Mike Satterfield Michael Satterfield

You may know how the urban dictionary defines “friends with benefits” but true friendship brings the greatest benefit. Your spouse was designed to be your truest and most intimate friend with signifiant benefits.




“This is my lover, this my friend...” (Song 5:16 NIV)

"You Married the Wrong Person" is the 2nd message of a 6-week series entitle "The Mystery of Marriage." In this series we will look at marriage as the mystery or key understanding the Gospel and unlocking its power in our marriages. Messages in this series include: The Mystery of Marriage, You Married the Wrong Person, Fighting, Friends with Benefits, Learn to Dance, and The Big Day. These messages were delivered at Seasons of Faith Church on Owensville, MO. 

The Mystery of Marriage is the first message of a 6-week series of the same name. In this series we will look at marriage as the mystery or key understanding the Gospel and unlocking its power in our marriages. Messages in this series include: The Mystery of Marriage, You Married the Wrong Person, Fighting, Friends with Benefits, Learn to Dance, and The Big Day. These messages were delivered at Seasons of Faith Church on Owensville, MO. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. WeekendWe don’t know if the world would have changed without Martin Luther King, Jr., but we do know he was a rod in the hand of God. Leave aside his theology and his moral flaws. He was used in the mighty hand of Providence to change the world so that the most appalling, blatant, degrading, public expressions of racism have gone away. PiperBut when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel…” (Galatians 2:11-14)

This is the time of year when everyone is thinking about giving. Even most selfish people actually do a little giving during the Christmas holidays. And even non-generous, or un-generous, people want to be generous at Christmas. Or at least they want to appear generous. So… while we are already thinking about giving and generosity - I want to challenge our hearts, our very souls, to take a good hard look at generosity. What does it mean to be generous? Are you a generous person? Are we a generous community? A generous church? And if we find that are not, why not make it our goal to become such a person and such a church?