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Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 REVIEW We completed the book of Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers From that book, we will continue to speak about common themes in Deuteronomy/ Devarim Distorted Thinking Today very predominant We talked about the prophetic significance of the Golden Calf - idolatry We will…

R. Kent Hughes, in his book Liberating Ministry From The Success Syndrome tells a story of a gospel singer and songwriter who was associated with Dwight L. Moody. The story goes “It was Christmas Eve 1875 and Ira Sankey was traveling on a Delaware River steamboat when he was recognized by some of the…

Guest Preacher Chaplain John Saunders looks at the character lessons that we can learn from the account of Balaam and the donkey

Eden - Like No Place on Earth God does not act without purpose. He created the Heavenly Host, intending that they carry out His will. Did He create them to meet some need in Him? No. A complete, perfect being has no deficiencies. God has no need of a council, but he uses one. Similarly, God did not need…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 22:2-25:9 Last Torah portion we spoke of the Red heifer being all about sanctification, and purification After the event of the red heifer we spoke about last Torah portion, the children of Israel had taken some territory, coming to Kadesh ( a sacred…

Recap from last week: Balak, the leader of the Moabites saw that the Israelites were close to them and he knew that they had just taken out the Amorites and he was scared. So, he apparently had heard about this Balaam guy who was a diviner... We don’t really know much about what that means or looks like,…

For the last several week, we have been talking about the importance of setting ourselves apart....making times that we can go somewhere with the expectation that God will show up We had the men’s revival a couple of weeks ago and based on the testimonies a couple of Sundays ago, God certainly showed…

Numbers 21-25 The Book of Wanderings I don’t want to start off too difficult on a Wednesday night, but I have a Bible trivia question for you guys. If you’ve been with us through the last 20 chapters in the Book of Numbers it should not be too difficult for you. After a series of plagues and the hardening…

Announcements Are there any announcements? This Friday January 7 at 6:30pm we are having an Evening of Worship led out by Juan and Emily, please come and worship with us. Patti Pointer is now teaching Sunday School. Prayer is at 9:15am, study starts around 9:30am. The Revelation Bible Study will start…

Mark 6:7-13 Years ago I read a book entitled “Mark These Men” by J. Sidlow Baxter. In this book were bibliographies of people in the scriptures he had preached upon and their circumstances. Some men were marked as having made bad choices in their lack of faith; The Man who played the Fool, Saul 21 Then…

“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…

We’ve been moving through CASKET EMPTY, and I don’t want us to lose sight of why we’re doing that. The whole idea of Casket Empty is to recognize God’s redemptive story throughout the Old Testament. Many have wondered did God create the world and then just leave it to run itself, and what we see throughout…

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…

God’s Will Is Revealed In Christ. Grow in the Knowledge of His Will! 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have…

Numbers 30:1-36:13 REVIEW So far we can summarize what we have studied about Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers by this Summary b’Midbar Sinai, count the army. Count Levites separately, and Naso everyone for special tasks. b’Ha’alot’cha the lamps, shine as a light to the nations. Though spies Sh’lach…

Psalm 135 God is so high above anything that we know or experience. He is so much higher than us, we do not have any hope of knowing who God is, or what He is like unless He reveals it to us. Man cannot see the spiritual — it is all around us — everywhere around us there are spiritual forces warring…

Intro Have you ever built a sand castle? If you have built a sand castle on a beach, you know that you have to be strategic in where you build it. Build it too close to water and the tide may wash it away. Build it too far away and the sand is too dry to build with. It is helpful to have tools to build…

Isaiah 58-59 Good evening church! So glad you came tonight to join us through this journey through Isaiah. Let’s pray… Show us what you have for us, purify our ways, that we would honor You and bless You. 1 “Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression,…

Numbers 19:1-25:9 REVIEW TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions Study Numbers, and God has been at work We started talking about Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers So far we can summarize what we have studied by this Summary Count all who can serve Adonai b’Midbar…

OVERVIEW OF BOOK Title: NUMBERS (Comes from the two CENSUSES that are in the book Author: Moses Date: 2nd month of 1445BC → 1406BC Begins exactly 1 year and 1 month after Exodus Audience: the 2nd generation after wandering in the wilderness Main Characters: Moses Aaron Miriam the nation of Israel Main…

Intro; Let me remind you this morning of what the definition of apostasy and an apostate is. Apostasy - denial of previously held religious beliefs, falling away and distancing oneself from the community that holds to those beliefs Apostate - Somebody who has received the truth and he has rejected the…

Psalm 128 Let’s take a poll real quick, raise your hand if you want to be happy. Everyone wants to be happy, these verses tell us that the man who obeys its words will be blessed. The word translated blessed is a Hebrew word that means a person’s state of bliss. It is also translated in other verses…

Palm Sunday! The Kingdom of God is at Hand. I have been asking God to help us see in all this confusion. Every time I look at a challenge our world is facing and the solutions being proposed I feel angry at first then drawn into a deeper connection to Jesus for the real answers. Part of me wants Jesus…

Summary In Jude 11-13 , the author continues his portrayal of, and warning against, false teachers using three archetypal Old Testament episodes of rebellion and sin. In these verses, Jude compares the false teachers and their content to the rebellion of Cain ( Gen 4 ), the betrayal of Balaam ( Num 22-25…

Good morning and welcome to Mission Church! My name is John and I serve Mission as the Lead pastor. I am honored and humbled to be with you this morning.....especially as we enter the Advent season. Traditionally... advent begins 4 Sunday’s before Christmas but this year we are going to start a week…