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What Good is the Past? Lessons learned Won’t make that mistake again An opportunity for growth Faithfulness of God What God brought into our lives to teach us What God spared us from though we deserve it As we begin our study of the book of Deuteronomy we enter into it with a desire to learn from those…

EXODUS 6:1–8 Remember last week we ended in Chapter 5 with Moses feeling discouraged and not understanding why things got harder for the people of Isreal and not better. And that the people of Isreal blamed Moses for the trouble he brought upon them. Now in Chapter 6-7 we see God’s promised sovereign…

Final message of our Foundation study in which we have been getting an overview of the Old Testament. Through this study, we have been asking two questions: What do we learn about God? What do we learn about ourselves? We have seen a lot of things about God and ourselves. What are some of the things…

Introduction: Today being New Year’s Eve, many people will be reflecting on the year that has passed and looking forward to the new year ahead. We often hear of new year’s resolutions like getting healthier or starting a new hobby. For us as Christians this time of year is a great opportunity to thank…

Introduction People often struggle to understand some of the difficult parts of the Bible. Others simply discount it because they don’t like it. Others see things they don’t like and use them to attack the claims of Christ and his church. Scene 1/ If we are to learn from the difficult parts of the Bible…

Big Idea:God’s Faithful Promises Fuel Christian Courage Intro: Are you a courageous person? Do you consider yourself brave? Are you willing to stand when other people kneel to injustice and evil? Would you sign up to fight for freedom when others refuse out of fear? Problem: in our society that is composed…

Alright, to answer the question from last week, did Abraham have any more children the answer is yes. We know he had Ishmael by Hagar, Isaac with Sarah, and after Isaac he fathered six other sons with Keturah (his second wife) after the death of Sarah ( Genesis 24:19 ). 1 Abraham took another wife, whose…

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.” 3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord , all…

Genesis 47:29-30 Genesis 50:1-3 , 7-10 Genesis 50:15 , 18-26 Jacob desired to be buried in Canaan We talked last week about how God promised Jacob that He would bring him out of Egypt. Genesis 46:4 “I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph’s hand shall close…

By Faith Abraham Followed God into the Unknown Abraham’s faith led him to respond to God in obedience. In this section of Hebrews 11 , the examples of faith move to a section of impossible reactions to God’s calling or at least unique reactions. The stories are designed to help give witness to faith…

From the Empty Tomb to the Upper Room Be Sure of the Resurrected Lord From the Message to the Mission Be Sure of the Holy Spirit’s Work In You From What Was to What Will Be Fix Your Faith and Follow On The Example of Abraham We first read of Abram (whose name means “Father” or implies “Head of the Clan”)…

Guest Preacher Chaplain John Saunders looks at the character lessons that we can learn from the account of Balaam and the donkey

10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is…

Series: Following in the Footsteps of Faith God Renews His Promise To Abram-#6 Genesis 13.14-18 Series Intro : few men, outside of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself have has such an impact on the history of the world as did the man introduced to us in this passage of scripture. This man is revered by over…

What a great Sunday we had last week, celebrating the work of Jesus—His sacrificial death and victorious resurrection—while looking at Genesis 22 , Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, his only son, and God’s providential prevention. All of this pointing to God’s giving His Son, His only Son,…

Why all these cubits? 14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring…

Last week we saw God’s first interactions with Abram, the patriarch of the Jewish and Christian faith. By faith, he left his father’s household and went into the land of Canaan, the land that God promised to Abram’s descendants. The narrative actually ends with 13:1, with Abram leaving Egypt after having…

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. We have seen that God has had a plan. We saw where because of unbelief many fell under the wrath of God. However, we also saw because of the faithfulness of 2,…

Last week we witnessed the death of Abraham, and the generations that came from his sons born to him by his concubines. We also saw the children of Isaac born, Esau and Jacob. 1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to…

Our Scripture lesson this morning comes from Deuteronomy 8:7-20 : For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees…

Between Genesis 16 and Genesis 17 , thirteen years have passed. Abram was 86 years old when last we read about him; today as we read about Abram, he’s 99 years old. As we’ve seen already in this study through the life of Abram, God is in no hurry. I argue this is cause for assurance , though some would…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 8, Session 3 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A. Summary and Goal In the previous session, the Israelites began their campaign to conquer the promised land…

Intro Have you ever been exiled? Maybe you were exiled from a classroom for misbehaving? (I have) Maybe you were at odds with your spouse and you were exiled to the couch? Perhaps you were exiled by people at work, they excluded you from a group of colleagues? Perhaps you were exiled from society and…

8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.…