Past & Present Faith

Haggai 2:3-4 (Week 41)

Haggai 2:3-4 NASB

“‘Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem to you like nothing in comparison? 4 But now take courage, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord, ‘take courage also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land take courage,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ declares the Lord of armies.“

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Select a block of 30 minutes each day for your Meditation with God.

  1. Pray to begin your meditation.
  2. Read and ask general questions about the passage for your own life: (a) What is God telling me?  (b) How does God want me to respond to this reading? 
  3. Reflect on your life through this passage: (a) Think about your blessings. (b) Think about your journey with God: past, present and future.
  4. Memorize and repeat a word, a phrase, a sentence or verse. 
  5. Pray through the passage, or about your thoughts from the passage: (a) Praise God (b) Give thanks (c) Confess your sins (d) Repent of your sins.

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Jesus our Victorious Warrior!

Zephaniah 3:15-17 (Week 40)

Zephaniah 3:15-17 NASB

“The Lord has taken away His judgments against you,
He has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;
You will no longer fear disaster.
16 On that day it will be said to Jerusalem:
“Do not be afraid, Zion;
Do not let your hands fall limp.
17 The Lord your God is in your midst,
A victorious warrior.
He will rejoice over you with joy,
He will be quiet in His love,
He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.”

SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR YOUR DAILY MEDITATION

Select a block of 30 minutes each day for your Meditation with God.

  1. Pray to begin your meditation.
  2. Read and ask general questions about the passage for your own life: (a) What is God telling me?  (b) How does God want me to respond to this reading? 
  3. Reflect on your life through this passage: (a) Think about your blessings. (b) Think about your journey with God: past, present and future.
  4. Memorize and repeat a word, a phrase, a sentence or verse. 
  5. Pray through the passage, or about your thoughts from the passage: (a) Praise God (b) Give thanks (c) Confess your sins (d) Repent of your sins.

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Why God, why?

Habakkuk 1:12-13 (Week 39)

Habakkuk 1:12-13 NASB

“Are You not from time everlasting,
Lord, my God, my Holy One?
We will not die.
You, Lord, have appointed them to deliver judgment;
And You, O Rock, have destined them to punish.
13 Your eyes are too pure to look at evil,
And You cannot look at harm favorably.
Why do You look favorably
At those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they?”

SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR YOUR DAILY MEDITATION

Select a block of 30 minutes each day for your Meditation with God.

  1. Pray to begin your meditation.
  2. Read and ask general questions about the passage for your own life: (a) What is God telling me?  (b) How does God want me to respond to this reading? 
  3. Reflect on your life through this passage: (a) Think about your blessings. (b) Think about your journey with God: past, present and future.
  4. Memorize and repeat a word, a phrase, a sentence or verse. 
  5. Pray through the passage, or about your thoughts from the passage: (a) Praise God (b) Give thanks (c) Confess your sins (d) Repent of your sins.

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GOD is my Stronghold!

Nahum 1:7-9 (Week 38)

Nahum 1:7-9 NASB

“The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble,
And He knows those who take refuge in Him.
8 But with an overflowing flood
He will make a complete end of its site,
And will pursue His enemies into darkness.

9 Whatever you devise against the Lord,
He will make a complete end of it.
Distress will not rise up twice.”

SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR YOUR DAILY MEDITATION

Select a block of 30 minutes each day for your Meditation with God.

  1. Pray to begin your meditation.
  2. Read and ask general questions about the passage for your own life: (a) What is God telling me?  (b) How does God want me to respond to this reading? 
  3. Reflect on your life through this passage: (a) Think about your blessings. (b) Think about your journey with God: past, present and future.
  4. Memorize and repeat a word, a phrase, a sentence or verse. 
  5. Pray through the passage, or about your thoughts from the passage: (a) Praise God (b) Give thanks (c) Confess your sins (d) Repent of your sins.

