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Characteristic of the day: Imagine for a moment that you are walking down the street by a park and you see an elderly woman being attacked by a gang of thugs. Then you observe a policeman, sitting on one of the park benches, perusing the local paper. You shout to the policeman, pointing to the woman…

Blessing with a Warning Last week we discussed the blessings that came within the treaty language of God’s covenant with Israel. He made it clear that He would turn back much of the effects of the curse if they would but obey. 13 And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only…

What are you doing here? Repeated question Out of my comfort zone learning lots of things Information vs. Experience Getting to know people Passion, gentleness, determination, mana Experiences I’ve never had before Tangata whenua side of powhiri sharing in the kitchen, and in the laundry making friends…

Introduction I want to say at the onset, that as we began this series, I spent a few minutes explaining my apprehension to preach regarding the topic of money. I want to make something clear - I wasn’t then, and I’m not now apologizing for speaking on the topic. The Bible has much to say about it, therefore…

“Everything is fine — God must be happy with us.” But God is willing to prove His case against His people. That case is based on the LORD’s covenantal relationship with His people This is Micah’s final wake-up call for God’s people…will they hear and turn from their wickedness? If they do not, there…

Torah: Leviticus 16:1-18:30 Haftarah: Ezekiel 22:1-19 Review Shemini mikvah Tzaraat lashon hara i The Great Day Picture of Torah Readings Picture of the two prophecies Introduction A Holy People Picture of Torah Reading Summary of Torah Reading Torah: Leviticus 16:1-18:30 1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses…

Vote Early Voting Baptist Bread Devotionals Shopping Cart Challenge Ron Faulk Endowment Don’t wait until Giving Tuesday Goal of $7,000 Merry Missions Soul Winning Saturday, Saturday, Nov. 2 Shopping Ladies Mountain Retreat November 7-9 Remaining payment of $55 is due this Sunday. Thanksgiving Rejoice…

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…

31 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord , when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though…

15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name,…

Introduction Bechukotai -In My Statues Torah portion: Lev 26:3-27:34 After having studied the last Parashah: laws of the Sabbatical year: Shmita- and limits the debt service ration, now God tells us the consequences of staying in His statues or not This is similar to what He commands in Deuteronomy Blessings…

The Cycle of Spiritual Decline Here We Go Again Does consistency count? 1 The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord . So the Lord handed them over to Midian seven years, 2 and they oppressed Israel. Because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains,…

Introduction So far in Deuteronomy we have studied the concept of “These are the Words that Moses Spoke” - Deuteronomy in Hebrew (The second giving of the Law - Greek). The Law was given to Moses Still is God’s law He repeated His law and commanded Moses to remind Israel of the Words He had spoken This…

“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…

“The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable.” — Ralph W. Sockman The Bible tells one big story. It’s God’s story, and it is the central story of the universe. What does this illustration represent? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references…

Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; he has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord , is in your midst; you shall never again fear evil. On that day it shall…

God’s Covenant With Noah Noah sacrifice becomes the gateway or the pivot which releases divine blessing. And God's first covenant in the story of the Bible. Genesis 9:1–7 (LEB) And God (Elohim) blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth(land). And fear…

Daniel’s Prayer 1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass…

The Truth about Healing Introduction Welcome to the first week of our four-part series where we're going to tackle some major lies that have been circulating in the body of Christ about healing. Today, we're focusing on the first lie: "God puts sickness and disease on you. Let me tell you right off the…

Habakkuk 2:2-4 Chart Hab 1:1-4 Review 2 Questions How Long Why 2 Results Law is ignored Justice is perverted Chart Hab 1:5-11 Review - The Lord has been working - The Lord is sending Babylon - The Lord’s response is terrifying - The Lord is reminding Judah of the covenants Primarily of Deut 28 and the…

Jesus Finished His Sermon He just finished speaking to the people of the narrow door to enter the Kingdom told the Jews that a lot of them would not enter the Kingdom the ones who thought they would be first getting into the kingdom they would be far behind some gentiles who will enter Just as soon as…

Intro: We are coming up on the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks… Back then, at my young age of 12, I didn’t really understand what was going on. All I knew was that every channel on the tv that morning was showing the same thing... and it wasn’t my regular morning cartoons. As I got older…

Due to the length of this Psalm - we’re going to dive right in. I make no promises on time this morning. Psalm 88 was a dark Psalm. On Wednesday night, we discussed how difficult it is to find any glimmer of hope in this Psalm. However, earlier this summer I had mentioned that these Psalms were not arranged…