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Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord…

I Timothy 2:1-8 Good morning church! Open your Bibles with me please to 1 Timothy chapter 2 for a message entitled One God and one Mediator. Let’s pray: Father, we ask this morning that you would be our teacher, that by the same Spirit that these Scriptures were inspired, you would illuminate our understanding,…

Exodus 27:20-30:10 Review In our last Torah Portions We have talked about different topics The Torah is the manual how to serve God- gives a sense of direction, like a compass W/o direction you do not know where you are going or what you are doing. the yes, I do The unanimous and unhesitating response…

Exodus 13:17-14:31 Introduction In our last Torah Portion we talked about the Plagues So the Lord said to Moses: “See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children…

Ezekiel 15:2

Realm Distinction We’ve been tracking the story of Yahweh and his portion, Abraham’s descendents. Yahweh chose to disinherit the nations at Babel. He chose to appear to Abraham in visible, human form to initiate a covenant relationship. He chose to reiterate that covenant with Isaac and Jacob, whom he…

3 Reasons to Pray for the salvation of all men. I. One God 5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, A. The Only God This might not seem like a reason, but if there are multiple gods then why pray? If all gods are equally valid, the muslim god will save…

Learn to suffer well

As Americans, we prefer a God who is small a God we can manage, predict and control. We want a God that feels safe to us. One that we can fully understand and explain. One that doesn’t embarrass, confuse, contradict us or make us made. We want what C.S. Lewis called a “tamed lion”. The God of the Bible…

One of the ways that we can live wisely in a foolish world is to learn to take care of our health. Since we only have one body to serve the Lord with, it is important that we take care of it to honor Him all the days of our lives. Paul pleads with believers; 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the…

The Gospel Project® for Adults Leader Guide CSB, Unit 1, Session 6 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Suffering and God’s Presence Summary and Goal We don’t know for sure when Job lived, much less when the book…

Suffering, no body likes it. Suffering challenges our perception of God’s justice. How do we process suffering? Our perspective of God’s justice effects how we process suffering. The Reaping Principle Job and Councilors assume this principle Eliphaz does: 7 “Remember: who that was innocent ever perished?…

The Perspective of the “Friends”: God justly punishes evil people with suffering, therefore Job is evil. 4 Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you and enters into judgment with you? 5 Is not your evil abundant? There is no end to your iniquities. Job’s perspective: I am innocent, therefore God…

Proverbs 11:30 (Whole Chapter) The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. Matthew 7:17 (Whole Chapter) Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit . Matthew 13:23 (Whole Chapter) But he that received seed into…

Job's life has been utterly destroyed, and yet he doesn't curse God. For me though that's not the real issue here. God still has confidence in Job. Job is really hurting, and God knows that the goodness that is in Job will not disappear. God has the same confidence in us -- we may hurt at times -- yet God has confidence that we can find the goodness that is in us.

Welcome to A Breath of Fresh Air 3 I hope that you have been getting something from these messages. Today we are going to talk about something that’s epidemic 14 As with cattle going down into a peaceful valley, the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. You led your people, Lord , and gained a magnificent…

Scriptures to memorize to assist with getting rid of a critical spirit.

Use truth to overcome criticism, what the Bible says.

Looking at the camouflage those with a critical spirit put up.

Question - Help me with My Stress Even though you may be working to reduce stress, our culture is offering more and more. Earth is offering you more. Gen work 181 hours more than previous Generation … 1 extra month in the same year Mothers - 80% feel unbearable amount of stress and 70% are sleep deprived.…

It is very humorous at times to watch children react when some kind of pain is introduced into their lives. Now, I don’t mean when they are actually in a significant amount of pain and discomfort. When your kids are sick, there is nothing funny about that. I mean when something small happens to them…

Frustration: the feeling that though a problem is not resolved, it should be Frustration is a very real thing. If you have kids, then you know this to be true. Parents, how many times do you have to tell your children something before it really sinks in? It is our children’s job to set the table. One…

The first of Job’s three friends, Eliphaz, has finished giving Job his advice. Though he seeks to instruct Job in as gentle terms as possible, he still makes the accusation that there must be some hidden sin in Job’s life for this much suffering to have happened to him. The problem is that his counsel…

The Scandal of the Gospel Isaiah 53:7–9 (ESV) 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…