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Intro To Jonah Pt 2

7/31/2016

Points of Interest
Introduction to Jonah
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 89:1
II. Offering passage: I Chron. 29:9-14
III. Scripture references:

Eph. 2:4,5 - ‘because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)
2 Kings 14:25 – “He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.”
Ps. 139:7-10 - “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.”
Jonah 4:2 – “He prayed to the LORD and said, “Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.”
Phil 1:6 - “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.”

IV. Quotes:

Ray Stedman – ‘probably the best known yet least understood book in the Bible’

Lloyd John Ogilvie - ‘and the reason we love him (Jonah) is because he is so much like us in our response to God’s guidance’

V. Cross-references:

Nahum 3:1-4

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Intro to Jonah

7/24/2016

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Points of Interest
Introduction to Jonah
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 86:8-13
II. Offering passage: Ex. 25:1,2
III. Scripture references:

Ps. 119:161 – “But my heart stands in awe of Your words.”
Col. 1:6 – “which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth”
Prov. 14:34 - ‘righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people’
2 Kings 14:25 – “He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.
Eph. 2:4,5 - ‘because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)’

IV. Quotes:

Martin Luther - “sounding more strange than any poet’s fable; if it were not in the Bible, I should take it for a lie.”
Ray Stedman – ‘probably the best known yet least understood book in the Bible’
Lloyd John Ogilvie - ‘and the reason we love him (Jonah) is because he is so much like us in our response to God’s guidance’

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Psalm 119:169-176

7/17/2016

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Points of Interest
Psalm 119:169-176
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 73:23-26
II. Offering passage: Heb. 13:15,16
III. Scripture references:

Is. 53:6 ‘we all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way …’
Rom. 7:15 - “For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.”
Is. 53:6 – “… But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him.”
Rom. 7 - ‘For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate … For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not … Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? vv. 14, 15, 18, 24
Rom. 7:25 – “Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!”
Eph. 2:8,9 – “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.’
Rom. 8:30 – “and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.”
Phil 1:6 – “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.”

IV. Quotes:

Derek Kidner - ‘the note of urgent need on which the psalm ends … is proof enough that the love of Scripture … need not harden into academic pride. This man would have taken his stance not with the self-congratulating Pharisee of the parable, but with the publican who stood afar off, but went home justified’
RC Sproul - ‘if left to ourselves, we would not only gravitate toward, but would be swept into idolatry’
Augustine - “'Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
Martin Luther - ‘this verse is extremely emotional and full of tears, for truly we are all thus going astray …’
John Calvin - ‘it is a very profitable doctrine, when things in the world are in a state of great confusion, and when our safety is in danger amid so many and varied storms, to lift up our eyes to the judgements (ordinances) of God, and to seek a remedy in them’
Charles Bridges - ‘I cannot forbear to plead, that although a rebellious prodigal, I am still Thy servant, Thy child. I still bear the child’s mark of an interest in Thy covenant … let me then lie humbled and self-abased. But let me not forget my claim – what He has done for me.’

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Psalm 119:145-152

7/3/2016

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Points of Interest
Psalm 119:145-152
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 71:14-16
II. Offering passage: Phil. 4:18
III. Scripture references:

2 Tim. 1:9 – “who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity”
Eph. 1:4 – “just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world …’
Rom. 8:38,39 – “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Eph. 1:7 – “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace”
2 Cor. 5:21 – “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
2 Cor. 5:17 – “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”
Phil. 4:19 – “And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”

IV. Quotes:

Derek Kidner – ‘the threat is not glossed over; it is put in perspective by a bigger fact.’
John Bunyan – ‘in prayer, it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart’
Spurgeon - ‘he who rushes from his bed to his business and waits not to worship is as foolish as though he had not put on his clothes or cleansed his face and as unwise as though he dashed into battle without arms or armour. Be it ours to bathe in the softly flowing river of communion with God, before the heat of the wilderness and the burden of the way begin to oppress us.’

John Piper – ‘open the Bible, start reading it, and pause at every verse and turn it into a prayer’

V. Notes:

Prayer is to be:

   1. fervent
   2. frequent
   3. informed by the Word
   4. Biblical – praying His Word
   5. in faith

How Firm a Foundation

   How firm a foundation, you saints of the LORD … is laid for your faith    in His excellent Word!
   What more can He say than to you He has said … to you who for        refuge to Jesus have fled?
   Fear not, I am with you, O be not dismayed … for I AM                your God and will give you aid.

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Intro To Jonah Pt 2

Intro to Jonah

Psalm 119:169-176

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