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Last week, we talked about the Promise and the Process . The Promise, Process, Perfection, Procession, Provision, and the Peace … the 6 P’s explain God’s intentions towards us. The (Promise) God’s Promise to you ; His work in our lives including suffering ( Process ); and what that work is producing…

God’s timing! This year seemed to move slow. We prayed, we pursued, we studied, and in the end God gave us a harvest. The months of praying and waiting seemed long. Our finances were lean. For much of 2023, we weren’t hitting our budget . . . but their was enough. We lost dear loved ones. This year we…

The Gospel According to Genesis Today, we will deal with a few passages from the book of Genesis that teach us about the prophetic text concerning our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As we approach the days to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, we must learn about the prophetic texts that teach…

The Forgotten Son Eye doctor switching between lenses. Is this clear or this one? 1 or 2? At times we see clearly, others it’s all out of focus. What is our purpose? Are we on the right path? Are we making any difference in the world? 36-40 The lens of scripture flips back and forth between clear, and…

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…

Yahweh was with Joseph Elohim Evil Joseph the Righteous Belief and Unbelief Joseph is jailed Application

JOSEPH Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore. Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph…

Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 REVIEW We completed the book of Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers From that book, we will continue to speak about common themes in Deuteronomy/ Devarim Distorted Thinking Today very predominant We talked about the prophetic significance of the Golden Calf - idolatry We will…

God’s not dead… transforming people’s lives, healing hurting people and reconciling relationships. Today, He’s blessing people’s lives and families… Some families live expecting great blessings while others need to experience great blessings. A child asked his father, "Dad, How were people born?" So…

Last week we observed an interesting turn of events regarding Israel’s 4th son, Judah. The events that took place are regarded by some as disgraceful, but they will eventually produce the family line of King David, and Jesus Christ. 2 weeks ago, we watched as Israel’s favorite son, Joseph, was sold to…

And He Settled Torah: Gen. 37:1-40:23 Haftarah: Amos 2.6-3.8 Gospel: Matt 1.18-25 INTRODUCTION: After the promise of the seed of the woman The Book of Genesis is about the FIRSTBORN Is this the one who was promised? Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—he was indeed the firstborn, but because…

Setting a Hedge of Protection Within our lives there are many things which tempt us to stray from our secure lives as Christians. Society deems different lifestyles as okay and provides enticement to veer off the straight and narrow path through television and movies. When we investigate the moral nature…

Redeeming Son If you been a Christian for any amount of Time you know that sometimes things don’t work out the way you want them to, but often they work out better b/c of God’s hand in and on your life. I’m not sure how many of you know the story of how God called me to pastor you here, but it’s a story…

The psalmist writes in Psalm 139:1-12 O Lord , you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You know what I am going to say even before…

Building a People of God with Unusual Characters Well, last week you heard me begin the story of Jacob’s 11th son, Joseph. As I said, Joseph’s story takes most of the last 12 chapters of Genesis—about 1/4 of the book. And we find out how God takes this first son of Jacob and his beloved Rachel, who is…

INTRODUCTION 1. The responsibilities of being a Christian are many, one of which is providing a proper example. a. We are to be the light of the world and the salt of the earth Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for…

The Wilderness 18 “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. God makes ++A way in the wilderness ++Rivers in the desert The term wilderness…

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Introduction The book of Genesis is the book of beginnings, it describes where we came from, it declares what is wrong with us, it discloses where we are going It lays the foundations of human institutions Now unlike any other time…

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Introduction The book of Genesis is the book of beginnings, it describes where we came from, it declares what is wrong with us, it discloses where we are going It lays the foundations of human institutions Now unlike any other time…

ME: There’s a cultural phenomenon going on in our world today called “cancel culture”. What it says is that if you express views that are contrary to those acceptable by a particular group - whether that be a group of friends, a business, a media channel, a government official, you can be locked out…

We are back in our study of the book of Genesis today. In our series THE PROMISE, we come to Genesis chapter 19 today. If you have read the text or are familiar with the story, you can probably understand why I’m always tempted to focus on the sin of the outsiders in texts like this. They are so obvious…

That may Some things to notice: The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. Most of us read this verse and we probably don’t think much about what we read. But if you were a Jew, the word LORD would spark all sorts…

The waiting game What about me? There is a danger in reading a text like we have today. Abram and Sarai were pagan’s. Spent years going against God’s will. Yet God blesses them The temptation when we look at someone like Abram is “What about me? ” I come to church, I try to do the right things… i”m not…

Pentateuch The story of how God restored mankind, lovingly and graciously redeeming them out of sin’s slavery and raising up a people though whom He would touch the whole world. Pentateuch is crucial to the rest of the Old Testament and the whole Bible Pentateuch means “5 Books”. It is the Book of the…

Michelle and I have been watching a series on Amazon Prime called Poldark… it’s based on a series of books written back in the 1940’s about a family in London around the late 1700s. Every episode is full of conflict but back then they handled conflict very differently than we do today. It’s hard to tell…