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This lesson examines Joseph's remarkable words in Genesis 50:20: “You meant evil against me; but God meant it for good.”

Joseph knew betrayal, rejection, false accusation, imprisonment, and years of uncertainty, yet none of those things prevented God from accomplishing His purpose. This sermon follows three movements in Joseph's story: the intention behind the evil committed against him, the intervention of God's providence, and the insight that allowed Joseph to see God's redemptive purpose without seeking revenge.

From Joseph's pit and prison to his elevation in Egypt, the message ultimately points to Jesus Christ. At the cross, sinful men acted wickedly, yet God accomplished His saving purpose through the death and resurrection of His Son.

Genesis 50:20 reminds us that God's ability to redeem what happened does not mean He approved what happened. Evil remains evil, but evil never receives the final word when God is at work.

Scriptures include Genesis 37, Genesis 39, Genesis 41, Genesis 45, Genesis 50:20, Exodus 1:12, Psalm 30:5, Romans 12:19, Acts 2:23, Acts 4:27-28, James 1:2-4, Hebrews 12:5-11, and John 3:16.

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Giving thanks in all circumstances sounds impossible when you are grieving, out of work, or watching the bills outrun the paycheck. Haggai 1 supplies the shift in perspective that makes that command livable.

Main text: Haggai 1v1-13

Outline:

- Why "give thanks in all circumstances" feels impossible (1 Thessalonians 5v16-18)

- God is a God of disruption (Haggai 1v1-2)

- God is a God of exposure (Haggai 1v4-5)

- God is a God of agitation (Haggai 1v6-9)

- The immediate promise, "I am with you" (Haggai 1v12-13)

Keegan Wilson reads Haggai 1 as a chiasm that turns on one command, "consider your ways." The Jews who came home from exile spent sixteen years telling themselves the time had not yet come to rebuild the temple, all while paneling their own houses with cedar meant for God's house. Their wages went into a bag with holes, which is Haggai's picture of chronic dissatisfaction: more income, more stuff, still no contentment. If you have ever wondered why God seems to be fighting you, or caught yourself saying you will pray, serve, and give once the promotion lands or the kids move out, this lesson is about complacency, procrastination, money, anxiety, and what God is actually doing when he interrupts a comfortable life.

Originally Aired: 2026-08-30

Speaker: Keegan Wilson

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Brandon, FL 33596

Chapters:

0:00 Lesson: Haggai 1v1-13 and 1 Thessalonians 5v16-18

1:11 Reading Haggai 1 as a chiasm

2:56 Why the temple sat in ruins for sixteen years

6:26 God is a God of disruption (Haggai 1v1-2)

13:46 God is a God of exposure (Haggai 1v4-5)

21:36 God is a God of agitation (Haggai 1v6-9)

30:30 Consider your ways, maybe it's me (Joshua 7)

32:17 The immediate promise, I am with you (Haggai 1v12-13)

One of the Bible's strongest prophetic messages about sin, justice, repentance, worship, and restoration.

Amos was a shepherd and tender of sycamore fruit from Tekoa whom God sent north to confront prosperous but spiritually corrupt Israel. Through the roar of the Lord in Amos 1 and 2, God's warnings in Amos 3 through 6, and the visions and promised restoration of Amos 7 through 9, this sermon shows why religious activity can never substitute for righteousness.

This lesson also connects Amos's promise concerning the fallen tent of David with Acts 15, where James applies the prophecy to God's work among the nations.

The message of Amos remains urgent: prepare to meet your God, seek the Lord and live, hate evil, love good, establish justice, and remember both the kindness and severity of God.

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Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us that life comes in seasons: times of beginning and ending, laughter and grief, gain and loss, speaking and silence. We cannot control every season, but we can decide how faithfully we live through it.

Join us as we examine the physical, emotional, and spiritual seasons of life and asks an important question: How should Christians use the limited time God has given us?

From Ecclesiastes 3, Psalm 90, Ephesians 5, 2 Corinthians 6, and other passages, we consider what it means to number our days, redeem our opportunities, see God's timing, and focus on what will matter eternally.

Our seasons change. Our strength changes. Our circumstances change. God does not.

The eternal Son entered human history at the fullness of time, gave Himself for our salvation, and calls us to respond while the opportunity is ours.

How are you using your season under the sun to prepare for eternity with the Son?

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Examines Ecclesiastes 2:11–26 and one of life's biggest questions: can a successful career, hard work, money, accomplishments, or professional recognition give us lasting satisfaction? Solomon worked, achieved, accumulated, and considered what would happen to everything he built after his death. His conclusion challenges the way we define success. This lesson considers the frustration and blessing of work, the limits of earthly achievement, Jesus Christ's completed saving work, and how Christians can serve the Lord through ordinary daily responsibilities. With Ecclesiastes 2, Colossians 3, Ephesians 2, John 15, Matthew 6, 1 Thessalonians 4, 2 Thessalonians 3, and Revelation 14, we see that work cannot become our heaven on earth, but work received from God and offered to Christ can have genuine purpose.

