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Buyer’s Blues What does the term “buyer’s blues” refer to? Many people experience feelings of doubt, anxiety, panic, and guilt either immediately before or after the decision to make a significant purchase. It is actually part of the job of people who work in sales to coax people through their Buyer’s…

Make a U-Turn in a no U-Turn zone - with a cop behind you.... And you will get - a Ticket Close a sale for your company - on a $4 Million project... And you will get - a raise Order 40 nuggets from McDonald’s - and decide to eat all of them... And you will get - a high five from me Ask me if I want some…

We are in week 5 of Life’s Healing choices. So far we have looked at 4 choices we can make with God’s help to move towards victory in our lives. 1st choice: Reality Choice where we realize that we are not God and admit that we are powerless to control our tendency to to the wrong thing and my life is…

Review Last week we were reminded that all of us have the same battle within us - a battle for the mind. We learned that the way we think is critical because it will affect how we live. We learned that our culture sets us at a disadvantage. We do not live in a thinking culture. We are not taught how…

Genesis 16:1-16 People make bad choices; but when we trust God’s promises we find the path to freedom. Scene 1/ People make poor choices! Is a common phrase; a phrase which is used a lot in educational settings. I have heard it used in schools, in courts and in government departments. Jeremy Clarkson…

God’s Providential Will Does God have an individual will for each believer? Suppose you say no: How does that view interact with Scripture? 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! If God does not have an individual…

The Problem of God’s Will Bill and John both going to same bible college, almost same identical circumstances. Both facing financial hardships. Bill: “I’m beginning to think that Bible college isn’t God’s will for me.” John: “When you came here, were you convinced it was God’s will?” Bill: “Sure, If…

Inform Yourself In order to discern God’s leading we should seek to gain as much information as possible about the situation. The Bible is full of examples and principles that merge God’s will with adequately-informed judgment. Examples? A person who makes a pronouncement without listening to the facts…

What is a city? What do you think of when you think of a city? ir: ( ʿîr [eer]): city, town In the bible, a city is almost always fortified. It is a place surrounded by walls and has it’s own ruler or king. When we think of cities today we often think of large places where many people live or work, but…

A man was walking through a cemetery when the epithet on a tombstone caught his eye. It read: “As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, you are sure to be. So may I say, as now I lie, Prepare yourself to follow me.” The man took a piece of chalk out of his pocket… (I don’t know why he was carrying…

So You’ve Made a Bad Decision What do you do when you have made not only a bad decision, but a sinful one? One of the worst parts about being out of God’s will is that the way back seems so doubtful. Are you a Christian who is staggering under the burden of sinful choices? Christ offers hope! Clarisse…

Wisdom and Foolishness Over the last several weeks we have been looking at what it means to live wisely. That’s the aim of Solomon’s approach in Ecc. He’s Looking out at the reality of the world and seeing that there is a right an wrong way to live. And in this mornings Scripture we are going to see…

(S1) —Series: Choosing BETTER Let go of the GOOD to grab hold of the BETTER—There is GOOD and there is BETTER Week 1 — BETTER is...a day with God than a day without God! (S2) — Memory verse #1 — Psalm 84:10 Practical steps—Constant Communion—Instant Obedience—Daily Desperation Week 2 ~ Better is one…

You would think that we really don’t need to be taught anything about fairness because at least some of us were taught to be fair in kindegarten and Sunday school. share your toys… games… popcorn… when it comes to pie, everyone gets the same amount But as adults we kind of need to look at the issue of…

We are in the last week of our series Decisions, Decisions: Biblical Wisdom for Life’s Choices. The Bible doesn’t give us definitive answers for every decision we face in life or turn-by-turn directions for our proverbial journeys. You won’t find a verse about where to go to school, whether or not to…

We all have choices we make in this world. Some choices impact others too. Can you think of a choice that impacted others beside yourself by the choice you made? God gave instructions, man did not follow instructions, man paid the consequences of their choice ( Gen2:15-17 , 3:1-7 , 3:23-24 ) So, please…

This morning we are in our third week in our series Valley and Peaks. Sometimes our spiritual lives feel like a series of peaks and valleys. One moment, we feel like we are soaring high; the next, we experience a crushing low. We are looking at different people throughout the bible that have experienced…

My parents served as missionaries in South Africa 10 yrs. There they noticed a sad reality. Low-character men who could neither qualify for a college or university or some sort of meaningful job would turn to tuition-free colleges offered by American missionaries instead. They hoped that training to…

Numbers 13:1-15:41 REVIEW TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions Study Numbers, and God has been at work We started talking about Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers So far we can summarize what we have studied by this Summary Count all who can serve Adonai b’Midbar…

Exegetical Point: Homiletic Point: Intro Tola & Jair Deborah & Barak raised our eye-brows, Gideon made us shake our heads, Abimilek made us feel sick, so what’s next? What awful chapter will follow? Thankfully we have A little reprieve - an opportunity to catch our breath. Two Judges that seem insignificant…

Family Matters Last week we started a new series called, “Family Matters” by talking about the one thing every family needs. That one thing is God, the one who created family. God created family and He cares deeply about family. Our God is a God of authority and order. He has the ability to transform…

The story of Mary and Martha is familiar we've heard it dozens of times, and for that reason the jolt its meant to give us has become somewhat reduced; but the jolt is still there, no getting around it. The Lord Jesus praises the adoring, dreamy eyed, meditative Mary sitting at his feet, and scolds the…

Series: Faith For Today Date: July 21, 2013 Text : James 1 Title : When God Stretches Our Faith Introduction : Most of us in this room this evening would say that our lives have too much stress. We try to avoid and alleviate stress at all costs. Yet, this evening we will see that occasionally God will…

John 5:25-30

Intro We have had an interesting couple of years here. First there was a virus we began to hear about and in almost no time, the world shut down. President Trump shut down the borders and had everyone stay home… we along with the rest of the world went into a 2 month lock down… some longer. The isolation…