1. The document discusses the importance of faithfulness to God and others. It provides biblical examples from the story of Jehoshaphat, who trusted God to deliver him and his people from their enemies.
2. When a large army came against Judah, Jehoshaphat prayed to God for help. A prophet assured them that God would deliver them without fighting.
3. The next day they found all their enemies dead, having turned on each other. The people praised God for His faithfulness.
Have you ever intended to do good, but the consequences were devastating? Where did you go wrong? How can you prevent, or at least limit, the negative consequences of good intentions?
Slides supporting a message by Mike Popovich, Freedom Ministries, Church, Colorado Springs, CO.
Topic: The-Doorway-to-God-and-His-Grace
Date: 9/22/2013
Link to Full Message: http://freedomministries.tv/media-library/2013-messages/praise-opens-the-door-to-god-and-his-grace/praise2/
Have you ever intended to do good, but the consequences were devastating? Where did you go wrong? How can you prevent, or at least limit, the negative consequences of good intentions?
Slides supporting a message by Mike Popovich, Freedom Ministries, Church, Colorado Springs, CO.
Topic: The-Doorway-to-God-and-His-Grace
Date: 9/22/2013
Link to Full Message: http://freedomministries.tv/media-library/2013-messages/praise-opens-the-door-to-god-and-his-grace/praise2/
Building: God's Redemptive Story thru DavidPacific Church
01/31/16 Sermon
Pastor Seth Gatchell
Pacific Church of Irvine
www.pacificchurch.com
4th message in a series on lessons learned from the life of King David
Colossians 3:1-10. SPIRITUAL REVIVAL IS NEEDED IN THE LIVES OF MANY CHRISTIANS
NOT THAT WE ARE BAD PEOPLE, WE HAVE JUST BECOME LUKEWARM
I. RECOGNIZE AND ACCEPT THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS
II. STUDY HIS WORD CONSTANTLY
III. PRAY FOR HIS GUIDANCE AND STRENGTH
IV. WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH
V. SERVE HIM BY SERVING OTHERS
Bridging - God's Redemptive Story Through King DavidPacific Church
02/07/16 Sermon
Pastor Seth Gatchell
Pacific Church of Irvine
www.pacificchurch.com
5th message in a series about lessons learned from the life of King David
Building: God's Redemptive Story thru DavidPacific Church
01/31/16 Sermon
Pastor Seth Gatchell
Pacific Church of Irvine
www.pacificchurch.com
4th message in a series on lessons learned from the life of King David
Colossians 3:1-10. SPIRITUAL REVIVAL IS NEEDED IN THE LIVES OF MANY CHRISTIANS
NOT THAT WE ARE BAD PEOPLE, WE HAVE JUST BECOME LUKEWARM
I. RECOGNIZE AND ACCEPT THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS
II. STUDY HIS WORD CONSTANTLY
III. PRAY FOR HIS GUIDANCE AND STRENGTH
IV. WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH
V. SERVE HIM BY SERVING OTHERS
Bridging - God's Redemptive Story Through King DavidPacific Church
02/07/16 Sermon
Pastor Seth Gatchell
Pacific Church of Irvine
www.pacificchurch.com
5th message in a series about lessons learned from the life of King David
Put On Righteousness - Ephesians 6:14bDavid Turner
We cannot clothe ourselves in our personal righteousness, because any righteousness we have in ourselves falls short of God's standard of righteousness. Instead, we must shield our hearts with the righteousness of Christ. We are declared righteous because of his righteousness, not because of anything in ourselves. For a free PowerPoint download of this presentation visit us at wwwBibleguy.org.
In times of peril, what do you do? Today's lesson shows Jehoshaphat's reaction to an impending threat to the children of Israel. Their response was to stand before the Lord.
WHEN THE DRILL BECOMES REAL
I. SIGHT
EX 14:10 … LIFTED UP THEIR EYES…
2Cor 5:7
Josh 3:4
Gen 31:2
Exod 4:10
II. FRIGHT
EX 14:10…AND THEY WERE SORE AFRAID…
Ps 53:4-5
Isa 7:2
Isa 8:12
Isa 8:13
Isa 51:12
Matt 8:26
III. HALF RIGHT
EX 14:10…CRIED OUT UNTO THE LORD…
Ps 56:3-4
2Cor 1:8-10
2Cor 7:5-6
IV. SPITE
EX 4:11…AND THEY SAID UNTO MOSES…
Exod 14:12
Jonah 4:2
Ps 78:40-41
Deut 28:20
Isa 63:9-10
Acts 5:16
Ps 37:1-2
Ps 37:8
Ps 106:24
Ps 106:25
Ps 106:32-33
V. DELIGHT
EXOD 14:29-30
Israel at 60 - 2) The Jews - God's true witnessesbibletruth
www.christadelphians.co.uk - The second of a four part series exploring Israel and its significant position in the world. Having looked at how the land of Israel came to be of importance in the first presentation, we move on to consider the people of Israel, how the nation was born, and how events throughout their history have provided amazing evidence as to the existence of God and of his purpose.
The Powerpoint slides can be downloaded from our website.
The Greek version of Esther, found in the Septuagint, contains six additions not found in the Hebrew version of Esther that is in most Bibles. These additions to Esther consist of a prologue, prayers by Mordecai and Esther, the texts of the decrees from King Ahasuerus, amplifications to, and elaborations of, the narrative, and a postscript.
