CONTINUED… Hosea’s Personal Context How God used Hosea’s marriage to Gomer as an extended metaphor representing Israel and her relationship to God is nothing less than bizarre. The “nutshell” version is that Israel broke God’s covenant, just as Gomer broke her marriage covenant with Hosea. Israel’s greatest sin is idolatry (other god’s) which comes fromContinue reading “Hosea”
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Prayer & Engaging the World: the overflow of Communion with God
Reunion Church – Kris Jensen – Week 1 March 7, 2018 Today & Next week: We want to live and serve out of our connection to God, from the overflow of that intimacy. We will talk about prayer which builds that life-giving communion that we and God long for. Today we are going to talkContinue reading “Prayer & Engaging the World: the overflow of Communion with God”
Hosea
This Message is Important and Here is Why We Need to Listen Prophets sometimes do strange bizarre things. For three years. Isaiah embarrassed people by walking the streets dressed like a prisoner of war. For several months, Jeremiah carried a yoke of oxen on his shoulders. The prophet Ezekiel acted like a little boy andContinue reading “Hosea”
521 x 2018
Last week we talked about the 5-2-1 as it pertains to us personally. We talked about it beginning with daily personal time with Jesus Christ through worship, prayer and His Word. This is a relationship like no other you will have in your lifetime. In this we will find our new identity in Him andContinue reading “521 x 2018”
Our Guy Haggai
Let’s start with a little historical background on what was going on at the time as Haggai began his ministry: In the year 536bc Cyrus, the King of Persia signed a decree allowing the Jews to return to the Holy Land (they had been in captivity for 70 years); commissioning Ezra to rebuild the Temple.Continue reading “Our Guy Haggai”
5-2-1 Practical Applications – Biblical Strategies with Biblical possibilities with Biblical outcome
What does the 5-2-1 mean as it pertains to me personally? We need to have a Biblical strategy or plan of action of how I am to live as a child of God. What I have been given by God, through Christ Jesus, and what does He expect me to do with it? With thatContinue reading “5-2-1 Practical Applications – Biblical Strategies with Biblical possibilities with Biblical outcome”
Jonah – The Final Connection: Jonah-Jesus-521
The mission of our day is God’s mercy made available for people of all color, creed, and culture. From every dark and hidden corner to every great and wicked city of the world. The message of that mission is that God cares for all people, and He loves all people, and He has made aContinue reading “Jonah – The Final Connection: Jonah-Jesus-521”
Jonah’s Big Picture: What He Lost In Rebellion – What He Gained In Repentance
Jonah 2:2-5 “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed overContinue reading “Jonah’s Big Picture: What He Lost In Rebellion – What He Gained In Repentance”
Equipped for the 521 – Multiplied X 2018
I. The Second Coming of Jonah – The Story of the Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-20 11 To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons. 12 The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divideContinue reading “Equipped for the 521 – Multiplied X 2018”
Equipped for the 521 – Multiplied X 2018
Excerpt from The 521 (Intro) What are we doing with what we have been given? Are we giving life to others, or are we squeezing that life out of them? Are we maximizing and multiplying our time, talent, and treasure? What is our plan for using what God has given to us for leading growth,Continue reading “Equipped for the 521 – Multiplied X 2018”