Thrive.Church Weekly Message

A __________________ is someone who gives their life to a __________________ cause.[Exodus 1:15-17] Then Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, gave this order to the Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah: [16] "When you help the Hebrew women as they give birth, watch as they deliver. If the baby is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her live." [17] But because the midwives feared God, they refused to obey the king's orders. They allowed the boys to live, too.When you fear __________________, you won't bow to __________________.[Proverbs 9:10] Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.A life of __________________ begins with the fear of God.[Exodus 1:18-19] So the king of Egypt called for the midwives. "Why have you done this?" he demanded. "Why have you allowed the boys to live?" [19] "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women," the midwives replied. "They are more vigorous and have their babies so quickly that we cannot get there in time."[Hebrews 11:23] It was by faith that Moses' parents hid him for three months when he was born. They saw that God had given them an unusual child, and they were not afraid to disobey the king's command.God __________________ what no one else sees and He __________________ it.[Exodus 1:20-21] So God was good to the midwives, and the Israelites continued to multiply, growing more and more powerful. [21] And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.There is always a __________________ for our __________________.[Hebrews 6:10] For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do.You don't need a __________________ to make a __________________.[2 Chronicles 16:9a] The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.

[1 Samuel 17:8-11] Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites. “Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me! [9] If he kills me, then we will be your slaves. But if I kill him, you will be our slaves! [10] I defy the armies of Israel today! Send me a man who will fight me!” [11] When Saul and the Israelites heard this, they were terrified and deeply shaken. The devil wants to _____________ your weaknesses, but we need to ______________ God's strengths. [Psalm 34:3] Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together The difference between Saul and David was their _______ of God. [I Samuel 17:32:37] “Don't worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I'll go fight him!” [33] “Don't be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There's no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You're only a boy, and he's been a man of war since his youth.” [34] But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father's sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock, [35] I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death. [36] I have done this to both lions and bears, and I'll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God! [37] The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!” Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the Lord be with you!” You can't decide all the ___________ in your life but you can decide your _____________. [1 Samuel 17:41-44] Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him, [42] sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy. [43] “Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods. [44] “Come over here, and I'll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!” Goliath yelled. Goliath was __________ up David, but David was sizing up ____________. [Psalm 69:30 NET] I will sing praises to God's name! I will magnify him as I give him thanks! You have an ______________ advantage when you give _____________ to God! [Ephesians 5:20] And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. You can't always control the ___________________ you are in, but you can control what you focus on. [Psalm 118:24] This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. God is ____________ than He seems.

[2 Chronicles 5:11-14 NKJV] And it came to pass when the priests came out of the [Most] Holy [Place] (for all the priests who [were] present had sanctified themselves, without keeping to their divisions), [12] and the Levites [who were] the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets-- [13] indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers [were] as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, [saying]: "[For He is] good, For His mercy [endures] forever," that the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, [14] so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.A ____________________ mentality is not the problem. It's a symptom of the real problem: _______________ from truth.[Matthew 11:27-29 NKJV] "All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and [the one] to whom the Son wills to reveal [Him]. [28] "Come to Me, all [you] who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. [29] "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.Transformative Rest comes when God to reveals the __________ about ___________ in the light of the truth about ___________.[John 21:11-17 NKJV] [Hebrews 3:12-15; 4:8-9 NKJV] Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; [13] but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. [14] For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, [15] while it is said: "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." [4:8] For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. [9] There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.The Promised Land of “Rest” is not a ___________ or a ___________, it's a ___________.[Exodus 20:18-21 NKJV] [Hebrews 10:11-14 NKJV] And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. [12] But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, [13] from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. [14] For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.Jesus took our ___________ in the sacrifice so we could ___________ ___________ in His place of rest.[Hebrews 4:11-13 NKJV] Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. [12] For the word of God [is] living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. [13] And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things [are] naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we [must give] account.[Genesis 32:24-30 NKJV] 

Mind game: a psychological tactic used to ___________ or _______________. The devil will attack us with ___________. When doubt comes it can ________________ our faith or ________________ our faith. [John 1:29-30] The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! [30] He is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.' John is the first one to _____________ that Jesus is the Messiah. [Matthew 11:2-3] John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus, 3 “Are you the Messiah we've been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?” Even people with strong faith ask __________ _______________ in stressful times. [Matthew 11:4-11] Jesus told them, “Go back to John and tell him what you have heard and seen— [5] the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.” [6] And he added, “God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.” [7] As John's disciples were leaving, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds. “What kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? Was he a weak reed, swayed by every breath of wind? [8] Or were you expecting to see a man 'dressed in expensive clothes? No, people with expensive clothes live in palaces. [9] Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet. [10] John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say, ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.' [11] “I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is! John had doubts, but instead of ________________ on them, he ___________________ them. [James 1:5-8] Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly—and it will be given to him. [6] But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. [7] That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord, [8] being double-minded and unstable in all his ways. Doubt HAPPENS. Doubt causes us to focus on what we ___________ do rather than on what God __________ do. Doubt should drive us to seek ______________. [Luke 11:9-10] “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. [10] For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

[2 Timothy 1:5] I remember your genuine faith, for you share the faith that first filled your grandmother Lois and your mother, Eunice. And I know that same faith continues strong in you.The POWER of the Jesus's resurrection didn't stop at the TOMB.[2 Timothy 3:15] You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus.Legacy doesn't just HAPPEN, it's built INTENTIONALLY over time.[Acts 16:1] Paul went first to Derbe and then to Lystra, where there was a young disciple named Timothy. His mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek.God specializes in turning DISADVANTAGES into ADVANTAGES.You don't need PERFECT conditions to plant eternal SEEDS.[Galatians 6:9] So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up.All of us can INVEST in the faith of others.[1Corinthians 3:6-8] I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. [7] It's not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What's important is that God makes the seed grow. [8] The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work. We are all called to PLANT seeds of faith, but God is in charge of making them GROW.[2 Timothy 2:1-2] Timothy, my dear son, be strong through the grace that God gives you in Christ Jesus. [2] You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others.The easiest way to leave a faith legacy is simply to LIVE your faith well.[1 Timothy 4:12] Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.