WHEN THE DARK GLASS CLEARS MOMENTARILY
INTRO: 1COR 13:12
TEXT: ISA 6
I. SOMETHING TO SEE.
A. THE CONQUEROR V1
Isa 6:1; Isa 6:3; Isa 1:24; Isa 3:1; Isa 10:16
Isa 10:33; Isa 19:4; Exod 23:17; Exod 34:23
B. THE COURT V2
II. SOMETHING TO HEAR.
A. THE CHORUS V3
Isa 6:3; Num 14:20-21; Hab 2:14
B. THE CALL V8
III. SOMETHING TO SAY.
A. COMMITMENT V8
Isa 6:8; 1Sam 3:9-10; Matt 4:20
Acts 20:24
B. CONDEMNATION V9-12
Isa 6:9-12; Isa 65:1-7; Jer 20:8-9
IV. SOMETHING REMAINS V13.
Isa 6:13; Isa 37:31; John 15:1-3
Exploring the Mindfulness Understanding Its Benefits.pptxMartaLoveguard
Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness, defined as the conscious, non-judgmental observation of the present moment, has deep roots in Buddhist meditation practice but has gained significant popularity in the Western world in recent years. In today's society, filled with distractions and constant stimuli, mindfulness offers a valuable tool for regaining inner peace and reconnecting with our true selves. By cultivating mindfulness, we can develop a heightened awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings, leading to a greater sense of clarity and presence in our daily lives.
Slide 3: Benefits of Mindfulness for Mental Well-being
Practicing mindfulness can help reduce stress and anxiety levels, improving overall quality of life.
Mindfulness increases awareness of our emotions and teaches us to manage them better, leading to improved mood.
Regular mindfulness practice can improve our ability to concentrate and focus our attention on the present moment.
Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
Research has shown that practicing mindfulness can contribute to lowering blood pressure, which is beneficial for heart health.
Regular meditation and mindfulness practice can strengthen the immune system, aiding the body in fighting infections.
Mindfulness may help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity by reducing stress and improving overall lifestyle habits.
Slide 5: Impact of Mindfulness on Relationships
Mindfulness can help us better understand others and improve communication, leading to healthier relationships.
By focusing on the present moment and being fully attentive, mindfulness helps build stronger and more authentic connections with others.
Mindfulness teaches us how to be present for others in difficult times, leading to increased compassion and understanding.
Slide 6: Mindfulness Techniques and Practices
Focusing on the breath and mindful breathing can be a simple way to enter a state of mindfulness.
Body scan meditation involves focusing on different parts of the body, paying attention to any sensations and feelings.
Practicing mindful walking and eating involves consciously focusing on each step or bite, with full attention to sensory experiences.
Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
You can practice mindfulness in everyday activities such as washing dishes or taking a walk in the park.
Adding mindfulness practice to daily routines can help increase awareness and presence.
Mindfulness helps us become more aware of our needs and better manage our time, leading to balance and harmony in life.
Slide 8: Summary: Embracing Mindfulness for Full Living
Mindfulness can bring numerous benefits for physical and mental health.
Regular mindfulness practice can help achieve a fuller and more satisfying life.
Mindfulness has the power to change our perspective and way of perceiving the world, leading to deeper se
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
HANUMAN STORIES: TIMELESS TEACHINGS FOR TODAY’S WORLDLearnyoga
Hanuman Stories: Timeless Teachings for Today’s World" delves into the inspiring tales of Hanuman, highlighting lessons of devotion, strength, and selfless service that resonate in modern life. These stories illustrate how Hanuman's unwavering faith and courage can guide us through challenges and foster resilience. Through these timeless narratives, readers can find profound wisdom to apply in their daily lives.
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
3. Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
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7. By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity. Saint Augustine A man who is 85 percent faithful to his wife is not faithful at all. There is no such thing as part-time loyalty to Jesus Christ. To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
8. A little boy and his father were crossing a bridge. The boy was kind of scared so he asked his father: "Dad. I will hold your hand." But the father said: “ No, let me hold your hand so that you don't fall into the river." "What's the difference?" asked the puzzled boy. "There's a big difference," replied the father. "If you hold my hand and something happens to you, chances are that you may let my hand go. But if I hold your hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, I will never let your hand go." So hold the hand of the person whom you love rather than expecting them to hold yours...
10. 1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
11. 5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? 7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; 11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
12. 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle : set yourselves, stand ye still , and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
13. 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. 19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. 20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. 22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them : and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. 24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
14. 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. 26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah , unto this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
16. 1. Are there any areas of your life that you don’t want to turn over to God? Why do you hold on to these? 2. Examine Jehoshaphat’s prayer (vv. 6-12). On what basis does he appeal to God for help? 3. How would Jehoshaphat’s view of God encourage him and the people to trust God in this crisis? 4. Think about what you mentioned in Q1 – those areas hard to hand over to God. How can God’s power and his faithfulness in the past encourage you to trust him in these areas?
17. 5. Now, consider God’s response to Jehoshaphat’s prayer (vv. 14-17). How would the prophet’s words have required faith from the people? 6. What evidence is there that they believed his message (vv. 18-21)? 7. Do you ever praise God right in the middle of a problem – before the answer comes? Explain why or why not. 8. How would you have felt as you “came to the place that overlooks the desert and looked toward the vast army: (v. 24)?
18. 9. Describe the effects God’s faithfulness had on the people (vv. 25-30). 10. What can we learn about faithfulness from the example of Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah in this passage?. 11. To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved – Are you trusted by anyone? Why? Why not?