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  DISCUSSION                                    Having faith is not a onetime event in one’s life, and it is not a state of moral perfection that only a few can attain. Faith is a dynamic lifelong journey that each of us as Christians are on. At any given time we are either moving toward God or away from Him. The people in Jeremiah’s day were under God’s judgment because they turned away from Him – they went backward not…

  DISCUSSION                                           The prophets frequently compared the city of Jerusalem to the city of Sodom. God destroyed Sodom for its wickedness. God would have spared the city if Abraham could have found 10 righteous people. They weren’t there. How many would have saved Jerusalem from a similar judgment? only one (Jer. 5:1). Jeremiah searched in poor neighborhoods, in the area of the leaders, but he found no one righteous and following Gods way. People of…

DISCUSSION                           Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I consecrated you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Ephesians 2:10 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.”       These two verses clearly show us that God does have a plan…

  DISCUSSION                                   The book of Zephaniah has only 53 verses, but Zephaniah refers to the “day of the Lord” 18 times. He warned his listeners to be silent in the presence of God (1:7). To listen to the warnings of repenting and being ready, for the day of the Lord is at hand. You will be judged. Along the seacoast there are many threats to…

  DISCUSSION                                                      The small book of Nahum is a collection of visions that the prophet has concerning the downfall of the Assyrians.  However, the book is not entirely about the fall of the Assyrians, but He rather uses them as an example to show us that God will always punish those nations that prey on and persecute the innocent.  This is good news for God’s people…

  DISCUSSION                                       I used to work with a man who had one of the kindest, gentlest of hearts I had ever seen in someone.  I was shocked to hear that this man wasn’t attending any form of worship service and that he had never become a Christian.  I had decided that I was going to begin praying for him and invite him to come to church with me on Sunday.  I…

  DISCUSSION                                         As we already know from our daily bible readings, King Hezekiah will become sick to the point of death.  However, due to his humility, God grants him fifteen more years into His service.  There is however a statement that Isaiah makes to the king that I feel is very significant for our lesson today.  Isaiah tells King Hezekiah “Set your house in order, for you shall die…”.  Although…

  DISCUSSION                                                              As Isaiah closes out his book, he gives his people a clear understanding of what God is looking for out of His people.  “But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at My word” (Isaiah 66.2b).  The same message could be said for us in the church today.  If we want God to…

  DISCUSSION                                                                           Could you imagine what it was like to be Adam and Eve?  You are living in paradise and you have God meeting with you and talking with you on a minute by minute basis.  It is the closest thing to heaven that this world has ever and will ever be.  Yet in Genesis 3, all that changed.  The world that Adam and Eve were living in would forever be…

  DISCUSSION                                              We have all been there haven’t we; alone, depressed, feeling that the whole world is against us.  We are even tempted with the feeling that even God has abandoned us.  We have prayed and received no reply, we have searched and found no answers and we have cried and gotten no comfort.  It is these types of feelings that remind me of why passages like this were written.                …

  DISCUSSION                         “ And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,   in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.” -Isaiah 32:17-18             Did you know that there is an effect of your righteousness?  Isaiah notes that effect will “peace…quietness and trust forever”, but what exactly is righteousness?  W.E. Vines’ Greek dictionary of righteousness is… “the character or quality…

  DISCUSSION                                                                     How do you define God? There are several terms that we could use such as Great, Awesome, Love, Light, Perfect, yet none of them fully give a description of the God that we serve.  Although it is comprehensive, Isaiah gives a great description of God.  “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not…