Dear future me: When you make egg sandwiches for the kids, it’s a good idea to check to see if we have bread BEFORE cracking the eggs
- When I see a printed out, taped up sign, my first thought is “Somebody must have thrown a fit about this”
Bob Seymore - “If I could get a transcript of your prayers over the last month, what would be the one thing you kept praying for?” – Francis Chan #Cat11
- Hey people that sit on planes not reading, listening to or watching anything: you look like serial killers.
Adam Savage - From Reddit, the most modern workplace sign EVER: i.imgur.com/Vkh8e.jpg
Love that.
Rachel Lamour Minter @rachmint
- Haven’s Elmo cake from Brown Sugar Cake Room! @Melbrown620 twitpic.com/6tm22k
It was great! Thanks to Rachel and Mel!
Jeff Postlewaite @jeffpos
- At the State fair I’ve been called “boss” about a million times. I’m firing the next guy who does. I can, I’m the boss.
I have so many great memories from the VA State Fair. Our family went every year for several years. Twist & Shout!
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Foundation Class
By Daniel Edwards | January 14, 2012
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Favorite Tweets of September
By Daniel Edwards | December 5, 2011
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#30Thanks - November 23
By Daniel Edwards | November 23, 2011
I am a preacher. That is my career, but it is more than that. It’s my calling. When I say it is my calling, I mean that it is what I was made to do. When I stand in front of a group of people to preach, I feel at home. It’s weird, but I do not feel at home if I speak to a group about anything else.
Plus, it doesn’t matter where I am. I feel at home in our church sanctuary, the church basement where the teens meet, or the weight room at Warrick County Jail where we hold monthly jail services.
I believe this is what God built and designed me to do. I am thankful I found it or that it found me. I am thankful I get to do what I love and support my family through it.
I am thankful that God has chosen to use the “foolishness of preaching” to convey His message of grace.
I am blessed to preach and I am grateful.
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#30Thanks - November 16
By Daniel Edwards | November 16, 2011
I have done quite a bit of work on our Trailblazer lately. It hasn’t been the “I’m a teenager who wants to trick out my car” kind of work. It’s been the “the car is broken and I need to fix it so my wife can go to grocery store” kind of work. I can’t really complain about the car, because even though it has over 100,000 miles we have never been stranded.
Since I have done just about all the work on it myself, I am thankful for my hands. I am thankful that I have full use of two relatively strong hands. They are great for working on a car, picking up a book, typing up a post about #30thanks, and holding a cup of coffee.
I am also thankful that I was taught some basic skills in how to use my hands. Skills like holding a wrench, threading a bolt down in the guts of the car that you can’t see, and flipping to the right page in the Haynes Trailblazer repair book.
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#30Thanks - November 14
By Daniel Edwards | November 14, 2011
I get messages all day. Text messages, emails, tweets, voicemails, etc. They are constant. They are convenient. They are instant.
None of them are appreciated as much as a hand written note. Whether its the rarity or the nostalgia, a good had written note is something you hold onto. You file it away, then you come across it years later. You don’t do that with a text message.
So today I am thankful for the mail. Not the junk, ads, or bills, but the notes and messages from friends and family, the cards I got for pastor appreciation and my birthday.
When was the last time you wrote a note or sent a letter the old fashioned way?
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