I am so excited to be teaching on the life of David and I hope that it is as fun for you as it is for me. I pray that the scripture becomes new to you. I pray you learn about the character of God and the character of men. I pray that as weContinue reading “The Road to the Throne”
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You shall never return that way again…
1 Kings 10-11:13 The Fall We know from last week that God’s presence fills the elaborate temple that Solomon put so much time, resources, effort, and manpower into building. Now God can tabernacle or “dwell” with His people. “Then Solomon said, ‘The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; I haveContinue reading “You shall never return that way again…”
Sacred Space
1 Kings 8 Have you ever thought about where God is? We know that God exists outside of our reality but we also believe that God is with us. How is it that God can be in heaven and on earth with each and every one of us? For the past few weeks we haveContinue reading “Sacred Space”
Solomon Builds
Incase you missed Midweek Bible Study – Here is a breakdown for you! 1 Kings 5-6 Background Already heading into this week’s reading we know a couple of things: first, that Solomon is the son of David who was an amazing king of Israel (although broken himself) and united God’s people. His leadership skillsContinue reading “Solomon Builds”
The belly of a fish
Jonah Background Caution: this book is so weird. The first time we hear about the prophet Jonah of Israel (God’s people) is during the reign of King Jeroboam II, Israel’s worst king (2 Kings 14). Jonah prophesied over Jeroboam that he would have favor in battle and win back a lot of Israel’s northernContinue reading “The belly of a fish”
FOMO
We know that FOMO (fear of missing out) is usually a thing that we get when we know that other people are hanging out without us. In this season of life there are not many things we get FOMO about, primarily because no one is hanging out together. EXCEPT for when we meet up forContinue reading “FOMO”
Wisdom Changes Everything
This week kicks off HPUMC’s newest bible reading plan. With that, our Midweek Bible Study will be following along and meeting to work through the content. We hope you will join us in reading and for our discussion based off of this Wisdom Literature. Here is the link to get the reading plan. Just downloadContinue reading “Wisdom Changes Everything”
And he will flee from you
As I’ve been talking to many of you and hearing your deepest prayer requests, I hear in the innermost parts of your heart that through this you do not want to lose your connection with the Lord. That as so many things appear to stand in the way of getting spiritually filled and feeling unitedContinue reading “And he will flee from you”
Stepping into Scripture
Reading Scripture as a Spiritual Discipline Similar to prayer, scripture reading is one of the most commonly practiced spiritual disciplines amongst Christians. Not a single Sunday goes by where scripture is not read in some form or fashion. There is an entire industry of daily devotionals dedicated to providing daily scripture reading for you andContinue reading “Stepping into Scripture”
Midweek – Philemon
Letters From Prison Question: Have you ever had to convince someone to do something that you knew that they wouldn’t like? Maybe you had to really think of how you were going to craft your argument in order to lead that person to the conclusion that you want them to reach. If you haven’t hadContinue reading “Midweek – Philemon”
