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Part of Foundations for Followers March 12, 2023 15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. —Genesis 2:15 Our First Marriage is to God For as a young man marries a young woman,  so shall your sons marry you,  and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,  so shall your God rejoice over you. —Isaiah 62:5 The Book of Hosea illustrates God’s marriage to th...

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Do Not...

Basic Bible Overview1 Peter 1:20-21 Tim Nay Part of Foundations for Followers February 26, 2023 B.I.B.L.E.   Basic. Instructions. Before. Leaving. Earth. The Bible is divided into two parts: Old and New Testaments. The Old Testament is mainly about the relationship God has with the nation of Israel and the promise of the Messiah being born through the lineage of the Jewish people. 3 Kinds of Books...

Biblical Worldview Mike Maglish Part of Foundations for Followers February 19, 2023 Worldview is the goggles by which we perceive the world. Four Main Parts To Worldview  1) How did we get here? In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.  ...

Why You Can Trust the Bible Hebrews 11:1 Tim Nay Part of Foundations for Followers February 5, 2023 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, —1 Peter 3:151 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  6 But...

Biblical Interpretation For Everyday Christians 2 Timothy 2:15 Mike Maglish Part of Foundations for Followers February 12, 2023 “Bible” - Greek work τὰ βιβλία which means “THE BOOKS”(Originally Scroll) HURDLES:  66 different books  MULTIPLE Genres of Scripture  2,000-3,000 year gap  Written in 3 languages  Cultural differences   Belief differences Worldview is the goggles by which we perceive the...

The Holy Spirit Tim Nay Part of Foundations for Followers January 29, 2023 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. —John 16:7And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power o...

Part of Foundations for Followers January 22, 2023 PASCALS WAGER In Christ or in the World? 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of th...

Part of 2023 Q1 Finances January 15, 2023 PROSPERITY GOSPEL 38 give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” —Luke 6:38 9 Honor the Lord with your wealth   and with the firstfruits of all your produce;   10 then your barns will be filled with plenty,   and your...

Contentment1 Timothy 6:6 Tim Nay Part of 2023 Q1 Finances January 8, 2023 3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound[a] words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, 4 he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander,...

Financial Planning Proverbs 21:5; Luke 14:28-31 Tim Nay January 1, 2023 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,  but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. —Proverbs 21:528 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see...

In the Waiting Tim Nay & Mike Maglish Part of 2022 Q4 God With UsChristmas December 24, 2022 Merry Christmas from the LifeSpring Staff!

On the BattlefieldMatthew 2:1-18 Tim Nay Part of 2022 Q4 God With UsChristmas December 18, 2022 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, an...

Part of 2022 Q4  God With Us Christmas December 11, 2022 2 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethl...

Part of 2022 Q4 God With UsChristmas December 4, 2022 God allows us to be in the valleys of unwanted emotions. 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her...

Part of 2022 Q3  Go & Tell  Study in John November 27, 2022 WHY did John write this book? 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name . —John 20:30-31 So we may believe and have life in His nam...

Spiritual Warfare  John 18:1-11  Tim Nay When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, w...

Part of 2022 Q3 Go & TellStudy in John November 13, 2022 45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. —Luke 6:45 Jesus’ prayer reveals what’s important to him. 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the...

26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. 27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning. —John 15:26-27 THE HELPER   Parakletos (παράκλητος)  Legal Word used 5 times in Scripture “One who pleads another cause before a judge… A helper, aider, assistan...

1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. —John 15:1-2  5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. —John 15:5 God is the gardener  Jesus is the v...

Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from G...

How Jesus Responded: 1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” —John 11:1-3 1.He listened. 4 But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death....

THEOLOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS: As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” —John 9:1-2  34 They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” —John 9:34 Sin caused his blindness 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might b...

Part of 2022 Q3 Go & TellStudy in John October 2, 2022 I. All History Attests To Jesus’ Life II. God Himself Affirms Jesus As His Son This is My Son, whom I love, with Him I am well-pleased. —Matthew 3:17 III. The Angels Proclaimed Jesus’ Deity The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. The holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. —Luke 1:3...

The OUTCAST Woman  John 4:7-45 -The Assurian Captivity of the Northern Kingdom of Isreal took palce in 721 BC  -During that period many Jews stayed behind  -They intermarried with the Assyrians (Gentiles) She went from outcast to belonging She told the whole town!! The Elite Official (John 4:46-54) -Royal Official likely in Herod’s Service (Roman)  -Likely walked 20 miles to see Jesus  -Could have...