* (1 Timothy 5:1) Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers,
* (1 Timothy 5:2) older women as mothers,
* let’s pray
* Father, we’re kicking off a new year of ministry
* today I want to share my heart with these people
* I want to spell out where I sense you’re
* well, this morning I have good news and bad news for you
* the bad news is that people have let you down – terribly and hurtfully
* over the past few weeks, as we’ve
* last week we began to talk about the subject of forgiveness
* if you were here, you came to realize that forgiving those who have wronged us is not optional for the believer
* we
* this evening we’re going to look at how to serve God with excellence
* within each of our hearts is a desire to serve God and make an eternal difference
* the fact is