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It was her own personal nightmare. Something terrible had happened to her little girl. There was something inside her, something tormenting her, something controlling her. She was under the power of the devil, possessed and afflicted. Her mother couldn't do anything about it. She surely tried. No doubt…

Isaiah 56-57 Good evening church! As I look around tonight, and out into the camera, I can clearly see that what we have here tonight is a gathering of the who’s who in greater New England. The hippest, coolest, most intelligent, highest skilled, best looking, most popular, stand outs in all of the land.…

Instead of trusting in God’s grace, the Israelites tried to control their fate through spiritual and military power. But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight…

Torah Portion: Leviticus 9:1-11:47 Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-46 :18 Review Map of the 40 year journey Amalek’s Picture of Negative/ Distorted Thinking Desires offerings Red Heifer Distortion - Corruption 21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he lingered so long in the temple. 22 But…

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be…

When we visited my sister in Colorado this September, she took us to Estes Park. It’s a beautiful resort town at the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. It has a grand vista around every turn, a quaint downtown filled with cute shops, and the world’s biggest outdoor playground for a back yard.…

THE COST OF BEING A DISCIPLE OF JESUS I. Jesus instructs concerning discipleship (14:25–27). a. Regarding the candidate’s family (14:25–26): i. What does it mean to Hate our family or loved ones? ii. Matt 10:34-39 iii. Matt 12:46-50 1. We must place Jesus above them. a. We must place the Will of God…

A Prophetic Proclamation READ TEXT: Isaiah 56:1-12 As verse 1 says: May the righteousness of our Mighty and Holy God be revealed. May His Wondrous salvation come. Just as we just sang about few minutes ago, “Even so come, Lord Jesus, come! This morning I want to preach one more time about the Bible passage…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Zeal for your house will consume me. Has church ever made you angry? I’m sure it has. Some rule you didn’t like. Some ham handed handling of a difficult situation. I’ve probably made you angry at some point. I do and say stupid and careless things sometimes. And sometimes I say wise and careful things…

I Have Engraved You on the Palms of My Hands Isaiah 49:8–16 (ESV) 8 Thus says the Lord: “In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages, 9 saying to the…

Matthew 21:1-17 Introduction: Good morning and welcome once again to this gathering of Hope Bible Fellowship. We have been walking through the book of Nehemiah for the last several weeks. For the next two Sundays we are going step away from that to celebrate Palm Sunday and Easter week and then we will…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Jan. 2023. Summary and Goal In the previous unit, we explored why God would judge the sins of His people.…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Jan. 2023. Summary and Goal In the previous unit, we explored why God would judge the sins of His people.…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Introduction Well good morning once again. It’s good to be with you today. Go ahead and turn in your Bible to the book of Hebrews, chapter 3. We are going to be diving into verses 7-19 this morning. As you do that I want to call your attention to a couple of additional announcements. On June 26 we are…

Summary Revelation 21-22 is John’s climactic vision of the new Jerusalem and new earth. In Part 1 we looked at how Israelites thought about the concept of “temple” and how that concept led John to conflate the expectation of a new temple and see fulfillment of that expectation in a city (the new Jerusalem)…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Introduction: If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark chapter 11:12-21. Lets begin in verse 12 and then lets pray for understanding. Mark 11:12–21 (ESV) 12 On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 And seeing in the distance a fig tree…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

The Setup In our scripture reading today we are going to hear what seems to be two very different stories that could stand alone. Our reading today begins with a beautiful but fruitless tress. Then follows Jesus into the temple area where he cleanses it for the second time objecting to what shouldn’t…

Summary Revelation 3 contains John’s letters to. John uses the Old Testament in a number of places in these letters. Some have been discussed in earlier episodes of this series on the use of the Old Testament in the book of Revelation. Our discussion in this episode, Part 1 of Revelation 3 , focuses…