Mind game: a psychological tactic used to ___________ or _______________. The devil will control your mind through ___________. Fear will destroy your ___________. [Proverbs 29:25 GW] A person's fear sets a trap for him, but one who trusts the Lord is safe. Fear brings ____________. [2 Timothy 1:7] For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. Two things that our fears reveal 1. Your fears reveal what you _________ the most. 2. Your fears reveal where you trust God the ______________. I'm not trusting God with ________ [Psalm 91:2-7] This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. [3] For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. [4] He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection. [5] Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. [6] Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. [7] Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you. [Psalm 27:1-3] The Lord is my light and my salvation—so why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble? We don't need to let fear ______________, govern & ___________ our lives. [Psalm 56:3-4] But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. The devil wants you in bondage to __________, but God wants to set you __________! You don't have to live in fear when you know the one who ______________ fear.

God's ______________ can ______________ anyone.[Mark 16:7] Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died."Jesus came for the ____________, not the _____________.[John 21:3] Simon Peter said, "I'm going fishing." "We'll come, too," they all said. So they went out in the boat, but they caught nothing all night.Jesus always meets us in our _________________.[John 21:4-9] At dawn Jesus was standing on the beach, but the disciples couldn't see who he was.  [5] He called out, "Fellows, have you caught any fish?" "No," they replied. [6] Then he said, "Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you'll get some!" So they did, and they couldn't haul in the net because there were so many fish in it. [7] Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, "It's the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his tunic (for he had stripped for work), jumped into the water, and headed to shore. [8] The others stayed with the boat and pulled the loaded net to the shore, for they were only about a hundred yards from shore. [9] When they got there, they found breakfast waiting for them--fish cooking over a charcoal fire, and some bread.Your ______________ is not based on your ____________________.[John 18:18] Because it was cold, the household servants and the guards had made a charcoal fire. They stood around it, warming themselves, and Peter stood with them, warming himself.Your ______________ is not ______________.[John 21:15-17] After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?" "Yes, Lord," Peter replied, "you know I love you." "Then feed my lambs," Jesus told him. [16] Jesus repeated the question: "Simon son of John, do you love me?" "Yes, Lord," Peter said, "you know I love you." "Then take care of my sheep," Jesus said. [17] A third time he asked him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.Jesus is still inviting us to ______________ Him.

[Proverbs 13:19] It is pleasant to see dreams come true, It takes ___________ to get to the dream, but even more work to _____________ the dream. God will never interrupt your life to give you an __________ _________. [Matthew 10:38-39] If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine. [39] If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it. God's dream is a call to ________________ and __________________. Living the dream will require _________________. [Proverbs 22:4] True humility and fear of the Lord lead to riches, honor, and long life. [Genesis 45:3-8] “I am Joseph!” he said to his brothers. “Is my father still alive?” But his brothers were speechless! They were stunned to realize that Joseph was standing there in front of them. [4] “Please, come closer,” he said to them. So they came closer. And he said again, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into slavery in Egypt. [5] But don't be upset, and don't be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives. [6] This famine that has ravaged the land for two years will last five more years, and there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. [7] God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors. [8] So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt. God requires _______________ to live the dream. [Numbers 20:7-12] and the Lord said to Moses, [8] “You and Aaron must take the staff and assemble the entire community. As the people watch, speak to the rock over there, and it will pour out its water. You will provide enough water from the rock to satisfy the whole community and their livestock.” [9] So Moses did as he was told. He took the staff from the place where it was kept before the Lord. [10] Then he and Aaron summoned the people to come and gather at the rock. “Listen, you rebels!” he shouted. “Must we bring you water from this rock?” [11] Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with the staff, and water gushed out. So the entire community and their livestock drank their fill. [12] But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land I am giving them!” A lack of _____________ can sabotage your dreams. Are you ready to _____________ God's dream for your life?

[Luke 24:13-14] That same day two of Jesus' followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem. [14] As they walked along they were talking about everything that had happened.God comes and _______________ us when we're headed the _______________ way.Don't walk away from the _____________________.[Luke 24:15-16] As they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself suddenly came and began walking with them. [16] But God kept them from recognizing him.God is with us in the _______________.[Luke 24:17-21] He asked them, "What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?" They stopped short, sadness written across their faces. [18] Then one of them, Cleopas, replied, "You must be the only person in Jerusalem who hasn't heard about all the things that have happened there the last few days." [19] "What things?" Jesus asked. "The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth," they said. "He was a prophet who did powerful miracles, and he was a mighty teacher in the eyes of God and all the people. [20] But our leading priests and other religious leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him. [21] We had hoped he was the Messiah who had come to rescue Israel. This all happened three days ago.The resurrection doesn't let you go back to _______________.Sometimes God doesn't interrupt your _______________, He _______________ through it with you.[Luke 24:25-27] Then Jesus said to them, "You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. [26] Wasn't it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?" [27] Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.Jesus always waits for an ____________________.[Luke 24:30-31] As they sat down to eat, he took the bread and blessed it. Then he broke it and gave it to them. [31] Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And at that moment he disappeared! [32] They said to each other, "Didn't our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?" [33] And within the hour they were on their way back to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven disciples and the others who had gathered with them, [34] who said, "The Lord has really risen! He appeared to Peter."Even if you do not _______________ Him, Jesus is already _______________ with you.

Dreams that come from God will be supernaturally ____________________. [1 Corinthians 15:36b] When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn't grow into a plant unless it dies first. [Genesis 41:14-16] Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was quickly brought from the prison. After he shaved and changed his clothes, he went in and stood before Pharaoh. [15] Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream last night, and no one here can tell me what it means. But I have heard that when you hear about a dream you can interpret it.” [16] “It is beyond my power to do this,” Joseph replied. “But God can tell you what it means and set you at ease.” God wants to teach us ____________________ before He fulfills the dream. [Luke 14:11 CSB] 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” God is shaping us through the ___________ ____________. [Genesis 41:37-40] Joseph's suggestions were well received by Pharaoh and his officials. [38] So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find anyone else like this man so obviously filled with the spirit of God?” [39] Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, clearly no one else is as intelligent or wise as you are. [40] You will be in charge of my court, and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting on my throne, will have a rank higher than yours.” In order to show His power, God brings ____________ from ________________. [Habakkuk 2:3] This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed. Keep your eyes on __________ not on the ___________. [Isaiah 40:31 ESV] but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. God puts the dream in our ____________, but then He wants us to put it back in His. [John 11:25] Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.

