The 10 Camel Test
1. Rebekah Didn’t Know What She Was About to Experience Was Going to Be A Test.
2. Rebekah Passed The Test Because of Her Devotion.
3. Rebekah Passed The Test Because She Was An Initiator.
4. Rebekah Passed The Test Because of Her Sensitivity.
5. Rebekah Passed The Test Because She Committed to Her Task.
6. Rebekah Passed The Test Without Calculating.
Nehemiah
Nehemiah 1-2
God Invites All Believers
Seriousness Gets Specifics
Crisis Of Faith
Faith Changes You First
I Must Die To Myself
Invitation Often Comes As A Burden
When You Don’t Know What To Do, Do What You Know
Practice Faith Over Facts
Don’t Let Fear Diminish Your Faith
In Order To Experience The Work Of God, You Must Be Involved In The Work Of God
Having a Heart on Fire for God.
Having a Heart on Fire for God.
1. God’s Character is Compared to a Fire.
Deuteronomy 4:24
“For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.”
2. God is Working in Us to Keep the Fire Burning By the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 3:11
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
(A) Through God’s Word.
“Jeremiah 20:9
But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.”
(B) In Jesus’ Presence.
Luke 24:32
“They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
3. We Are Responsible for Keeping the Fire Burning.
Romans 12:11
“Do not lack diligence; be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord.”
Fervent
“Intense Emotion”
“Extremely Hot”
4. We Are Not to Quench the Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
“ Do not quench the Spirit.”
Quench
“To Stifle”
“To Extinguish”
“Where the Spirit is, He burns.”
Running Away From Your Problems is a Race You Will Never Win.
Running Away From Your Problems Is A Race You Will Never Win.
Psalm 55
I. The Fearful Description of Agony.
(A) The Inward Agony. 2,4,5
(B) The Outward Agony. 3,10,14
(C) The Agony of Betrayal. 12-14
II. The Fantasy of Escaping From it All. 6-8
III. The Faith Not to Run, But Stay And Trust God.
(A) Place A Call. 16
(B) Make God Your Obsession. 17
(C) Leave Your Burden With God. 22
Jesus, The Light of The World
1. Jesus Is The Light Of The World
John 8
12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of Life.”
2. You Are Jesuses
What Does That Mean?
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;
15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Love
Joy
Peace
Patience
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self Control