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Exodus 18:1-20:23 In our last Torah Portion Beshalach - When Set forth Send 8938 שָׁלַח ( šā·lǎḥ ): v.; ≡ Str 7971; TWOT 2394— 1. LN 15.34–15.74 (qal) send out , 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…

The Upgrade Aren’t we always looking for the upgrade? When was the last time you got an upgrade? Now, can you imagine if the upgrade cost you nothing and was extremely better than what was before? Who in their right mind would turn that down? No one! I recently upgraded my phone because my other phone…

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.…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Rodney “Gypsy” Smith was born on the outskirts of London in 1860. — At 16 years old, he made a decision for Christ… Now… Rodney couldn’t read or write, so he taught himself how… all so that he could preach the message of Jesus to others… (you see) — Rodney had a deep burning desire to see other people…

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

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written,…

The God of the Wilderness Recap of last week: Moses is retelling the history of the beginnings of Israel’s time in the wilderness. Israel refused to enter the land; after witnessing many miracles, they still did not trust God to deliver them. The consequence: 40 years (or 38 of wandering) Until the entire…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Laws for a Holy Nation The Mosaic Covenant 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 “You shall have no other gods before Me. God, who is the only God, must always come first Living a Full Life: A Pictorial Interpretation of the Ten Commandments…

Hebrews 9 Now even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place. Behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…