We are always busy. We don’t take time to stop and smell the roses and I think the same thing happens regarding reading the Bible. We are on a time schedule so maybe we grab a quick devotional. Maybe we read a quick verse before we go out the door. But if we want to know God and what He is like we are going to have to slow down and open our Bible and read it slowly!

God created us all differently. We all have different personalities and different abilities and when we become a follower of Jesus we all use our different gifts to point people to Him!  We are all part of the body of Christ and each part matters!

Sometimes God says “no” to our prayers because as a follower of Jesus, sometimes God has a different plan for our life than what we think should happen. This week we will continue talking about the leper that Jesus will heal and what is amazing is that this man’s life plan did not include getting leprosy and yet God used it to teach us something about Jesus!

As Christians, we should read the bible. We should WANT to read the bible. But why don’t we? I would say maybe we don’t understand it but after these last 15 weeks in our Puzzled by the Bible series we can’t say that anymore! Now we know a lot ABOUT the Bible but maybe we don’t know how to read it or where to start! Join us today for our final lesson in this series as we pull everything together and talk about HOW to read the Bible.

After Jesus rose from the dead He spent 40 days talking to His disciples before He ascended into heaven. But they knew Jesus would leave again and for this small group of disciples, it would be their job to get the good news of Jesus out into the world. But how would they do that? Join us today to find out!

Most of us have never had contact with a leper but back in the days of Jesus – these were the outcasts. They were hopeless and helpless. They weren’t allowed into society yet Jesus didn’t run from them but instead ran to them. What do we do with those who are outcasts?

Archeology from the New Testament! Today we will see Biblical locations in Israel that have been uncovered which prove the Bible is true! Synagogues where Jesus taught in, Golgotha, the tomb of Jesus, pools, tunnels, and steps!

The Holy Spirit has a job and it’s not to do weird things through people like make them bark like dogs or laugh uncontrollably. How do we know that? Because the Bible tells us so. And guess who wrote the Bible? The Holy Spirit. We can’t separate the Bible from the Holy Spirit!

What do you like to do? What are your gifts and talents? Are you using those gifts and talents for yourself or to further the good news of Jesus? How long have you been a Christian? Are you changing spiritually? Are you growing in your faith? What can you do that will further the kingdom of God?

Archeology is one reason out of many why you can and should believe the Bible is true because, unlike other religions that claim events happened, but there is no archeological proof, the Bible is proven over and over to be true by what is found under the ground! Today we will see archeological finds dating back as early as 4,000 years ago to the time of Abraham, Jacob, Joshua, and Daniel.