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Where do you turn to find great peace? 
 
What challenges are you facing and how can you have great peace in the midst of those challenges? 
 
To have great peace in the midst of challenges: 
 
1) C _____________________ 
 
164 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules. 
 
Are you searching in the Bible to find peace? 
 
2) L _____________________ 
 
163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law. 164 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules. 165 Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble. 166 I hope for your salvation, O LORD, and I do your commandments. 167 My soul keeps your testimonies; I love them exceedingly. 
 
What are some signs that you love God’s Word? 
 
 a. S________________ (vs. 163) 
 
 b. O________________ (vs. 165) 
 
 c. K ________________ (vs. 167-168) 
 
How do you rate with these signs of loving God’s word? 
 
Which one are you the weakest in? 
 
3) B _____________________ 
 
161 Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. 162 I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil. 
 
What are some things you are in awe of? What does it look like for you to be in awe of God’s word? 
 
Challenge: 
 
1. Start a Bible Reading Plan- The ESV app (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/esv-bible/id361797273) has many different plans. Topics range from marriage, family, suffering, devotionals, daily psalms, daily proverbs, and the classic read through the Bible in a year. 
 
2. Pastor John MacArthur’s Plan- Pastor John reads through one book every day for a month. For longer books like Luke he will read one third or half of the book everyday for a month. 
 
3. Lectio Divina (Divine Reading)- Read the scriptures and when you feel the Spirit point out a word, phrase, or verse to you, stop and reflect, respond, and then rest for a few minutes. It is not a regimented plan, but more of a Spirit led plan. 
 
Thank you for watching. We hope that you were encouraged by what you heard! 
 
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Where do you turn to find great peace?

What challenges are you facing and how can you have great peace in the midst of those challenges? 

To have great peace in the midst of challenges:

1) C _____________________ 

164 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.

Are you searching in the Bible to find peace? 

2) L _____________________ 

163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law. 164 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules. 165 Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble. 166 I hope for your salvation, O LORD, and I do your commandments. 167 My soul keeps your testimonies; I love them exceedingly.

What are some signs that you love God’s Word? 

 a. S________________ (vs. 163) 

 b. O________________ (vs. 165)

 c. K ________________ (vs. 167-168)

How do you rate with these signs of loving God’s word?

Which one are you the weakest in?  

3) B _____________________ 

161 Princes persecute me without cause, but my h

Great Peace: Psalm 119:161-168

When was the last time you did something really foolish? 
 
Equation for Eternal Life: 
 
F _____________________________ 
3:1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh? 4 Have you experienced so much in vain—if it really was in vain? 5 So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard? 
What makes a decision a foolish one? 
 
1. 
 
2. 
 
3. 
 
4. 
 
5. 
 
+ F _____________________________ 
6 So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” 7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” 9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. 
 
What does faith look like in your life today? 
 
= F _____________________________ 
10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.” 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.” 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.” 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. 
 
How does someone become “saved”? 
 
Challenge: 
 
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When was the last time you did something really foolish?

Equation for Eternal Life:

F _____________________________ 
3:1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh? 4 Have you experienced so much in vain—if it really was in vain? 5 So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard? 
What makes a decision a foolish one?

1.  

2.  

3.  

4.  

5. 

+ F _____________________________ 
6 So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” 7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by

Religion that Saves(?) Galatians 3:1-14

New Year Confidence in Age-Old Truth 
 
God’s Love is: 
 
1) S _________________________ 
1) Spirit Gives life (8:1-11) 
2) Spirit Ministers (8:12-17) 
3) Spirit as Surety (8:18-25) 
4) Spirit Intercedes (8:26-27) 
 
2) U _________________________ 
1) God’s work in the past (8:28-30) 
 
 
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How do we respond to this truth? Doubt/confidence? 
 
 
3) R________________________ (8:31-32) 
 1) Repeated assurance (8:14-16) 
 
 
4) E_____________________ 
1) Based upon character of God. 
 
God’s Love is S.U.R.E. Therefore: 
 
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Questions of confidence: 
 
1) Who can bring accusation? (33) 
1) God justified us! 
 
2) Who can condemn? (34) 
1) Christ died, rose and intercedes for us! 
 
3) Who can separate us? (35) 
1) List of life’s pressures 
 
 
4) Statement of Confidence (38-39) 
1) Nothing and no one can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus! 
 
Response? Believe on the Lord Jesus! Saints, live in Joy-filled confidence of the love of God for you in 2020! 
 
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New Year Confidence in Age-Old Truth

God’s Love is:

1) S _________________________
1)  Spirit Gives life (8:1-11)
2) Spirit Ministers (8:12-17)
3) Spirit as Surety (8:18-25)
4) Spirit Intercedes (8:26-27)

2) U _________________________
1) God’s work in the past (8:28-30)


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How do we respond to this truth? Doubt/confidence? 


3) R________________________ (8:31-32)
          1) Repeated assurance (8:14-16)


4) E_____________________
1) Based upon character of God.

God’s Love is S.U.R.E.  Therefore:

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Questions of confidence:

1) Who can bring accusation? (33)
1) God justified us!

