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Central Message : Prayer as a lifestyle is directly linked to your level of commitment and trust in God. QUESTION : How does your level of commitment and trust in God determine the nature of your prayers? And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he…

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, Read opening paragraph (225) The Gospels Restricting our overview to just the gospel of Matthew Matthew 1:1 (ESV) The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David , the son of Abraham. Matthew…

Hebrews Hebrews 1 “After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets, in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world. The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation…

Addiction One of the great deceptions is the thought that we are free and in control of ourselves. The reality is, there are many things in this world that tie their tentacles around us and pull us down, and more often than not, we’re unaware of how much this is happening. Let me show you some statistics…

Amazement Gen.3:15 , Isa. 9:6 , Isa. 7:14 , Micah 5:2 The Christmas season has become the busiest time of the year. We have been preparing for it for months and it seems as if the whole month of December needs to be reserved for gatherings and fellowships. I enjoy those special times with family and…

The author of Hebrews wrote this letter of exhortation to remind the readers of the faith, that is what we believe about Jesus and His work, showing them how it is better than the incomplete revelation they had in their Jewish roots exhort them to living as Christians Over the last two weeks, we have…

On the very first Christmas mankind was oblivious to all that was happening. Not much has changed. Many people want the celebration of Christmas. Many people look forward to the gifts and even time off of Christmas. Many retailers look forward to all the profits of Christmas, and yet the world wants…

INTRODUCTION An important topic that parents and teens often discuss is what is, or is not, mature. Parents and teens do not have the same idea about what maturity actually means. TEENS Freedom to go, do what you want, when, where, how you want. Owning your own car, having a girlfriend or boyfriend.…

People Suffer I am allergic to some kinds of socks. A certain something that gets added to certain synthetic materials causes my toes to itch. And it nearly sends me through the roof. On the other hand - most mosquito bites don’t make me itch. I think they’ve just worn off. But these are minor. I really…

What is your goal for living the Christian life? What is your DEEP motivation? What is your why? One pastor friend of mine says it this way, “What is your eternal why?” Having the correct Biblical goal is essential to actually growing in Christlikeness. If your motivation is fuzzy, your Christian life…

Warnings, we heed them or not at our own peril, right? I remember in the 70’s when you got one of those McDonald’s Apple Pies, and you’d take a bit after your meal and still think you’d just bit off part of a volcano’s hot molten lava! By the time I got to college my friends and I were wondering if we…

“Be Reconciled to God” Root of Fruit Sin addressed “Unbelief, Pride, Selfishness” Gathering Fires / Families / Prayer / After Service What a weekend. It is an understatement to say that this weekend has been devastating to the communities of Medical Lake, Elk and others. Many have asked how we can help…

Hebrews 2 Good morning Church! Open you Bibles with me to Hebrews chapter 2. Quick reminder of where we have been in this study so far, and we won’t do that every week, but this week we must as if you take a glance at chapter two, verse one, it begins with the word Therefore... AND every bible student…

We are continuing our series on Developing a biblical Worldview. A well known atheist, Bertrand Russell once stated, Unless you assume there is a God the question of life’s purpose is meaningless. That’s about as true of a statement as has ever been said. Without God there is no purpose to life. If there…

Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 REVIEW We started the book of Deuteronomy/ Devarim 3 weeks ago The Torah goes on to recount the 42 stations from the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land. We spoke of Devarim = Deuteronomy elle-ha deverim = these are the words Picture of Journey An 11 day journey that lasted…

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature,…

Lower Than the Elohim Last week we ended with a life-changing thought: we are the children of God, destined to displace the defeated, disloyal sons of God who now rule the nations. Believing followers of Jesus Christ are the fulfillment of God’s plan to have humanity join the divine family-council and…

This is our 3rd week in the teaching portion of our EMPTY acronym, our flyover of the New Testament. It’s a 40,000 foot flyover, but its giving us a sense of the overarching message of redemption and seeing the connections of the New Testament back to the Old, and the flow of the story from Genesis on.…

Attention Getter: Introduce Topic: Jesus is better than the good prophets, therefore we must worship him with our whole selves. Background: Authorship: Paul or Friend of Paul Clement held the tradition of Pauline origin and often cited Hebrews as by Paul or ‘the Apostle’. His successor Origen, however,…

9 But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. 10 For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons…

That’s today’s forecast. It looks like the next 5 days have rain and storms in the forecast. This was yesterday’s forecast in Marietta, Ga. High of 88 degrees. Partly Cloudy. Regardless of where you live, the weather can change quickly. Yesterday’s partly cloudy forecast can describe not only the weather…

Introduction Good morning and welcome once again to this worship gathering of Hope Bible Fellowship. It is one of the great honors of my life to be your pastor and to be here today to proclaim the Word of God to you. We have a lot of ground to cover today so let’s just dive right in. If you have a Bible…

Introduction So far in the Leviticus Torah portions we have talked about what is clean and unclean in the eyes of the Lord. We have been given guidliness (Mishpatim) of what to eat, how to do motherhood, how to server in the Tent of meeting And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying:…

The only way for Jesus to completely take away the guilt of our sin was for Jesus to become completely like us in every way; sometimes we forget what it means that Jesus has become our brother.

Based on Hebrews 2:9-18. Jesus ws born with a purpose and humility. Together we learn why jesus became less than angels and what that means for the living of our lives.