Is there something specific that you need God to do on your behalf? Are you wondering what He is doing in your life? Are you trying to discover a specific direction to take? Is there someone in your life who desperately needs God? Have you tried to talk with God about this, but it seems …
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This lesson actually builds on the one previous to it. We learned in that lesson that God’s very nature is communicated to us through the names used for him in the Old Testament. Knowing who God really is and how He works in our lives gives us the confidence to fully trust Him. When we …
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What is your name? Does it have any special meaning or significance? Even if you don’t know something specific about your name, your name was chosen especially for you. Our names are precious to us … they are a part of our identity. In Bible times names were even more important than they are today. …
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Jesus fulfilled over three hundred scriptures that foretold of His coming to be the Messiah! A “messiah” is an expected deliverer or savior of an entire people. In Jewish tradition, the Messiah is the expected king and deliverer of the Jews. In the Christian tradition, the Messiah is Jesus Christ—our Savior. Throughout the Old Testament …
Jesus made several “I am” statements that tell us who He is! • “I am the bread of life.”• “I am the light of the world”• “I am the good shepherd.”• “I am the door.”• “I am the resurrection and the life.”• “I am the way … truth … and the life.”• “I am the …
God reveals His will to us through: His Word, the Holy Spirit, other people, and providential circumstances. There is an old story about a man trapped on the top of his house during a flood or hurricane or tsunami (insert your own natural disaster). The water is swiftly rising. As this man sits on his roof, …
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Forgiveness … at times a very difficult word. A word that is critical to our relationship with God: We experience forgiveness because of what Christ did for us on the cross. When someone hurts us, we are often willing to forgive them based on the severity of their offense. If the offense doesn’t seem too …
As we think about being connected to other people in the body of Christ, it’s good to stop and consider the topic of anger. What? Anger? Why? Because angry people are hard to get along with … and they disrupt life in the body of Christ! Christian psychologist Henry Brandt spent nearly his entire professional …
As we’ve considered the different ways for you to grow in your relationship with God by hearing, reading, studying, and memorizing His Word, we’ve actually also been meditating on His truth, which is the focus of this lesson. Meditating involves taking a prayerful, serious approach to reflecting on a specific verse or passage. As you’ve …
As we have been discussing, there are five basic ways for you to grow in your knowledge and experience with God’s Word: hear it, read it, study it, memorize it, and meditate on it. In this lesson we will consider how memorizing God’s Word will help you tremendously. One of the most important reasons for …