John Vaina—known to many as Johnny V—shares his raw and powerful testimony of transformation from addiction, despair, and near death… to redemption through Jesus Christ.At 17, Johnny was lost in a world of violence and drugs, believing God wasn't real. But after a four-day bender, his body shut down—what followed was an experience he calls his death moment, not just near-death. In the black void, a speck of light approached, and everything changed.This is not a polished church story. It's real. It's hard. And it's full of grace.

Every dream from God will _______ before it is ______________. [Exodus 2:15] And sure enough, Pharaoh heard what had happened, and he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian. When Moses arrived in Midian, he sat down beside a well. The dream gives us the _______________ to go through the _______________. [Genesis 37:18-20] When Joseph's brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him. [19] “Here comes the dreamer!” they said. [20] “Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns. We can tell our father, ‘A wild animal has eaten him.' Then we'll see what becomes of his dreams!” [Genesis 37:26-28] Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain by killing our brother? We'd have to cover up the crime. [27] Instead of hurting him, let's sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. After all, he is our brother—our own flesh and blood!” And his brothers agreed. [28] So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph's brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt. Sometimes the __________________ in your life will be in direct conflict with your dream. What Joseph thought was _______________ became his _______________ to Egypt. [Genesis 39:2; 6-12] The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master. [6] So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn't worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat! Joseph was a very handsome and well-built young man, [7] and Potiphar's wife soon began to look at him lustfully. “Come and sleep with me,” she demanded. [8] But Joseph refused. “Look,” he told her, “my master trusts me with everything in his entire household. [9] No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.” [10] She kept putting pressure on Joseph day after day, but he refused to sleep with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible. [11] One day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his work. [12] She came and grabbed him by his cloak, demanding, “Come on, sleep with me!” Joseph tore himself away, but he left his cloak in her hand as he ran from the house. Joseph had dreams of a _______________ but first had to go through the ________ and the ____________. Don't _______________ the dream when it dies. [Galatians 6:9] So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. When life is in the _______ see what you can _________ ______.

[Luke 24:1] But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.The women came to ____________, but God came to ____________.[Luke 24:2-5] They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. [3] So they went in, but they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus. [4] As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes. [5] The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, "Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive?The stone wasn't rolled away to let Jesus ___________, it was moved so we could ____________ in.[Luke 24:11-12] But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn't believe it. [12] However, Peter jumped up and ran to the tomb to look. Stooping, he peered in and saw the empty linen wrappings; then he went home again, wondering what had happened.The resurrection is God's declaration that your ________________ is not the ____________.[John 20:19] That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! "Peace be with you," he said.Your ____________ isn't stronger than Jesus' ____________.What happened in the ____________ didn't stay in ____________.[Matthew 28:2] Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it.Jesus didn't ____________ death, He ____________ it.[Colossians 2:15] In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.If Jesus could defeat ____________ he could also defeat ____________.

[Luke 19:29-35] As he came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives, he sent two disciples ahead. [30] "Go into that village over there," he told them. "As you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. [31] If anyone asks, 'Why are you untying that colt?' just say, 'The Lord needs it.'" [32] So they went and found the colt, just as Jesus had said. [33] And sure enough, as they were untying it, the owners asked them, "Why are you untying that colt?" [34] And the disciples simply replied, "The Lord needs it." [35] So they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments over it for him to ride on.Kings would ride horses as a symbol of ________________, but Jesus rode a donkey are a symbol of _______________.[Zechariah 9:9] Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey--riding on a donkey's colt.Jesus rode on a donkey's colt to ________________ ancient prophecy.[John 1:29] The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!Jesus is the ________________ would would ___________ to remove our sin.[John 12:13 NIV] They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the king of Israel!"The people wanted someone to wear a ________________, but Jesus came to carry the ________________.Jesus didn't come to save us from our ________________, He came to save us from ________________.[Matthew 21:10-11] The entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered. "Who is this?" they asked. [11] And the crowds replied, "It's Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee."Disappointment often reveals our spiritual ______________.Are you following Jesus for what He ________________, or for ________________ He is?[John 12:32] And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself."

God wants us to ___________ ________ ___________. How Do You Get a Dream? God ____________ you one Does your dream benefit ______________ or ___________? [Genesis 37:5-11] One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever. [6] “Listen to this dream,” he said. [7] “We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!” [8] His brothers responded, “So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them. [9] Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. “Listen, I have had another dream,” he said. “The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!” [10] This time he told the dream to his father as well as to his brothers, but his father scolded him. “What kind of dream is that?” he asked. “Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow to the ground before you?” [11] But while his brothers were jealous of Joseph, his father wondered what the dreams meant. ________________ dreams can cloud us from hearing God's dream. [John 3:30] He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less. Something ___________ you off Sometimes our dreams come to us as _______________ we are called to fix. [Exodus 2:11] Many years later, when Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he saw how hard they were forced to work. During his visit, he saw an Egyptian beating one of his fellow Hebrews. God will use the situations in your life as ________________ for your dream. Surround yourself with _____________ If you want to know God's dream for your life, get to _________ __________. [Ephesians 3:20] Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

Jesus doesn't awaken us to just sit in _________________. [Mark 10:42-45] So Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. [43] But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, [44] and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. [45] For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many."If _________________ was central for Jesus, it must be _________________ for us.[Galatians 5:13] For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don't use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.If your faith never moves you to _________________, it's not _________________.[John 15:8] When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father._________________ is the mark of a real disciple.[1 Peter 4:10] God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.God isn't asking for _________________, He's looking for _________________.[Ephesians 2:10] For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. We are not just saved _________________ something, we are saved _________________ something. [John 13:3-5] Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. [4] So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, [5] and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples' feet, drying them with the towel he had around him. Before Jesus picked up the _________________ He picked up a _________________.

