Our teaching series, “I Want a New Marriage” kicks off this weekend!  I’m a big believer that a series like this has the potential to have a huge impact on both single and married people!

One of the core beliefs behind this series is that the greatest thing we can give our kids is a healthy marriage.  The reason for this is that our marriage determines the personal security of our children and it’s their personal security that allows them to say “no” to peer pressure and develop healthy relationships later on in life.

Anyone who is married will admit that it’s a lot of work!    Marriage forces us to confront our immaturity and selfishness.  It calls us to an entirely new kind of selfless living.  It challenges us to focus on someone other than ourselves.

I love this quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “If you treat a person as they are, they will stay as they are.  But if you treat them as if they were what they ought to be and could be, they will become the bigger and better person.”  This series is about learning how to treat the person we’re married to in a way that brings out the best in them.

I’m really excited about this series!

Special note: If you volunteer on our Dream Team – plan on parking around back of our building so we can provide our new guests the best parking option possible!

Please take at least 5 minutes today and join me in praying for Thrive Church… that we would continue to stay laser focused on making it easy for people to find and follow Jesus Christ!  The longer a church exists, the easier it is to become distracted from this mission.  May God help us always remember that Thrive does not exist for “church people”!!!!  We are a church that exists for the 70% of people in our area who do not go to church.

Let’s Do it!

Tom