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What is the worst pain you’ve ever felt? Take a moment and think about that. What is the worst pain I have ever endured? It’s not pleasant to think about is it? Dr. Paul Brand wrote an entire book on pain calling it, “the gift nobody wants.” We often think of pain as physical pain but we know it can…

Abraham: Following God's Promise

The Limits of Human Wisdom and the Search for Hope Session 9: Highlights from Job 11–14 – The Limits of Human Wisdom and the Search for Hope Date: Wednesday Night, December 9, 2024 Introduction: In this session, we will explore highlights from Job 11–14 . These chapters present Zophar’s speech, the harshest…

A. Rapport for the time Deflection—and desire to see ourselves as the hero of our own story... This means that Israel’s problem was not fundamentally their corrupt and inept leaders (God dealt with them decisively), nor was it the Philistine threat (they could not prevail against God’s heavy hand). If…

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…

God is Spirit One of the things that I hope to accomplish with this sermon series is that we get a bigger and grander view of who God is. Theologian A.W. Tozer wrote, “The weightiest word in any language is its word for God.” He also wrote “What we think when we think about God is the most important…

Introduction Back in September, I sat down and began to set out a preaching schedule and themes for the next few months. I knew we were going to do Jonah and I looked at the dates for Advent. Advent, a time to reflect on the beginning of Emmanuel, God dwelling with us, and I noticed that there would…

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…

Introduction Summarize: v1-6 Introduce the mystery of the Gospel The Mystery of the Revelation v1-3 The Mystery of the Regeneration v4-5 The Mystery of the Reward v6 Exposition 1 For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— 2 assuming that you have heard of the stewardship…

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?…

Introduction Over the next 5 weeks we are going to gather and discuss five big ideas. We will look at 5 more after Christmas. These ideas are taken from our church’s doctrinal statements. Each week we are going to look at the Big Idea from the statement and dig into scripture to find out where these…

Intro - We are in week three of Baggage. We are all headed somewhere, but many are not enjoying the journey because of all the baggage we carry around. Bags become heavy and ruin the trip for us. Too often we just learn to cope instead of putting down the bags. Today, we will deal with relational wounds…

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…

Attributes are qualities or characteristics of a person or thing. Since we are talking about the attributes of God, in relation to God, A. W. Tozer says, An attribute of God is whatever God has in any way revealed as being true of Himself. Although general revelation is able to give us a glimpse of God’s…

Allow me to remind you that God’s revelation of Himself to mankind can be divided into two “books:” God’s Outdoor Book - Creation, History, Conscience (General Revelation) and God’s Indoor Book (Special Revelation) - The Bible and Jesus Christ. Last week we looked at the truth that God has revealed Himself…

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

Use truth to overcome criticism, what the Bible says.

Health Quiz - How many here have ever broken a bone? How many here have ever had stitches? 30 or more stitches? How many have cut yourself? Anyone wounded in combat? Talk about a different type of wound… our hidden emotional wounds. What are our hidden wounds? memories, resentments, regrets, worries,…

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

Wrestling with God’s Justice and Human Suffering Session 8: Highlights from Job 8–10 – Wrestling with God’s Justice and Human Suffering Date: Wednesday Night, December 4, 2024 Introduction to the Session 8: In this session, we will focus on highlights from Job 8 , Job 9 , and Job 10 , examining key themes…

Eliphaz Continues – The Misguided Counsel of Comfort Date: Wednesday Night, October 30, 2024 Main Text: Job 5:1–27 (KJV) Introduction to Job Chapter 5: In Job 5 , Eliphaz continues his response to Job’s lament. His counsel, while rooted in traditional wisdom, is ultimately misguided and lacks compassion.…

The Second Test – Job’s Physical Suffering and the Arrival of His Friends Date: Wednesday Night, October 9, 2024 Main Text: Job 2:1–13 1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord . 2 And the…