Wednesday 11/06/19 Series: Thru the Bible Message – The Day the Earth stood still! [powerpress] Joshua 8:1-35, Three main points right off the bat. “(1) The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged.” – No Fear (Phil 4) “Take the whole military force with you and go attack Ai.” – Many times God has Israel take only a few into battle this time He has them take all into battle. He does both for similar reasons. Faith & Humility. God is ALWAYS teaching us. Just like Deut. 8 tells us, “Pay attention to the WAY God leads […]
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God’s Word is the Abundance of the Spirit’s Heart
Sunday 11/03/19 Series: Walking the Talk Message – God’s Word if the Abundance of the Spirit’s Heart [powerpress] God’s Word if the Abundance of the Spirit’s Heart Review: Hope by the Spirit – our expectation of Christ being formed in us, GROWS as we fellowship with the Holy Spirit. He reminds us of that Hope Excites an anticipation of it in our hearts He convinces us of it as our inevitable outcome He reminds us that it is God’s dream for us and His work in us He makes it a sure thing by constantly flooding our hearts with the […]
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The Walls of Jericho…Shout your Victory!
Wednesday 10/30/19 Series: Thru the Bible Message – The Walls of Jericho…Shout your Victory! [powerpress] Joshua 5:1-15, “(1) When all the Amorite kings across the Jordan to the west and all the Canaanite kings near the sea heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, they lost heart and their courage failed because of the Israelites. (2) At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelite men again.” (3) So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelite men at Gibeath-haaraloth. […]
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Obtaining our Hope in Respect for God
Sunday 10/27/19 Series: Walking the Talk Message – Obtaining our Hope in Respect for God [powerpress] Obtaining our Hope in Respect for God Last week we were looking at how the Holy Spirit initiates and empowers Hope in our lives. We ended with a call to examine our daily lives in terms of wasted time focused upon earthly things. Did you participate? How did you fair? In my seeking the Lord about our condition in this church, reverence for Him (respect for God) came prominently to mind…and I recalled a time when we did have more respect for God… at […]
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Promotion comes from God
Wednesday 10/23/19 Series: Thru the Bible Message – Promotion comes from God [powerpress] Joshua 3:1-17, One of the things these next two chapters will begin to reveal is sphere authority, which is something we have learned about many times in here. Joshua was the leader of all of Israel. At all times this authority covered all Israel including the Levities and the Priests. However, there were things which were beyond Joshua’s authority. While the priests were within his sphere or jurisdiction, not everything in the lives of the Levites or Priests fell within his domain. There were things given to […]
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