Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7 / SOAP: Isaiah 9:6-7 For a child has been born to us,a son has been given to us.He shoulders responsibility and is calledWonderful Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His dominion will be vast, and he will bring immeasurable prosperity.He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom, establishing it…
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A Promise of Hope
It’s Tuesday friends and one day closer to the Thanksgiving Holiday and some time off with family and friends. If you’re like my daughters and are already enjoying a nice week-long break – I pray it is off to a good start. 🙂 Our new advent study, The Promised Messiah, begins next Monday (Nov.27) but…
We Will Remember
Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever. – YET how quickly they forgot what he had done! Psalm 106:1, 13a Psalm 106:1; 107:1; 118:1; 1 Chronicles 16:34 and so many other passages call us to “give thanks to the LORD.” The passages site various reasons like His faithfulness, His…
The Benefit of Praise
Scripture: In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 “Give thanks.” God’s Word is full of this phrase from the Old Testament to the New. From Joseph’s attitude of gratitude in Genesis to the words of the twenty-four elders who fell down in worship in John’s…
Don’t Let Your Guard Down
based on the LGG Study, The Arrmor of God / w6d1 Scripture: Ephesians 6;10-18 / SOAP verses 17-18 Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your…
The Transformer
based on the LGG Study, The Armor of God / w5d3 Scripture: Romans 12:1-2 / SOAP: verse 2 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This…
Our Standard of Thinking
based on the LGG Study, The Armor of God / w5d2 Scripture: Colossians 3:1-11 / verse 2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth Colossians 3:2 So what does mean to “keep thinking about something?” The bottom line is it means to continually choose to think about a certain thing, event, or…
Our Shield and Defender
based on the LGG Study, The Armor of God, w4d3 Scripture; Psalm 18:1-50 / SOAP: verse 50 The one true God acts in a faithful manner;the Lord’s promise is reliable.He is a shield to all who take shelter in him. Psalm 18:30 Last week, we read in Ephesians 2:14 that Jesus is our peace, and in today’s SOAP passage, we…
Faith Is The Victory
based on the Love God Greatly Study, The Armor of God, w4d1 Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18 / SOAP: verse 16 and in all of this, by taking up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Ephesians 6:18 Dressed and Ready – Well, Almost Ok, so you have your…
The Feet of the Messenger
based on the LGG Study, The Armor of God, w3d4 Scripture: Isaiah 52:7 How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” Isaiah 52:7 I remember reading this for the first…