2) Who can condemn? (34)
1) Christ died, rose and intercedes for us!

3) Who can separate us? (35) 
1) List of life’s pressures


4) Statement of Confidence (38-39)
1) Nothing and no one can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus!

Response?  Believe on the Lord Jesus!  Saints, live in Joy-filled confidence of the love

God’s Love So Sure: Romans 8:33-39

How do we respond to the Darkness in our world today? 
 
We must understand the: 
 
1) D _________________________ 
8:19 When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness. 
What is the root cause of darkness? 
 
2) D _________________________ 
9:1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan— 2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. 3 You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder. 
What does is the result of the light? 
 
3) D _________________________ 
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. 
The titles of Jesus: 
 
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2. 
 
3. 
 
4. 
 
Next Steps: 
 
Thank you for watching. We hope that you were encouraged by what you heard! 
 
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How do we respond to the Darkness in our world today?

We must understand the:

1) D _________________________
8:19 When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. 22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
What is the root cause of darkness?

2) D _________________________
9:1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by

A Light Dawns: Isaiah 8:19-9:7

What kind of messages do we pay attention to? 
 
A message that calls us to: 
1) A _________________________ 
1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 
2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her 
that her hard service has been completed, 
 that her sin has been paid for, 
that she has received from the Lord’s hand 
 double for all her sins. 
- Why did the Israelites need comfort? 
 
- Why do we need comfort today? 
 
2) A _________________________ 
3 A voice of one calling: 
“In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; 
make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 
4 Every valley shall be raised up, 
 every mountain and hill made low; 
the rough ground shall become level, 
 the rugged places a plain. 
- What obstacles were in the way of the Israelites? 
 
- What obstacles do we need to clear today? 
 
3) A _________________________ 
5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, 
 and all people will see it together. 
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” 
- What is the invitation for all people? 
 
4) A _________________________ 
…The word of God came to John ... 3 He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet… 
- Since John the Baptist is associated with “the voice” from Isaiah 40:3, what does that mean for us today? 
 
Next Steps: Who will I invite to hear the Gospel? 
1. 
 
2. 
 
3. 
 
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What kind of messages do we pay attention to?

A message that calls us to:
1) A _________________________
1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her
that her hard service has been completed,
    that her sin has been paid for,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double for all her sins.
- Why did the Israelites need comfort?

- Why do we need comfort today?

2) A _________________________
3 A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD;
make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 
4 Every valley shall be raised up,
    every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
    the rugged places a plain.
- What obstacles were in the way of the Israelites?

- What obstacles do we need to clear today?

3) A _________________________
5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
    and all people will see it together.
For the mouth of the Lord has s

A Resounding Message: Isaiah 40:1-5; Luke 3:1-6

The People’s Pursuit 
Motive— 
Focus— 
 
Jesus’ Redirection 
Motive— 
Focus— 
 
The Main Problem 
 
Jesus’ Solution 
 
Application 
 
John 6:26-29 
26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” 
28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” 
29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” 
 
 
Thank you for watching. We hope that you were encouraged by what you heard! 
 
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The People’s Pursuit
Motive—
Focus—
 
Jesus’ Redirection
Motive—
Focus—
 
The Main Problem
 
Jesus’ Solution
 
Application
 
John 6:26-29
26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”


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Two Words that Changed the World: John 6:26-29

Prologue: 
1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 
From: 
 
To: 
 
Promise: 
4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. 
- Has God begun a “good work” in you? 
 
- Do you believe He will carry it to completion? 
 
He who began a good work in __________________ will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. 
Problems: 
7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. 8 God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. 
- What challenges you are facing? 
 
 
- Will you trust the God that began a good work in you to carry you through? 
 
Prayer: 
9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God. 
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5) 
 
Challenge: Do something to memorialize God’s victories in your life. Thank you for watching. We hope that you were encouraged by what you heard! 
 
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Prologue:
1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 
From:

To:

Promise:
4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Has God begun a “good work” in you?

- Do you believe He will carry it to completion?

He who began a good work in __________________ will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Problems:
7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. 8 God can testify how I long for all of you with t

What Does the Future Hold? Philippians 1:1-11

If God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good, why is there so much evil and suffering in the world? 
Answer (for skeptics and philosophers): 
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2) 
 
3) 
 
4) 
Real question: If God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good, why is there so much evil and suffering in ____ world? 
 
12:6 Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, 7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. 
Paul’s Résumé: 
 
 
Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 
Thorn: 
 
 
Reason #1: To ______ Us. 
 
 
 
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 
Reason #2: To ______ Us. 
 
 
 
10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 
Reason #3: To ______ Us. 
 
 
 
Challenge: What is my “thorniest” problem? 
 
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2) 
 
3) Thank you for watching. We hope that you were encouraged by what you heard! 
 
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If God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good, why is there so much evil and suffering in the world?
Answer (for skeptics and philosophers):
1)  

2)  

3)  

4)  
Real question: If God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good, why is there so much evil and suffering in ____ world?

12:6 Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, 7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations.
Paul’s Résumé:


Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
Thorn:


Reason #1: To ______ Us.



9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
Reason #2: To ______ Us.



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