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Numbers 13:2 (ESV) “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.”Moses/12 SpiesMoses killed menMoses FledBurning BushMoses ReturnsPlaguesNight of Death - FleePursuit to the SeaMiraculous Deliverance2 Years of Desert PreppingSeemingly SurvivingSee The Shift From Now To NextEcclesiastes 3:1–8 (ESV) For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.None of these seasons is a forever seasonRealizing it is not forever is criticalSensing the shift is critical* Shifting seasons* A Change In Circumstances* Defined By A Finish* Change In Fruitfulness* Sometimes Planned* Often Unexpected - Unexpected has a tendency to land us in survival mode. That's OK for a short time, but it can turn into a posture, which is absolutely unacceptable.1 Corinthians 2:14 (ESV) The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.Ephesians 5:10 (ESV) and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.Win The Now Numbers 13:2 (ESV) “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.”Numbers 13:17–20 (ESV) Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, “Go up into the Negeb and go up into the hill country, and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many, and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds, and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not. Be of good courage and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.Galatians 6:7 (ESV) Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.The NOW determines the NEXTYou are not just serving the seasons, you are planting for the next.The Now Is Not Always PrettyThe grind of a thingThe disappointment of a thing - outcomes vs. faithfulnessThe the failing of a thingThe victory of a thingThe end of a you thing What you do now matters.NOW Sets The Tone For NEXT
ADVENT – WEEK 1 Share real hope with your family, friends, and community! - Hope 103.2 (hope1032.com.au) … in the latter days… the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains… ISAIAH 2:2a (ESV) Send the Real Hope team a messageListen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2's app, Facebook or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
GODS LOGIC PUZZLE TO JOY Share real hope with your family, friends, and community! - Hope 103.2 (hope1032.com.au) Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 (ESV) Send the Real Hope team a messageListen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2's app, Facebook or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MARY & MARTHA OF BETHANY: A SERIES BY HEIDI WYSMAN Share real hope with your family, friends, and community! - Hope 103.2 (hope1032.com.au) Jesus wept. JOHN 11:35 (ESV) Send the Real Hope team a messageListen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2's app, Facebook or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MARY & MARTHA OF BETHANY: A SERIES BY HEIDI WYSMAN Share real hope with your family, friends, and community! - Hope 103.2 (hope1032.com.au) Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. JOHN 11:5 (ESV) Send the Real Hope team a messageListen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2's app, Facebook or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
KINDNESS Share real hope with your family, friends, and community! - Hope 103.2 (hope1032.com.au) And the king said, ‘Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?' 2 Samuel 9:3a (ESV) Send the Real Hope team a messageListen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2's app, Facebook or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES Share real hope with your family, friends, and community! - Hope 103.2 (hope1032.com.au) This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 JOHN 1:5–7 (ESV) Send the Real Hope team a messageListen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2's app, Facebook or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Podcast: Harrison Butker & Learning How to Be Unoffensible SHOW NOTES: Worldview of Harrison is unarguably CATHOLIC - therefore, the lens we use to view an opinion should be one of curiosity, not offense The reaction in the media goes to show us how a difference of opinion is so intolerable - you will be “cancelled”, ridiculed, and judged We can disagree with each other respectfully. We all have personal convictions, and sometimes they differ with other believers: alcohol, music, politics, etc. note: it's important to stand on God's truth, and be truth tellers over people pleasers. As believers we want to communicate TRUTH with GRACE & humility. As Christian's we always want to form our opinions based off scripture. “You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is beneficial. 1 Corinthians 10:23 NLT What if I disagree with a fellow Christian on a non-salvation issue? “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others.” Philippians 2:3-4 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefreedompodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefreedompodcast/support
Colossians 1:17–20 [17] And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. [18] And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. [19] For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, [20] and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 19:28–48 Slides Click Here [28] And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. [29] When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, [30] saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. [31] If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?' you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.'” [32] So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them. [33] And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” [34] And they said, “The Lord has need of it.” [35] And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. [36] And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road. [37] As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, [38] saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” [39] And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” [40] He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.” [41] And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, [42] saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. [43] For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side [44] and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.” [45] And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, [46] saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers.” [47] And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, [48] but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words. (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Colossians 1:15–17 [15] He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. [16] For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. [17] And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 19:11–27 [11] As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately. [12] He said therefore, “A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return. [13] Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Engage in business until I come.' [14] But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.' [15] When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business. [16] The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.' [17] And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.' [18] And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made five minas.' [19] And he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.' [20] Then another came, saying, ‘Lord, here is your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief; [21] for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.' [22] He said to him, ‘I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow? [23] Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?' [24] And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has the ten minas.' [25] And they said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!' [26] ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. [27] But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.'” (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Colossians 1:9–14 [9] And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, [10] so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; [11] being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; [12] giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. [13] He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, [14] in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 19:1–10 [1] He entered Jericho and was passing through. [2] And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. [3] And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. [4] So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. [5] And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” [6] So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. [7] And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” [8] And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” [9] And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. [10] For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Colossians 1:3–8 Thanksgiving and Prayer [3] We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, [4] since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, [5] because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, [6] which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, [7] just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf [8] and has made known to us your love in the Spirit. (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 18:18–30 [18] And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” [19] And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. [20] You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.'” [21] And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.” [22] When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” [23] But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. [24] Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! [25] For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” [26] Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” [27] But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” [28] And Peter said, “See, we have left our homes and followed you.” [29] And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, [30] who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.” (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
James 5:13–18 [13] Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. [14] Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. [15] And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. [16] Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. [17] Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. [18] Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit. (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 18:15–17 [15] Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. [16] But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. [17] Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 17:20–37 [20] Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, [21] nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!' or ‘There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.” [22] And he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. [23] And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!' or ‘Look, here!' Do not go out or follow them. [24] For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. [25] But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. [26] Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. [27] They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. [28] Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, [29] but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all—[30] so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. [31] On that day, let the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. [32] Remember Lot's wife. [33] Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it. [34] I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. [35] There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.” [37] And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.” (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Click to View Sermon Slides Luke 17:11–19 [11] On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. [12] And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance [13] and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” [14] When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. [15] Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; [16] and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. [17] Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? [18] Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” [19] And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.” (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 17:7–10 [7] “Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table'? [8] Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'? [9] Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? [10] So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'” (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 17:5–6 [5] The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” [6] And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 17:1–4 [1] And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! [2] It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. [3] Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, [4] and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,' you must forgive him.” (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 16:19–31 [19] “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. [20] And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, [21] who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. [22] The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, [23] and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. [24] And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.' [25] But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. [26] And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' [27] And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house—[28] for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' [29] But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' [30] And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' [31] He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.'” (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
James 4:13–17 [13] Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—[14] yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. [15] Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” [16] As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. [17] So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 16:13–18 [13] No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” [14] The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him. [15] And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. [16] “The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it. [17] But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void. [18] “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
James 4:11–12 [11] Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. [12] There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
James 4:1–10 [1] What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? [2] You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. [3] You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. [4] You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. [5] Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? [6] But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” [7] Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. [8] Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. [9] Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. [10] Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 16:1–13 [1] He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. [2] And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.' [3] And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. [4] I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.' [5] So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?' [6] He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.' He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' [7] Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?' He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.' [8] The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. [9] And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. [10] “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. [11] If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? [12] And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? [13] No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
