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This Week’s Theme: “Follow His Plan!” Word for the Week is Victory: Victory can be defined as overcoming or winning in a competition or struggle over an opponent, or difficult problems. Memory Verse: Psalm 143:10 - “Teach me to do Your will, You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of…

A Minister was walking down the street when he came upon a group of about a dozen boys, all of them between 10 and 12 years of age. The group had surrounded a dog. Concerned lest the boys were hurting the dog, he went over and asked "What are you doing with that dog?" One of the boys replied, "This dog…

Deuteronomy 16:8-21:9 REVIEW This is our fifth message from Devarim- Deuteronomy elle-ha deverim = these are the words Picture of Journey An 11 day journey that lasted 40 years Reason why the journeys are moments and opportunities to learn The first generation that came out of Egypt was “thick headed”…

In a poll a few years back, 70% of Americans said they were concerned about the decline in moral values in our society. It’s easy to see that there has been a decline in moral values. The LGBTQ agenda that’s being forced down everyone’s throats… pure crookedness in our political entities, and general…

“Dad says...” “The boss says...” “The preacher says...” Jesus puts our focus on “what God says...” About sixth months have passed since Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 begins “after this” - over the next 2 chapters we see a lot more opposition to Jesus, especially of the Jewish religious leaders. These 2 chapters…

Tonight we’re going to conclude our series on “ Developing a Biblical Worldview .” Your worldview is the way you look at the world. It’s the beliefs that you base all of your decisions on. Everybody has a worldview whether they realize it or not. It’s often un-clarified. It’s often unspoken but everybody…

Psalm 19:7 (ESV) 7 The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; Testimony- עֵדוּת It is one of the synonyms used for God’s Word in Psalm 19 . Law- instructions Precepts- stipulations Statutes- boundaries Commandments- requirements judgments- decisions Especially in Ps 19 and 119 we tend…

1. The source of animosity. (vs. 1-3) What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? A. The origin of animosity. B. The anatomy of animosity. You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.…

Introduction: This morning we are on the cusp of something that I hope and pray is to be a big deal. I challenged our group at Prayer Meeting this past Wednesday night to join me in praying for revival in our nation. I am asking specifically for us to pray for a movement of God that is bigger than we…

We begin with Luke 2 verses 15-34, but our main verses will be 21-24. When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste and found Mary and…

INTRODUCTION Honesty Defined truthfulness, sincerity freedom from deceit or fraud We can all agree, christian and non-christian, that a Bible-based Christian must be truthful, sincere, not deceitful, and definitely not perpetrating a fraud. Christians Must Be Honest Note title of lesson Play on “do as…

Feast of the tabernacles The background helps us to understand the spiritual significance of some of the things in our passage tonight. I wanted to share some background information about this feast, by the way, this is one of the three feasts that men must pilgrim to Jerusalem each year. (Insert Feast…

Water and Life Brett Miller Jesus is the Power that Pours out Water, Life and Rescue Feast of tabernacles, is a feast of "presence" and Jesus is a presence at the Feast. He appears, he fills, he pours out the spirit, like water. On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud…

Three False Methods, and a True One Three wrong ways: Seeking God’s will through signs and “ fleeces ” Where do we get the idea of “fleeces” from? Gideon We say that people are “setting out a fleece” when they challenge God to reveal His will through some uncommon event or through some apparently chance…

This afternoon’s study is an important one and it is a subject that we have mentioned several times and I think it is important that we spend service talking about it. It is Identifying the enemy. I. THE TRUE ENEMY IS SATAN Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.…

Notes for sermon 1. Jesus teaches with authority , 14-24 14-- the emphasis of this statement is that Jesus did not go up to Jerusalem at the same time as His brothers. During the festival this was the right time for teaching (other rabbis did the same) but it would not foster privacy. Jesus is following…

Exegetical Point: Jesus is working for the Father, on His timeline, for His Glory. The World hates Jesus and tries to Kill him. Intro Kids engagement: Draw, or write as you try to listen. Last time we finished the episode of John 6 , surrounding the miracle of feeding the 5000, and ending with many of…

Is Jesus the Messiah? Part 2 Intro Who is Jesus? You’ve probably heard me say that this is the most important question that you will ever be asked. And it’s true. The way you answer the question about who Jesus is will determine how you live your life and where you’re going after this life is over. So…

Is Jesus the Messiah? Call to Worship Intro Have you ever been into a television series and really enjoyed it. Then all of a sudden there is this extremely slow paced episode that no one seems to like, but it’s important for moving the story along. These are called expositional episodes. And the reality…

2 Corinthians 5:14-6:2 Good morning church! First Step is a fantastic ministry, I’d encourage you to pray about how you might help them, or ask the Lord if you should be adopting some of these babies that they rescue! Open your Bibles with me to 2 Corinthians 5 , we made it as far as the 15th verse when…

1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord . 3 And his delight shall…

God is a God of Revelation Have you ever participated in a secret gift-giving party, maybe a Secret Santa event at school or work? In this event, you receive a name and secretly give gifts to someone who doesn't know who it is until the big reveal. It can be a lot of fun to disguise yourself and then…

Today we will Define bigotry See what the Bible says about it Why Christians are accused of being Bigots What can we do to make sure we do not have a spirit of bigotry BIGOTRY DEFINED Obstinate and unreasonable attachment to a particular creed, opinion, practice, ritual, or party organization; excessive…

I. The breastpiece of judgment, or decision, 28:15-21. Verse 15 - the breastpiece of judgment (decision) was a separate piece made of the same materials as the ephod of the high priest. It was to be another beautiful piece of craftsmanship, made by a skillful worker with cloth. Verse 16 - The breastpiece…

Matthew 7:1-6 Introduction: In 1996, the year that I graduated from high school, Tupac Shakur released a song titled, “Only God Can Judge Me.” The sentiment expressed in the lyrics was that everyone else should get out of his business. OF course, though he acknowledged that only God could judge him,…