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We all want independence. This is a basic need but I am starting to wonder we have taken this too far in our present culture. This was not the view of the ancient world We can easily become isolated. This was part of what Jeremiah was telling the nation, look around and learn. Yet in true independence…

Torah: Genesis 44:18-47:27 Halftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28 Road Map Review Dividing the baby in two Two harlots Two choices: Esau and Jacob 14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years;…

Torah Portion: Numbers 30:2-36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28 ; 4:1-2 Review Wilderness Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok Zaddik - Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture Sons of Levi: nazir Nazareth (Heb. נָצְרַת) nṣr ( Picture of the Branch of Righteousness Picture of the two fig trees and the menorah…

Jeremiah 3-4 Good evening church. Just a reminder that this is our last Wednesday evening for the next 10 weeks as we are kicking off our Winter session of Growth Groups. So we will see how far we can get tonight in Jeremiah, picking up where we left off with chapter 3. Let’s Pray... 1 “They say, ‘If…

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people complete marathons. The official distance of the marathon is 26.2 miles. Some of the runners are elite competitors, but many are simply trying to run the distance no matter how long it takes. Here’s a picture of my friend Brent with his wife Karin after he…

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…

31 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord , when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though…

Isaiah 54:1-55:5 Review We continue with the new cycle of Halftarah readings We have taught from the Torah portions directly for the last 3 years We are dedicating this new cycle to the teaching of every Haftarah that accompanies every Torah Portion in the corresponding cycle The Halfarah are supplementary…

The bible definitely makes a differentiation between the non-believer and the believer..between the non-believer and the unfaithful or faithless. 1 My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy…

Hebrews 6 Good morning church! Very glad to see you all this morning. Just out of curiosity, how many of you read ahead this morning? I’m wondering as I kind of baited that in a previous chapter at a difficult point saying something to the effect, that if you have issue with this, just wait until you…

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…

Introduction The Lord has revealed to Moses he will die and that Israel will betray Him And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will forsake…

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…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

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…

Rethinking Our Appetites Holy Communion is a Participation in Christ GOAL— I want my hearers to realize the benefits of Holy Communion by showing what God is sharing with us and what we share with one another. MALADY — We don’t realize that as we worship at places with differing confessions of faith,…

Good morning! If we haven’t met… QR Codes Report Advent Giving Success! Talk through United in Prayer One thing we do regularly as Elders is ask, “What does Gateway need?” And recently we’ve begun thinking about the need for us to engage with what God is doing outside of our church. To partner with Him…

We live in a throw away world. As soon as something doesn’t work for us we are sometimes quick to throw it away or put in a pile for “some day”. We want a quick fix. Similar to this is the “silver bullet” mindset. May I call this is the “Amazon mindset”—meaning we want what we want and we want it now!…

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…

Revelation 21:22 . 22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. Jeremiah prophesied this in Jeremiah 3:16-17 . 16 And when you have multiplied and been fruitful in the land, in those days, declares the Lord , they shall no more say, “The ark of the covenant…

We continue studying Habakkuk's interaction with God this week with an investingation into Habakkuk's Description of How the Babylonians Treat Other Nations (1:14–17)

Marriage By Design Alright church. Week 6 of our Hot Topics series. We are wrapping up this series next week with the most voted on topic, Mental Health. It’s actually such an important topic, I am looking at a small group centered around mental health. But this week we are looking at another one of…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 3 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Feb. 2023. Summary and Goal The Israelites had a sin problem resulting in a vicious cycle they couldn’t…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 3 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Feb. 2023. Summary and Goal The Israelites had a sin problem resulting in a vicious cycle they couldn’t…