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What are you doing here? Repeated question Out of my comfort zone learning lots of things Information vs. Experience Getting to know people Passion, gentleness, determination, mana Experiences I’ve never had before Tangata whenua side of powhiri sharing in the kitchen, and in the laundry making friends…

- 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…

15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name,…

Genesis 28:10-32:3 Hosea 12:12- 14:9 Review In our last Hafltarah We spoke of Jacob and Esau - and their purpose After speaking of Esau and Jacob, Summary of The Torah Portion: Genesis 28:10-32:3 10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. Vayetze Picture Jacob leaves his hometown of…

The Rider of the Clouds A few of the fundamental elements of the Old Testament mosaic are familiar and we will not take the time to analyze those. One of these is kingship. The Israelite kingship had a quasi-divine flavor, which was common in the Near East - civilizations believed kingship was instituted…

II. ONE TRUE GOD: existing eternally as three persons - the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit ( Luke 3:22 ; Matt 28:19 ; II Cor 13:14 ). [One True God ( Deut 6:4 ; Isa 44:6 ). This tri-unity is clearly set forth in the form and formula of Christian baptism ( Matt 28:19-20 ).] 1. The God Who Is. how…

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Our Scripture passage this morning is Deuteronomy 1:1-5 : These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.…

Romans 8:31–39 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.…

1 This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the Israelites before his death. Blessing- to invoke good. or other times to speak of a gift given Used in the OT 71 times Close to 100 times in NT This has made me realize I could do a whole series on what it means to bless someone, to be blessed,…

“No!” “You can’t!” “It won’t work!” “There is no way.” “We took a vote.” How do you hear it? Do these words give you a sense of victory, or do they give you a sense of defeat? It may depend on whether you’re the one hearing them or the one saying them. Either way the source of these words can often be…

We’ve been moving through CASKET EMPTY, and I don’t want us to lose sight of why we’re doing that. The whole idea of Casket Empty is to recognize God’s redemptive story throughout the Old Testament. Many have wondered did God create the world and then just leave it to run itself, and what we see throughout…

If we’re honest we’re always somewhere on the scale between belief and unbelief. I’ve shared with you many times the Father’s exclamation from Mark 9 when he brings his son to Jesus and asks him to heal him, “if he can.” Jesus responds: And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for…

When we come near the end of our life, what will we be thinking about and concerned about? What were people in the Bible thinking about?

God exist as a TRINITY . When I first began to study the Bible years ago, the doctrine of the Trinity was one of the most complex problems I had to encounter. I have never fully resolved it, for it contains an aspect of mystery. Though I do not totally understand it to this day, I accept it as a revelation…

Introduction We are coming to the last in the series of David’s Life. David will not die in this passage but this passage and the rest of Samuel is more like an appendix to the story of David. Today we are talking about David’s Last Words. 2 Samuel 23:1-7 1 These are the last words of David: “The inspired…

Genesis 21:9-21 WHAT AILETH THEE? Intro : The Bible is a book of hope. It is a book filled with stories of love, power, faith, and glory. It is a book with a message of grace, peace, salvation, redemption, and miracles. Yet, the Bible is a book filled with impossible, hopeless situations. Stories appear…

Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 REVIEW This is our forth message from Devarim- Deuteronomy elle-ha deverim = these are the words The Torah goes on to recount the 42 stations from the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land. Picture of Journey An 11 day journey that lasted 40 years Reason why the journeys are…

Learning to Lean on Jesus Cast your cares - 1 Peter 5:6-11 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a…

Greeting Prayer Scripture Opening - Goal - Considering the Gospel Anew - ( Once more; again. In a new and different way, form, or manner, another time, afresh) Reconsider the gospel - not salvation grace, faith, Jesus, God’s glory - but the structure and focus of the message. [Be gentle] Problem with…

Introduction: When you hear the phrase: “humble, meek, and mild,” what image comes to your mind? Some of you would say Jesus because you’ve heard that phrase used to describe Him. But what exactly does that mean? We probably know what it means to be humble, but what does it mean to be meek or mild? Charles…

God’s Law - God’s Council I’ll admit, it’s a little hard to get excited about the Law of God. How many of us would echo Paul’s sentiment, that he delighted in the Law of God in his heard? Or how many of us think of the law the way David did? The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony…

Vezot ha’ Bracha This is the Blessing Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12 But will only cover from Verse 1 to 29 Last Torah portion we spoke about the Song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32 We spoke about GIVE AN EAR Give EAR Requirement of our repentance - its prophetic…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 11, Session 6 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Sept. 2022. Summary and Goal In this final session from the life of King David, we turn our attention to…

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…