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God snatches victory from the jaws of defeat in each of our lives!

# Philippians Lesson 1 ## Intro to the Study of Philippians I’ve been given the privilege of teaching the opening weeks of this study through the book of Philippians. Before we get to the text of Philippians I am going to take a few minutes to refresh your memory of the background of the Philippian churches…

Gary Alexander has lived in the small town of Wingo, Kentucky all of his life. He remembers hearing the stories about how several downtown buildings were built in the late 1890s. More than one hundred years later, Alexander was hired to demolish the buildings and reuse some of the materials. When the…

Shortly after the turn of the century, Japan invaded, conquered, and occupied Korea. They overwhelmed the Koreans with a brutality that would sicken the strongest of stomachs. One group singled out for concentrated oppression was the Christians. When the Japanese army overpowered Korea one of the first…

Listening to Atheist Richard Dawkins convinced him. He had been a Mormon, but as Richard Morgan read Dawkins’ book, The Blind Watchmaker, his faith was shattered. He became convinced that all he had been looking for through his faith was social acceptance. The book made it clear that there really was…

Do you have a verse to the “somebody done me wrong song?” Most of us do. Most of us know the pain of being treated wrong and rehearsing the wrong in our mind. However, as the years go by, I wonder how accurate our memory is? In Caring Enough to Confront, David Augsberger writes, “Most of the pictures…

Blessed! Psalm 1:1-6 NASB "How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! [2] But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. [3] And he will be like a tree firmly planted…

Prayer When I pray for my children, I always pray for the spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being. While I want them to have good jobs and do well financially, I’ve always been more concerned that they grow into men who fear and honor God. That has been my constant prayer for them–that they will…

And what happens when you repent of your disobedience, fear God, understand your sin, and stop making excuses? Well just consider W. P. Mackay. He writes: My dear mother … had been a godly, pious woman, quite often telling me of the Savior, and many times I had been a witness to her wrestling in prayer…

Highways and Hedges Last Sunday evening I preached on the text: ". . .Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in that my house may be full." Luke 14:23. I've been thinking about that verse a lot lately. When I was a Youth evangelist, I saw God win those in the "highways and hedges."…

Psalm 119:42 A story Lorne Sanny, past president of the Navigators, illustrates the power of God’s Word when we hide it in our hearts. Some missionaries in India were unable to get the national Christians to share the Gospel. They tried everything, but these believers seemed completely tongue-tied. Then…

Matthew 23:29-33 Today you and I come together from many different places. I live a couple counties over, in Estill county, I was born and raised even farther east in Wolfe County on the far side of Powell County. Some of you were maybe born and raised in Fayette county, and likely others came from other…

CONSISTENCY Two French government ministers traveling to the unveiling of a new radar speed trap outside Paris were caught exceeding the speed limit as they went to the event. Reporters using handheld radar guns recorded Transport Minister Gilles de Robien's car traveling through Paris at 62 mph in a…

Shortly after I became a Christ follower an older man challenged me to find key verses in the Bible that might speak to specific situations that I would find myself in through the course of a normal day. After identifying those critical verses and linking them to the challenges that may come my way,…

In 1998, after speaking at a Christian rally in New Delhi, India, Dr. P. P. Job received threats against his family. At the time, his son Michael was training at the university to be a medical missionary. One evening, a white Fiat with Delhi plates, traveling at a high speed, changed lanes, rammed into…

Kentucky Youth Ministries YOUTH MINISTRY MANUA | OUR MISSION: We Build Students OUR OBJECTIVES Win … Reach students to Christ Build … Teach / Disciple students Send … Mobilize students !!! Kentucky Teenagers … … our mission field | YOUTH MINISTRY MANUAL INDEX Letter from the District Youth Director page…

Matthew 17:1 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain apart. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking…

MBI Centennial Henry Parsons CROWELL: Dedicated Steward by Eric Fellman lienry Parsons Crowell was to make and give a lot of money. But God first took him through the refiners fire. he nine-year-old's sobbing beside his father's grave gave no evidence of the powerful servant of God he was to become.…

To Illustrate New Year's Illustrations Highlight Series COMMITMENT Wayne Dehoney tells of a visit to Oberammergau, home of the famous Passion Play. While in the city he saw the shop of Antoine Lange, who was well known for his portrayal of Christ in the play over many years. As Lange became older, people…

The Seder Following is a Christian version of the Jewish Passover Seder, or ritual meal, modified for use in families. It is most effective in teaching children (and parents, too) the tradition of the Mass, a representation of the Last Supper of our Lord with his apostles, where He instituted the sacrifice…

MARRIAGE Studies are showing that being a good, supportive spouse is good for your health. “Men over 65 whose wives consider them a source of emotional strength usually live longer than less needed hubbies.” —Reader’s Digest, October 2002, p. 48 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Galatians 5:13 NIV “You,…

During one evening of my stint as a premedical assistant at Connaught, a small hospital in London's East Side, my whole view of medicine—and of blood—perma­nently shifted. That night hospital orderlies wheeled a beautiful young accident victim into my ward. Loss of blood had given her skin an un­earthly…

able border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt'> ! The Two Babylons or The Papal Worship Proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and His Wife By the Late Rev. Alexander Hislop First published as a pamphlet in 1853--greatly expanded in 1858 Contents Introduction Chapter…

MOODY'S ANECDOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. RELATED IN HIS REVIVAL WORK BY THE GREAT EVANGELIST DWIGHT L. MOODY. FULLY ILLUSTRATED FROM GUSTAVE DORE REVISED EDITION. EDITED BY REV. J. B. McClure. CHICAGO: Rhodes & McClure Publishing Co. 1899 Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1896 by the Rhodes…

FINAL WORDS. Christ's Farewell to Those He Loved Part One Calming Troubled Hearts Don't you wish you could turn anxiety on and off like a faucet? Wouldn't it be great if you could worry from 9:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. and then shut it down so that you could get a good night's rest? Unfortunately, we cannot…