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“HOW TO OVERCOME YOUR PAST” Within the psychological community, there is a school of thought called behavioral modification. Behavioral modification counselors are sure that humans are nothing more than socially conditioned creatures whose futures have been determined by their pasts. Too much emphasis…

Numbers 22:1-41 The Story of Balaam & His Encounter with God 1. Text Exegesis The Setting and Background – Verses 1-3 The first verse of Numbers 22 is a concluding verse of events from the previous chapter. The Israelites just completed successful campaigns against King Sihon of the Amorites in Hesbon…

LORD GIVE ME VISION Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. " Proverbs 29:18 (NKJV) 18 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law. Proverbs 29:18 (NLT) 18 When people do not accept…

THE WAY BLESS PEOPLE WALK The Psalm is alphabetical. Eight stanzas commence with one letter, and then another eight with the next letter, and so the whole Psalm proceeds by octonaries quite through the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet The great puritan Philip Henry state that to love psalm 119…

Applying God’s Word According to research by the Barna Research Group, 93 percent of all the households in America own one or more Bibles. Yet, of this group, 57 percent do not read the Bible at all during the week. Why is there such a high percentage of neglect in reading the Bible? Most of these people…

Samuel Valencia, B.A. Biblical Studies Sermon November 23, 2008 Good Shepherd Community Church of El Cajon TITTLE Coming Back to Give Thanks MAIN PASSAGE Mark 17:11-19 INTRODUCTION The topic today is gratitude. Thanksgiving Day is coming up. Thanksgiving Day “[is an] Annual national holiday in the United…

Applying God’s Word 2 In part 1 of this study we discovered that 93 percent of all households in America own one or more Bibles. Yet, of this group, surprisingly, 57 percent do not read the Bible at all during the week. We further discovered that reading the Bible is only the first step to applying the…

Samuel Valencia, B.A. Biblical Studies Sermon November 15, 2008 Good Shepherd Church of El Cajon TITTLE Giving Jesus in spite MAIN PASSAGE Acts 16:11-21 INTRODUCTION We have been talking about the importance of reaching others with the message of the Gospel. We have utilized the phrase “Give Jesus” as…

So Love God! Introduction. Theme for 2007: Growing Great Relationships… with God, Family, and Community! “God so loved us” we in return should “so love God.” If we are to grow great in our relationships this year, we need to begin at the beginning – loving God! Mk 12:29-31 MSG “Listen…the Lord your God…

Scenes of Salvation For the last two weeks we have been discussing the most life changing and powerful lessons I learned while at OCC. The first week we saw freedom from the petty tyrannies of ourselves and others as we looked into Romans chapter 14. Last week as we boldly explored Romans 9-11 we saw…

The Season of Hope Isaiah 40:28-31; Psalm 40:1-3 Introduction Angela and I are thrilled to be here today—your hospitality and friendliness has made us feel very welcomed. I can imagine that this Christmas season has been a busy one—for all of us. With all the stressed-out “stuff” that we have to do this…

Journey Toward Easter: Into Thy Hands Text: Luke 23:44-46 Theme: When Jesus said, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit" he was announcing his confidence in the Father to bring him and all he died for into fellowship with the Father. Karl Barth was one of the most prominent and distinguished theologians…

Finish The Job, In The Lord How many of us have started on a project with great expectations of what we were going to do, only to have that project sit around and eventually left half done. When we first got into it, it seemed exciting, but the longer it took the more work it became or the more time…

Introduction In our study of the Gospel of Luke, we have seen the importance of our being conscientious in our stewardship as servants of the Most High God. As stewards, Christ repeatedly warned against the dangers of materialism and worldliness. In chapter 16, He stated that we can not have a divided…

Introduction When an authoritative person speaks, he or she must have creditability, for, if he or she lacks creditability, then that person ceases to be authoritative. Heading 2 Moses has now died. Joshua has now been commanded by God, to lead His people Israel into the Promised Land called Canaan.…

Great is Our God Isaiah 40:28-31 Introduction The story is told of a wife who went to wake her husband up one Sunday morning. “Honey, its time to wake up,” the wife said with a cheerful voice. The husband responded, “I don’t want to get out of bed!” “Now dear,” she responded, “we don’t want to be late…