James 3:13–18 [13] Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. [14] But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. [15] This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. [16] For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. [17] But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. [18] And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 15:11–32 [11] And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. [12] And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.' And he divided his property between them. [13] Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. [14] And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. [15] So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. [16] And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything. [17] “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! [18] I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. [19] I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”' [20] And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. [21] And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' [22] But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. [23] And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. [24] For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate. [25] “Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. [26] And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. [27] And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.' [28] But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, [29] but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. [30] But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!' [31] And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. [32] It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'” (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
Luke 15:1–10 [1] Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. [2] And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” [3] So he told them this parable: [4] “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? [5] And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. [6] And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' [7] Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. [8] “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? [9] And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.' [10] Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
James 3:5b–12 [5b] How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! [6] And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. [7] For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, [8] but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. [9] With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. [10] From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. [11] Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? [12] Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water. (ESV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edgewood-church/message
“For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Isaiah 55:12 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tasha-mack9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tasha-mack9/support
Do you have a spiritual "limp"? Yea, me too. Today we're talking about thorns, and the struggle to trust GOD with them. AMEN Scripture Reference: Romans 7:24-25 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
Share real hope with your family, friends, and community! - Hope 103.2 (hope1032.com.au) Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. JAMES 4:8a (ESV) Send the Real Hope team a messageListen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2's app, Facebook or Instagram. VISION Knowledge is love and light and vision. HELEN KELLER The year 2023 is here. While many people start the year with resolutions, we wanted to start the year with vision: the vision that God has for His people and the calling He has placed on every one of our lives. Let's start the year not with things to fix or improve, but with the vision to see past the ordinary day-to-day and to look to the future God has set for us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What is peace? GOD being in YOUR boat. GOD'S voice in your ear. GOD'S APPROVAL is your PEACE. AMEN Scripture Reference: Luke 8:22-25 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
GOD is faithful to a thousand generations. Faithfulness is a part a GOD'S character, it should be a part of ours as well. AMEN Scripture Reference: Ezekiel 3:1-3 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
"It is written, My house shall be called a house a prayer', but you make it a den of robbers". (Matthew 21:13 ESV) GOD has 1. A definite care and concern for HIS house, and 2. A desire for HIS children to pray to HIM. GOD loves you, and HE wants to hear from you today. AMEN Scripture References: Isaiah 56:7 ESV Matthew 21:12-13 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
Yeah, the LORD is checking us...HE is the only RIGHTEOUS judge. AMEN Scripture Reference: Romans 2:1-11 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
Becoming what GOD purposed you to be is a process that we have to surrender to and make peace with, sometimes everyday. Stay in the process with GOD. GOD is good, HE will not leave you or forsake you. AMEN Scripture Reference: Ezekiel 3:1-3 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
GOD commands us to keep love HIM and to keep HIS commands. When we feel like it, or when we don't feel like it...when we want to, and when we don't want to. It's our responsibility (with the Grace of GOD) to continue to pursue after righteousness in CHRIST JESUS. Scripture Reference: Deuteronomy 11:22-26 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
JESUS has already done the heavy lifting when it comes to our Faith. HE has made the absolute ULTIMATE sacrifice for us. Now, our job is to believe it and confess HIS truth with our mouths. AMEN Scripture Reference: Psalm 46:10-11 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
Becoming the person you need to become in order to walk into your future is NOT easy... but it is necessary. And it is worth it. Keep seeking after and following GOD. HE knows who you REALLY are. AMEN Scripture References: Isaiah 43:19 ESV Isaiah 44:8 ESV Isaiah 43:1 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
If you call on the name of The LORD, racism and division have no place among you. AMEN Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 ESV Revelations 7:9-12 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
What you do for GOD has lasting effects in HIS Kingdom. Keep doing the things (praying, seeking, serving, etc). It is NOT in vain Child of GOD. AMEN Scripture Reference: Philippians 3:14 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
Spiritual warfare is REAL, and we have to stay ready so we don't have to get ready! Our enemy is ALWAYS on the job, so we need to be as well. AMEN Scripture Reference: Ephesians 6:10-20 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
Matthew 4:17 tells us that JESUS began His ministry with "Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand." That means it just as relevant and true for us TODAY!!! AMEN Scripture Reference: Matthew 4:17 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
I know that it is tempting to follow other people's dreams and paths because the end result looks SO GOOD lol. But believe me, trusting in and seeking after GOD and allowing HIM to give you the desires of YOUR HEART is MUCH BETTER for you in the long run. AMEN Scripture References: Psalm 37:4 ESV Psalm 37:34 ESV Matthew 6:33 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message
GOD knows what HE has for you!!! HE knows and REMEMBERS what HE promised you!!! Stay patient and WAIT ON THE LORD!!! AMEN Scripture References: Psalm 31:24 ESV Isaiah 28:16 ESV --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erica-brown24/message