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Brandon, FL 33596

Joel begins with a startling command: “Awake, you drunkards!” A devastating locust plague has stripped the land, disrupted worship, and forced Judah to face the approaching Day of the Lord. But Joel’s message does not end with devastation.

This sermon follows the book through the History, Healing, and Hope of the Day of the Lord. Joel shows a God who judges evil, calls His people to genuine repentance, restores what has been devastated, pours out His Spirit, and offers salvation to those who call upon His name. Acts 2 brings Joel’s promise forward as Peter preaches the crucified and risen Jesus Christ and calls his hearers to respond.

The question is not whether fear can wake us up. The question is what we do after we wake up. “Rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the LORD your God” (Joel 2:13).

Key passages include Joel 1-3, Acts 2:16-38, Jonah 3, Jude 22-23, and 2 Corinthians 7:10.

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Join us as we examine one of the Bible’s most startling prophetic commands and the message God intended Israel to see through Hosea’s marriage to Gomer.

Israel had enjoyed prosperity, but beneath the surface the nation was collapsing spiritually, morally, and politically. Idolatry had replaced covenant faithfulness. Political alliances had replaced trust in God. Religious sacrifices continued, but the people had forgotten what God truly desired: “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings” (Hosea 6:6).

Hosea’s marriage becomes a living picture of Israel’s unfaithfulness. His prophetic preaching exposes the danger of idolatry. Yet judgment is not the final message. Again and again, Hosea reveals a God who calls His wandering people home.

This lesson follows three major themes throughout the book: Hosea’s Prophetic Marriage, Hosea’s Prophetic Message, and Hosea’s Prophetic Mercy.

From Gomer’s unfaithfulness to Israel’s dependence on idols and Assyria, Hosea asks a question that still confronts us today: What have we allowed to take the place that belongs to God alone?

Careers, possessions, ambitions, relationships, reputation, and even good things can become functional gods when we trust them for what only God can provide.

Hosea ultimately points us toward the mercy Jesus Himself emphasized when He quoted Hosea 6:6. Mercy prays for those who misunderstand us. Mercy recognizes its own need for forgiveness. Mercy loves when love is costly. And in Jesus Christ, mercy reaches toward those who cannot save themselves.

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Why can a person gain knowledge, pleasure, accomplishments, and wealth and still feel strangely unsatisfied?

In Ecclesiastes 1:12 through 2:11, we search through wisdom, pleasure, great achievements, possessions, and success, only to find that none of them can provide lasting meaning. They are good gifts, but they cannot carry the weight of becoming our god.

Searching for Heaven on Earth: Trivial Pursuits examines four places people still look for fulfillment today: wisdom, pleasure, work, and wealth. From Ahithophel and the Prodigal Son to Nebuchadnezzar and the Rich Young Ruler, Scripture repeatedly shows what happens when temporary things become ultimate things.

Ecclesiastes exposes the limits of life under the sun, while Jesus points us toward a life centered on the Son. True wisdom, lasting joy, meaningful work, and eternal riches are ultimately found in Christ.

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Brandon, FL 33596

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Originally Aired: 2026-08-02

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Christ walked in love for us, so what is the Christian's own walk supposed to look like day by day? Sager Blackman stays in Ephesians and works through Paul's four "walk" commands, closing with a question worth sitting in: if nothing changes in your walk after tonight, would you be okay with that?

Main text: Ephesians 5v1-21; Ephesians 4v17-32

Outline:

- Walking in Love (Ephesians 5v1-7)

- Walking as Children of Light (Ephesians 5v8-14)

- Walking in Wisdom (Ephesians 5v15-21)

- Walking in Change, Where the Walk Begins (Ephesians 4v17-32)

The lesson grew out of the Florida Bible Camp theme "Walking in Jesus Daily," and it stays practical: the gossip and slander that come so naturally, the words we choose, how much of the day disappears into doom scrolling or overwork, and what to do with anger before you go to bed. There are short looks at the Greek behind agape, thanksgiving, and dissipation. Learning to walk gets compared to a child taking first steps, watching where he is going, practicing over and over, never deciding he is not good enough to keep trying. The last point is that none of this works in reverse, because the change of Ephesians 4, putting off the old self and putting on the new through Christ and baptism, is where the walk begins.

Originally Aired: 2026-07-26

Speaker: Sager Blackman

3949 Lithia Pinecrest Rd.

Brandon, FL 33596

Chapters:

0:00 Lesson: Ephesians 5v1-21 and Ephesians 4v17-32

2:37 Walking in Love (Ephesians 5v1-7)

8:33 Walking as Children of Light (Ephesians 5v8-14)

15:56 Walking in Wisdom (Ephesians 5v15-21)

20:21 Walking in Change, Where the Walk Begins (Ephesians 4v17-32)

27:07 The Four Walks Together