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Remember the message of the book of Amos. Big Idea of Amos: Sin has consequences, responsibility accompanies privilege, God is faithful, and whether your circumstances are from your choices or outside forces, there is hope for the hopeless. In the Bible, visions and dreams are often revelatory in nature.…

When we are Thankful We are more satisfied 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. When we take all the praise. We turn into People we don’t want to be. 24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most…

Intro Can you see the stars? If you look out the window can you see the stars? What if I told you there was a way that you could, right now, in the middle of the day, see the stars? You might think that you would need to climb up really high and stick your head out of the atmosphere so you could see....…

Overcoming Conflict We are studying the first few chapters of the book of Daniel and barely scratching the surface of the amazing wisdom set forth by Daniel and his friends. The book of Daniel is one of the most appropriate books in scripture that addresses the challenges we face in our culture today.…

Tough as Nails Today we are starting a new series we are calling “Unbreakable”. In this series we are going to look at the first few chapters of the book of Daniel. For several weeks now, God has been putting Daniel on my mind. Specifically this early part of his life. As I was preparing for this series…

What could possibly be bigger than me? Who is in control of everything? (Hint) Who created the universe and everything in it? God All strength and power, all wisdom, knowledge and understanding, all talent, gifting and abilities, all wealth and authority belong to and are given by God the creator, weather…

When we call ourselves Christians, we will usually acknowledge that God is in control. We admit that He is sovereign. But to what extent? What are the things that we say that God is sovereign over, but then we are anxious about? We come back to King Neb. He has seen the power of God to reveal dreams,…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Pride : A reasonable or justifiable self-respect or confidence; or an improper and excessive self-esteem which is then becomes conceit or arrogance. · Failed to acknowledge God · Failed to acknowledge the work and labor of others In the Bible pride is an attitude that is manifested in behaviors towards…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Pride and Humility (Polar Opposites) When you think of things that are polar opposites what do you think of? There are things that are and in our lesson today we are going to look at the effects of polar opposites on the life of Nebuchadnezzar. Pride and humility are polar opposites . Pride can make…

God’s Purpose Grow Strong But Stay Humble Uzziah 3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem. 4 He did right in the sight of the Lord according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 5 He continued…

Intro Story of Daniel and his friends being brought out of their nation, their culture. Daniel and his friends stayed true to their faith and enjoyed the culture and influenced it. Most people today think we have to choose sides… either give in to the culture or live a life if faith. As we look at Daniel,…

Be careful what you think will bring you peace and happiness. Financial success does not equal happiness or peace. Watch out for pride. We will see it in the story of Neb. Neb has a dream that doesn’t put him at rest. We have something that the world does not have - the Lord. Be spirit filled! Neb attested…

This Advent season, we have been looking at the people and events involved with Jesus first coming and His birth. Last week we got to visualize what it might have been like for Joseph to discover his fiance was pregnant. He thought he knew what that meant. But being a righteous man, he was going to divorce…

Intro: We have been making our way through chapter 4 of Daniel these past few weeks. We have been looking at King N’s reflection of the events that happened towards the end of his life. And so far we have seen… The King’s decree … This is actual what chapter 4 of Daniel is… A decree that N wanted the…

Intro: We have been going through Daniel chapter 4 and looking at “The Reflection of a King”. Last week we looked at this second dream that King Nebuchadnezzar had (his first dream is recorded in Chapter 2). You might remember that he called all of his occult advisors in to interpret the dream and once…

If it’s weird it’s important Last week we saw that many of the common views of Gen 6:1-4 are seriously flawed. We need to remember that the proper context for reading any biblical text is the context in which it was written. The Biblical writers of the New Testament were influenced by works in their…

If you desire to be first, what does that say about you? How can the lack of hospitality reveal your true spiritual condition? Join Pastor Steve as he examines 3 John 9-11 and the life of Diotrephes.

Prayer meeting last week and this week. I would like them to continue. My vision is that we would have evening service at 6 and prayer meeting at 7; we’re not there yet. 39 And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40 And when he came to the…

Peril and Providence We went through a few questions rather quickly last time as we were ending the study. There was a comment about God’s decisions involving risks at times. How is that appropriate? If God knew (knows) what was going to happen - and if he predestines the events - where’s the risk? Perhaps…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Introduction Well good morning once again. It’s good to be with you today. Go ahead and turn in your Bible to the book of Hebrews, chapter 3. We are going to be diving into verses 7-19 this morning. As you do that I want to call your attention to a couple of additional announcements. On June 26 we are…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.