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Torah Portion: Numbers 8:1-12:16 Haftarah: Zechariah 2:10-4:7 Review Map of the Journey in the Wilderness Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok - righteous Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture Sons of Levi: nazir Nazareth Nazir nṣr Introduction Torah Portion: Numbers 8:1-12:16 Haftarah: Zechariah…

The book of Chronicles covers a 400-year period of time, called “The Kingdom Period,” because from 1000 B.C. to 600 B.C., Israel was ruled by kings. Saul was its first king. He didn’t do so well. Ezra doesn’t spend much time on him. David comes next. David was human in his sins, and amazing in his heart.…

Asa ruled over God’s kingdom FAITHFULLY for ten years. ( 2 Chron. 13:2-7 ) and he reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. Abijah set his army of warriors in order with four hundred thousand fit…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Jehoshaphat built up Judah's DEFENSES --and their DEVOTION to God. 2 Chron. 17:1-9 His son Jehoshaphat became king in his place and strengthened himself against Israel. He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father…

Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 REVIEW We completed the book of Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers From that book, we will continue to speak about common themes in Deuteronomy/ Devarim Distorted Thinking Today very predominant We talked about the prophetic significance of the Golden Calf - idolatry We will…

This Week’s Theme: Misguided Trust This Week’s Word is Trust: It is reliance on and confidence in God because He is absolutely trustworthy. Memory Verse: Proverbs 3:5-6 “5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct…

2 Chronicles 14:1-11 The kings of Israel and Judah give us a stockpile of good character traits and bad character traits. They give us a list of men of discipline and a list of men with weak morals. Most of the kings were evil; there was never a good king in the North, the kingdom of Israel after Solomon.…

1 Kings 15:1-8 ; 2 Chronicles 13-16 Here we see an interesting duo. While they are connected they actually contrast each other. While one does well, one does not. One king was good and the other wasn’t. We also see lessons of being right with God and still becoming bitter and be wrong with Gond and still…

Devotion 15 Good understanding gains favor, But the way of the unfaithful is hard. Prayer Announcements Weekly Theme: Don’t Live Against God Word for the Week: Rejection is rebellion against God’s authority, purpose and instruction and results in the rejection of God’s servants and, ultimately, in the…

The honor of God rests on the proper worship of the Lord by His priests who are called to His service. If we are called a nation of priests how much more should we teach the proper worship of the Lord? The command of the Lord is to guard yourself in your Spirit and to not be faithless

9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.” We must have an Attitude of Relying on God for everything. 5 Trust in the Lord with all your…

Lord Keep you 22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them: 24 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; 26 The Lord lift up His countenance…

Choosing your future… right values… right guide … now, the right Team of people. To do what God wants you to accomplish, you will have to have a team. Success is never a one man show. Even solo athletes have a support team. You need a personal Team… a Dream Team. Today we will look at three angles… The…

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. Today we will pull out Noah - If Noah could run a…

9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from…

We all have a room or a closet where we put stuff… Garage. Some are born packrats. Marsha - neat & orderly. I saved everything and am extremely sentimental… from hair to chewing gum. When mother was in the hospital, Sister Trahan came to clean our house and was shocked when she looked under my bed. Clutter…

Psalm 40:6–8 6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. 7 Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. 8 I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.” Commitment to…

God will be there for the Faithful. 1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier…

Intro; When we started this study on faith we began in Hebrews 11 asking “What Is Faith?” Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith - Trust, belief, walking with Jesus, etc.. but is goes beyond that. Faith is substance [ trust ] that is connected to hope […

Psalm 123:1–2 (ESV) — 1 To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lordour God, till he has mercy upon us. 1 To you I lift up my…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

The book of Esther reads like a good news/bad news story. Her story starts off like this... Bad News: She was born into slavery in a foreign land. Good News: Her family is together. Bad News: Both of her parents die, leaving her an orphan. Good News: She gets to have her kind cousin, Mordecai, raise…

2,400 people a day die from it. 80 million people in the United States live with it. The cost of preventing it was $48 billion in the U.S. alone in 2008. 17 million people around the world die from it each year. Strangely, much of it is preventable. What is it? It’s heart disease . It is largely preventable…

Revive Us Oh Lord God is looking for those who wish to serve Him. How many of you believe we are in a process. We call it sanctification - moving from glory to glory. How many of you have felt like me, I was in YWAM and i felt like I was lagging behind. It seemed the train was going a hundred miles an…