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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 29:10-31:30 Haftarah: Isaiah 61:10-63:9 Review Three Weeks Picture of the Three Weeks of Sorrow/ 3 Rebukes 7 Consolations: “Nachamu Nachamu,” the doubled consoling. Comforted but Zion said alone Third consolation: anaya Soarah: Afflicted and Stormed Tossed 67 Before I was afflicted…

Luke 2. 8-11 “Joy To the World” K. Adrian Scott Second Sunday of Advent December 15, 2024 Introduction . St. Luke is the historian for the birth of John the Baptizer, the Old Testament Prophet whose story appears early in the Gospels in between the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament,…

Pharaoh created ORDER for Egypt by inflicting CHAOS on the Israelites. Ex. 1:8-16 Gen. 4:10-24 A new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt. He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are. Come, let’s deal shrewdly with them; otherwise…

Intro Today is our VE-day celebration! On the 8th of May 1945 The German forces surrendered, acknowledging their defeat and effectively ending WWII in Europe. That day is celebrated in may countries around Europe every year. They remember that their great enemy was defeated, and the continent was set…

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…

Intro: When I was leading worship and trying to impress the new music teacher so she would join the church. (Forgot to take the Capo off). Last week we began this look into worship through singing. Last week we saw that there are 50 explicit commands around singing. Kind of strange, right? Don't murder.…

Intro: Taylor and falling in love with worship There are over 400 verses in the Bible about singing. There are 50 explicit commands around singing, which, if we just stop for a second, that's a weird command. Don't murder. Oh, and sing." Right? "You shouldn't touch another man's wife. Sing. Don't steal…

Exodus 13:17-14:31 Introduction In our last Torah Portion we talked about the Plagues So the Lord said to Moses: “See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children…

Pyramids -So this morning, If you haven’t already noticed, we’re going to do things a little bit differently -I feel like that should be my catchphrase at this point -but we’re going to do things a little different -we’re gonna change up the order of service. -This is a temporary thing that I wanted…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Exodus” means “a going out,” or “departure” (taken from the Septuagint and the Greek noun exodos). The book of Exodus provides the historical account of God’s deliverance of His people from Egypt’s cruel slavery. The narrative captivates and challenges us. In the period of Exodus, however, Egypt was…

1 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord , saying, “I will sing to the Lord , for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. 2 The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s…

Scene 1/ Illustration “Attitude is everything” (Nick Vujicic “Voy-a-chich”) READ introduction of book as marked Nick has overcome because he has learnt to rely on God’s provision. He has realised that without God you are lost, but with him there is purpose and meaning. The problem is that all too often…

Intro; In this series of Intimacy with God [ Moses ], we have seen God use various circumstances and situations in Moses life to draw him into a close relationship. Intimacy - close familiarity or friendship, bond of affection, knowledge of Intimacy with God grows our faith and our faith determines our…

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…

The Contest Plague of blood 16 But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth. Plagues of frogs Plagues of lice Plagues of flies Pharaoh’s compromising offer. Characters: God, Moses, Pharaoh, Aaron. If God be against…

From Slavery to Nationhood The Cry of a People 6 And Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation. 7 But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did…

David Foster Wallace once gave a commencement address titled, “This Is Water,” where he called out our culture’s obsession of worshiping false gods—beauty, power, intellect—as well as living as though large, noble, transcendent truths hold no power. He said, “You get to decide what to worship.… Everybody…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we come before you this morning, we all have needs, wants, and desires in our hearts. And so, in this day and in this time, as we listen and hear, we ask you to help us clear all the desires that are selfish so that we can focus solely upon the things that we need…

Let us pray…Gracious and Holy God, as we come before you this day, there is so much in our hearts and in our minds…we are concerned about much and so in this time, we ask that you would help us to clear our hearts, our minds, and our spirits so that we may clearly hear your voice above all the others…

Let us pray…Gracious, Holy, and Loving God, we are so grateful today for all that you have given to us. We ask now that you would help us to open our hearts, our minds, and our spirits to hear your still speaking voice above all others that might be ringing in our ears this day. We pray this in your…

Big Idea of the Message : God will accomplish His purposes because of His unfailing love. Trapped like a rat (vs. 10-12) Have you ever felt trapped, like you had no way out of something that no matter where you turn disaster faced you head on; Have you ever tried to blame someone else for this feeling…

Big Idea of the Message : God will accomplish His purposes because of His unfailing love. Trapped like a rat (vs. 10-12) Have you ever felt trapped, like you had no way out of something that no matter where you turn disaster faced you head on; Have you ever tried to blame someone else for this feeling…

-- Exodus 15:1–21 (NASB95) First song in the Scripture, sang after the amazing miracle at the sea. Note who is sung about: the LORD, Who He is and what He has done and will do. He alone is mentioned 45 times in these 21 verses. What does that say about what songs we should be singing and the subject…

INTRODUCTION: Can you think of the time when worship was deeply encouraging and convicting? Why was it encouraging and convicting? What songs or hymns encourage and convict you? Why was it encouraging and convicting? I can remember sitting in church, and hearing the song – What a friend we have in Jesus.…