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Remember God NOW

Ecclesiastes 12:1-3 (Week 37)

Ecclesiastes 12:1-3 NASB

“Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years approach when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; 2 before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain; 3 on the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and strong men are bent over, the grinders stop working because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dim.”

SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR YOUR DAILY MEDITATION

Select a block of 30 minutes each day for your meditation with God.

  1. Pray to begin your meditation.
  2. Read and ask general questions about the passage for your own life: (a) What is God telling me?  (b) How does God want me to respond to this reading? 
  3. Reflect on your life through this passage: (a) Think about your blessings. (b) Think about your journey with God: past, present and future.
  4. Memorize and repeat a word, a phrase, a sentence or verse. 
  5. Pray through the passage, or about your thoughts from the passage: (a) Praise God (b) Give thanks (c) Confess your sins (d) Repent of your sins.

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WALKING in the Name of the LORD

Micah 4:5-6 (Week 36)

Micah 4:5-6 NASB

“Though all the peoples walk,
Each in the name of his god,
As for us, we will walk
In the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.

6 “On that day,” declares the Lord,
“I will assemble those who limp
And gather the scattered,
Those whom I have afflicted.”

SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR YOUR DAILY MEDITATION

Select a block of 30 minutes each day for your meditation with God.

  1. Pray to begin your meditation.
  2. Read and ask general questions about the passage for your own life: (a) What is God telling me?  (b) How does God want me to respond to this reading? 
  3. Reflect on your life through this passage: (a) Think about your blessings. (b) Think about your journey with God: past, present and future.
  4. Memorize and repeat a word, a phrase, a sentence or verse. 
  5. Pray through the passage, or about your thoughts from the passage: (a) Praise God (b) Give thanks (c) Confess your sins (d) Repent of your sins.

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CHRIST & the Godhead

CLICK TO LISTEN 8/30/23

Philippians 2:5-9 NASB

“Who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bondservant and being born in the likeness of men.”

Hebrews 6:1-2 NASB

“Therefore, leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and about the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment” (NASB).”

for those who are just dropping in to listen. This audio is an unedited recording from our weekly Wednesday Bible study of the Nine Teachings highlighted in Hebrews 6:1-2 (Eternal life has been added as the 9th topic).

Physical Location: The Church of Christ of Auglaize County. 15257 Blank Pike Road Wapakoneta Ohio 45895. If you are in the area, please join us!

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JONAH: To Forgive is Human!

When we rejoice in forgiving others, we are returning to the holy image of God, our Creator and Father.

In this lesson, God, through the reluctance of Jonah to forgive the Ninevites, teaches us some invaluable lessons on forgiveness.

Additional Notes: Throughout this lesson and others, I refer to Luke 6:31 as the moral code. It is the code that all human beings are born with, written on our spirits to guide us into doing the morally good things.

I also refer to people who live or strive to live by the law of Luke 6:31 as “good people.” I do this because, while no one can be absolutely good, or absolutely morally excellent, Jesus teaches that a person can be either good or evil (Matthew 5:45). He also teaches that a “good person” will do “good things” (Matthew 12:34-35).

“But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves” James 1:22 NASB

(c) Richard Nepaul 2023

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Keep Your Vows

Jonah 2:7-10 (Week 35)

Jonah 2:7-10 NKJV

“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; And my prayer went up to You, Into Your holy temple. 8 “Those who regard worthless idols
Forsake their own Mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay what I have vowed.
Salvation is of the Lord. 10 So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.”

SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR YOUR DAILY MEDITATION

Select a block of 30 minutes each day for your meditation with God.

  1. Pray to begin your meditation.
  2. Read and ask general questions about the passage for your own life: (a) What is God telling me?  (b) How does God want me to respond to this reading? 
  3. Reflect on your life through this passage: (a) Think about your blessings. (b) Think about your journey with God: past, present and future.
  4. Memorize and repeat a word, a phrase, a sentence or verse. 
  5. Pray through the passage, or about your thoughts from the passage: (a) Praise God (b) Give thanks (c) Confess your sins (d) Repent of your sins.

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