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Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12-52:12 Review Three Weeks Picture of the Three Weeks of Sorrow/ 3 Rebukes 7 Consolations: “Nachamu Nachamu,” the doubled consoling. Comforted but Zion said Sometimes, you can feel alone even when you are with the one you love, especially when…

Torah Portion: Leviticus 25:1-26:2 Haftarah: Jeremiah 32:6-27 Review Shemini mikvah Tzaraat lashon hara The Great Day - Picture of Torah Readings Summary of the Passover Torah Readings Picture of the two prophecies. dry bones and Ingathering A Holy People Nakedness Picture Love Others as yourself Picture…

He shall be called Prince of Peace — Jesus is the Messiah who brings the restoration of shalom.

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…

The goal of the sermon is: That the hearers will wisely prepare for Christ's coming, by nourishing the faith which is received from God . The problem is: That we foolishly tend to let the things of life keep us from being prepared . The means to the goal is: That Christ the Bridegroom Himself enables…

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be…

Isaiah 51-53 Good evening church! Open your Bibles with me to Isaiah chapter 51. We are continuing on in this amazing prophecy together and over and over again discovering Jesus in this old testament book. Just a reminder that Isaiah itself is structured very much like our bibles. There are 66 books…

Isaiah’s prophecy is a wake-up call. Yahweh, the Ever-living God is everything, idols are nothing. Give up your idolatry. Return to God with a whole heart, listen to His voice, and He will turn your wastelands of sin into gardens of eternal life. Because there is so much talk about turning from idols,…

13 Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. 14 As many were astonished at you— his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind— 15 so shall he sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths…

Introduction The word of the prophets was powerful. The word of the prophets echoed a divine authority of the living God. Though the words of a prophet are attributed to them The word of the prophets was never to be theirs as a possession. The word of the prophets was from God for people. The word is…

If you were to ask me what you wore last week to church, I probably could not tell you. However, if you were to ask me what a particular person 25 years in a little town of Arkansas wore, I could still tell you to this day. His name was Vern. Prior to a circumstance 25 years ago I had never seen Vern…

A story has been told of a time when the Lord told a man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of the man’s cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might. This the man did, day after day. For many months he toiled from sun up to sun down,…

We reviewed the Damascus situation today. It is amazing that we were studying Damascus, as the world is shocked at the events in Syria in the last 48 hours. We consider the 3 main passages that pertain to Damascus prophetically. We continue our study of Acts 9 and Saul's conversion.

Introduction: Helen Keller is known for being both blind and deaf after an illness at the age of 19 months. With the help of her life-long teacher and friend, Anne Sullivan, she became the first deaf and blind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Someone once asked Helen Keller…

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…

We continued our review of Isaiah 53, and of Acts 8, viewing the Gospel of Isaiah, and the remainder of Luke's account of Philip and the Ethiopean.

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

I Have Engraved You on the Palms of My Hands Isaiah 49:8–16 (ESV) 8 Thus says the Lord: “In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages, 9 saying to the…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Jan. 2023. Summary and Goal In the previous unit, we explored why God would judge the sins of His people.…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Jan. 2023. Summary and Goal In the previous unit, we explored why God would judge the sins of His people.…

In John’s gospel, this is the final public statement of Jesus. In it we see the Son’s glorification, His mission , and his Witness. The Glorification of The Son, 12:20-26. Verse 20 is the fulfillment of the Pharisees remarks in verse 19. The Greeks were God-fearers, probably from Decapolis or Syria,…

Luke 9:18–21 (NASB95) And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the people say that I am?” 19 They answered and said, “John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again.” 20…

Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 In our previous Torah portion we talked about Moses feeling tired, perhaps even angry How can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints? Moses had to establish lines of command through the tribes to organize…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Each week we deal with news, including bad news and good news. The good news this week is that our granddaughter Abigail made a dramatic turn around in her breathing, and improved to the point that she was able to travel home to Blairsville this past Friday. To God be the glory, great things HE has done…