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Exodus 27:20-30:10 Review In our last Torah Portions We have talked about different topics The Torah is the manual how to serve God- gives a sense of direction, like a compass W/o direction you do not know where you are going or what you are doing. the yes, I do The unanimous and unhesitating response…

Our Scripture lesson this morning comes from Deuteronomy 8:7-20 : For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees…

Introduction The Lord has been revealing Himself to Jacob through the Words of Moses in Deuteronomy. Moses has tried to constantly intercede for Israel before the Lord. Israel has chosen to continue to be rebellious before the Lord Even though Moses has prayed to the Lord, there has been consequences.…

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…

“No!” “You can’t!” “It won’t work!” “There is no way.” “We took a vote.” How do you hear it? Do these words give you a sense of victory, or do they give you a sense of defeat? It may depend on whether you’re the one hearing them or the one saying them. Either way the source of these words can often be…

We’ve been moving through CASKET EMPTY, and I don’t want us to lose sight of why we’re doing that. The whole idea of Casket Empty is to recognize God’s redemptive story throughout the Old Testament. Many have wondered did God create the world and then just leave it to run itself, and what we see throughout…

If we’re honest we’re always somewhere on the scale between belief and unbelief. I’ve shared with you many times the Father’s exclamation from Mark 9 when he brings his son to Jesus and asks him to heal him, “if he can.” Jesus responds: And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for…

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…

A college student was taking the course in ornithology , which is a study of birds and the course had the reputation of being the most difficult class in the whole curriculum. The professor was an extremely difficult professor. Everybody feared him. But it was a required course, & every student had to…

Vehicles always need refueling (or recharging) in order to keep going; stopping at the gas station or plugging into the charger is a regular necessity. What does it look like for you to regularly refuel your faith?

Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 In our previous Torah portion we talked about God’s mercy. How His mercy does not always looks the way we want That He is merciful by character That his mercy comes as a result to our responses and choices That there is a…

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…

Exodus 23:20-33 20 “Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. 21 Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him. 22 “But if you carefully obey…

Common phrases in our day like Karma, fate, destiny, it is what it is. These are abstract- depending who you ask Our topic for today has the same effect All Christians believe in predestination. In fact all religions do. For Our study the emphasis is on where in the Bible is predestination and why is…

Common phrases in our day like Karma, fate, destiny, it is what it is. These are abstract- depending who you ask Our topic for today has the same effect All Christians believe in predestination. In fact all religions do. For Our study the emphasis is on where in the Bible is predestination and why is…

Intro; Former President George H.W. Bush was asked this question, “What is your greatest accomplishment in life? ” President Bush might have mentioned his success during World War 2 as a Navy pilot. He might have called to mind his 8 years as Vice President under Ronald Reagan. He might have mentioned…

Walk in the Truth As we continue on in our series on the book of Deuteronomy we come to a transition in Moses speech. If you remember chapter 1 verse 1 we are told that Moses is teaching the people: 1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah…

I know that we’ve been making our way through 1 & 2 Samuel - having just broke in to 2 Samuel a couple weeks ago... BUT... - with Easter on our door step – we’re actually going to start an Easter Series today that will take us right to Easter Sunday. · This series is one that we actually walked through…

Now our text in Ephesians 5 and 6 sums up what Scripture says about God’s plan for the family, God’s plan for the fulfilled family. We have already studied what God designed for the wife who is called to humbly subject herself in love to her own husband and make him and her children and her home the…

Good morning, Gateway Chapel! If we haven’t met before... Something about Psalm 100 ? When I say the word, “Test” what feelings do you have? Good ones? Bad ones? How many of you have a recurring nightmare of forgetting to study for a test when in fact you haven’t been in school in a decade? Test anxiety…

Text : Let my cry of lamentation come near before You, O Yahweh; Give me understanding according to Your word. Let my supplication come before You; Deliver me according to Your word. Let my lips pour forth praise, For You teach me Your statutes. Let my tongue answer with Your word, For all Your commandments…

Ever gaze in WONDER at the beauty of…stars, creation...? Slow down…Look even more intently at the WONDER of Christmas…? SILENT NIGHT — Christmas Eve — Candlelight I need Christmas more than ever this year! How about you? Advent — The wonder of PEACE, JOY, LOVE, GIFT... The PROPHETS — The wonder of the…

Our Scripture lesson this morning is taken from Deuteronomy 8:1-6 : “The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers. And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord…

There was a word that came into our everyday vocabulary a few years back. Some of you may know it and some of may have used it. That word is hoarding. If you look it up online at the Webster’s Dictionary web page you will get 3 definitions. I want to read to you two of them. The first one says... Hoarding…

A Chain Reaction Lets play a game. I”ll describe a situation to you and you tell me what has just happened. You are watching the jumbo tron and you see a woman crying… jumping up and down saying yes yes yes… what just happened? What about this one: A group of kids wearing matching pajamas all looked…