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Intro: We all have stories of wanting to avoid someone, right? (Mute button in Hoxie) It's one thing to understand what Jesus does, but it's another thing to understand who he is. Our confidence in what he does is rooted in who he is. Because if Jesus is not who He says He is, then what He says He has…

Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.…

Matthew 28:20 (ESV) — 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” I. TO DO WHAT HE PROMISES Genesis 28:15 (ESV)…

1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me. 3 And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 blue and purple and scarlet yarns…

One of the problems many people are facing today is loneliness. It’s ironic that you can be surrounded by people, even friends or family, and still feel lonely. You may feel that no one understands what you’re going through, or that there is no one you can turn to for help. God has promised, however,…

How often during the day do you stop to become more aware of God’s presence? Have you ever been afraid to come into God’s presence? Would you live any differently if you always knew that God was right there with you? Our passage today tells us of a time when Jacob unexpectedly experienced God’s presence.…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 10, Session 2 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., July 2022. Summary and Goal In these passages, the prophesied punishment on Eli’s family become reality.…

Devotion Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Prayer Announcements Sealed with the Spirit In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed,…

Genetics is a funny thing. It is marvelous to see how traits are passed down from parent to child and the diversity that exists when the DNA of two people come together to form a new human being. I am one of eight children born to the same two parents. It is always striking to me how when we take a family…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 9, Session 3 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., June 2022. Summary and Goal God had used Deborah, Barak, and Jael to give the Israelites victory over the…

The Beginning of Eternity We talked about Christ, the Spotless Lamb, who alone is worthy to Shepherd God’s people at the End of this world. And the only one who can begin the Apocalypse. We talked about Heaven and Earth made new, interconnected through Christ. We talked about the city of God, New Jerusalem,…

The Spotless Lamb became the Shepherd who leads God’s people beyond the End. Satan and his false prophets were eternally condemned. All people were judged according to what they had done. Those who fled God’s presence were granted eternal separation. The earth is gone and so is all the heavens (corporeal…

God’s Unusual Characters Noah, the Ark Builder Abraham, the man who believed God Isaac & Rebekah, parents who had favorites Jacob, the deceiver that suffered deceit Leah and Rachel, the competing mothers of Israel Joseph, the favored son who became a slave and then a savior Moses, the murderer whom God…

I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we live in challenging times. With a 24 hour news cycle it is next to impossible to not have some knowledge of, or at least be aware of challenges around the world. Just this past week, some off the top of my head are: A 7.2 earthquake devastates Haiti.…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 9, Session 3 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., June 2022. Summary and Goal God had used Deborah, Barak, and Jael to give the Israelites victory over the…

Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going? These are just a few of what we call “the ultimate questions of life,” questions that run through our minds and haunt us all of our lives. Do I really matter? Does my life have a purpose? If God exists, does He know I exist? And if He does, does He even care…

Do you want to be known? 1 O Lord , you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord , you know it altogether.…

The Ghost of God is Present I almost wrote, the Ghost of God is Presence. Because, one of the primary purposes of the Holy Ghost is to stand in for God the Father, and to stand in for God the Son, and yet is the third person of the Holy Trinity, not separated from the Father and Son but still in some…

If we are going to be who God called us to be, then we need to choose his presence.

In Light of the Corona-virus I am taking a step back from Esther this morning because of the growing concern about Corona-virus. I am sure you are aware that it has caused many sport events to be canceled because of its threat. NHL, NCAA basketball, Baseball, schools have moved completely online. Not…

God is Always There 1 O Lord , You have searched me and known me . 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord , You know it…

Haggai 2:1–9 places this oracle on day 21 of this seventh month, corresponding to October 17, 520 B.C., which was in the busiest month in the Israelite festal calendar (Feast of Trumpets, day 1 [ Lev. 23:23–25 ; Num. 29:1–6 ]; Day of Atonement, day 10 [ Lev. 16:2–34 ; 23:26–32 ; Num. 29:7–11 ]; Feast…

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it…

In Psalm 5, King David contrasts the righeous and the wicked. This contrast--so stark and so common in the Psalms--is strange to our modern sensibilities. Why, then, is it so common in the Psalms? Is this merely an ancient prejudice? What does the New Testament have to say about this? Join us as we explore the idea of two separate groups, the righteous and the wicked, from God's perspective.

Psalm 46:1-11 Introduction I have come to prefer speaking of this as Advent I like that it has a start & finish : ) Advent more accurately reflects what this celebration is about Christmas/Advent is about the glory of Christ’s first coming (advent) His first advent is pointing us to look for His second…