Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

by Pastor Randy Scott

Iron Faith Fellowship
Wilmington, Delaware

November 3, 2013

2 Corinthians 10

English Standard Version (ESV)

7 Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we. 8 For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed. 9 I do not want to appear to be frightening you with my letters. 10 For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.” 11 Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present. 12 Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.
13 But we will not boast beyond limits, but will boast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, to reach even to you. 14 For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you. For we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ. 15 We do not boast beyond limit in the labors of others. But our hope is that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you may be greatly enlarged, 16 so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you, without boasting of work already done in another's area of influence. 17 “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” 18 For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

It's the Little Things You Do!

by Pastor Randy Scott

Iron Faith Fellowship
Wilmington, Delaware

October 27, 2013

Romans 16

New King James Version (NKJV)

Sister Phoebe Commended

16 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, ² that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also.

Holding onto Our Integrity in Spite of Self-Justification

by Pastor Randy Scott

Iron Faith Fellowship
Wilmington, Delaware

October 20, 2013

This is the fourth and last part of the series:
"Functioning in a Dysfunctional World"

The other three parts were:

Introduction to Dysfunction: We Do Not Choose Our Family

Trusting in Spite of Any Situation

Remaining Faithful in Any Temptation

Genesis 45

English Standard Version (ESV)

45 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. ² And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. ³ And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

⁴ So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. ⁵ And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. ⁶ For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. ⁷ And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. ⁸ So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.⁹ Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry.

Remaining Faithful In Spite of Any Temptation, Third in the Series, Functioning in a Dysfunctional World

by Pastor Randy Scott

Iron Faith fellowship

Wilmington, Delaware

October 13, 2013

Third in the series:

Functioning in a Dysfunctional World

Genesis 39

English Standard Version (ESV)

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

39 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. ² The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. ³ His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. ⁴ So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. ⁵ From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. ⁶ So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate.

Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

Trusting in Spite of Our Situation! - Second of a Series "Functioning in a Dysfunctional World"

by Pastor Randy Scott

Iron Faith Fellowship
Wilmington, Delaware

October 6, 2013


Continuation of a series:
Functioning in a Dysfunctional World

Genesis 37

English Standard Version (ESV)

Joseph's Dreams

37 Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.

² These are the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. ³ Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.^[a] 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.

Introduction to Dysfunction: We Do Not Choose Our Families - First of a Series

By Pastor Randy Scott

Iron Faith Fellowship
Wilmington Delaware

September 29, 2013

Genesis 30

English Standard Version (ESV)

²¹ Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.

²² Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. ²³ She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” ²⁴ And she called his name Joseph,^[j] saying, “May the Lord add to me another son!”

Genuine Joy Come From...?

Pastor Randy Scott

Iron Faith Fellowship
Wilmington, Delaware

September 15, 2013

Luke 10

English Standard Version (ESV)

¹⁷ The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” ¹⁸ And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. ¹⁹ Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. ²⁰ Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”