[1 Corinthians 13:13] Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. [Luke 10:25-29] Then an expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the law?” he asked him. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind;” and “your neighbor as yourself.” If you _______ _______ & _______ __________ you will ace the whole test. If you want people to _______________ you, start by ______________________ them. You can't be __________________ when you love your neighbor as you love yourself. [Luke 10:28-29] “You've answered correctly,” he told him. “Do this and you will live.” 29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” The Good Samaritan was someone they wouldn't have wanted as their __________________. [John 13:34-35] So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” The thing that distinguishes you from everyone else should be the way you _______ __________. [1 John 4:7-8, 20-21] Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? 21 And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers. If you want to be like _____________, you're going to have to love like Him. Love doesn't have any __________________. God _________________ that we broaden our ability to love. [Colossians 3:12-14] Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13 Make allowance for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. Jesus wants us to be _______________ as His followers by the way we love others.

New Life begins when you say __________ to God.[2 Corinthians 5:17] This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!You can't live the New Life if you're still wrapped in your old ________________________.[Ephesians 4:21-24] Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, [22] throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. [23] Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. [24] Put on your new nature, created to be like God--truly righteous and holy.Jesus didn't come to make you a ______________________ version of the __________ you, He came to make you new.[Luke 9:23-24 NIV] Then he said to them all: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. [24] For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.New life sounds exciting until it demands your ____________________.[Romans 12:1] 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 is truly the way to worship him.A living sacrifice means living a ____________________ life.[Galatians 2:20] My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.God breathes ___________ into ___________ places.[Romans 6:4] For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.We are awakened so we can carry His __________ to world.

THIS SERMON STARTS IN MID SENTENCE. RECOVERED FROM CD. [1 Corinthians 13:13] Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. Hope (Greek: elpis): joyful and ______________ expectation of salvation. Hope is the __________________ we have that God is good and that His promises are true. [Jeremiah 29:11] For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. You lose your hope when you can't see your ____________. Your greatest lessons in ____________ will be learned in the _____________ times. [Romans 5:3-5] We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. I have a hope that ________________ back. I don't have hope for __________________, I have hope in _____________________. [Psalm 20:7 (NIV)] Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. [Jeremiah 29:5] “Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce. [Jeremiah 29:7] And work for the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare.” As you ____________ others, you position yourself to receive _________________. [Jeremiah 29:12-13] In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13 If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. God will give us hope in middle of _________________. [Hebrews 10:23] Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

[2 Chronicles 20:1-4] After this, the armies of the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites declared war on Jehoshaphat. [2] Messengers came and told Jehoshaphat, "A vast army from Edom is marching against you from beyond the Dead Sea. They are already at Hazazon-tamar." (This was another name for En-gedi.) [3] Jehoshaphat was terrified by this news and begged the LORD for guidance. He also ordered everyone in Judah to begin fasting. [4] So people from all the towns of Judah came to Jerusalem to seek the LORD's help.The ________________ you are facing is not yours to ________________.The moment you __________________, God steps in and fights for you.[2 Chronicles 20:15] He said, "Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid! Don't be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God's.God never meant for you to fight ________________.[2 Chronicles 20:17a] But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the LORD's victory.Victory doesn't come from ________________ harder; it comes from ________________ more![2 Chronicles 20:21-22] After consulting the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the LORD and praising him for his holy splendor. This is what they sang: "Give thanks to the LORD; his faithful love endures forever!" [22] At the very moment they began to sing and give praise, the LORD caused the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir to start fighting among themselves.________________ is a ______________ in spiritual battles.There is _______________ on the other side of your praise.[Romans 8:35, 37] Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death [37] No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.We don't fight _______ victory; we fight _________ victory!

[1 Corinthians 13:13] Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. God wants us to __________ in these three areas. [Hebrews 11:1] Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Faith is being _________________ that what we hope for will actually happen. Faith is patience with ______________. [Hebrews 11:6] And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him. We all have faith in _______________. [John 15:7] But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! I don't need to _________ faith to __________ faith. [Psalm 23:4] Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff—they comfort me. [Mark 9:23-24] “What do you mean, ‘If I can'?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.” 24 The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!” The presence of ___________ does not indicate the ________________ of faith. [2 Corinthians 5:7] For we walk by faith, not by sight. Faith works best in times of ____________________. Some people's faith is like _________ ___________, they only break it out for special occasions. [Romans 10:17] So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.

Explorers are looking for ______________ while settlers are looking for ______________. [Genesis 11:31] One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram's wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran's child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there. Terah settled before he reached the _______________ ___________. Don't settle for __________ than God's __________! [Philippians 3:12-14] I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. [13] No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, [14] I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. Don't settle for a life dictated by ___________________ and previous experiences. [Galatians 6:9] So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. Don't spend the night in a rest area when you have a _________ _______________ waiting for you. If the devil can't get you to __________ he will get you to ________________. I'm not gonna settle for something ___________ when God's got something ____________. [1 Peter 5:10] In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.

[Ezekiel 37:1-2] The LORD took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the LORD to a valley filled with bones. [2] He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out.God specializes in bringing __________ to __________ places.[Psalm 63:1] A psalm of David, regarding a time when David was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.Recognizing __________________ is the first step toward __________________.[Ezekiel 37:3-4] Then he asked me, "Son of man, can these bones become living people again?" "O Sovereign LORD," I replied, "you alone know the answer to that." [4] Then he said to me, "Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, 'Dry bones, listen to the word of the LORD!We ____________ to position ourselves to hear God's voice.[Isaiah 41:10] Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.We don't need more __________________, we need God's __________________.[Ezekiel 37:9-10] Then he said to me, "Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message and say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again.'" [10] So I spoke the message as he commanded me, and breath came into their bodies. They all came to life and stood up on their feet--a great army.God's ________________ brings life where there was death.God breathes __________ life into what seems beyond __________.[Acts 3:19-20] Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. [20] Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah.

