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Review Two harlots Two Two Two Two Two Two W‌e Hebrew Bitterness Pride Shema - 1. 2. 3. Picture of Korah Bold Korah Picture of Tannin Picture of three plagues (1) (2) (3) New Moon Picture of Hodesh Full Moon Picture of Moed ‎ Picture of Time between New and full moon Picture of New and full moon Picture…

Spiritual Beings We have been taking a few weeks to study spiritual beings in the bible. We started out by looking at the word “Elohim.” It is the word often used as a name for God, however the translated meaning of the word is “spiritual being.” That means that the word “Elohim” is more of a category…

Introduction Classic love stories…? Romeo & Juliet; Elizabeth Bennet & Mr. Darcy (P&P); Gatsby & Daisy; Scarlett O’Hara & Rhett Butler; Jack & Rose; Ross & Rachel; Mickey & Minnie Mouse 1 Mickey & Minnie Mouse 2 Sin wants to bind you. vv. 4-6 Samson “loved...” To breath heavily or to be excited. Her…

Introduction Frightening driver’s ed stories. If you ever break down at night, don’t shine your light at approaching cars. It’s true…our bodies follow our eyes. Which makes it important for us to pay attention to where our eyes look. This is what we learn from Samson - to pay attention to what we are…

Introduction Johnny Manzel documentary came out. Johnny Football. And it was realized the waste of incredible talent. I look at those guys and wonder what would have happened…? Had a better work ethic, character, purpose? The story of Samson, from Judges 13 - 16 , is similar in that there is this man,…

6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it…

Hook? Previously on the feats of Samson Miraculous birth Nazirite - Set apart to Serve God God was using Samson to defeat the Philistines who had been oppressing Israel 40 years. God did this by filling him with his spirit, and giving him super-human strength. The first Superman! Instead of being set…

Introduction Falls Creek pranks. Turning off hot water. Yelling in the middle of the night. Taking clothing. Kool-aid in shower heads. The problem is you begin with a harmless prank and in the end you have hurt feelings and, possibly, people injured. In our fallen state, Broken humanity seeks escalation…

Lamentations 1 Good evening Saints! Glad to be back gathered together for a midweek service, but I have really been enjoying our Growth Groups as well. By my calculations we have a total of three Old Testament books that we have not yet gone through as a church. They are Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Ezekiel.…

Hebrews 11:17-12:2 Good morning church! We are continuing on this morning in Hebrews 11 with a message titled Faith in Action: Part 2. I’ll remind you that in chapter 11 we have a list of witnesses. We likened it last week to them giving testimony in a courtroom. Their message to the Hebrews, and to…

- Chag Sameach = joyous festival -particular appropriate for Sukkot We have been teaching on the Fall Feasts Today we will make a combination of the Feast of Sukkot, which is Seven Day We will speak in addition to the Torah Portion “This is the Blessing” about the 8th Day This is the last day after the…

Today we are going to continue our series in Love & Dating. If you have been following us up to this point, we have covered a lot of topics and we have many more things to cover. Today we are going to be covering a very important topic, one of the most critical in a relationship. It will determine who…

We consecrate different objects for special jobs Tooth brush - consecrated for cleaning my mouth! Toilet bruch, set apart fot cleaning the toilet. Both are brushes, but they are exclusively reserved for one job, and you can’t mix them up! If i use my toothbrush on something other than my mouth, i would…

John 14:15-18 We have begun a new series in which I have entitled “The Great Life.” The Great Life is the life that is yielded to the Holy Spirit. We studied last week the three types of Men: The Natural Man, the Carnal Man and the Spiritual Man. The Spiritual Man is the one who will be able to experience…

What is prayer? Communication with God, primarily offered in the second-person voice (addressing God directly). May include petition, entreaty, supplication, thanksgiving, praise, hymns, and lament. Prayer is not exclusive to Christianity, however, The biblical examples of prayer portray Yahweh as a…

TEXT: JAMES 4:7-10 | HUMILITY DEMONSTRATED INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Growing up, I had an immense fear of the dark. So to help me sleep, my mom would turn on a lamp, and she would put a cassette tape in for me to listen to. It had a bunch of Christian kids songs and a few skits. But I remember one of the…

This is an incredibly familiar verse, so I want us to think about what we are reading. 22 And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness. These are people in sin, but the application is vivid. Because of sin the earth…

We are wrapping up our series this morning Season of Thanks. Being grateful everyday. During the time of Thanksgiving, a lot of people will do a gratitude challenge. This three-week series examines Scripture to see what gratitude might look like if it was practiced every day, and if we found reasons…

Intro Most of you know that I grew up in the Chicago area. You might be aware that Chicago has a nickname. It is often referred to as the Windy City. Some people assume that this is because Chicago is particularity windy. While there is certainly no shortage of wind, Chicago is far from the most blusterous…

How many of you have heard the advice that you should never try to meet your heroes? The reason is because we tend to idolize our heroes, and in our minds it seems that they can do no wrong. Their public accomplishments, their public persona, all the things they they have going for them that cause us…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 9, Session 4 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A. June, 2022. Summary and Goal In the previous sessions, we saw how God uses unexpected people and circumstances…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 9, Session 4 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A. June, 2022. Summary and Goal In the previous sessions, we saw how God uses unexpected people and circumstances…

Samson seems like a super-hero. With his super-strength he is almost invulnerable, and single-handedly kills thousands. And yet his story is one of constant frustration and failure. Samson's strength is not his own, for he was called to a purpose: ridding Israel of the Philistines. So even when he ignores this purpose, God works through him to achieve this end. How can we avoid being like Samson--striving for (and failing at) our own purposes serving greater ends despite ourselves? Are we, too, doomed to Samson's restless misery, or is there a better way?

Confederate - A person, group, nation, or state united with another or others for a common purpose; ally; associate an associate in a unlawful act or plot; accomplice Hebrews 11:30-40 (LSB) 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. 31 By faith Rahab the…

Introduction Deer hunting…the struggle. Picture from this year. Not as big as I’d normally take... Saw several bucks that morning. Then this guy starts walking slowly by my deer stand. Check him out through my scope... The longer I look, the bigger he gets. What if I don’t make it out again, what if…