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Most of the OT deals with the history of a nation with its origin story rooted in deliverance from slavery and bondage. A nation that despite its covenant relationship with God continually wandered from God Yet, it is also a history of a loving, merciful, and gracious God… who time and time again warned…

Most of the OT deals with the history of a nation with its origin story rooted in deliverance from slavery and bondage. A nation that despite its covenant relationship with God continually wandered from God Yet, it is also a history of a loving, merciful, and gracious God… who time and time again warned…

Hebrews 4:1-13 Good morning and welcome once again to this gathering of Hope Bible Fellowship. I’m honored to get to stand before you each week and proclaim the Word of God. Have you had a long week? Maybe it’s been a long year and you feel like you’ve been just kind of wandering around going from issue…

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The Message of Nahum is this: God is God He is the only God He is your God ‌ The Message of Nahum speaks to the Nature of Your God directed Towards His creation , Toward those who Rebel against Him, and Toward those who turn to Him God’s message speaks warning to everyone ( Nahum 1:1-2 ) God detests…

Hebrews 12:18-29 18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, 19 and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them. 20 For they could…

Sometimes forgiveness is hard work. As we complete our series today on forgiveness I think it is important to state the obvious: Sometimes forgiveness is hard to do. Other times it is simple and easy. The greater the hurt the harder it may be. Forgiveness is NOT reconciliation. Though I believe forgiveness…

Amos 3:1-15 Romans 8:31 tells us 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? But the title of the sermon today reflects what happens if the opposite is true. Israel, at this point when Amos is speaking, has found herself in a very dangerous position because of…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Matthew 6:1-33 In light of the purpose statement for our church that I introduced last week, I want to begin a series on Loving God. I’m titling this series Heart and Head - Loving God with all of our mind and emotions 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,…

Why do we need warnings? Imagine you are driving to your best friends house! You are excited to go visit them but there has been a storm. Unbeknownst to you, the road has been washed out. As you get closer to your destination you speed up a bit in anticipation. What’s that? A warning sign? The road is…

Introduction Pray for the Service - Thanksgiving Let’s praise the Lord together Rattle So Good to Me The title of this message is God’s Mission for Man Theme verse: 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over…

Today if you have brought your Bibles turn with me to Hebrews chapter 12. If you don’t have a Bible I want to encourage you to follow along because we will have God’s Word provided for us on the Screens behind me today. You may be here today and say why is God’s Word so important for us to look at? Because…

I heard this story from another pastor who heard it from another pastor, let’s call him Larry. Pastor Larry went to visit a member of his church – let’s call him Henry, who was in the hospital with terminal cancer. The family called Larry and told him that the doctors had given Henry just a few days…

Good morning! Life Update If we haven’t met, my name is Chris... Good morning, so good to be with you all! It feels like it’s been a long time. A lot has happened. If you don’t know, Morgan and I welcomed Simon Christopher into the world on June 14th... Then less than two weeks later we found out Morgan…

6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Pleasing God takes believing His word. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting…

11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. The Grace New Testament Commentary says this about 1 Cor. 10:11 , “The word admonition (noutheisan) can mean warning. Paul wants to put some sense into the believers…

12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have come to share in Christ, if…

1 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared…

Intro; This morning I want us to look at the science of “Cause and Effect”. "Cause and effect" is a relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others. This is a combination of action and reaction. Something happens ( a cause ) that leads to an effect. A cause is a…

An airplane flew into a violent thunderstorm and was soon swaying and bumping around in the sky. One very nervous lady happened to be sitting next to a preacher and knowing he was a preacher she turned to him for comfort. She said, "Preacher, can’t you do something?" she demanded. He replied, "I’m sorry,…

Leader Guide CSB, Unit 10, Session 3 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser, edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, MA Summary and Goal In this session, we will see the Israelites ask for a king to judge them and lead them in…

Introduction Before we address the text today I want to go back and spend a couple minutes reviewing what we have gone over so far because today seems to me to be wrapping up much of the author’s teachings so far. As an engineer I very much appreciate the author’s approach of the book of Hebrews. It…

Will God ever grant a request that goes against His Will? Often we will ask God for something - often to meet a personal need or concern. But, are we asking in accordance to God’s Will, or are we asking from selfish wants and desires? Israel had been ruled by judges, since being given the command by…

The title of the message is “The God of the Living”. This is because God is not the God of the dead but He is The God of the Living This phrase was part of the response Jesus gave to the Sadducee's when they gave him a hypothetical question that was meant to trap him. They asked Jesus about a woman who…