[Zechariah 4:6] It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies. You can't win the battles in life by your own ____________. [Colossians 1:13-14] For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, [14] who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins. Your freedom has already been _____________. The Holy Spirit brings _____________ The Holy Spirit doesn't point out your sin to _____________ your life, but to ____________ your life! [John 16:7-8] But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don't, the Advocate won't come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. [8] And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God's righteousness, and of the coming judgment. [Romans 8:1-2] So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. [2] And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. True conviction doesn't point to our __________, but to our _____________. We respond with ________________ Confession is ____________ admitting that you were wrong [1 John 1:8-9] If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. [9] But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. [James 5:16] Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. Confession to God brings _______________, and confession to each other brings _________________. We gain freedom through _______________ [Acts 3:19] Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. Repentance requires ________________. [John 8:32] And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” [1 Corinthians 6:14] God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.

A spiritual awakening begins when we respond to God's call with ___________________________ devotion.[Joel 2:12] That is why the LORD says, "Turn to me now, while there is time. Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.Half-hearted _______________ leads to spiritual _______________.[Revelation 3:15-16] "I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! [16] But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!A spiritual awakening starts with a _________________ heart.[Joel 2:13] Don't tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead." Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish.God wants inner ____________________, not religious _______________.God doesn't call us back to _______________ us; He calls us to _______________ us.[Psalm 145:8] The LORD is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.God's _______________ is always greater than our _______________.[Joel 2:15 NIV] Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly.Now is the time to _______________ __________![Proverbs 8:17 NIV] I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

[Zechariah 4:6] It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies. You can't win the battles in life by your own ____________. [Colossians 1:13-14] For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, [14] who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins. Your freedom has already been _____________. The Holy Spirit brings _____________ The Holy Spirit doesn't point out your sin to _____________ your life, but to ____________ your life! [John 16:7-8] But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don't, the Advocate won't come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. [8] And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God's righteousness, and of the coming judgment. [Romans 8:1-2] So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. [2] And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. True conviction doesn't point to our __________, but to our _____________. We respond with ________________ Confession is ____________ admitting that you were wrong [1 John 1:8-9] If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. [9] But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. [James 5:16] Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. Confession to God brings _______________, and confession to each other brings _________________. We gain freedom through _______________ [Acts 3:19] Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. Repentance requires ________________. [John 8:32] And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” [1 Corinthians 6:14] God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.

Our faith is not meant to be ________________.[Colossians 4:2] Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. Prayer should not be our last ________________, it's should be our first ________________.[Matthew 26:40-41] Then he returned to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Couldn't you watch with me even one hour? [41] Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!"If we're not spiritually ________________, we can drift away from our ________________.[1 Thessalonians 5:16-18] Always be joyful. [17] Never stop praying. [18] Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.A thankful heart shifts our focus from our _______________ to God's ________________.[Colossians 4:3-4] Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ. That is why I am here in chains. [4] Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should. When God opens a ________________ you need to have the ________________ to walk through it.[Colossians 4:5] Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity.People should ________________ Jesus in us before they ever ________________ about Him from us.[Colossians 4:6] Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.Our words should be ________________ people to Jesus.

[Philippians 4:19] And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. God's supply is not based on _______ riches, but on _____. [1 Kings 17:6-12] The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook. [7] But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land. [8] Then the Lord said to Elijah, [9] “Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.” [10] So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?” [11] As she was going to get it, he called to her, “Bring me a bite of bread, too.” [12] But she said, “I swear by the Lord your God that I don't have a single piece of bread in the house. And I have only a handful of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jug. I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal, and then my son and I will die.” God has a ______________ for your ______________. We tend to be more ______________ about our problems than about God's provision. If you release what's in your ______________ He will release what's in His ______________. [Luke 6:38] Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.” Every ______________ begins with a problem. [Acts 3:3-6] When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for some money. [4] Peter and John looked at him intently, and Peter said, “Look at us!” [5] The lame man looked at them eagerly, expecting some money. [6] But Peter said, “I don't have any silver or gold for you. But I'll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and walk!” When God is your ______________ you will never lack. God makes the ______________ before it is even ______________. [Matthew 6:31-33] “So don't worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?' [32] These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. [33] Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

[Colossians 3:10-11] Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. [11] In this new life, it doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.If you belong to Jesus, your _____________ life is gone.[Colossians 3:12a] Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves,
You are _____________, _____________ and _____________![1 Peter 2:9] But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God's very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.You don't need to _____________ your place in God's family.[Colossians 3:12-14] Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. [13] Make allowance for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. [14] Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.The defining quality of a follower of Jesus is ____________.[Colossians 3:15-17] And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. [16] Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. [17] And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.Let Christ's _____________ rule your heart not stress, fear, or anxiety.If Jesus isn't the __________________ of your life, something else is.

[Matthew 11:28] “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. No other religion makes this __________________. [Hebrews 4:16] So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. God wants us to approach with __________________. [Luke 11:5-10] Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend's house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him, [6] ‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.' [7] And suppose he calls out from his bedroom, ‘Don't bother me. The door is locked for the night, and my family and I are all in bed. I can't help you.' [8] But I tell you this—though he won't do it for friendship's sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence. [9] “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. [10] For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. There is power in __________________ prayer. If we pursued prayer like we pursue other things, we would see __________________ __________________. Don't give up, you may be on the brink of a _______________. [Galatians 6:9] Let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. Don't miss out on your harvest of blessing because you _________ ________. [Philippians 4:6-7] Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. [7] Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. [1 Thessalonians 5:17] Never stop praying. [James 5:13-16] Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises. [14] Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord. [15] Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven. [16] Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. Never _____________________ the power of prayer.

