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Altered or Delayed obedience is DISOBEDIENCE

How many of you have a list of unanswered questions? I used to say, when I get to heaven I want to ask God... Why did God make Mosquitos? Why did God make Red Bugs? Why did God make Poison Ivy? Why do they put flotation devices under airplane seats instead of parachutes? Why we keep junk in our garage…

Wrathe delayed or diverted does not mean wrath denied.

God diverts and delays (but never dismisses) wrath.

Advent is about waiting. This is a reminder I know but it is an important one. Waiting puts us in the “Biblical” story alongside many others. Exodus 23:20 (NIV) “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Isaiah 40:3 (NIV) A voice…

Jesus told his disciples what they should expect upfront. Jesus used this parable to teach his disciples about their need to pray continually and not lose heart. Luke wrote to believers who had experienced a delay in the Second Coming of Christ. There would be some time between Jesus’ death, ascension,…

Faith Building Have there been times when your faith felt weak? What kind of circumstance? In your life have you found that faith building is normally easy? Does your faith grow more in difficult, trying, disheartening times? Why? You are not alone, the apostles often grew in faith in times they did…

The parable we hear this morning follows the one we heard last week. In that parable, Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to ten virgins who were waiting for the bridegroom. The bridegroom was delayed, and his delay revealed which of the virgins were foolish and which were wise. The wise virgins brought…

Recap: Christians must obey all of God’s Word, not pick and choose. Kings of the land fear and despair, but don’t repent. Israel acknowledges wrong and corrects it. Proposition: God is for God and He will graciously bring about delays in your life so that you will repent. Exposition: 10 While the sons…

When we pray and God delays we must believe he is on the way to magnify His glory. The problem: Death claims the final word on sickness. The Search: Mary and Martha pray for Jesus to intervene. The solution: Jesus says delays glorify God. Believe God reveals His glory in times of delay. Jesus enters…

Hebrews 11:1-2 (ESV) — 1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation. 1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation.…

1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he…

9 All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one person has authority over another to his harm. 10 In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did those things.…

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1 Samuel 9:1-2 1 Samuel 10:1-2 1 Samuel 17:1-11 We have spend the last couple of weeks talking about the Truth about Change. Change isn’t always fun. But change often brings some very positive results. Because change can be scary, we often put off things that we know will bring change. What do you procrastinate…

Good Morning, would you turn in your Bibles with me to Matthew Chapter 25. Today we are going to look at a Parable about Wisdom and Foolishness. How applicable is this for us today? When we take a look around our world today there are so many people making foolish decisions. That may even be you today.…

Faith Vision Christian Ministries i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. Thank you for joining us today , and thank you for keeping Faith Vision in your prayers Let us pray (P/P) We invite the Holy Spirit to join us this morning Faith Vision…

Governing Providence - God guides and governs all events, including the free acts of men and their external circumstances, and directs all things to their appointed ends for His glory. What Does the Bible Say? Genesis 39 God in His providence, may allow us to be falsely accused and unjustly maligned…

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Instanty Obedience always beats lavish gifts!

The Waiting God 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. Let us pray: These are Thy Words O Lord. Help us and sanctify us in the truth. Thy Word is truth. Amen. If patience…

INTRODUCTION Timothy George writes about Martin Luther’s life in his book Theology of the Reformers and shares what was probably one of Luther’s lowest moments of his life. His daughter of fourteen years old dies from the plague. He writes this about Luther’s experience. Brokenhearted he knelt beside…

Text : Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way. For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted…

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice…

Over the past few weeks we have taken a look at some of the Lord’s Parables that He used to teach others as well as His own disciples important lessons. Last week we began to look at some of the parables that deal with Christian living. In other words, how are we to live as believers? Today I want to…