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A Christmas Carol is a novel by English Author, Charles Dickens. You have probably read it or at least watched various movies with the title. It tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation into a gentler, kindlier man after visitations by the ghost of his former…

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…

We are in week 6 of Life’s Healing choices. So far we have looked at 5 choices we can make with God’s help to move towards victory in our lives. 1st choice: Reality Choice where we realize that we are not God and admit that we are powerless to control our tendency to to the wrong thing and my life is…

Introduction What do you want to be know for? It can be very interesting to walk through a cemetery and look at epitaphs. Joe DiMaggio Epitaph: “Grace, dignity and elegance personified” Dean Martin Epitaph: “Everybody loves somebody sometime” Alexander the Great Epitaph: “A tomb now suffices him for…

Learn to suffer well

As Americans, we prefer a God who is small a God we can manage, predict and control. We want a God that feels safe to us. One that we can fully understand and explain. One that doesn’t embarrass, confuse, contradict us or make us made. We want what C.S. Lewis called a “tamed lion”. The God of the Bible…

Intro: Values to live by… Last time… Giving Respect I have had to read obituaries and introduce people at places and mispronounced their names from time to time… to make it worse, we often try to correct what we did and often we make it worse. Has anyone besides me ever tried to make something wrong…

The Gospel Project® for Adults Leader Guide CSB, Unit 1, Session 6 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Suffering and God’s Presence Summary and Goal We don’t know for sure when Job lived, much less when the book…

Tonight I want to talk about Getting Strong in your Spirit. 10 A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Let me ask you, Do you really want to be stronger? The reason I…

Suffering, no body likes it. Suffering challenges our perception of God’s justice. How do we process suffering? Our perspective of God’s justice effects how we process suffering. The Reaping Principle Job and Councilors assume this principle Eliphaz does: 7 “Remember: who that was innocent ever perished?…

God recognizes the reality of conflict. 17 Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. 18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone. The Damage of Un-Reconciled Conflict It blocks your fellowship with God . You can’t have fellowship with…

In the course of our lives, we will be hurt. The world is filled with broken relationships. People offend and are offended so easily. You will get hurt in life. Maybe you have been hurt by what people said about you… by what someone thought about you… You may have been hurt by what people have done to…

Scriptures to memorize to assist with getting rid of a critical spirit.

Use truth to overcome criticism, what the Bible says.

Looking at the camouflage those with a critical spirit put up.

Love Lets It Go 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; In our attempts to learn how to love, we find that not everyone is as easy to love as others. We sing the song, “How sweet to hold a newborn baby...” Wait until that baby gets older... Some of those sweet…

The Testing of Job: Faith in the Face of Loss 1: The Testing of Job – Introduction and Overview Date: Wednesday Night, October 2, 2024 Main Text: Job 1:1–22 (KJV) Introduction to the Book of Job: The book of Job is considered one of the oldest books of the Bible, rich in poetic language, theological…

In the fifth sermon of the series, we explore the challenge of trusting God when His plan isn’t clear or aligns differently from our own expectations. Drawing from Proverbs 3:5-6 and Isaiah 55:8-9, we emphasize that God’s ways and timing are higher than ours, and trusting Him requires faith beyond understanding. We’ll examine how trust deepens our relationship with God, moving us from head knowledge to personal experience, and discuss how trials often strengthen our faith. By embracing God’s plan, we find peace, guidance, and unexpected blessings, even in the midst of uncertainty.

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…

This Week’s Theme: Steadfastness in Suffering Word for the Week is Suffering: It is the experience of pain or distress, both physical and emotional. Scripture is thoroughly realistic about the place of suffering in the world and in the lives of believers. To become a Christian is not to escape from suffering,…

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…

Following In The Footsteps Of Faith Sermon #16 Genesis 23:1-20 STANDING UP FROM BEFORE THE DEAD Intro : We have been privileged to walk with Abraham through the peaks and valleys of a life well lived. We have seen him leave his homeland to walk with God by faith. We have witnessed his successes and his…

Following In The Footsteps Of Faith Sermon #14 Genesis 21:22-34 HOW TO ENJOY THE REST AREAS OF LIFE Intro : There are times in life that are simply difficult to tolerate! There are battles to fight, valleys to cross, long nights of the soul to endure and storms that must be weathered. All you have to…

TEXT: HEBREWS 13:15-16 | OFFER YOUR SACRIFICES INTRO EXPLANATION : The author of Hebrews has walked us over the last few weeks through the altar that is the cross of Christ. While there were some doing religious things like offering animal sacrifices in the name of God, it had neither the blessing or…

The Gospel Project® for Adults Leader Guide ESV, Unit 11, Session 4 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Sept., 2022. Summary and Goal In this session, we will see David, who has…