[Colossians 2:2-3] I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God's mysterious plan, which is Christ himself. [3] In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Everything we ______________ is found in Jesus. [Colossians 2:6-7] And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. [7] Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. Your ___________________ determines your ___________________. [Colossians 2:8-9] Don't let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. [9] For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. The best way to recognize ___________________ is to know the ___________________. [John 8:32] And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." If you don't stand ___________________ in Christ, you'll ___________________ for anything. [Colossians 2:10] So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority. In Jesus, you are already ___________________! When you're rooted in Christ ___________________ can shake you. [Colossians 2:20-21] You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as, [21] "Don't handle! Don't taste! Don't touch!"?

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[Colossians 1:15] Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, If we want to know what God is like, we look at _______. [John 1:18] No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father's heart. He has revealed God to us. When Jesus is _________________ in your life everything else falls into place. [Colossians 1:16-17] for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see--such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. [17] He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. Jesus made you for Himself and your life will only ______________ _____________ when you live for Him. [Colossians 1:18] Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. The key to a Christ-centered life is total _________________. We serve _________________ King. [Colossians 1:19-22] For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, [20] and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ's blood on the cross. [21] This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. [22] Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. Jesus specializes in _________________.

If you are a follower of Jesus you have been given special ____________. [2 Timothy 1:6] This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. A spiritual gift is a supernatural ________________ given to all Christians to do God's work on earth. [1 Corinthians 12:7, 11] A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. [11] It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have. All gifts are useful, but they often go _____________. [Romans 12:6-8] In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. [7] If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. [8] If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly. These gifts are given to you to be used in the Church to minister to _______________ and the _______________. [1 Corinthians 12:8-10] To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. [9] The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing. [10] He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. How do you find out what gifts you have? 1. _______________ what the Bible says about gifts. 2. Ask God to _______________ you your gifts. 3. _______________ what you enjoy and do well. 4. Take a spiritual gifts __________. (http://thrive.church/shape/) 5. ________ what the Holy Spirit leads you to ________. The church is ___________________ without your gift. [1 Peter 4:10-11] God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. [11] Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen. Use your gift as though God was doing it ________________ you.

[Genesis 41:14-16] Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was quickly brought from the prison. After he shaved and changed his clothes, he went in and stood before Pharaoh. [15] Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream last night, and no one here can tell me what it means. But I have heard that when you hear about a dream you can interpret it." [16] "It is beyond my power to do this," Joseph replied. "But God can tell you what it means and set you at ease." God wants us to learn _______________ before He fulfills the dream. [James 4:10] Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor. God is shaping us through the __________ ____________. [Genesis 41:37-41] Joseph's suggestions were well received by Pharaoh and his officials. [38] So Pharaoh asked his officials, "Can we find anyone else like this man so obviously filled with the spirit of God?" [39] Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, clearly no one else is as intelligent or wise as you are. [40] You will be in charge of my court, and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting on my throne, will have a rank higher than yours." [41] Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I hereby put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt." What feels __________ to us is never beyond God's ability to ______________. [Genesis 45:2-3] Then he broke down and wept. He wept so loudly the Egyptians could hear him, and word of it quickly carried to Pharaoh's palace. [3] "I am Joseph!" he said to his brothers. "Is my father still alive?" But his brothers were speechless! They were stunned to realize that Joseph was standing there in front of them. When God resurrects a dream, it's always ____________ than we imagined. [John 11:25] Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Keep your eyes on ___________ not on the ___________. [Isaiah 40:31 ESV] but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. A godly dream builds ___________ rather than _____________.

God has a ____________ for your life. [Romans 8:14] For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. Life is a series of ____________ and ____________. THINGS WE SHOULD STOP Stop Looking to Other _______________ Besides God [Romans 12:2] Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. [Proverbs 13:20] Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble. Many people want to know the ____________ without knowing the ____________. Use circumstances ____________ God's Will not to discern God's Will. Stop Allowing ____________________ to Lead Stop Being Led By ________________________ [Jeremiah 17:9a] “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. THINGS WE SHOULD START Start in ____________ ____________ [Psalm 119:105] Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. Stop listening for a ____________ and start looking for a ____________! Start Asking the __________ ___________ to Guide You [John 16:13a] When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. Must Be Willing to ____________ [Matthew 7:24 CSB] “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. God expects you to obey what you ____________ ____________ before He shows you step two. [Proverbs 3:5-6] Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. [6] Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.

God wants you to have ____________. [1 Corinthians 4:20] For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living by God's power. [2 Timothy 1:7] For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. God wants us to live a __________-_______ life not a __________-_______ life. Jesus ___________________ when He left that he would send the Holy Spirit. [Acts 1:4-5] Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, “Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told you before. [5] John baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” The Holy Spirit wants to _____________ your life. [Acts 1:8] But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” The Holy Spirit gives us power to be a _______________. Some people aren't __________ of the Holy Spirit. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is available to ____________ _________________! Does the Holy Spirit have __________ of me? [Romans 8:11] The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. Some people are ______________ the Holy Spirit. [Acts 7:51] “You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That's what your ancestors did, and so do you! [1 Corinthians 12:3] So I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God will curse Jesus, and no one can say Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.

[Isaiah 46:9-10] "Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done". You can't do __________ things without first going through ____________ times. Sometimes God allows seemingly _____________ things to happen for a purpose that only He knows at the time. [Genesis 37:32-33] And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, “This we have found; please identify whether it is your son's robe or not.” And he identified it and said, “It is my son's robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces. In many ways, in _____________ for a dream to be fulfilled, it must _____________. [Isaiah 55:8-9] “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts” God knows more than ___________ do about what you are going through. [Genesis 39:1-4] The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to succeed in his hands. So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had. Let go and __________________God.

[Daniel 3:16-18] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we don't need to give you an answer to this question. [17] If the God we serve exists, then he can rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he can rescue us from the power of you, the king. [18] But even if he does not rescue us, we want you as king to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.” I'm going to stay ______________ even if God doesn't ______________ me! [Daniel 3:25] He exclaimed, “Look! I see four men, not tied, walking around in the fire unharmed; and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.” God did not ________________ them from going into the fire, but He stopped them from being __________________. [Psalms 23:4] Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me. God uses the fire to ______________ us. When you lose your temper you always ______________. [Proverbs 25:28] A person who does not control his temper is like a city whose wall is broken down. [Ephesians 4:26-27] And “don't sin by letting anger control you.” Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry, [27] for anger gives a foothold to the devil. Foothold (Greek: topos): An ______________ place [2 Corinthians 4:8-9] We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. [9] We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. Even in an unpredictable world, God is ______________ and will not ______________. Sometimes the only thing that keeps you from collapsing is knowing that God is ______________. [2 Corinthians 4:17-18] For our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! [18] So we don't look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. What you are going through won't last ______________. [Isaiah 43:2] When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. You were made to go ______________ the fire, not to __________ in it.

