Taking God at His word, for only Him is Ex-Nihilo - The cause without a cause. Only God could provide a dry highway in the Red Sea, and make the claim, "The Egyptians you see today, you shall see them no more, just be still" Exodus 15:1,4,21 - Moses and Miriam sand a song: "The horse and the rider has been hurled down." The Egyptians forgot that a horse is prepared for battle, but victory comes from God - Psalms 20:7-9, Proverbs 21:31. Only God who

A study through Haggai: - After Cyrus took over , one group returned home to rebuild the temple. This group laid and completed the foundation within 2 years. However, the work was stopped by opponents for 16 years (Ezra 4:4-6:22). After Darius came to power, Haggai urged the people to resume to the work - specifically Zerubabbel the Governor and Joshua the High to lead the project. Within 4 years, the work was completed and worship resumed. A backward

Similar parables: Matthew 25:14-30, Luke 12:44-47, Mark 4:25 Luke 19:13 [11-27] Parable of the Ten Minas/Pounds v13 - Put this money t work until I come (NIV) --Do business till I come (NKJV) --Occupy till I come (KJV) --Operate with this until I return (MSG) --Invest this for me while I am gone (NLT) In this parable, the servants and enemies of Jesus are referred to here. v14 The enemies said, we don't want this man to be our king. v15 He was made

Authentic Human Sexuality: An Integrated Christian Response" (2008, 128-131) by Judith Balswick and Jack Balswick i. Appreciate the creation purpose of God: The starting point in dealing with a case of homosexuality is Genesis 1:27 - So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. "A committed heterosexual one-flesh relationship is a sacred expression of humankind being in God's image as male

There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death. Proverbs 14:12 NLT Matthew 11:19 Wisdom is proved right by her deeds II Timothy 2:2, says, “The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful people who will be able to teach others also.” Do you see the link? Paul is saying that we have been taught by others. We in turn are going to teach others. The gospel chain goes

Part 1 Reflection 1: Where do your friends take you? 1 I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” Psalms 122 Reflection 2: Ecclesiastes 3:1 A time and a season for every activity. v11 - He makes everything beautiful in it's time. Proverbs 3:24 - Above all, guard your heart - against sin, **emotional hurts** Song of Songs 8:6  - Love is as strong as death! Take care Reflection 3: Whoever loves pleasure will become

Invitations from WISDOM and FOLLY 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:16 - To those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. WISDOM: Wisdom Calls: Proverbs 1:20-21 20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square; 21 on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech: She wants to save you:  Proverbs 2:12 - 12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from

Being on the right side simple means being on the side that God is. All this is possible through faith. Hebrew 11:1 - Now faith is the confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. v6 - And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he REWARDS those who earnestly seek him. v29 By faith people passed through the red sea as on DRY GROUND; but when the Egyptians

Worship refers to expression of reverence or adoration. Loving God for who He is and not for what He has given us. a. Grateful submission to God through prayer, praise, silence in meditation and thanksgiving. b. Responding in repentance and faith to the finished work in Christ. c. Service as worship Who do you worship? John 4:22 ''You Samaritans worship what YOU DO NOT KNOW v23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the TRUE worshipers will worship

1 Peter 2:4-10 Refers to Jesus as the living stone, rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him. When we come to Christ, we become living stones because we get our life from Christ. God is building a spiritual house using the spiritual stones or we are being built into a spiritual house with Christ as the chief corner stone. A corner stone joins two sides of a house - representing Jews and Gentiles are joined together in Christ. We must