Rightly Praying for What We Need Most
When we are suffering, God mercifully and generously gives wisdom so we can navigate our trials, when we ask him with a settled confidence in his authority.
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The Wisdom of Work
The choices we make today can shape the direction of our lives for years to come. In this message, Pastor Mike Fabarez draws from Proverbs to show how biblical wisdom helps us evaluate our options, seek godly counsel, and make thoughtful decisions that reflect God’s priorities.
The Wisdom of Decision-Making
The choices we make today can shape the direction of our lives for years to come. In this message, Pastor Mike Fabarez draws from Proverbs to show how biblical wisdom helps us evaluate our options, seek godly counsel, and make thoughtful decisions that reflect God’s priorities.
The Wisdom of Wealth
Money can be a useful tool, but it can also become a dangerous source of temptation and misplaced trust. In this message, Pastor Mike Fabarez draws from Proverbs to show how biblical wisdom shapes the way we earn, spend, save, and give, helping us honor God with the resources he has entrusted to us.
The Wisdom of Peace
Conflict is unavoidable, but how we respond to it reveals whether we are acting wisely or foolishly. In this message, Pastor Mike Fabarez draws from Proverbs to show how wisdom helps us avoid unnecessary conflict, respond carefully to offenses, and pursue peace in a way that honors God.
The Wisdom of Your Words
Our words have the power to help or harm, encourage or discourage, and reveal what is happening in our hearts. In this message, Pastor Mike Fabarez examines the wisdom of our words, showing from Proverbs how thoughtful, truthful, and timely speech can honor God and strengthen the people around us.
The Wisdom of Humility
Pride can quietly distort our judgment and lead us down a foolish path. In this message, Pastor Mike Fabarez explores the wisdom of humility, showing from Proverbs why we must see ourselves rightly, remain teachable, and resist the self-confidence that keeps us from depending on God.
Where Wisdom Begins
Wisdom doesn’t begin with intelligence, education, or experience—it begins with a right view of God. In this message, Pastor Mike Fabarez explains what it truly means to fear the Lord and why a proper reverence for God is the essential foundation for making wise choices and living a life that honors him.
Sin and Reproof
We intuitively like to think that what we do is right. “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,” the Bible says (Proverbs 21:2). But when we honestly reflect on our lives we know that we are not always right, and what we do is not always what we should do…
April 30, 2026
Questions in this episode: – Is Hebrew a dead language? – How accurate is the King James Version of the Bible? – Were there some books of the Bible that were taken out? – I stopped associating with some of my family and they are saying God is love am I in the wrong? – …
Motives
What an amazing experience to have been a follower of Christ during his earthly ministry. Imagine sitting in the crowd listening to him teach, counsel and correct the world in which you lived. Consider the enormous privilege of being able to ask your specific questions and having God’s perfect wisdom delivered to you by the mouth of Christ himself. But even with all of that, Judas proved to be a traitor
Adopting a Strategy from Another World
Knowing that we will encounter criticism, we must work to always respond more like Christ, enlisting, powerful, and wise resources that God provides us.
February 12, 2026
Questions in this episode: – Is there a Bible verse that speaks about the ungodly angels? – Could you give me the best defense for why Sola Scriptura is true? – Did the golden calf really jump out of the fire in Exodus 32:10-14? – What does it mean that the Levites ordained themselves and …
Practicing Personal Stewardship & Wise Giving
The giving God calls us to is generous but discerning, and it requires us to handle what has been entrusted to us with great care and integrity. In this sermon on 2 Corinthians 8:16–24, Pastor Mike Fabarez argues that biblical generosity must be governed by careful, accountable stewardship rather than impulsive or naïve giving. Drawing …
Intelligence vs Wisdom
There is a big difference between intelligence and wisdom. There are many intelligent people who are utterly devoid of wisdom and many wise men and women who didn’t fare well on the SATs. Wisdom is described in the Bible as
Sola Scriptura
Just before one of the strongest statements regarding the uniqueness and sufficiency of Scripture, the Bible warns us that as time marches on “evil people and imposters will go on from bad to worse” (2Tim.3:13). The threat of “evil people” opposing the truth has…
Maintaining Clear Communication
Like Paul, we must be wise about our words with others, knowing that as Christians in a fallen world we will always need to seek to excel in our communication.
Let There Be Light
Sometimes the important analogies presented in the Bible are so frequently echoed in our worship, our prayers, and even our conversations, that God’s intended meaning gets lost in our minds somewhere along the way. Consider the frequent…
Confident in God’s Indomitable Plan
We ought to care about the people around us and the culture we live in, boldly relaying God’s revealed wisdom to them, knowing his indomitable plans will surely be carried out.
Selfish Prayers
James 4:3 diagnoses one of the most insidious problems which always undermines, and often devastates our prayer lives. The problem we’re told, is…
Receiving Correction
God’s word describes the wise person as one who is “open to reason” (Jms.3:17). The one Greek New Testament word that translates this phrase speaks to the attribute of a person who is willing to change his mind or behavior when presented with…
Fear, Faith & Reason
While we will always have opposition as Christians in this world, we must never fear but only trust God and proceed with wisdom, as we continue to live our lives for him.
Wise Decisions
We must make all of life’s decisions with a resolve to do what pleases the Lord, as stewards, knowing that godly choices yield God’s blessings and eternal dividends.
Well-Meaning but Misguided Friends
We will have well-meaning friends who, out of love for us, will inadvertently tempt us to abandon the course of Christian obedience God has laid out for us.
Interacting with Earthly Governments
We must understand the proclivities of earthly governments, and when given the opportunity we must insist they do what is right for the people’s sake and for the good of the church.
Saving Lives
We must be prepared and perceptive enough to capitalize on evangelistic opportunities that God has sovereignly placed before us.
Enduring Slanderous Attacks
As messengers and representatives of the gospel we will experience unjust and costly opposition, in which we should continue to entrust ourselves to our powerful Savior.
Dealing with Demons
We must be mindful of the spiritual opposition we face when we attempt to serve Christ so that we might aggressively pray and dependently trust in the Lord to curtail our adversaries.
Understanding Women in Ministry
The complementary roles of men and women in ministry seen in biblical descriptions and prescriptions are good and godly, always to be joyfully observed by his people.
Discerning God’s Will
God will direct you to do what he specifically plans for you to do, as you are diligent to get to doing what he has written, and are discerning about his undeniable adjustments along the way.