It takes faith to see our ____________________ come true. [Hebrews 11:1] Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. God wants us to give us ____________________________. The ____________________ of dream isn't what matters, it's ____________________ gave you dream. A dream from God points to something _________________ than yourself. [Genesis 37:5-11] One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever. [6] "Listen to this dream," he said. [7] "We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!" [8] His brothers responded, "So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?" And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them. [9] Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. "Listen, I have had another dream," he said. "The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!" [10] This time he told the dream to his father as well as to his brothers, but his father scolded him. "What kind of dream is that?" he asked. "Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow to the ground before you?" [11] But while his brothers were jealous of Joseph, his father wondered what the dreams meant. The dreams that God gives are for the benefit of _________. [John 3:30] He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less. Our dreams will often come as ____________________ we are called to fix. [Exodus 2:11] Many years later, when Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he saw how hard they were forced to work. During his visit, he saw an Egyptian beating one of his fellow Hebrews. The ____________________ of the dream isn't in our ____________________. Ephesians 3:20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

Are you getting bent ________ of shape or bent _________ shape? [Psalm 34:18-19] The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. [19] The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time. Brokenness is the path to _____________. [Proverbs 16:5] The Lord detests the proud; they will surely be punished. ______________ comes before the ______________. God will use what's breaking you to bring a __________________. There is always ______________ when God is working on the ______________. [Philippians 3:21] He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control. If you try to ______________ the breaking process, God will just start over again. [2 Corinthians 1:8-10] We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. [9] In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. [10] And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us. God wants you to learn to ______________ on him. [Matthew 5:4] God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted. What needs to be broken in me so that God's ____________ can shine out? [John 12:24-25] I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives. [25] Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity. Something has to die before ________ ________ can begin.

______________ ________ _________ ____________. [Matthew 11:28] Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Jesus invites us to come to Him with our _______________ and _______________. [Luke 5:29-32] Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi's fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them. [30] But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus' disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with such scum?" [31] Jesus answered them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor--sick people do. [32] I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent." God still __________ _________ when you feel unloveable. [Luke 14:16-23] Jesus replied with this story: "A man prepared a great feast and sent out many invitations. [17] When the banquet was ready, he sent his servant to tell the guests, 'Come, the banquet is ready.' [18] But they all began making excuses. One said, 'I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.' [19] Another said, 'I have just bought five pairs of oxen, and I want to try them out. Please excuse me.' [20] Another said, 'I now have a wife, so I can't come.' [21] "The servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was furious and said, 'Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.' [22] After the servant had done this, he reported, 'There is still room for more.' [23] So his master said, 'Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full. No matter what you have done, you are ________________. [2 Corinthians 5:17] This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! Come as you are, but ____________ __________ that way. Jesus _______________ us too much to _______________ us as we are. [Romans 15:7] Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory. Church should be a place where __________________ is __________________ and loved.'

[1 Peter 1:6-7] So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. [7] These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. God is ______________ us into the image of Jesus. God is calling us to be a ______________ of Jesus to the world. If a situation is out of ___________ ______________, it is in God's. We can face the fires in life __________ __________ because we know who is in control. [Matthew 5:8] God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God. Pure (Katharos): Clean, pure. Purified by ______________. The problem is that we want to ______________ God, but we ______________ want to go through the fire. [Ephesians 4:31-32] Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. [32] Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. THE REFINER'S PROCESS - ____________________ Conviction is when the _________ __________ guides us away from wrong things. [2 Corinthians 7:10] For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There's no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death. - ___________________ Confession is admitting that _______ _________ __________. [1 John 1:8-9] If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. [9] But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. - ___________________ Repentance is when we ___________ ___________ from sin. You can't _________ Jesus to your life and not ______________ sin. [Psalm 119:9] How can a young person stay pure? By obeying your word. [2 Corinthians 7:1] ...let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God. God is never going to let me ______________!

A ____________ is created by something uncomfortable. Every ______________ in our life is designed to become a pearl. [James 1:2-4] Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. [3] For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. [4] So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. Your irritation wasn't designed to _______________ you but to help you ______________. God is shaping you because you are _____________ to Him. [Romans 8:17-18] And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God's glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering. [18] Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. If you are praying for a situation and God isn't ___________ it, it's a sign that God is _______________ on you. [Isaiah 48:10] I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering. God isn't as interested in changing my _________________ as He is changing _________. God may never remove the irritation but you can _________ to a point that it won't __________________ you anymore. [1 Peter 4:12-13] Dear friends, don't be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you. [13] Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world. God loves you too much to ____________ you how you are. [James 1:12] God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. How we handle the ______________ things will determine the kind of life we live. [Philippians 1:6] And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

We can trust God in _______________ circumstance. [Matthew 1:18-19] This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. [19] Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly. God's plan always takes ________________ over our plans. Faith is trusting God's plan even when we don't __________________ it. [Matthew 1:20-21] As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. [21] And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." God's interruptions are actually His __________________ to something greater. [Matthew 1:24] When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. Courage is _______________ God even when the path is __________________. [Philippians 2:3-4] Don't be selfish; don't try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. [4] Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. God blesses those who walk in _________________. [Matthew 2:13-15] After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother," the angel said. "Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him." [14] That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother, [15] and they stayed there until Herod's death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: "I called my Son out of Egypt." Our _______________ must be demonstrated with our _______________.

