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I Will Remember Their Sins No More (Hebrews 8:12)

Can God forget the sins we commit? If God can forget sins, how can He be said to be omniscient, or all-knowing? If God can’t forget things, how can He say He forgives us any more than angry people in marriage counseling forgive their spouse when they can’t forget it? The biblical answer is God doesn’t forget our sins, but He chooses not to remember them: “I will remember their sins no more” (Hebrews 8:12, see also Jeremiah 31:34 and Isaiah 43:25).https://youtu.be/yZNF8cWDYyQGod doesn’t for...

How a Wife Can Have the Inner Beauty of a Meek and Quiet Spirit (1 Peter 3:3-4)

How can a wife have the inner beauty of a meek and quiet spirit that 1 Peter 3:3-4 describes? Read or listen to this chapter from Your Marriage God’s Way to find out.Table of ContentsWHAT ABOUT JEWELRY AND MAKEUP?OUTWARD APPEARANCE IS A REFLECTION OF THE HEARTGREATER BEAUTY IS FOUND INWARDLY FROM A MEEK AND QUIET SPIRITInner Beauty of a Meek and Quiet Spirit Is IncorruptibleA Meek and Quiet Spirit Is the Source of Inner BeautyGod’s View of Inner BeautyJESUS WAS NOT BEAUTIFUL TO THE WORLD...

What Does Repentance Look Like? (Luke 15:18-20)

Luke 15 contains three parables, and the themes are repentance and joy. The third parable about the prodigal son does something different than the previous two. Instead of using the words repent and joy, we get to see repentance and joy demonstrated by the father and son. The son is never said to repent, but we get an answer to the question, "What does repentance look like?" by examining his actions. This allows us to draw out wonderful lessons about to apply to our lives.https://youtu.be/4...

When the Prodigal Son Came to Himself (Luke 15:17 and Hebrews 12:4-11)

Luke 15:17 says the prodigal son came to himself, or came to his senses. This is one of the best descriptions in Scripture of what it means to be trained God’s discipline (Hebrews 12:11). He recognized he was experiencing discipline versus a trial.https://youtu.be/Ipeis6tkq_4The prodigal son "came to himself," or came to his senses in one of the best examples of being trained God’s discipline (Hebrews 12:11).Table of Contents for When the Prodigal Son Came to HimselfFamily Worship Guid...

Rejoice Over the Results Versus the Motivation (Numbers 11:26-29, Mark 9:38-41, Philippians 1:15-18)

We see frequent examples in Scripture of why we should rejoice over the results versus the motivation. When other men began to prophesy Joshua was concerned, but Moses rejoiced (Numbers 11:26-29). When a man was casting out demons, the disciples were concerned, but Jesus said to let him continue (Mark 9:38-41). Paul said some people were preaching the gospel with good motivation and others with bad motivation, but he rejoiced that the gospel was being preached (Philippians 1:15-18). The prodigal...

What Leads to Repentance? (Luke 15:16-17 and Romans 2:1-5)

What leads to repentance? Romans 2:4 says, "God's kindness is meant to lead [us] to repentance." When we are thinking of repenting, we wonder, "Will God really forgive me? Have I done too much for Him to be able to love me? Would God ever want a relationship with me again?" It is thinking about God's kindness that gives us the confidence that we can repent and be forgiven.Table of ContentsFamily Worship GuideSermon Notes for What Leads to Repentance?Lesson One: Sometimes the worst thing to d...

Prone to Wandering from God the Father (Luke 15:13-16)

We are prone to wandering from God the Father. Generally, when we have sin in our lives we want to be as far away from God as possible. We don’t wander physically like the son in the parable, but we do wonder spiritually. We don’t physically go to a far country, but we avoid praying, reading the Bible, attending church and fellowship.https://youtu.be/Bu4-vZmz4D0We are prone to wandering from God the Father. When we have sin in our lives we avoid praying, reading the Bible, and attending ch...

When God Says, “Obey Their Voice” (1 Samuel 8)

When God says, “Obey their voice,” it doesn’t always go the way we expect. In 1 Samuel 8 God told Samuel to obey the people’s voices and give them a king to their own detriment. In our lives, when we keep pushing sometimes God gives us what we want to our detriment.https://youtu.be/9n9RO9QI9GIWhen God says, “Obey their voice,” it doesn’t always go the way we expect, like in 1 Samuel 8 when God told Samuel to give Israel a king.Table of ContentsFamily Worship Guide for When God Says, “O...

The Problems with Settling Outside the Promised Land

Settling outside the Promised Land is problematic. The Promised Land’s physical rest prefigures the Christian’s spiritual rest in Christ. Two-and-a-half tribes stayed on the east side of the Jordan, outside the Promised Land, and it was detrimental to them. Spiritually it is detrimental to us when we stay outside the rest we can have in Christ.https://youtu.be/SlMoXSzpEcESettling outside the Promised Land was problematic for 2.5 tribes and it is detrimental to us if we don't enter the spir...

God Might Give Us What We Want to Our Detriment

Some people have a mistaken notion about God. They think that if God doesn’t want them doing something, that He will prevent them. But it doesn’t work like this. God might give us what we want to our detriment. If we push God, He might let us have what we want even to our own detriment. We saw that in last Sunday’s sermon when God let Moses take Aaron with him. We see it in this sermon when God gives the Israelites meat in the wilderness and lets Balaam go with Balak.https://youtu.be/Lc6Oyd...