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Your Foundation Determines Your Future    Luke 5    Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men  Jesus is teaching the Word of God and the people are listening  Simon Peter had left his boat and was washing his nets  Jesus gets in Simon's boat and asks Simon to push it out and little from the shore and he continues to teach from the boat  After teaching, He told Simon to Put out into the deep...

Satan tempts us in our strength and not our weaknessess  He then tempts Jesus in these areas: Provisions Turn these stones into bread  Jesus response: People can't live by bread alone  Possessions  The Devil told him I will give you all these kingdoms and authority over them because they are mine and I can give to whoever I please  Posture If you worship me.... Jesus replied: You must worship the...

 Are you prepared for the coming of the Lord? The Bite: Luke 3:1-38 The Digest: God speaks to us in the wilderness  God prepares us in the wilderness God uses us after the wilderness  Baptism is after salvation. It's your first testimony showing others that you have repented and turned to the Lord Matt 3:6 when they confessed their sin he baptized them  Baptism is not some holy water. It is the sy...

Why do we search for other things besides Him?   Why were you searching for me? Didnt you know that it was necessary for me to be in my Fathers house? Worldly business must not be more important than kingdom business 5 Things we can learn from this portion of scripture  To find Christ you must seek Christ Be Kingdom over the World  Be in our praying era like Anna Follow the obedience of Jesus  Be...

    The Bite: Luke 2:1-20 The Savior was born She gave birth while they were there and she wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger bc there was no room  The Savior is for ALL people The shepherds were keeping watch over their flocks and the angels brought them good news of great joy for ALL people The Savior is accessible You will find a baby wrapped in clothes  The Savior gives peace to...

    We must look at our wilderness experiences as opportunities for growth in Christ   The Bite: Luke 1:39-80   The Digest  We see that what the angel told Zechariah and in his doubt came to pass just as the angel said.  We see that John's life was necessary to be the forerunner of Jesus.  He was setting the stage for the Savior telling people they needed to repent and we should do the same thing....

"Sometimes when God answers a long-awaited prayer request it easy to be fearful even when you had faith." -GB   The Bite: Luke 1:1-38   The Digest:  What can we learn from this passage? God has a plan for each of our lives. God hears the prayers of those who are his and in right standing with him.  God's timing is not our timing. Then when it happens it will be on his timetable  God uses humble pe...

You may have seen the ad during the Super Bowl of the Jesus Get Us  I wanted to take a look at the context of the Scripture with You.    The ad seems to protray the idea the we are supposed to wash the feet of our neighbor regardless of their race, faith, or lifestyle.   While we are called to love our neighbor. We don't love their sinful lifestyle that is contratry to the True gospel of repentanc...

2 Corithians 5:1-10, Revelation 21:1-4   New Body for New Jerusalem    Tent to a house We are going to get upgraded when we die or raptured to an eternal body Tent is the state we are in now. Tent get tragedy worn down blow away by circumstance  We have a body made by God and now our parents.  This body gets weary and worn down and we long for a change We will put on heavenly bodies and we will no...

1 John 3:11-24   The Message was love from the beginning  We should love another  We shouldn't be like Cain  Cain belonged to the evil one and did what was evil and he killed his brother because he was doing what was righteous    Cain didn't love Abel. He wanted what Abel had. A right relationship with God with the wrong methods and motives. God wants all of us. Not some half-unacceptable offering...

Paul teaches us about a Living Hope  Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to  God's chosen people  living as foreigners God the Father knew  chose you long ago,   his Spirit has made you holy.  As a result:  you have obeyed him   have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace. This is the Trinity: God who chose us  The Spirit who makes us...

Live in the light as we wait for Christ 

Romans 12:-1-21   Your Body is a Living Sacrifice    Because of God's mercy. We are urged to present our bodies as a living sacrifice  Holy, pleasing to the Lord (life that is holy according to the Word  This true worship Do not be conformed to this age  Transformed by renewing our minds  To have discernment of God's will   Offering your whole self to christ daily     Sacrifice is a choice  We can...

Because Jesus condemned sin We are Free From Condemned No condemnation of those in Christ  The law of the Spirit sets us free from the law of death  The flesh weakened the law  Jesus came in the flesh to be a sin offering to fully meet the righteous requirement  For those who do not live according to the flesh but to the Spirit    Are you free? The Fleshy vs Spiritual Mindset Those who live accord...

The actions of one person affect many...   There is a comparison in the Scriptures that shows you what Adam's sin vs Christ's righteousness did for us. Today we will look at Romans 5:12-21 Adam Sin brought Death into the world  When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. For the sin of this one man, Adam brought death to many...

"We had a need and God had a solution in Christ Jesus"   "We are all under the power of sin" "We have all turned away" " Every part of our body is guilty of sin"  "We are freed from the slavery of sin with the redemption price of the blood of Christ"

  Refusal to Repent requires Righteous Judgment    God is being patient and kind. His kindness is what means to lead to repentance –to lead you to him. He is not going to force himself on you. His spirit will draw you to him leading you to repentance   They mistook his patience for his absence. If I judged me by not he aint going to judge me  But they were being stubborn (    But because you are s...

God is angry because we are suppressing HIS truth. God shows his anger at Wicked people who know about God but suppress the truth  Once a man rejects the truth of God in Jesus, he will fall for anything foolish So basically God is like you want to do what you want to do, so he closes up his Mercy and opens up his Wrath. It is the consequence of living apart from him God Abandons those who do vile...

Overview of the Book of Hebrews  Focus on what stood out to you the most!

The Son was Gone..The Death, Burial and Resurrection     "By this time it was about noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock. The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle. Then Jesus shouted, "Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!" And with those words, he breathed his last.    The light was gone...

Jesus demonstrates the power in His Identity... I AM HE  Jesus is Betrayed...   Jesus had just finished praying for all believers Pause .. when we are praying and covering trust that the enemy is going to come seeking to kill and destroy that which you just covered. Jesus was praying for us before he was about to die.  He was with his disciples across the Kidron Valley in the garden.  The brook wo...

YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN --Jesus  Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jew. Pharisee comes to Jesus at night.  He told Jesus he knew he was sent from God because no one else could perform the signs he did unless God was with him  Jesus responded by telling him unless you are born again you will never enter the Kingdom of God  Two types of Birth  Physical/Spiritual  One comes from the flesh. Your mother's body ...

Jesus came to fulfill not abolish the law...That would be through His perfect obedience    Christ wants us to be obedient to the law for sanctification, not salvation No condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus How to walk  Destination: Point your life in the direction of God's will  Dependence: All your weight walking one foot in front of the other. Dependent on God's power Dedication-keep...

Jesus has the authority to heal physically and spiritually     The faith of your friends matters ..Some men brought to him Jesus saw their faith   Who are your faith friends?   There was a physical healing and a spiritual healing "Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven." Before Jesus healed the man physically he healed him spiritually  Sometimes our spiritual states affects our physical/emotional...

  The Light shines in the Darkness. And Darkness can't overcome it.    John 1:1-18   The Word In the beginning was the Word. Jesus was here in the beginning  He was with God  The Word was God. Jesus is God in the human flesh    The Creation  All things were created through him  Apart from him not one thing was created      The Life  Life is found in him Life was the light of men    The Light Shine...