Alice Drive Baptist Church Podcast

 • May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. – Romans 15:13.  • Hope Happens when God works  • And hope does not put us to shame…  • Guilt is awareness you have done wrong; shame is feeling unworthy  • Is there a shame message you need to delete?  • “Heavenly Father, I f...

• May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. – Romans 15:13.  • Hope Happens when God works  • And hope does not put us to shame…  • Guilt is awareness you have done wrong; shame is feeling unworthy  • Is there a shame message you need to delete?  • “Heavenly Father, I feel un...

• Everyone experiences pressure. • Pressure causes feeling(s). • Pressure can produce • You decide what pressure produces in your life  • Hope Happens when God works  • 2bAnd we boast in the hope of the glory of God.  • 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings…  • You have a choice about how you respond to suffering  • If we rejoice in all God does, then rejoice...

Starter: Please share a time in your life when hope sustained you.  Dig Deeper:   1. Read Romans 5:1-2.  2. If being justified by Jesus makes you right with God, what does a non-justified life look like? Why would someone choose this life?  3. Twice, the word “faith is mentioned in these verses. What are signs given to us that we can put our faith in God?  4. To be at peac...

Starter Question: Describe a time when you felt desperate and God was your only hope. What happened? 1. Read Mark 9:14-29 2. The disciples and the religious scholars are arguing when Jesus comes down off the Mount of Transfiguration. How do you think the world perceives arguments among religious people? Do they help or hurt? 3. What does this passage teach us about a person who is possessed by an...

Starter Question: Describe a time and a setting when you felt close to God. 1. Read Leviticus 23:33-36 and Exodus 20: 8-11 2. In your opinion, why was rest so important that God commanded it and scheduled it? What does it say to you that God wanted there to be three weeks a year when his people were not to work? 3. Read Leviticus 23:39-40 4. To rejoice is to celebrate. How would you explain to som...

Starter Question: What does this story show us about God’s love and will? 1. Read Judges 13:1 5 2. What does this passage teach us about how God uses people for his purposes? 3. Why do we tend to think we have to earn God’s blessings through good works and moral living? 4. Knowing this, why should we want to live holy? 5. As someone who constantly broke God’s standard why do you think Samson never...

The Unlikely: The Scoundrel Judges 10, 11 Passim · PIX: North Buffalo Community Church · Judges 10:18 -18The leaders of the people of Gilead said to each other, “Whoever will take the lead in attacking the Ammonites will be head over all who live in Gilead.” · Judges 11:1-3Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute. 2Gilead’s wife also bore him...

The Unlikely: The Coward Judges 6/7 Passim A coward is a person who lacks the courage to do or endure.   Are you a coward?   Judges 6:11 - 11The angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites.  Just because a decision is smart, doesn’t mean it is...

The Unlikely: The Women Judges 4 passim •“At church we sang a hymn, “Wherever He Leads I’ll Go,” and I thought that meant girls too.”   •Judges 4:1-3 - Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, now that Ehud was dead. 2So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3Because he...

The Unlikely: The Betrayer Judges 3:12-30 12Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and because they did this evil the LORD gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel.13Getting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.[a]14The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years.15Again the Isr...

The Unlikely: The Tests  Judges 2:6-23 Judges 2:6-23 - 6After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land, each to their own inheritance. 7The people served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.8Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the ag...

To Fear or Fear Not Matthew 28:1-10 · Does your fear ever keep you from the miracle of the resurrection? · Matthew 28:1-4 - After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance w...

32As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. 33They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). 34There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 35When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 36And sitting down, they kept wat...

Final Hours: Condemned  Matthew 27:11-26 • Our sinful desires will naturally always reject what is true • Matthew 27:11-14 11 Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You have said so.” 12 But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. 13 Then Pilate said to him, “Do you not hear how many things...

Scripture: Matthew 26: 57Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled. 58But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.59The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they...

Final Hours: Betrayal Matthew 26:36-46 • Matthew 26: 36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch wi...

Final Hours: Betrayal Matthew 26:20-25; 31-35; 47-50;69-75; 27:1-5 • How can someone do life with Jesus for three years and be greedy enough to betray Jesus? • What do you do when Jesus is not the Savior you want? • Matthew 26: 25 Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?” • Jesus answered, “You have said so.” • Is Jesus Lord or teacher for you? • The first...

Final Hours: Final Meal – Matthew 26:26-30 · With the Supper, Jesus created a memorial · Will you remember the sacrifice Jesus made for you? · With the Supper, Jesus laid down an ideal for his church – Communion. · “35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.” – John 13:35 · Drink from it, all of you. – Matthew 26:27b. · Will you remember true followers of Jesu...

Relationship 101: The Power of Good Romans 12:17-21 · Every relationship will have difficult moments. · Matthew 5:44 - 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. · First concept: No Paybacks. · Romans 12:17 - 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. · Think ahead good before all men. · Get rid of payback thinking;...

God has designed us to be relational beings Romans 15:13 - 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. My Pride Our Pride “I will only relate to you if…” Proverbs 11:2 - When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. Proverbs 16:18 - Pride goes before destruction, a haughty sp...

· Romans 15:13 - 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. · Healthy relationships in the church body produce healthy relationships in life · Concept one: Values. · It is more blessed to give than to receive – Acts 20:35. · Romans 12:9 - 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is...

· Romans 15:13 - 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. · To be people of hope we need to have a mindset of hope. · Hope is the result of thousands of small decisions you make every day · Who makes the Call? What’s the Word? What’s the Standard? What’s the Attitude? · Who makes the call? · Colo...

· Romans 15:13 - 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. · Big question of the day: Is your mind outfitted for hope · Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved… · The more secure your identity, the stronger your hope. · clothe yourselves… · … with compassion… · …ki...

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