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Part 8 – Answers in Times of Calamities Cures for the Common Calamities of Life 1. Banishment (Psalm 107:2–9) 2. Confinement (Psalm 107:10-16) ● A Description – V. 10 ● A Danger – v.11 ● A Design – v.12 (James 4:6) ● A Duty – v.13 (Amos 7:13) 3. Ailment (Psalm 107:17–22) ● The Power of Prayer (vv. 17–19) ● The Ministry of Mercy (vv. 20–22) 4. Inclement (Psalm 107:23–32) Five Facts About Storms of...

Genesis 40:1–41:43 1. A Big God in Difficult Places (40:1-8) 2. A Big God in Perplexing Times (40:9-41:36) 3. A Big God with Good Plans (41:37-43)

Lesson 7 Defeating Discouragement Psalm 142; 1 Samuel 22:1–2 The Characteristics of Discouragement 1. A Feeling of Distress Genesis 42:21 2. A Feeling of Disorientation Psalm 142:3 3. A Feeling of Desertion Psalm 142:4, 16:8 4. A Feeling of Depression Psalm 142:6 5. A Feeling of Defeat Psalm 142:6 6. A Feeling of Despair Psalm 142:7 3 Soul Prisons ✔ Confining Habits ✔ Circumstantial Distresses ✔ C...

The Living Example of Character Genesis 39 1. A Person of Character At Work (39:1-6) 2. A Person of Character in Private (39:7-12) 3. A Person of Character in Injustice (39:13-23) When You Are Tempted With Lust, Think: • Creation • Cross • Crisis • Crown • Crowd • Christ

Part 6 - The Impermanence of Sorrow Psalm 30:5 1. God Brings Healing from Hurting Psalm 30:8–9; Psalm 30:10; Psalm 23:6; Psalm 30:1–4 a. An Appeal — Psalm 30:10 b. An Admiration — Psalm 30:1–3 Psalm 150:6 c. An Aim Psalm 30:4; Psalm 107:2 2. God Brings Rejoicing from Weeping Psalm 30:5 2 Peter 1:19 2 Corinthians 5:8 3. God Brings Wanting from Well-Being Psalm 30:6–7 Psalm 16:8 4. God Brings Dancin...

Lesson 40 Genesis 38:1-30 A Link in the Chain of Redemption 1. Compromise (38:1-11) 2. Corruption (38:12-23) 3. Confession (38:24-26) 4. Change (38:27-30) How To Share Your Story for God’s Glory 1. Stay faithful 2. Stay humble 3. Speak with grief over past sins 4. Be honest but not overly specific 5. Emphasize the power of God in your life 6. Have a verse 7. Take every opportunity wisely

Part 5 - Worshipping In A Crisis (Psalm 138) Psalm 138:7 i. HOW We Should Worship The Lord In A Crisis 1. Sincerely (V.1a) – “With My Whole Heart” (Psalm 138:1) Psalm 138:4; Romans 14:12; Psalm 95:2 2. Spiritually (V.1b) 3. Scripturally (V.2a) John 2:19–21 ii. WHAT We Should Worship The Lord For In A Crisis 1. God’s Grace (V.2b) John 1:17; Romans 3:24 2. God’s Truth (V.2c) Psalm 25:10, 138:2 3. Go...

Genesis - Lesson 39 A Dark Day in Dothan Genesis 37:1-36 Providence is God’s ongoing work of wisely and lovingly guiding all things—great and small, good and bad—toward His ultimate plan for His glory and our good.

Part 4 - God’s Plan in Delay Psalm 6:3 I. Our Problem In God’s Delays (Psalm 13:1-2) Psalm 142:2 What Kind of Problems Do We Face in God’s Delays? 1. We Struggle With Feeling Forgotten Psalm 13:1b, 10:1, Isaiah 49:15 2. We Struggle With Feeling Frustrated (Psalm 13:2) ■ Because Of The Constant Emotional Drain (V. 2a) ■ Because Of Crushing Enemies Gloating (v. 2b) 1 Peter 5:8 II. Our Petition in Go...

Genesis - Lesson 38 Genesis 35:16-29 Five Unavoidable Impacts of Life 1. The Joy of New Life (35:16-17) 2. The Finality of Death (35:18-20) 3. The Destruction of Sin (35:21-26) 4. The Influence of Legacy (35:27-29) 5. The Reality of Enemies (36)

Lesson 3: A Psalm of Help Psalm 42:4; 1 Peter 2:11; Genesis 47:9; Psalm 119:54 I. The Anticipation of Divine Help (vv. 1–2) ● Look around and be distressed (v. 1) Psalm 125:1–2 ● Look inside and be depressed (v. 1) Psalm 121:1 ● Look at Jesus and be blessed (v. 2) John 8:58; Colossians 1:16–17 II. The Assurance of Divine Help (vv. 3–8) ● He is your Protector (vv. 3–4) ● He is your Defender (vv. 5–...

Lesson Eight: The Message of the Lord’s Return Text: Matthew 24:27-31 Intro: Knowing that Jesus is returning someday has motivated Christians of every generation and aspect of life, especially to do the work of missions. Acts 1:9-10. Time does not permit to explain all of the doctrinal implications of this great subject so we will look at it in the light of doing missions = winning souls 1. Jesus...

Psalm 71:7 Proverbs 30:26 Psalm 71:1 The Certainty of Adversity 1 Peter 4:12 What Kinds Of Adversities Can We Expect? ● From Disturbances (Psalm 71:4) ● From Disquietude (Psalm 71:9) ● From Discord (Psalm 71:10–13) ● From Disillusionment (Psalm 71:20) The Consequences of Adversity Subtitle: Examining David’s feelings ● Defenselessness (Psalm 71:2–3) ● Weakness (Psalm 71:7) ● Helplessness (Psalm 71...

