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Judges 16:1-21 We have been learning about a man named Samson in the Bible. Samson was one of the Judges of Israel. After the Israelites left Egypt and entered the land that was promised them, they conquered a good portion of enemies that were in the land. They left quite a few tribes in the land, even…

Lamentations 1 Good evening Saints! Glad to be back gathered together for a midweek service, but I have really been enjoying our Growth Groups as well. By my calculations we have a total of three Old Testament books that we have not yet gone through as a church. They are Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Ezekiel.…

Today we are going to continue our series in Love & Dating. If you have been following us up to this point, we have covered a lot of topics and we have many more things to cover. Today we are going to be covering a very important topic, one of the most critical in a relationship. It will determine who…

Review Tanakh The Brit Hadoshah Eber (ebur) I AM (grafted) Introduction 1 Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time…

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…

John 14:15-18 We have begun a new series in which I have entitled “The Great Life.” The Great Life is the life that is yielded to the Holy Spirit. We studied last week the three types of Men: The Natural Man, the Carnal Man and the Spiritual Man. The Spiritual Man is the one who will be able to experience…

Hook? Previously on the feats of Samson Miraculous birth Nazirite - Set apart to Serve God God was using Samson to defeat the Philistines who had been oppressing Israel 40 years. God did this by filling him with his spirit, and giving him super-human strength. The first Superman! Instead of being set…

Introduction Classic love stories…? Romeo & Juliet; Elizabeth Bennet & Mr. Darcy (P&P); Gatsby & Daisy; Scarlett O’Hara & Rhett Butler; Jack & Rose; Ross & Rachel; Mickey & Minnie Mouse 1 Mickey & Minnie Mouse 2 Sin wants to bind you. vv. 4-6 Samson “loved...” To breath heavily or to be excited. Her…

6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it…

TEXT: JAMES 4:7-10 | HUMILITY DEMONSTRATED INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Growing up, I had an immense fear of the dark. So to help me sleep, my mom would turn on a lamp, and she would put a cassette tape in for me to listen to. It had a bunch of Christian kids songs and a few skits. But I remember one of the…

We are wrapping up our series this morning Season of Thanks. Being grateful everyday. During the time of Thanksgiving, a lot of people will do a gratitude challenge. This three-week series examines Scripture to see what gratitude might look like if it was practiced every day, and if we found reasons…

Intro Most of you know that I grew up in the Chicago area. You might be aware that Chicago has a nickname. It is often referred to as the Windy City. Some people assume that this is because Chicago is particularity windy. While there is certainly no shortage of wind, Chicago is far from the most blusterous…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 9, Session 4 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A. June, 2022. Summary and Goal In the previous sessions, we saw how God uses unexpected people and circumstances…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 9, Session 4 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A. June, 2022. Summary and Goal In the previous sessions, we saw how God uses unexpected people and circumstances…

Introduction Deer hunting…the struggle. Picture from this year. Not as big as I’d normally take... Saw several bucks that morning. Then this guy starts walking slowly by my deer stand. Check him out through my scope... The longer I look, the bigger he gets. What if I don’t make it out again, what if…

Lesson 2: Introduction Part 2 Last week we mainly gave a scope of what we are going to be covering in this study – the books that are involved and explained how the make of Israel went from one kingdom to a the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel. This week we are going to look at the subject & precursors…

To be in but not of Judges (Reflections: Samson and Culture Wars, Then and Now) The people of God have always been tempted to reflect culture instead of transforming it, but perhaps the temptation is greater in North America today than at any other time or place in the history of God’s people Jerry McCann…

Intro John Maxwell Running with the Giants… Learning from the Giants… Wisdom from the Women of the Bible... We can learn a lot from the Heroes of the faith. You can read about a lot of these in Hebrews 11 . After writing about all of these heroes of the faith, in chapter 12, he says… 1 Therefore, since…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Toxic poison or poisonous Masculinity To be Masculine is to be manly or to be like a man, strong and robust as opposed to being soft and delicate Toxic Masculinity Being a real man is wrong and poisonous The term is straight out of hell God never intended a man to be feminine and He never intended a…

The gift of the Holy Spirit Old Testament & New Testament 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there . 9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the…

Series Intro People often look at happy images of relationships on social media and say, “I want that, ” but they don’t really know what “ that ” is. They don’t know what’s behind that perfect photo. They don’t know that the guy is tired because this is there 17th time posing for this same photo and…

A shaved Head V 21 the long hair represented the power of God he being separated unto God But now the head is shaved no power, no eyes, shackled, grinding wheat A great powerful man of God, disgraced, reduced to a comic diversion led around by a small boy, like a puppy The Ungodly Rejoice V 23 the Philistines…

Set Apart Unto God And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing : For, lo, thou shalt conceive,…

Judges: A Few Good Men…And Women Introduction: What is the first word that comes to your mind when you hear the word “judge”? Turn to the person next to you and share what came into your mind first. Remember, no swearing in church. Some people think of something like this: (Flip Wilson of “Here Comes…