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1 Samuel 3 | Can You Hear Me Now? -- Slides: Theme: “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”   Micah 3:6-7 Therefore [it will be] night for you--without vision, And darkness for you--without divination. The sun will go down on the prophets, And the day will become dark over them. 7 The seers will be ashamed And the diviners will be embarrassed. Indeed, they will all cover [their] mouths Because the...

1 Samuel 2:11-36 | Get Your Weight Up -- Slides: Theme: “Those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightly esteemed.”   Get Your Weight Up: Don’t let your age stop you from ministering to the Lord.   1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but [rather] in speech, conduct, love, faith [and] purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.   Get Your W...

1 Samuel 1:21-2:11 | Commun/ication -- Slides: Don’t focus on the things we are praying about - focus on the One we are praying to. Isaiah 29:13  “..this people approaches Me with their words and honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me…” Colossians 3:2 Set your mind on the things above, not the things on earth. Isaiah 26:3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed o...

1 Samuel 1:1-20 | The Miracle of Life -- Slides: Four verses to help us understand the times in 1 and 2 Samuel: - Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. - 1 Samuel 3:1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD before Eli. And word from the LORD was rare in those days, visions were infrequent. - 1 Samuel 7:15 Now Samuel judged Israe...

2 Chronicles 15:1-7 | The Lord is With You… -- Slides: The Lord is with you when you are with Him.   Joshua 1:6-9 "Be strong and courageous, for you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 "Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to th...

2 Corinthians 13:5-14 | Blessed by the Test -- Slides: The primary test for the church and its leaders should be the standard of the Word, not personal preference.   Romans 9:1-3 I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed, [separated]...

2 Corinthians 12:19-13:5 | The Man in the Mirror -- Slides: James 1:23-24 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for [once] he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.   Galatians 5:19 -21 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensual...

2 Corinthians 12:11-19 | Scheming Shepherds -- Slides: Schemes of Satan: Torment 2 Corinthians 12:7 Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me--to keep me from exalting myself! Schemes of Satan: Worldly Sorrow  2 Corinthians 7:10 For the sorrow that is accordin...

2 Corinthians 12:1-10 | Suffering and the Sovereignty of God: Strength in Weakness -- Slides: Acts 9:15-16 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; 16 for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name's sake." Many of our most intimate experiences with the Lord are intended to prepare us to per...

2 Corinthians 11:16-33  |  Irrefutable -- Slides: Acts 9:15-16 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” Acts 9:22-25 But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that...

2 Corinthians 10:12-18 | Too Big for Your Britches -- Slides: Quotes on comparison: “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Teddy Roosevelt “Comparison is the death of joy.” Mark Twain “Comparison is where joy goes to die.” Pastor Jeff “Comparison bad. Stop it.” Me Comparison leads to… - False exaltation or discouragement - Division and judgment - Man-appointed leaders Galatians 2:7-10 But on the contra...

Fireside Chat - June 4, 2023 -- Slides: Mission: Rescipleship = discipleship in the context of relationship. Vision: (How we practice the mission of The Chapel) - Word - Worship - Withness - Witness 1 Peter 2:4-5, 9 And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual h...

2 Corinthians 10:7-11 | Assessing Apostolic Authority -- Slides: Assess:  evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of. calculate the price or value of. VERSE 7 - Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.  1 Corinthians 4:14-16 I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to a...

2 Corinthians 10:1-6 | Truth and a Pack of Lies Fighting For Your Soul -- Slides: Ephesians 6:10-17 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against...

Grace, Gifts, and the Gospel (2 Cor 9:12-15) | Let's Get Liberal, The Final Chapter -- Slides: Let’s review: - Generosity is a fruit of grace. (8:1, 6-7) - Our gifts are to be voluntary and according to what we have. (8:3, 12) - Gifts are to be administered wisely in the sight of the Lord and men. (8:18-21) - We sow what we reap. (9:6) - God loves a cheerful giver. (9:7) - Generosity is an act of...

Talking Tithes (2 Cor. 9:6-11) | Let's Get Liberal, pt. 4 -- Slides: Malachi 3:8-10 "Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'How have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings. 9 "You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation [of you!] 10 "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this," says the LOR...

Proof of Love (2 Cor. 9:1-5) | Let's Get Liberal, pt. 3 -- Slides: Why do we find it hard to give liberally? - A greater need for this grace in our sanctification. (8:1-2) - It feels forced/like legalism (8:3-4, 8-9) - A feeling that our gifts are insignificant. (8:12) - A lack of trust in God as provider. (8:15) - A distrust in leadership/administration of the gift. (8:20-21) Why do we find it ha...

2 Corinthians 8:13-24 | Let's Get Liberal, pt. 2 -- Slides: Getting liberal (from 1 Cor. 16:1-4 & 2 Cor. 8:1-12): - Is of one’s own accord  - Is according to one’s ability  - Was directed to be planned and regular  - Can be measured in ways other than giving money. - Is a “gift” of grace. - Requires understanding what we’ve received.    Romans 15:26-27 For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to...

2 Corinthians 8:1-12 | Let's Get Liberal, pt. 1 -- Slides: 1 Thessalonians 1:6-7 You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do...

Easter 2023 | You Are What You Eat -- Slides: Why doesn’t the Gospel move me? Philippians 3:18-19 For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] enemies of the cross of Christ, 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is [their] appetite, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things. 2 Corinthians 6:11-13 Our mouth has spoken fre...

2 Corinthians 7 | Sorry, Not Sorry -- Slides: 2 Corinthians 5:18-21 Now all [these] things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Chr...

Our Triune God -- Slides: We worship one God in trinity and the Trinity in unity, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the divine being. For the Father is one person, the Son is another, and the Spirit is still another. But the deity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one, equal in glory, coeternal in majesty. What the Father is, the Son is, and so is the Holy Spirit. “Our Triune God is...

2 Corinthians 6 | Responsibilities of Grace -- Slides: Responsibility 1: Grace works. Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians...

2 Corinthians 5:11-21 | Compelled by Love -- Slides: 1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God [sees] not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." Don’t be surprised when people think you’re a little crazy. Don’t be quick to judge the ones you think a...