Lesson Seven: The Message of Salvation Intro: God inspired the New Testament to reveal and explain His marvelous and wonderful plan of salvation. The doctrine of soteriology. Paul called it the glorious gospel. God gave us these truths to inspire us, motivate us, to tell the world about His salvation. Ref. Psalm 51:12. Time would not permit to discuss this thoroughly so we will look at the famous...

Message #1: The Grace to Keep Going 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Five Important Principles of Strength in Times of Adversity: 1. God’s Design in Affliction – 2 Corinthians 12:7; Matthew 23:12 2. God’s Disruption in Affliction – 2 Corinthians 12:7 3. God’s Distribution in Affliction – 2 Corinthians 12:9; 1 Corinthians 15:10, 1 Corinthians 1:24, 2 Corinthians 13:4 4. God’s Development in Affliction – 2 Cor...

Lesson Six: Motivated by the mission work of the New Testament Church Intro: God inspired Dr. Luke to record the mission work of the early church, the book of Acts, to inspire every church and Christian to do the work of missions. Their miraculous success has motivated others for two thousand years now. 1. We are motivated by their obedience to the Savior. • They obeyed the Lord's command to wait...

Part 9 – The Greatest Truth Is That God Is Love John 3:16; 1 John 4:8; 1 John 4:16; Malachi 1:1–2; 2 Corinthians 5:14 Four Ways God's Love Transforms Us 1. God's Love Conveys Us – 1 John 4:19 2. God's Love Consoles Us – Matthew 19:19; Romans 12:3; 1 Corinthians 15:10 3. God's Love Compels Us 2 Corinthians 5:14; 1 John 4:11; John 15:12–13; 1 John 3:10, 4:8; John 13:35 Three Ways To Show Love ● By E...

Lesson Five: The message of the "Suffering of Jesus" Text: Luke 24:44-49 Intro: Last week we discussed the ultimate motivation for doing missions = Jesus. We saw that we are motivated by the life of Jesus, today we will see that God motivates us by the suffering of Jesus. In our text, Jesus motivated His disciples by reminding them of His suffering. 1. Jesus said the Pentateuch, the prophets and t...

God’s Love | Part Eight: Heaven, God’s Loving Home Psalm 91:1, 4; John 14:2-3; Ephesians 5:25 Seven Stages of the Ancient Jewish Wedding 1. The Covenant – A binding proposal from the young man 2. The Cost – Money was offered to show sincerity 3. The Cup – They drank juice together to publicly ratify the covenant 4. The Chamber – The groom returns to his father’s house to build on to it 5. The Comi...

Lesson Four: The message of the "Life of Jesus" Intro: Today and next week we will discuss God's ultimate motivation for motivating the work of missions = Jesus. Today we will look at Jesus' life. 1. The words of Jesus motivate us to do missions. • The first "public" words of Jesus were about missions. Matt. 4:17-19 • Jesus began His ministry doing missions. Ref Matt 4:17 • The first men He called...

The first question was asked by Nicodemus, a religious ruler "How can a man be born again?" John 3:4 The answer… Jesus John 3:16 The second question was asked by the prison warden at Philippi "What must I do to be saved?" Acts 16:30 The answer... Jesus Acts 16:31 The third question was asked by The Lord’s faithful servant, The Apostle Paul "Who shall deliver me?" Romans 7:24 The answer... Jesus Ro...

Lesson Three: “God’s warning about warning” Text: Ezekiel 3:15-19 Intro: Last week we saw that the Old Testament prophets were "missionaries" to Israel and other nations. Jeremiah 26:4-5. Isaiah said, "here am I send me"; Jeremiah said, “I tried to quit but could not"; and today we see that Ezekiel "stood in the gap." Ezekiel 22:30. Note: God calls Ezekiel the same title that Jesus refers to Himse...

God’s Love #7: God’s Never-Ending Love Hebrews 6:19 Romans 8:35-39 God's Love in Life’s Situations ● Hassle = Tribulation ● Hard Times = Distress ● Hatred = Persecution ● Hunger = Famine ● Homelessness = Nakedness ● Harassment = Peril ● Heckle = Sword 36 Circumstances That Cannot Separate Us from God’s Love 1. Neither Death Nor Life (v. 38) ■ 2 Timothy 1:10 ■ Hebrews 2:14 2. Neither Angels Nor Pri...

Lesson Two: Jeremiah 20:9 = Jeremiah couldn’t quit. God certainly inspired this message to motivate "missions." It certainly motivates me not to quit. Intro: The Old Testament prophets were missionaries to Israel and other nations. Jer. 1:10; 26:5; 44:4; Jonah 1:1-2. Jeremiah's life is a great motivation because he tried to quit serving God but couldn't. 1. He wanted to quit because he was discour...

Part 6: God’s Tough Love Why God’s Love Is Tough 1. To Discipline Us ○ Psalm 89:30–32 ○ John 3:36 ○ Matthew 23:13–14 ○ Jeremiah 29:11 2. To Defend Us ○ 2 Corinthians 12:7 3. To Deliver Us ○ Hebrews 12:10 Romans 7:18 4. To Designate Us ○ Hebrews 12:7 ○ Proverbs 3:12 ○ Revelation 3:19 How to Respond to God’s Tough Love 1. We Can Despise It ○ Hebrews 12:5 ○ Jonah 2. We Can Be Defensive ○ Hebrews 12:3...