TEXT: Exodus 7:8-13 and various Chapters 7-10

Main Idea: Hard hearts demand proof they will not accept.

POINTS:

The Pattern (Ex 7:8-13)

The Plagues (Ex 7:14-10:29)

Title: “It’s Hard to Get Moving”

Text: Exod 3-4

POINTS:

God’s Actions

Man’s Excuses

Main Idea: We should judge success by obedience not the outcome.

God’s Grace in His Justice

Personal Grace on Moses

Preparatory Grace through Moses

Principle of Grace in Justice

Man’s Urge for God’s Justice

• Misguided & murderous

• Refused & rejected

• Beautiful & beneficial

God’s Faithfulness to His Justice

• Tender

• Timeless

TITLE: “Reversals” 

TEXT: Exodus 1

BIG IDEA: God keeps drawing his people into deeper and deeper fellowship with himself through constant “reversals”…

POINTS/ “REVERSALS”… 

God Tests Us

We Fail God

God Restores Us

Luke 19:28-44 

The Divinity of a King 

The Peace of a King

The Worship of a King

The Forgiveness of a King

1 Timothy 3

Main Point: to instruct and encourage our church to keep on thriving through right relationships with Elders and Deacons.

1 Timothy 3 (and other passages) issue CHARGES… 

… to Elders

… to Deacons 

… to the Congregation

MAIN IDEA: to be of any help to others we must focus on our own discipleship first.

POINTS (yup… only two):

Distraction is the Enemy of Discipleship

Precision is the Friend of your Profession

no matter the circumstances or season of your Christian life, fellowship with Christ is a matter of spiritual life and death.

FUTILITY is a FACT

FRUSTRATIONS FLUCTUATE

FOLLOWERS need FELLOWSHIP

Christ's relentless and patient love overcomes everything that would paralyze us in doubt and disbelief.

Wounded Faith

Habitual Fear

Gracious Focus

-- Jesus Comes FOR Thomas

-- Thomas's SHOCKING profession

Blessed Faith