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1 Samuel 16 | Appearances Can Be Deceiving -- Slides: Theme: Man looks at outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.   Matthew 1:5 Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.   Psalm 78:70-72 He also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds; 71 From the care of the ewes with suckling lambs He brought him To sh...

1 Samuel 15 | Oops, I Did It Again -- Slides: Theme: To obey is better than sacrifice.   Exodus 17:14 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."   For more: gotquestions.org • Search: “violence in the Old Testament” or “genocide”   Genesis 12:3 And I will bless those who bless you,...

1 Samuel 14:24-52 | One Bad Apple -- Slides: Theme: Legalism is a heart condition that overflows in our words and actions.   Pastors and parents are called to lead from gentleness.   Psalm 19:8-10 The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true;...

1 Samuel 14:1-23 | It Only Takes One (Or Two) to Do Great Things -- Slides: Theme: The Lord is not restrained to save by many or by few.   The church needs more leaders and armor bearers and less crowds.   Matthew 16:18-19 "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. 19 "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of he...

1 Samuel 13 | The Heart of the Matter is a Matter of the Heart -- Slides: Theme: 2 Chronicles 16:9(a) For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. When you punch the enemy in the mouth, prepare to be punched back. Ephesians 6:11-13 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the sche...

1 Samuel 11-12 | To Fear or Not to Fear, That is the Question -- Slides: Theme: The right kind of fear depends on your remembrance or your forgetfulness.   Acts 1:8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."   Lessons from Saul’s school for leadership:...

1 Samuel 9-10 | Set for Success -- Slides: Theme: There is a war inside of us for rulership between Spirit and flesh. There can be only one king!   God speaks to us through the Holy Spirit by the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church. In Christ, you’re “special!”   1 John 2:20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.   1 Peter 2:9-10 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal...

Fireside Chat | October 1, 2023 -- Slides: We feel called to be a sending church.   Matthew 28:19-20 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."   Ephesians 4:11-13 And He gave some [as] apostles, and som...

1 Samuel 8 | My Help Comes From the Lord -- Slides: Theme: To reject God as king is to lose our greatest help. A pastoral pitfall: the money trap. There are no perfect parents. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it. A pastoral pitfall: children. 1 Timothy 3:4-5 [He must be] one who manages his own household well, keeping his children...

1 Samuel 5:6-7:12 | Real Repentance -- Slides: Numbers 4:5, 15, 20 "When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and they shall take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it; ... 15 "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy [objects] and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come...

1 Samuel 5:1-5 | The Ark vs. a Demonic Mermaid -- Slides: The presence of Christ is powerful to destroy idols. Deuteronomy 32:16 They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger. They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known… 1 Timothy 4:1 But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, p...

1 Samuel 4 | Faith or Formula -- Slides: When your faith becomes a formula, even instruments of worship can become idols.   Joshua 6:3-4 "You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days. 4 "Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the...

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...