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Many of us remember a rhyme from our grade school playground: “Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me.” We all probably know that this rhyme is not entirely true. Robert Fulghum in his book, All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, turned that phrase a bit…

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…

Introduction E.g. Chasing the jet ski Fell off jet ski & had to keep swimming after it as it ‘snaked’ its way up the river By the time I caught it I was too exhausted and annoyed to keep going so I went back For many people happiness, contentment, satisfaction in life seems like chasing the jet ski It…

Unbreakable When Your World Is Shaken Up Thriving No Matter What They Throw at You We’re going to start this journey with just three simple suggestions today. We’ll get into the actual life of Daniel next week. This sets up the theme for the entire series. First suggestion when your life is thrown into…

Good morning, Gateway! Psalm 34:1-6 Pray Intro I remember a car ride home with my mom from church when I was about 12 and I was a real know-it-all. Our church just got a new youth pastor, and my mom was asking me about the service. “How’d it go? What’d you think of the new guy?” “He seems nice, but I…

Signs Of An Idiot Attention Getter: Why the need for Guru’s Jordan Peterson - Male Responsibility; Dave Ramsey - Financial Responsibility; The Entire self -help section. Introduce Topic: People are looking for practical answers to real questions and problems. Scripture: Background: Challenge Audience:…

1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord . 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. 3 Commit your work to the Lord , and your plans will be established. 4 The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked…

The Wisemen could be viewed as an anomaly in the overall Christmas story. To many people, the Wisemen stand out because they don’t want them at the manger sene. Some people see them as the sophisticated ones present and wish they were like the Wisemen more than they desire to be like Christ - almost…

1. Truthfulness 5 A righteous man hates falsehood, But a wicked man acts disgustingly and shamefully. lit. “Hates a false thing.” Do you hate falsehood? Act disgustingly = “cause a stink” 20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy. 26 He kisses the lips Who gives…

This morning we’re going to begin with some excerpts from Proverbs 19 & 20. Now if you’ve been reading Proverbs as part of your devotions, you know that each chapter is divided up into sayings of wisdom that were written down for us to remember. This is Godly wisdom, not the stuff we get in fortune cookies,…

Situation: A set of circumstances in which one finds oneself It’s a difficult choice has to made between two or more alternatives. A state of affairs, condition, position or predicament. 2) Personal story....... 1 These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from the town of Anathoth…

Not many of us here today would say that our life has ended up being at this point exactly where we had in mind. Your life may be on the right trajectory. It may be moving in the right direction. But I have found that no ones life hits 100% of what they had hoped for. It is a reality of life. Things…

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…

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…

Introduction Today we come to the exhortation and encouragement in Hebrews 12 . He has reminded them what faith is and shown how in their history their ancestors were approved by their faith. Showing how they fixed their minds on the promises that were to come and that it was by faith that they lived.…

Intro: Rossville flood 2015 It was the day after the flood waters receded and all of the utilities were turned back on. We had no hot water because of the water tank being destroyed by the flood. The main thing was to just get rid of all the sweat that was pouring off of me after our initial clean up.…

Introduction: We all love a good show! I am particularly fond of theater because I love to see how they come up with creative ways to change scenes and I feel like the characters have to really be good actors and actresses to be able to perform. There aren’t creative camera angles and edits to help them…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Stand Fast in The Faith Good morning church! Lord willing we will be completing this letter to the Corinthian church this morning. I was reflecting back this week over all that we’ve talked about since starting this book about 6 months ago. Which is what I would typically do, in completing a letter written…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

Last week we talked about Help for Hot Temper so that we wouldn’t lose our witness and that we wouldn’t say things we would later regret. Tonight I want to talk about “Watching What We Say”. We have all heard the statement; “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” That’s…

The Gospel Project® for Adults Leader Guide ESV, Unit 2, Session 3 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A. God Provides for His Promise Summary and Goal God gave Abraham and Sarah Isaac,…