Faith or Testing
Speaker Joe Firebaugh ZachariasLuke 1: 18 – 20 MaryLuke 1: 34 – 38 You could say that the complexity of faith versus testing is so hard that even Satan himself tried to get Jesus to “tempt” God as his first test. Matt. 4: 5 – 7Judges 6: 11 – 24 Gideon destroys an Alter to Baal at nightJudges 6: 36 – 40Judges 7: 13 – 15 Hebrews 11: Hall of Faith Deut. 6: 16Exodus 17: 1 – 5Matt. 16: 1 – 4 Testing or asking God in FAITH is different than challenging God to convince us to believe.2 Cor. 13: 5Heb. 4: 1 – 10 Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of GodRom 10: 17Num. 21: 4 – 9
Keys to keeping your heart open to God: Leaving room for God’s Love
Rev. 3: 14 – 17 Their Issue: Self-sufficientcy/dependence Chocking out the Love of GodMatt. 13: 221 Tim. 6: 6 – 101 John 2: 15 – 17Luke 16: 13 Jesus is at the door:Rev. 3: 14 – 22 The right kind of riches: dependency on God1 Peter 1: 6 – 9Luke 4: 18James 2: 5 – 6 Jesus at the door:Mark 1: 32 – 34Isa. 55: 1 – 3Matt. 25: 37 – 40John 10: 9Ps. 23: 1 – 3
In the Name of Jesus
Associate Pastor Hunter Price Psalm 14: 7Psalm 40: 16Psalm 51: 12Matt. 1: 21Luke 10: 1 – 3Luke 10: 17 – 20Mark 16: 17 – 18Acts 3: 6Acts 3: 16Acts 4: 10Acts 4: 12Rom. 10: 13Matt. 28: 191 Cor. 6: 9 – 11John 15: 16
The Year of Revival and Restoration: The Proof of Experiencing Perfect Love.
Luke 7: 36 – 50 Proof #1 Confidence (faith)John 4: 17 – 19 Proof #2 Constraint2 Cor. 5: 13 – 15 Proof #3 Character / QualityRom. 5: 6 – 11 ProactiveRadicalSacrificial (1 Cor. 13)Prodigal (Excessive)Fruitful Proof #4 Capacity/QuantityJohn 15: 8 – 10John 13: 34 – 35
The Year of Revival and Restoration: How to Receive the Revival of Love
Rom. 5: 4 – 5 You can only receive what you believe is yours to receive.What restricts us from receiving:Acts 8: 14 – 25Heb. 12: 14 – 17 The right way of receiving: freely!Matt. 10: 8 – 9Gen. 2: 15 – 17“every tree” includes the tree of lifeHos. 14: 4 The right to receive freely.Rom. 3: 21 – 24 The river of God’s love flows freely again!Rom. 8: 321 Cor. 2: 12Rev. 21: 6Rev. 22: 16 – 17
The Power to know God’s limitless love.
Special Snow Day service Eph. 3: 14 – 20
Who would not want to be here.
Pastor Elder Rick Faw Ecl. 4: 1 – 12John 14: 10 – 20
God’s finished work: How The Body and Blood replaces the Bread and the Wine.
Deut. 29: 61 Cor. 10: 4 (1 – 4) The bread: God taking toil and diseaseDeut. 26: 7Isa. 53: 11Isa. 53: 4 – 5 The wine: God taking subjection to aging, oppression, and wrath on our behalfRev. 14: 18 – 20Luke 22: 43 – 44Rom. 5: 8 – 10 Jesus has done the work and taken the time:Matt. 26: 26 – 28John 17: 4John 19: 29 – 30Heb. 4: 1 – 2
The Year of Revival and Restoration: What it looks like to be fully alive.
Life is in Jesus Christ:1 John 5: 11 – 13 What if you had “living proof”?Looking alive, but hard to look at.Ex. 34: 29 – 35 Moses was illuminated by being in the presence of God, but the people were repelled by his glory, and condemned by his words.2 Cor. 3: 7 – 8 For the letter kills: 2 Cor. 3: 6 The answer to my question: Living and believing as if you are still under the law (condemned because of sin). Feel Free: There is a direct correlation between your legal status and your liberty to live:Rom. 5: 18 – 19John 5: 24 Living Proof: The Spirit of the LordRom. 8: 10 – 11Gal. 4: 3 – 72 Cor. 3: 17Gal. 5: 1
The Year of Revival and Restoration: Experiencing the right environment for revival
The biblical metaphor: A seedIsa. 6: 9 – 13 The seed of God’s word possesses the design and potential energy for life!The heart (soil) that understands the word (seed) is the one that is fruitful:James 1: 21Isa. 41: 17 – 18Matt. 5: 6 The word that waters the heart.Isa. 55: 6 – 131 Peter 23, 25 The Spirit that were immersed into imbibes us. (Eph. 5: 18 – be filled-pleroo-replete)Mark 1: 8Titus 3: 4 – 7Eph. 3: 20 – 21