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TEXT: GALATIANS 5:22 | THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT : LOVE INTRO ILLUSTRATION : For years I had gone to my friend Jeremiah’s house. His family had an old farmhouse style home with ruff cut wood floors and exposed beams. When you walked through the door of there house you were greeted with a small table and…

Torah Portion: Numbers 13:1-15:41 Haftarah : Joshua 2:1-24 Road Map Review as to where we are so far in the Torah and the haftarahs Introduction of our Haftarah from Joshua Summary of the Torah Portion: Big Picture of the Haftarah, Biblical Presentation Closing - significance Review Map of the Journey…

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Good Morning. Turn with me to Luke chapter 1. Today I want us to look at “The Unfolding Plan of God’s Redemption.” This is the title of our message today. God was getting ready to show His people His redemptive purposes through several ways. Over the next several weeks we are going to learn about 2 births…

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 Mission of God Fight the Good Fight Joshua 23 Introduction This is the penultimate chapter in the book. Joshua calls a national assembly to deliver his last will and testament. It’s a personal speec h after a long ministry, and it tells us about the things that are weighing most upon his mind and…

9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” OVERVIEW OF JOSHUA First of the twelve historical books (Joshua-Esther) The Law — Genesis // Exodus // Leviticus // Numbers // Deuteronomy History —…

Has there ever come a time in your life where all you could think about was the trials and struggles of life? What is so difficult about trials is the not knowing of what may come. I mean why we doubt, and fear, and despair is because we don’t know how things will end. How does our trial end, and will…

We’ve seen Joshua commissioned to lead the people into the Land We’ve seen the crossing of the Jordan We’ve seen the taking of Jericho, Ai, Southern and Northern lands We’ve seen the Lord subdue the inhabitants of the Land for His people to be at rest in the Land CITIES IN THE LAND Cities of Refuge 1…

Confederate - A person, group, nation, or state united with another or others for a common purpose; ally; associate an associate in a unlawful act or plot; accomplice Hebrews 11:30-40 (LSB) 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. 31 By faith Rahab the…

4 Say to those with anxious heart, “Take courage, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance; The recompense of God will come, But He will save you.” 13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation…

“No!” “You can’t!” “It won’t work!” “There is no way.” “We took a vote.” How do you hear it? Do these words give you a sense of victory, or do they give you a sense of defeat? It may depend on whether you’re the one hearing them or the one saying them. Either way the source of these words can often be…

If we’re honest we’re always somewhere on the scale between belief and unbelief. I’ve shared with you many times the Father’s exclamation from Mark 9 when he brings his son to Jesus and asks him to heal him, “if he can.” Jesus responds: And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for…

Ha-Foke-Bah Hebrew Ha-Foke-Bah English Nudged Part 4 Introduction: We are in part of a series called “Nudged.” We have said over the last three weeks that the big idea of this series is this: The right nudge from the right source at the right time can get you to the right place, but the wrong nudge from…

Introduction We are continuing in our Journey through Joshua. What an amazing Journey it has been. we are finishing up the last of the series this month. Which means some of you will be happy, you are board with the same, or you are board with the OT. Which really is a shame being 2/3 of our Bibles we…

Introduction Today we are leaving the 12 tribes behind and continuing in our journey through the end of Joshua. Things that I would be grieved if I failed to cover. One of those things is the cities of Refuge Found in Joshua 20 Joshua 20 And Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, “Speak to the Israelites, saying,…

Oak Grove was established 144 years ago in 1874. Can you imagine how much has changed in China Spring since then? Think about all of the advancements that have taken place since 1874. The lightbulb hadn’t been invented yet. The telephone wasn’t around for another 2 years. The first moving pictures debuted…

INTRO Endurance, Perseverance, Steadfastness Endurance as a virtue Joshua, beginning and end of book 7 “Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever…

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…

Introduction I began to name this the ‘Bible Person Study’, but chose to go with the ‘Bible Character Study’. I hesitated to name it that, as I don’t want to diminish the fact that these are real people we’ll be examining. But the reason that it’s named the Bible Character Study is because we’ll be focusing…

Introduction I began to name this the ‘Bible Person Study’, but chose to go with the ‘Bible Character Study’. I hesitated to name it that, as I don’t want to diminish the fact that these are real people we’ll be examining. But the reason that it’s named the Bible Character Study is because we’ll be focusing…

Introduction Read Psalm 25:1-5 . Some time ago I was reading through Psalm 25 , and I began meditating on the ways of God. I did a little bit of study and was surprised how often this theme is repeated in the Scriptures. In Psalm 25 , David says to the Lord, “show me thy ways” Do you want to know the…

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…

As we look at last weeks description of Ruth, again we see the love story for her mother in law. Being in a foreign land and losing her husband, and two sons had left Naomi without any way of caring for herself and certainly not her two daughters in law. The difficult decision was made to go back home,…

Intro : Pilate famously asked Jesus during his trial, “What is truth?” Not long before asking that, Jesus had told His disciples that He was the way, the truth, and the life. One of the central themes of all John’s writings is truth. Truth and love. It’s said that truth and time will always win. I believe…