Text: Exodus 10:27-11:8
Synopsis: The first nine plagues sent against Pharaoh and Egypt were the river turning to blood, frogs, lice, flies, murrain of beasts, boils, hail, locusts, and darkness. It was an almost comical situation up to this point - though annoying, none of the plagues was life-threatening. However, after Pharaoh grew tired of the game everything turned deadly serious. Pharaoh chose to discontinue the contact with Moses, resulting in the devastating plague of the deaths of the firstborn children.
Some “play church” today, much like Pharaoh did with Moses, for a time. It is dangerous, however, to reach a place where you no longer want to see or hear the preached Word from the man of God.
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Text: Luke 14:25-35
Synopsis: We all face pain in our lives, and it is easy to focus on the negative aspects of hurts. But pain offers a number of benefits. We learn and grow through our pain; pain reveals deeper problems in us; and pain allows us to empathize with others who are suffering as we are or were. Paul even spoke of his pain as a ministry.
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Text: Matthew 15:21-28
Synopsis: Many different Hebrew and Greek words are translated as “praise” or “worship” in the Bible, but they do not all mean the same thing. There is a level of proskuneo worship which goes beyond simple vocal affirmation; it means drawing near to God. This is the word used to describe the worship of the Canaanite woman in our text, and the type of worship we should seek to attain to.
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Text: Job 1:9-19
Synopsis: Job suffered four catastrophes in a single day, and in each case one and only one servant lived to carry the bad news back to Job. Could it be that these servants, out of the many in Job’s household, were chosen by Satan specifically for this task? We should be careful that we do not become purveyors of negativism and discouragement.
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Text: John 1:19-21, 35-41
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Three questions were asked in our text:
A. Who are you? (In verse 19; their other questions ins verse 21 were variations of this same question)
B. What are you seeking? (In verse 38)
C. Where do you live? (In verse 38)
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