FAITH WALK SCRATCHED AND DENTED

Ezekiel 22—23, l Peter 1 • Key Verses: 1 Peter 1:3—4 Perhaps someday you will receive an inheritance. As hard as you may try, that inheritance will not stay as you get it. Money will be spent. A car will wear out. Furniture will become scratched and dented. Dishes will...

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FAITH WALK WAITING FOR THE HARVEST

Ezekiel 20-21, James 5 • Key Verses: James 5:7-8 The fields are about empty now, and so are the gardens. Last spring, with hope, the farmers planted their fields, as did the gardeners. Dirt was turned over, seeds sown and young plants set. Then with water, fertilizer, care and good...

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FAITH WALK SOUR GRAPES

Ezekiel 18—19, James 4 • Key Verse: Ezekiel 18:2 In chapter 16 Ezekiel quoted the proverb “like mother, like daughter ter” (v. 44) to tell Israel that the nation had become like the people of Canaan, giving into that heathen environment. Now he uses a proverb to drive home another...

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FAITH WALK TONGUE IN CHECK

Ezekiel 16-17, James 3 • Key Verse: James 3:2 Among the most difficult sins to remove from our lives are those we commit with our words. James makes this so clear when he writes, “If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able...

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FAITH WALK TRIPPING OURSELVES

Ezekiel 14—15, James 2 • Key Verse: Ezekiel 14:3 Is there something in your house that you consistently trip over? Or perhaps it is a low-hanging light fixture that you often encounter with your head. You know it is there, but at the moment you are walking by—well, it’s like...

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FAITH WALK AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM-MAYBE

Ezekiel 11-13, James 1 • Key Verse: James 1:21 I started using computers, before my daughter was born, and therein lies the, difference. While I have learned, she has always lived with computers. There has never been a time in her life when a computer wasn’t in the house. Using...

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FAITH WALK GOING, GOING

Ezekiel 8-10, Hebrews 13 • Key Verse: Ezekiel 9:3 I have a collection of mental images filed under the heading of “Used to be churches.” There is a certain sadness in my heart when I see restaurants, bookstores and antique and furniture stores that obviously used to be churches. People...

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FAITH WALK ACCEPTABLE WORSHIP

  Ezekiel 5-7, Hebrews 12 • Key Verses: Hebrews 12:28-29 Imagine you’ve ordered your favorite pepperoni pizza. The delivery person arrives at your house and greets you with the words, “Here’s your anchovy pizza!” “But I didn’t order anchovy. I ordered pepperoni,” you would protest. “Yes, but anchovy is my...

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FAITH WALK ON YOUR FACE

Ezekiel 3-4, Hebrews 11:20-40 • Key Verse: Ezekiel 3:23 Have you ever sat in church and wished the song leader would give you an opportunity to stand and stretch your legs for a minute? Probably. Have you ever grumbled that the song leader had you stand up and sit down...

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FAITH WALK I HAVE HOPE

Lamentations 3-5, Hebrews. 10:19-39 • Key Verses: Lamentations 3:19-20 When the weather is nice, temperatures are pleasant, and a gentle breeze blows, people will sing, “This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.” But when the weather is horrible, temperatures are...

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