2022.09.28 - Marked For Life

2022.09.28 - Marked For Life 

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

10:45 AM

 

Genesis 32:24-32

 

24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh .

32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh , unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. KJV

 

1.   God Is An Agent Of Change

                             i.   Acts 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus . KJV 

2.   God Encounters Will Change You 

                i.         Jacob 

                             i.         Change of name

1.   Jacob means - 

a.    Heel catcher

b.   Supplanter

2.   Israel means - 

a.    Have power or strength 

b.   He will rule as God

                           ii.         Limped for the rest of his life 

             ii.         Jonah

                             i.         Bleached by time inside the great fish

                           ii.         Imagine what he looked liked when he was vomited out

           iii.         Saul 

                             i.         Name change

1.   Saul means

a.    Ask, beg, borrow, request, demand

b.   Cease, leave, refrain, come to an end

2.   Struck with blindness for three days

3.   Healed from religion

            iv.         Moses 

                             i.         Glowed after encounters with God 

                           ii.         Name change

1.   Moses means 

a.    Drawn out

b.   Named by Pharoahs daughter

c.    Unsure of his original name

                                                                      i.         Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. 24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; KJV

                                                                   ii.         Moses was pulled from the water by Bithiah, who was Pharoahs daughter whose name means "worshiper of God" and she was the one who actually named him Moses, 

                                                                 iii.         It was not just a random person who found the baby but one who worshiped God Almighty!

2022.09.21 - It Has Been Said

2022.09.21 - It Has Been Said

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

10:46 AM

 

Matthew 5:31-41

 

31 It hath been said , Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

 

32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

 

33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

 

34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:

 

35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

 

36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

 

37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

 

38 Ye have heard that it hath been said , An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

 

39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

 

40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

 

41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

KJV

 

Mark 8:27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

 

28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

KJV

 

 

1.     Personal Reference

a.     Story of my uncle

2.     The Words You Live By Are The Words You Will Die By

a.     The words that we live by are what we build the foundations of our faith upon, when storms of life, not, WHEN not IF, how we weather the storm will depend much on what we believe.  

b.     Some of the words that I convince myself of may bring a sense of peace, but drinking gets me away from reality for a moment also - it just hides my awareness of it and does not make the bad go away.

2022.09.18 - The Power of God

2022.09.18 - The Power of God 

Saturday, September 17, 2022

8:29 PM

 

You can still trust Him

 

God has not left the house

 

 

Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God  KJV

 

 

1 Kings 17:9-23

 

9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. KJV

2022.09.14 - Where Do You Live?

2022.09.14 - Where Do You Live?

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

2:03 PM

PFD in Alaska story - you must live in state for at least six months of the year.

 

Philippians 3:8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

 

9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

 

10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

 

11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

 

12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

 

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

 

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. KJV

 

1.    Identity

a.    We can find out identity in many things

                               i.         Our name or family name

                             ii.         Our job

                           iii.         How much money we make 

                            iv.         Even what we do

b.    Paul was a noted religious person of the day

c.    He went on to become a Christian and ceased looking at the accomplishments he thought at one time were worthwhile and later found his identity in Christ alone

                               i.         Verse 9 - and be found in Him . . .

2.    Identify Where You Are Standing

a.    Many times our "identity" or "self worth" comes from where we find ourselves standing

                               i.         If you are successful you may feel good and identify as a successful person 

3.    First Things First 

a.    My first priority is not always my priority

                               i.         Once it find things all set in order  I may tend to lose my focus on what I need to be focused on, I learn to be lax in doing, in serving, in striving.

4.    Forgetting 

a.    Means to literally lose out of mind, to neglect

b.    Taken from two words

                               i.         1909 - against, beside

                             ii.         2990 - be hid, be ignorant of, unaware of 

c.    Less ignorance is bliss and I am always smiling and more The Truth shall set me free

2022.09.07 - Decisions

2022.09.07 - Decisions 

Wednesday, September 07, 2022

12:09 PM

 

1.     Rolling Downhill

a.     Picture the Cross on Calvary 

                              i.         Rolling a stone (or me) up hill would be difficult, the longer I go and the closer I get the more likely the slower my progress and the more intentional each step, each movement, each decision.  

                            ii.         Rolling a stone (or me) downhill would be much easier, as a matter of fact if I am not braced the stone may even roll downhill with no help from me at all, and once it is loosed from it's purchase will likely just keep rolling building momentum all the way.

2.     George Jones - Choices

a.     I've had choices since the day that I was born

There were voices that told me right from wrong

If I had listened, no I wouldn't be here today

Living and dying with the choices I've made

 

I was tempted, by an early age I found

I liked drinkin', oh, and I never turned it down

There were loved ones but I turned them all away

Now I'm living and dying with the choices I've made

 

I've had choices since the day that I was born

There were voices that told me right from wrong

If I had listened, no I wouldn't be here today

Living and dying with the choices I've made

 

I guess I'm payin' for the things that I have done

If I could go back, oh, Lord knows I'd run

But I'm still losin' this game of life I play

Losing and dying with the choices I've made

 

I've had choices since the day that I was born

There were voices that told me right from wrong

If I had listened, no I wouldn't be here today

Living and dying with the choices I've made

 

Living and dying with the choices I've made

3.     David 

a.     2 Samuel 11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. KJV

                              i.         David sent Joab

1.     Joab later became a conspirator in David's demise.

                            ii.         David tarried still at Jerusalem 

b.     2 Samuel 11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. KJV

                              i.         Decision time - when he saw her there was a choice to be made

c.     2 Samuel 11:3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? KJV

d.     2 Samuel 11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house KJV