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Hebrews 12:13 …make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed The purpose of the path John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Matthew 7:13-14 Enter by the narrow gate. For […]

Hebrews 12:11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.   Hebrews 12:12-13 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out […]

1. Pain is a GIFT 2. Pain is for our GOOD 3. Pain is leading us to a GOAL Hebrews 12:11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Devotion Discipline + Desire =Devotion Discipline leads to devotion because discipline feeds desire. […]

If Jesus is better, why are our lives getting worse? 1. Pain is a GIFT 2. Pain is for our GOOD 3. Pain is leading us to a GOAL Hebrews 12:3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. Hebrews 12:4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted […]

Hebrews 12:1-2 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 […]

“How did I even get here?” Debt, Divorced, Addicted, “How did it get like this? Drift – to be carried away slowly. – So slow that you don’t even realize it’s happening. What is optional in one generation will become an afterthought in the next. Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what […]

Pining- to yearn deeply; suffering with longing; longing painfully Advent – Coming Incarnation & Coronation & Consummation Matthew 1:20-21 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is […]

Merry = joyous in disposition or spirit, full of cheerfulness. Crisis = a time of great disagreement, confusion or suffering. James 1:2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers,  when you meet trials of various kinds,  for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. Matthew 1:18-25 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ[e] took place in […]

Crisis – a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering. The Crisis of the Crown Matthew 2:1-2 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 […]

Crisis – a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering. Is Christmas Celebrated in the Bible? Is December 25 a pagan day? To Santa or not to Santa? Are Christmas trees pagan? Should Christians celebrate Christmas? What is the REASON for the SEASON ? Epistemology – the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its […]

Hebrews 11:32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— Hebrews 11:33-35a Who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made […]

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:2 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him Hebrews 11:30 By faith the walls of […]

Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. Heroic faith delivers you from fear Hebrews 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the […]

LAND, LINEAGE, LORD Hebrews 11:20 By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. Heroic faith trusts the story and the Author. Hebrews 11:21 By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff. CHUTZPAH Heroic faith transcends death Hebrews 11:22 By faith […]

Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, A faith that hasn’t been tested is a faith that can’t be trusted. Hebrews 11:18 of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be […]

Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. Heroic Faith… 1. Obeys Delayed obedience is disobedience. A lack of obedience is always connected to a lack of faith. Hebrews […]

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance (certainty) of things hoped for, the conviction (proof) of things not seen. Is your faith forgettable? Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, […]

LIVING BY FAITH vs. SHRINKING BACK Hebrews 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Hebrews 10:39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who […]

Hebrews 10:39-39 “…but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. LIVING BY FAITH vs SHRINKING BACK What happens if we shrink […]

Hebrews 10:26-27 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. Hebrews 10:28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on […]

Hebrews 10:26-31 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence […]

Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Acts 2:42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and […]

Hebrews 10:19-21 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near […]

Let us…. Draw Near , Hold Fast , Stir up one another Hebrews 10:19-22 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a […]

Let us…. Draw Near Hold Fast Stir up one another Hebrews 10:19-20 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, Access & Advocate Matthew 27:50-5 Jesus cried out […]