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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…

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…

Why we sing. Songs get stuck in your head. two all beef patty . . . We are farmers . . . Give me a break, give me a break . . . like a good neighbor . . . plop, plop, fizz, fizz, . . . The best part of waking up . . . God knows the human heart and knows how to ensure that His message get’s stuck in there.…

Torah Portion: Leviticus 12:1-13:59 Haftarah: 2 Kings 4:42-5:19 Road Map Review Map of the 40 year journey Picture of Negative/ Distorted Thinking control, Distortion - Corruption (8) Summary of Torah Portion Torah Portion: Leviticus 12:1-13:59 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a woman…

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…

1. The source of animosity. (vs. 1-3) What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? A. The origin of animosity. B. The anatomy of animosity. You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.…

Isaiah 30:8-29 Deuteronomy 32:1-43 We continue to study the Fall Feasts This in combination of Devarim/ Deuteronomy Today is not going to be different - we continue with the same content I have removed the review for this Biblical presentation today because of the amount of scriptures we are going to…

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,…

Vezot ha’ Bracha This is the Blessing Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12 But will only cover from Verse 1 to 29 Last Torah portion we spoke about the Song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32 We spoke about GIVE AN EAR Give EAR Requirement of our repentance - its prophetic…

How We are to Love God Whenever we study the Word of God, we ought to be considering all of those things we talk about from time to time. What did the passage mean to the original audience? How does it fit in with the chapter and book it is in, and how does it fit in with the Bible? What does it mean…

Our service today is stark, abrupt, inconsistent. It starts with us singing the regal 8th century hymn all glory laud and honor and just as quickly we sing the comparatively downtrodden Stricken Smitten. There is little else to say about this except that on this side of the resurrection we should know…

Who Is In Charge? What answers might people give to the question, “Who is in charge?” Pure chance (Karma) Cosmic Contest Divine Control What does the Bible say? What is Sovereignty? “The doctrine of God’s providence is rooted in the doctrine of God’s sovereignty” sove REIGN ty- God’s undisputed authority…

Who Is In Charge? Deliverance from death story (pg. 2) What answers might people give to the question, “Who is in charge?” Pure chance (Karma) Cosmic Contest Divine Control What does the Bible say? What is Providence? What is Sovereignty? “The doctrine of God’s providence is rooted in the doctrine of…

Definition : Worship is our active response to the Glory of the triune God. #1 Scripture is our final authority. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; – Scripture is inspired by God. 1 Then some Pharisees and scribes…

Vengeance. An injured party’s desire for retribution or repayment from those who harmed him or to demonstrate his innocence against false accusations. Vengeance demonstrates God’s righteousness in compensating the wrong with right. (Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology) Webster 1828 dictionary…

Pleas of Warning to a Nation Gone Astray Prophetic Warning. Terrible Time Down There Everybody's gonna have a terrible time down there (Lordy, Lordy, Lord have mercy) Some mornin', No warnin' Gods a gonna separate the brave and strong, leavin' all to satan who have done him wrong. Soul winner, See sinner…

God is the source of your strength and comfort

“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…

Book of Ruth Read during second day of the Jewish Holiday Shavout May 30th this year. Ruth and her Mother-in-law Naomi are now heading back to Bethlehem Sometimes we have to go back to the beginning in our lives Slides of travel This is Naomi’s home town Here is how Naomi felt about life after loosing…

Singing is important, why… we’ve been shaped, instructed, necessitated, guided for us to sing. We also learned that it is an powerful and effective tool in our worship of God. God doesn’t need our singing, but we certainly do. So now that we understand the importance of singing, does what we sing together…

Observations When I was in undergrad I had a professor start a lecture by saying “You are going to die… and when you die no one will care.” Now he was an Old Testament professor so it’s very likely he spent a little too much time reading book three of the psalms that morning… However, his point wasn’t…

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Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…