For What Are You Thankful?

Lesson Audio Recorded November 24, 2013: http://chirb.it/ffzv6D

Many of my friends across the country have posted something online they are thankful for each day this month. I am uplifted to see so many people I’ve been blessed to know who are so grateful, and not just patting themselves on the back, or trying to take credit for their blessings, but truly acknowledging God’s hand in their life. From thanksgiving for family or means of supporting them, to the simplest pleasures of life, we are truly thankful to God for the abundance He has blessed us with.

The Qualities of Being a Good…Godly Father

Lesson Audio: The Qualities of Being a Good…Godly Father

Definition of Terms

FATHER: Hebrew ’abh abba; Greek & Latin: pater; Old English: fader; Anglo Saxon: fæder; Chinese: Ba (Baa) Croatian: Otac; Dutch: Vader, Papa or Pappie; German: vater; Hungarian: Apa, Apu, Papa or Edesapa; Icelandic: Faðir; Irish: Athair or Daidí; Italian: Babbo; Japanese: Otosan; Persian/Farsi: Pedar, Pitar or Baabaa; Romanian: Tata, Parinte or Taica; Sanskrit: Tàtah or Janak; Spanish: Papá, Viejo or Tata; Venetian: Pare, Popà, 'Opà, Pupà or Papà

v  Greek ‘pater’, from a root ‘pa’ signifying "a nourisher, protector, upholder" (from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)

Sacrifice Made By Fire & Perspective on Your Worst Suffering

Lesson Audio: Sacrifice Made By Fire & Perspective on Your Worst Suffering

This lesson builds on previous study: "We Are The Fragrance Of Christ"

• Numbers 29:36 “You shall present a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a sweet aroma to the Lord.” Romans 12:1 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” NKJV

This Sacrifice is an Offering Made by Fire

• Our Life Will Be Refined As Silver - Psalm 66:10-15 “10 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined. 11 You brought us into the net; You laid affliction on our backs. 12 You have caused men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But You brought us out to rich fulfillment. 13 I will go into Your house with burnt offerings; I will pay You my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered And my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer You burnt sacrifices of fat animals, With the sweet aroma of rams; I will offer bulls with goats. Selah” NKJV

We Are The Fragrance of Christ - 2 Corinthians 2:14-16

Lesson Audio: We Are The Fragrance of Christ

Introduction

2 Corinthians 2:14-16 “Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. 15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things?” NKJV