This morning, we honor and celebrate fatherhood! There is truly no other journey like it! This morning, we’re going to learn some advice for being a good father from the life of Jacob, whom God renamed to Israel. God is obviously the absolute best, perfect father. However, He chose Jacob, a single man, to be the father of His own people. That’s saying a lot! God chose Jacob to father twelve sons who would become the twelve tribes of Israel…
This morning, we continue on our journey. 700 years before Nebuchadnezzar’s blazing furnace and 1,400 years before the birth of the church at Pentecost, another miraculous fire was burning. God called out from within a bush that was on fire, but never burned up to a man named Moses. And also again, God was concerned for His people. They were being harshly oppressed and He heard their cries of suffering. They were still in between the place where God told…
We left off last week with the realization that Jesus’ disciples were about to have transferred to them the responsibility of continuing His ministry. They were promised the gift of the baptism of the Holy Spirit to equip and empower them to be able to carry that responsibility. Today is Pentecost Sunday and we are so incredibly blessed to live in the days of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all people. It is an experience that we don’t…
As we learned the last few weeks, God has us on a journey. We were challenged to take our next step; to keep moving forward in our life in faith and obedience. Yes, it’s important to celebrate our successes. God instructed Joshua to build a memorial after crossing over the flooded Jordan on dry ground for generations to remember the goodness and faithfulness of God. He set aside times and seasons for celebrating and feasting and rejoicing. Marie shared God’s…