[Joshua 2:1] Then Joshua secretly sent out two spies from the Israelite camp at Acacia Grove. He instructed them, “Scout out the land on the other side of the Jordan River, especially around Jericho.” So the two men set out and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there that night. [Joshua 2:8-13] Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up on the roof to talk with them. [9] “I know the Lord has given you this land,” she told them. “We are all afraid of you. Everyone in the land is living in terror. [10] For we have heard how the Lord made a dry path for you through the Red Sea when you left Egypt. And we know what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River, whose people you completely destroyed. [11] No wonder our hearts have melted in fear! No one has the courage to fight after hearing such things. For the Lord your God is the supreme God of the heavens above and the earth below. [12] “Now swear to me by the Lord that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that [13] when Jericho is conquered, you will let me live, along with my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families.” Rahab was a prostitute who was willing to take a ____________ for the people of God. Kind (Hebrew: Chesed): Covenant-love. An obligation to _______. An agreement God made with His people to love & ______________ them. [Joshua 2:15-18] Then, since Rahab's house was built into the town wall, she let them down by a rope through the window. [16] “Escape to the hill country,” she told them. “Hide there for three days from the men searching for you. Then, when they have returned, you can go on your way.” [17] Before they left, the men told her, “We will be bound by the oath we have taken only if you follow these instructions. [18] When we come into the land, you must leave this scarlet rope hanging from the window through which you let us down. And all your family members—your father, mother, brothers, and all your relatives—must be here inside the house. It takes faith to believe something when the probability is ____________ it. [James 2:14] What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don't show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? Faith is demonstrated by your ________ not your ______________. [James 2:25-26] Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road. [26] Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works. When you __________, you demonstrate faith. And when you demonstrate faith, you see ___________ move. [Joshua 6:22-25] Meanwhile, Joshua said to the two spies, “Keep your promise. Go to the prostitute's house and bring her out, along with all her family.” [23] The men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all the other relatives who were with her. They moved her whole family to a safe place near the camp of Israel. [24] Then the Israelites burned the town and everything in it. Only the things made from silver, gold, bronze, or iron were kept for the treasury of the Lord's house. [25] So Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute and her relatives who were with her in the house, because she had hidden the spies Joshua sent to Jericho. And she lives among the Israelites to this day. No matter how bad your ______________ was it doesn't have to control __________________ if you make the right decision ___________. [Matthew 1:5-6] Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab). Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth). Obed was the father of Jesse. [6] Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah). In God's Kingdom the ____________ of sinners is just as welcome as the _________ of saints.

[Matthew 2:1-2] Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, [2] "Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him."  God will ______________ us when we ______________ Him. [Daniel 2:10-11] The astrologers replied to the king, "No one on earth can tell the king his dream! And no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer! [11] The king's demand is impossible. No one except the gods can tell you your dream, and they do not live here among people." [Daniel 9:25-26] Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler--the Anointed One--comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times. [26] "After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end. The stars __________________ to declare the birth of Jesus. Faith starts with seeking God in every __________________. [Matthew 2:3; 7-8] King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem. [7] Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared. [8] Then he told them, "Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!" A new King was born who would reign __________________. [Matthew 2:9-12] After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was. [10] When they saw the star, they were filled with joy! [11] They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. [12] When it was time to leave, they returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod. Worship gives God our ______________.

[2 Kings 4:1] One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the Lord. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.” When you don't have what you really ______________, God is what you really ______________. [2 Kings 4:2] “What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” “Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil,” she replied. Stop waiting for what you ______________ and start working with what you ______________. We serve a God who specializes in doing a __________ with a ______________. God loves to take our ______________ and make it into ______________. Offer God what we ______________ and trust him to give you what you ______________. [2 Kings 4:3-6] And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors. [4] Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled.” [5] So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after another. [6] Soon every container was full to the brim! “Bring me another jar,” she said to one of her sons. “There aren't any more!” he told her. And then the olive oil stopped flowing. God can turn ______________ things into __________ blessings. [2 Kings 4:7] When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.” When we show God our ______________ we get to see His ___________________. [2 Corinthians 4:7 CSB] Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.

[Mark 5:21-24] Jesus got into the boat again and went back to the other side of the lake, where a large crowd gathered around him on the shore. [22] Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet, [23] pleading fervently with him. “My little daughter is dying,” he said. “Please come and lay your hands on her; heal her so she can live.” [24] Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around him. Jesus was, and is, about doing His Father's _______________. (Luke 2:49) [Mark 5:25-26] A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. [26] She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. We all have _____________, that if not addressed, keep us out of relationships with __________, _____________, and _____________. [Mark 5:27-29] She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. [28] For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed." [29] Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition. Faith requires that we show it in _________ _____________. (James 2:14) [Mark 5:30-32] Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my robe?” [31] His disciples said to him, “Look at this crowd pressing around you. How can you ask, ‘Who touched me?'” [32] But he kept on looking around to see who had done it. The large crowd pressed Jesus from all sides, but only this _______ _______________ _______________ was healed. [Mark 5:33] Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done. She knew that she was in the presence of the ______________ _______________. [Mark 5:34] And he said to her, “Daughter, your FAITH has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.” [Luke 4:18] “The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free,”

[Daniel 6:1-3] Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province. [2] The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king's interests. [3] Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel's great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire. Gratitude is an act of rebellion against ______________. [Daniel 6:10-12] But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. [11] Then the officials went together to Daniel's house and found him praying and asking for God's help.  Faithfulness in ______________ ______________ builds unshakable faith. [Daniel 2:23a] I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors, for you have given me wisdom and strength. We need to ______________ and ______________ for the difficult times. Prayer should be a daily ___________________, not a ______________ reaction. [Daniel 6:16-22] So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to him, "May your God, whom you serve so faithfully, rescue you." [17] A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own royal seal and the seals of his nobles, so that no one could rescue Daniel. [18] Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn't sleep at all that night. [19] Very early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the lions' den. [20] When he got there, he called out in anguish, "Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?" [21] Daniel answered, "Long live the king! [22] My God sent his angel to shut the lions' mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty." Gratitude is a form of ___________________, faith. [1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV] give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Give thanks even when life is ___________________,. [Hebrews 13:15] Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name.