Sunday 1/04/15 Topic: Being on God’s Calendar Series – The Shemitah (the Sabbatical year) Being on God’s Calendar.mp3 Scriptures: John 25:4-11 2Chorn. 36:20-21 Lev. 26:31-35 Isa. 43 The sabbath year (shmita Hebrew: שמיטה, literally “release”) also called the sabbatical year or sheviit (Hebrew: שביעית, literally “seventh”) is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah for the Land of Israel. During shmita, the land is left to itself – it is not worked…all agricultural activity, including plowing, planting, pruning and harvesting, is forbidden. Any fruits which grow of their own accord are deemed hefker (ownerless) […]
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Loving Abba, Loving God IX
Wednesday 10/01/14 Topic: God’s Goodness leads to a change of Heart Series – Loving Abba, Loving God IX.mp3 For Use a Home – 10-01-14 Worksheet PDF Ever look at the Israelites as they were miraculously led out of Egyptian slavery and thought, “What is wrong with these people? Why are they complaining? Have they so soon forgotten what it was like to work all day for another man’s profit under an abusive Egyptian whip?” Well, that’s easy to say 4,500 years later, sitting on your couch in the A/C, sipping on your favorite beverage – but, would […]
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Loving Abba, Loving God VI
Wednesday 09/10/14 Topic: God loves in Community Series – Loving Abba, Loving God VI.mp3 For Use a Home – 09-10-14 Worksheet PDF This week the Lord encouraged me to teach on the love of God as revealed in his correction of His children. We explored Hebrew 12 and the love of God in the methods, purposes and intended results of His correction of His children. We also explored the need to be involved in one another’s lives in regards to sin. James makes a startling statement which calls into question the typical approach to “sharing” with […]
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Loving Abba, Loving God V
Wednesday 09/03/14 Topic: God loves in Community Series – Loving Abba, Loving God V.mp3 For Use a Home – 09-03-14 Worksheet PDF Very few places in scripture does God reveal Himself as vulnerably as He does in Jeremiah chapter 2. God reveals His broken heart to Israel over their adulterous love for the world in forsaking Him. “Reading the prophets is like hearing a lovers’ quarrel through the apartment wall.” – Phillip Yancey Let’s eavesdrop and catch a glimpse at God’s passionate heart for us…” “The word of the LORD came to me: “Go and announce directly […]
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Loving Abba, Loving God IV
Wednesday 08/27/14 Topic: God loves in Community Series – Loving Abba, Loving God IV.mp3 Key Texts I hope you will enjoy the rest of this teaching and as a result be better equipped to co-partner with the Spirit in the work of the ministry! We encourage you…give it a listen!
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