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Psalm of Ascent: 120- The Prod that Gets us Going (Woe to me, That I Sojourn in Meschech) 121- A Song for the Road (My help comes from the Lord) 122- A Song of Worship (Let us go to the house of the Lord!) 123- A Song of Reality (To You I lift up my eyes) 124- A Song of Help (The Lord is on our side)…

If you have your Bible (and I hope you do), please turn with me to 2 Samuel 9 . If you don’t have a Bible, let me know and we’ll get you a Bible you can keep. My beautiful wife ordered a case of Bibles; they are available at each entrance. If you don’t have one, please take one. If you ask my opinion,…

Power Dynamic Voice of power Powerless God’s Voice David - Bathsheba - (God) David - Uriah - (God) David - Bathsheba - God David - Nathan/God Nathan - David - God God’s voice stands up for the powerless A Broken System David supposed to be the man after God’s own heart, the one who came from powerlessness,…

Called to Confession Called to Confession I’m a nerd. I’m not sure if it is a nerd. I’m just a super anxious person. Although I’m actually quite mellow. I just hate doing the wrong thing. Maybe because I’m a ‘laatlammetjie’. My brother and sister are 7 years older than me. And they were naughty. We laugh…

Call to Worship Gathering for Worship Called to Worship The Might of the Word Prayers of the People Benediction Sent out to live Worship Worth-ship Some shops are a bit lazy with their price tags. Sometimes I’ll spot something I like - or need - and I won’t find the price on it. Then - in my head - I’ll…

I am Glad that we can be here this morning. it is a good day to be in the house of the Lord. Today we are going to talk about God’s Holiness and do we really understand what that means. One of the challenges that comes with us trying to draw closer to God is we all come with our own thought out views…

“Unshakable Promises" 8 Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel. 9 And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before…

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). 8 Prophecies of Birth Over 300 prophecies in the OT pointing to Jesus. Peter Stoneman, Chairman of the Department…

Prayer is an interesting activity, a curious practice, an odd thing. Some people feel like the cartoon character, Ziggy, who standing, looking up on a mountain. The sky is dark and there’s one cloud up there. Ziggy asks, “Have I been put on hold for the rest of my life?” Sometimes prayer feels like that,…

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 29:10-31:30 Haftarah: Isaiah 61:10-63:9 Review Three Weeks Picture of the Three Weeks of Sorrow/ 3 Rebukes 7 Consolations: “Nachamu Nachamu,” the doubled consoling. Comforted but Zion said alone Third consolation: anaya Soarah: Afflicted and Stormed Tossed 67 Before I was afflicted…

Introduction I began to name this the ‘Bible Person Study’, but chose to go with the ‘Bible Character Study’. I hesitated to name it that, as I don’t want to diminish the fact that these are real people we’ll be examining. But the reason that it’s named the Bible Character Study is because we’ll be focusing…

Torah Portion: Numbers 30:2-36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28 ; 4:1-2 Review Wilderness Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok Zaddik - Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture Sons of Levi: nazir Nazareth (Heb. נָצְרַת) nṣr ( Picture of the Branch of Righteousness Picture of the two fig trees and the menorah…

The Giant That Got David 2 Sa 11:1-27 Another Bully is going to approach David. Lust. For many it is a huge problem, for others not so much. There is always a lust pattern that will try to snag your heart away from God. David had won many battles, maybe all up to this point, but he was about to crash…

The Eternal Promise: The Davidic Covenant 2 Samuel 7:1-17 Summary: David wanted to build a house for God, God had a different Plan. Teaching: The “sure mercies of David” seen in 2 Sa 7:16 as translated “established” (first one) also seen in: 1 Samuel 2:35 “Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest…

1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to…

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…

What Went Wrong? One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hethite?” David sent…

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…

We’re now several chapters in to 2 Samuel, specifically following the life of David. 1 Samuel tracks a lot of David’s young life, and 2 Samuel has been tracing his path to kingship. David’s been anointed king over all Israel, and we’re going to see what happens next. Of course, we need to remember David…

You Can Run But You Can’t Hide Rev Thomas A. West, Sr September 08, 2024 Jonah 1:3-17 There are many people who has been called of God to do something and have obeyed. There are many people who have been called of God to do something, and ran from Him, instead of doing His will. Jonah was one who ran…

What is the end goal of the prayer of lament? This is a very important questions because this is the question that brings true hope and grace to our grief and pain. This is the question that makes prayers of lament Christian. Every lament prayer is a prayer of faith. It is a prayer only the Christian…

INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Have you ever played tug o war? At the camp I grew up going to, it was a staple each week. One of the nights, there would be a rough and tough night with some rough and tough games. One of those games was tug-o-war. They would pull out a 50 or 60 foot rope and we would have cabins…

12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be to him a father, and…

If you have your Bible (and I hope you do), please turn with me to 2 Samuel 6 . Please keep your Bible open in front of you as we study God’s Word together this morning. 1 David again brought together all the able young men of Israel—thirty thousand. 2 He and all his men went to Baalah in Judah to bring…

The Weight of The Word Worship with Rejoicing Gathering Called to Worship Called to Confession The Weight of the Word Prayers of the People Benediction Sent out to live Word Every Sunday we come to Church mostly to hear the Scriptures read and explained. And in all of this we pray for a Word from the…