Outline---I. We are prone to abuse God's favor.--II. We are prone to despise God's favor to others.--III. God's favored one was abused for us.

Outline---I. The Lord is your helper.--II. The Lord is your keeper.

Outline---I. Worship your Lord for He is God.--II. Worship your Lord for He is good.

Outline---I. Our lives are often messy and painful.--II. But God promotes His glory and our good through this messiness and pain.

Outline---I. True Joy Rejoices in the Authority of Jesus Christ.--II. True Joy Rejoices in the Truth from Jesus Christ.--III. True Joy Rejoices that Salvation is in Jesus Christ.

Outline---III. Jesus Connected His Ascension with the Promised--Outpouring of the Holy Spirit.--IV. Jesus' Ascension is also Closely Connected to His--Promised Return.

Outline---I. The Lord blessed Zelophehad's Daughters -and Israel- because of their vision for their Father's honor.--II. Moses' sin delayed his entrance into Canaan, but the Lord promised Him a vision of it before he died.--III. The Lord fulfilled Moses' vision for Israel's welfare by appointing Joshua as his successor.

I. Jesus' Ascension Plays A Prominent Role In Luke's Writings.----II. Jesus' Ascension Marked the End of His Earthly Ministry and the Start of His Heavenly One.----III. Jesus Connected His Ascension with the Promised Outpouring of the Holy Spirit.----IV. Jesus' Ascension is also Closely Connected to His Promised Return.

I. Israel's -Do-Over- Census Marked the Transition from the -Unbelieving- Old, Generation to the New One.----II. Israel's -Do-Over- Census Was Important to Prepare the Nation for Its Upcoming Military Campaigns.----III. Israel's -Do-Over- Census Prepared the Nation to Possess Its Inheritance in the Land of Canaan.----IV. Israel's -Do-Over- Census Helped to Underscore the Goodness and Severity of God.