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In 1990 - the U.S. National Debt was roughly $3.5 Trillion... The current U.S. National Debt (33 years later) is - $34.2 Trillion The interest on that debt is - $744 Billion Debt - in it’s various forms... Can cripple a nation Can cripple a business Can cripple a family Can cripple an individual Debt…

Student loan cancellation. Auto loan cancellation. Mortgage cancellation. Ray Jones “Sin cancellation program” The more I thought about this, the more I realized “That will preach” 14 He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out…

Mothers and their many responsibilities. 1. This mother knew where to go in her time of need, 2 Kings 4:1 . Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord ; and the creditor has come to…

Leonard Ravenhill , an English evangelist who challenged the church to hunger and thirst for revival through prayer, puts it like this. There's nothing more transfiguring than prayer. People often ask, "Why do you insist on prayer so much?" The answer is very simple - because Jesus did. You could change…

Defined Def: Forgiveness is acknowledging and cancelling the debt another owes us (towards them) and letting resentment go as well as absorbing the cost of the debt (what it means for us). is cancelling a debt another owes us. is acknowledging the debt, letting resentment go, and absorbing the cost of…

Today we pick back up in our study of Matthew 18 and what Jesus is teaching us about forgiveness. Last time we covered the pattern for church discipline, we talked about seeking out our brother or sister in Christ with a hope of restoration, with a desire to see them come to repentance. Today we get…

It has been a minute so we are going to do a quick recap from the first part of the parable. Remember why is Jesus using the parable to teach the disciples and us. It stems from Peter’s question “If my brother sins against me how many time must I forgive him seven times”. Peter goes a little further…

Working and Worshiping Scripture usually includes Martha and Mary together, and they lived with their brother Lazarus in the small village of Bethany - about 2 miles SE of the Temple’s eastern gate. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, Both Luke and John recorded that Jesus enjoyed hospitality…

His Final Words Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away. And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the…

8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen. 10 But…

Family Forgives 1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants. 2 And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph…

8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. I. Introduction a. Every person has things that they deal with. b. Every person naturally tries to…

Summary These two verses are (in)famous in New Testament study. Paul’s comments about baptism and circumcision, and a “circumcision made without hands” have been an interpretive battle ground every since they were written down. How does baptism relate to our receiving and being rooted in Christ ( Col…

For the past year we have been examining the Name in which we are to commanded to pray: John 14:12–14 (NASB95)[Jesus said:]“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. 13 “Whatever you ask…

Sidebar I want to take a little Sidebar today and talk about how we should think about Israel and it’s neighbors. We have talked a lot about how the culture of the ANE played role for Israel an the development of Judaism and Christianity. And from the discussions we have had thus far the logical question…

Luke 15:11-32 Intro: Have you ever doubted the character or goodness of God? We all have! Circumstances of life, heartache, prevalent evil, and even our own sinful tendencies can cause us to question God’s disposition toward us. Such is the case w/ both of these sons, neither really knew his father.…

INTRODUCTION Context STOP S – What is the situation T – Type of literature O – Who is the Object of the passage P – Is the passage Prescriptive, Descriptive 6 Things Forgiveness is Not 1. FORGETTING When you forgive someone, your memory isn’t suddenly wiped clean of the offense. Our brains can’t do that.…

Recognize Respond React The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples to obey the law of God— join with their noble brothers…

Introduction: Good morning, If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark chapter 11. We are going to begin reading with part of the passage that we covered last week and then we will continue on to our new text for study this morning. If its your first time here this…

Two psychologists, Dr. Robert A. Emmons of the University of California, Davis, and Dr. Michael E. McCullough of the University of Miami, have done much of the research on gratitude. In one study, they asked all participants to write a few sentences each week, focusing on particular topics. One group…

1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they know…

What are the benefits of having Jesus as our high priest? What are the differences in the priesthood under the Old Testament and the priesthood of Jesus?

TEXT: GALATIANS 2:11-16 | THE ONLY TWO RELIGIONS INTRO EXPLANATION : Over the past couple weeks we have read as Peter came to Antioch and at first seemed to confirm the position that Paul had taken and the message he had preached. But as we saw, somewhere along the way a group of Jewish religious leaders…

Turn to and read Proverbs 7:1-10 . Several years ago, I preached a series of messages on Biblical principles where I defined a Biblical principle, a conviction, a standard, and a preference. I don’t know how many of you will remember those definitions so I’ll give them to you again. A Biblical principle…

7s We are looking at the #7 this morning Why is 10 afraid of 7? Because 7 ate 9 Means completeness a complete set, fullness, rest there are 7 all through Gods creation the number 7 mathematically is a constant theme in the scriptures for the universe to be random and God’s word to be just a random putting…