Do you tend to push the limits? Drive a little faster than the posted speed limit, eat a little more than you probably should, get a little less sleep than you need, stay out a few minutes past your curfew, slip out a bit early from work? There is no doubt that just about everyone will push the “obedience” limits in life. We seem to be wired that way - it’s part of our sin nature. Most of the time, those small lapses may be harmless; but there is no doubt that there are

One of my greatest fears as a young father was not getting it right! There was no manual for how to be a great dad. After raising three of my own, another I call my own, and spending a lot of time helping to raise ten foster children, I have had a lot of time to try to “get it right.” Thank God for His help, guidance and inspiration as an amazing heavenly Father! One of the toughest jobs dads and moms have, is the difficult task and responsibility of discipline. This pas

Disappointment is a part of life. Pastor Rick Warren defines disappointment this way: “when life’s expectations don’t meet life’s realities.” Sometimes you don’t get the job, make the sale, close the deal. Sometimes you lose the game, oversleep, miss the bus. Sometimes people let you down. Sometimes you let others down… no doubt you have let God down along the way. So what do you do when things don’t go the way you envisioned? Sunday at Watermark, we looked at Ruth’s st