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Eliphaz Continues – The Misguided Counsel of Comfort Date: Wednesday Night, October 30, 2024 Main Text: Job 5:1–27 (KJV) Introduction to Job Chapter 5: In Job 5 , Eliphaz continues his response to Job’s lament. His counsel, while rooted in traditional wisdom, is ultimately misguided and lacks compassion.…

Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all. Gives godly counsel or advice…

Title : Rebuilding Had a different message in mind last week, but after praying, felt led to let that sit and stew on a back burner for a while, let it marinate a while longer… and today we’re diving into the minor prophet, Haggai. Text : Haggai 1:1-11 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth…

This Week’s Theme: “Loving the Right Way” Word for the Week is Love: A caring commitment in which affection and delight are shown to others, grounded in God. In his words and actions, and supremely in the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, God demonstrates the nature of love and defines the direction…

INTRODUCTION 2 thoughts Emotional reaction To something you wanted, desired (puppy, phone, house, car) Your favorite team Major accomplishment Birthday present Vacation This is temporary (it goes away) (One team wins the other loses) We will talk about happiness that’s not temporal. Nothing wrong with…

25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill? 26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ? 27 However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”…

The Gospel reading for this Sunday, from John chapter 3, contains the best-known, and most quoted, and memorized scripture by Christians and unchristians alike, these words of Christ, 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal…

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the…

Pre-Introduction Great singing; it’s fun singing Christmas music! Take your Bible and turn to Isaiah 7 Introduction What do you when you’re afraid ? [Possible response #1] [Possible response #2] [Possible response #3] [Illustration on Being Afraid] Post-Introduction It’s easy to be afraid when there’s…

There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 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 . And his delight shall be in…

Introduction: If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Acts chapter 14. If you do not have a copy of God’s word slip up your hand and one of our church members is coming down the aisle now and would be glad to bring you one. God spoke creation into existence with a spoken…

It seems appropriate that we would look at gift giving - and the giver of all good gifts the first Sunday of Advent. And as of Friday, we begin hearing Christmas music everywhere. I have been listening to Christmas music for a month already but now the world forces us to listen to the dumb Christmas…

The Call of Christmas Mary - A Call to Provide Big Idea: God Calls us to provide Him a place of priority in our lives. A Call of Humility A Call of Submission A Call of Faith Have you even noticed how people in the cities often look down on those in the country, or those from small towns? In our country…

Today was intended to be a time back in the book of Daniel, but Jim was scheduled to preach it. Sadly, he fell ill this weekend and thus is unable to preach, and I am not going to preach his notes. So today I’ve dusted off notes of something I’ve taught in the past, although it was before we were meeting…

Can despair and trust live together. They do, with a life of deep faith. That is what this Psalm is all about. 1 How long, O Lord ? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my…

The Sample family has a lot of traditions around Christmas. Most fall under the heading of waiting. We would wake up Christmas morning and we couldn’t open our stockings until all the kids were awake. Which required some waiting. Because some of the us kids liked to sleep in. Then, once the parents woke…

As sons and daughters of God, we bear the Mark of God. The Old Covenant feasts of Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles represented an internal relationship with God from our hearts. · Romans 14:17 …for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.…

Turn to Romans 15 Looking back at the past two months - and trying to build off last week - it was a good time to look at what we’re doing and things that maybe need to shift, or tighten up, or even things that need to be let go. To be honest, this morning’s message, wrote up last Saturday when I was…

John 6:1-14 1 After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased. 3 And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples. 4 Now the Passover,…

so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. How would you describe a thriving church? Nice buildings?…

Jim Cymbala was on a full ride basketball scholarship, captain of the team, won a conference championship and played in the NCCA. On track for a major in sociology and a successful career, when he met his wife Carol who was a gifted organist and pianist, even though she had never been formally trained.…

Examples Covid 19 - Dr. Lorna Breen was at the beginning. Large # of deaths overwhelming conditions Dr. Breen contracted it. April 26 took her life Gabby Patento: 22 yr old boyfriend Brian Launry Reported missing in 2021 after a nationwide search. Died of strangulation a homicide Found Brian’s body later…

The Mighty Sword Could you imagine a soldier carefully putting on each piece of his armor, and walking out to battle without his sword? Talk about suicidal. He would be asking for it. David went to battle Goliath with out Saul's armor, but he did have his weapon. While armor is vital to protect you from…

Good morning. I am glad that we can be here together. last week we talked about how when we read the book of Revelation we have to remember that it is the story of who Jesus was, is, and will be. The fact that we have to start with understanding that the word of God points us to him and what he did for…

Know Your Focus 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Freed from Sin 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be…