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THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET JONAH MATTHEW 12:38-42 JESUS GAVE ALL SORTS OF SIGNS (Matthew 11:2-6; 12:13-15,22) GOD LOVES TO GIVE SIGNS TO PEOPLE. To encourage His leaders and to validate their call from God (Exodus 4:2-9; 16:38) To encourage God’s leaders when they need to test His will (Judges 6:17) To lead people to God (Deut. 4:34; 1 Kings 18:16-23; Isa. 7:14; Luke 2:12; 2:34; Gen. 1:14) To remind of God’s provision (Genesis 9:12-17; Joshua 4:6) T

TOUGH CHOICES MATTHEW 1:16, 18-25 1519 VIDEO FROM MATTHEW 1:18-25 Vertical Limit Illustration: Father, Son and Daughter climbing in Monument Valley. Daughter has laid in three anchors. Suddenly, two amateur climbers above them fall. Ropes entangled. Two amateurs swinging and wiggling. Dad calls for them to settle down, going to pull out anchors. Wiggling in panic. First anchor pulls free. Dad pleads for son to cut the rope holding dad and the two amateurs. Only way to sa

1480 “Attitude of Gratitude” Psalm 103 Drawing Near CD4 We continue our series on prayer and we look at thanksgiving today. One of the aspects of our prayer life out to be a grateful heart, an attitude of gratitude. And so we’re turning to Psalm 103 this morning to kind of take a look at David’s heart of thanksgiving. Why don’t we pray before we start. Lord, we are grateful that we are in a comfortable room right now, a comfortable setting and we have the freedom to worship a

THE ANOINTED AND THE ANTI-ANOINTED 1John 2:18-27 S2-1489 Open your Bibles to 1 John 2. John is dealing with antichrists in the church—probably somewhere in Asia Minor, probably in Ephesus. Nothing has changed much in this arena since the first century. ·SLIDE #1: Let me introduce you to Kim and Bethany identical Twins play flutes in our orchestra. Can you tell them apart? Not hardly. Could you imagine that one evening Beth scheduled a date with two different guys for the s

THE CHEAP COPY AND THE REAL THING S-1255 I ran into one of the women of our church in the checkout line at Costco the other day. “I can hardly wait until Sunday. When is all this going to happen? Who is the AntiChrist?” Of course the Bible does not answer either of those questions specifically. However, it does give all sorts of clues and promises that those who are wise will be able to read the signs and figure out what is happening near the end of the age. Today we come

Hebrews 11:31 S-859 READ HEBREWS 11:31 It is inevitable that we find our attention sharply arrested by this text. We have seen faith illustrated in remarkable ways by great personalities – Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the national of Israel leaving Egypt and entering Canaan. Now quite suddenly, quite definitely, with almost startling brutality, “Rahab, the harlot.” Such an amazing statement demands consideration. Those who are most exalted are of n