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Everything they had labored 3-1/2 years for was stripped away by a rugged cross just two weeks earlier. Destitute and near defeat, Peter’s mind momentarily took him away from his calling to a previous, familiar vocation. “I go a fishing.” When one is losing faith, they begin to revert back into the comfort of familiarity… the way things used to be. It seemed like a good idea to his friends, and under the cover of night they made their way to launch a fishing vessel from the shore of Tiberias. …
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Stalks of wheat move in unison under the power of the wind. Forming an ebbing sea of grain, it beckons; enticing the laborer to embark on the most incredible journey of a lifetime. The challenge unfolds and the whiteness of the harvest completes its call to the willing recruit. If he’s fortunate, the young minister steps into the harvest an expert, and walks out a student.
…walks in with haste, and out with patience.
…walks in with a stride, and out with a limp.
…walks in with a shout, and out with a …
(Date used:________) Gen 28:20-22
- Jacob made a vow (to God), “If God will be with me and will watch over me…all that You give me I will give You a tenth.”
(Date used:________) Exodus 35:5
- From what you have, take an offering for the LORD. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the LORD an offering.
(Date used:________) Exodus 35:21
- Everyone who was willing and whose heart moved him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work.
(Date used:________) Gen 28:20-22
- Jacob made a vow (to God), “If God …
Believe for it
Without faith it is impossible to please Him
Imagine it
God is able to do exceeding abundantly above what you can ask or think…
Speak it
Whoever will speak to this mountain…
Praise God for it
He inhabits the praises of His people
“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” (Revelation 22:13)
To the ARCHITECT, He is the “Chief Cornerstone”
To the BAKER, He is the “Living Bread”
To the CARPENTER, He is the “Door”
To the DOCTOR, He is the “Great Physician”
To the EDUCATOR, He is the “Rabbi, the Great Teacher”
To the FLORIST, He is the “Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley”
To the GEOLOGIST, He is the “Rock of Ages”
To the HORTICULTURIST, He is the “True Vine”
To the INVENTOR, He is the “New and Living Way”
To the JEWELER, He is the “Pearl of Great Price”
To the KING, …
Concerning “The Lord’s Supper”, I ask that anyone taking communion be born again, and living for God.
If Communion is also symbolic of the Passover, I believe there are some considerations to be made that we can draw from it.There are many points in Exodus chapter 12 that I think are important concerning the subject…
v. 3 Take every man a lamb. With Christ as the lamb, each individual must “take” him
v. 4 If it’s too much for your household, share the lamb with a neighbor. Each individual should be committed to …
