Wednesday, December 31
Ester 8:1-17

Sunday, December 28 AM

John 1:19-34
John the Baptist
Luke 3:7-15
1 Model of humility and serventhood
Pointed out who he wasn't
Acts 20:30
2 Boldly proclaimed the Truth of God
3 Didn't assume a religious person was righteous
4 Great example of faith
5 True Spiritualailty
6 Another example of someone is spiritual or a follower of Christ will not have an easy life.  He suffered greatly for his faith.

Sunday, December 28 PM
Ecclesiastes 8:2-17
2-9 Respect for human authority
10-17 Respect for Devine Authority
     Acts 4:29
5- if you don't speed a speed trap won't bother you
6 timing is everthing
7-9 summation of life under the sun
  noone can control the future
  noone can control the weather
    Psalm 73
12-13 whose shoes would you rather be in at death  - example Mother Theresa or Princess Diana
14 life under sun is not fair
15 enjoy life
16,17 Solomon discovered he could not discover
Stop striving and straining and just return to the simple faith in God
Submit ourselves to the authority of God

Sunday, Decmeber 21 AM
Matthew 2:1-12
3 types of people
Identify yourself with one of the people
1 - Wisemen - true seeking Chistians
2 - King Herod - All the power of satan
3 - Jews in Jerusalem - chief priest and teachers of the law.  They had head knowledge just no heart knowledge  Unfortunately there are alot of people in the world like this today.

Jesus came to outsiders
Birth and death he is referred to as King of the Jews.
Lessons we can learn from wisemen.
1-11 Excited about message finding true King of the Jews.  Are you excited for the real reason for the season?
2 - Committed
3-11 Came to worship
4 Obedient to God's word - followed God's warning
5-11 Gave gifts
God gave the best gift John 3:16


Wednesday, Decmeber 17
Ester 6:1 - 7:10
Verse 7 This is like satan wanted to be God.  Haman wanted to be the king.
Lessons we can learn
1 - God is in control and he is soverign
2 - God does what we can't do
3 - God's timing is perfect
4 - Reality of God's judgement
5 - Salvation comes from God alone.

Sunday, December 14
Matthew 1:18-25
Reference 1 John 4:1-3
1    Reveal God to man
Hebrews 1:1-3
John 14:8-9
John 6:38
2    God came & incarniated himself to redeem us from our sins
Luke 19:10
Galatians 4:4-5
Romans 3:10-12
Philippians 2:5-8

Sunday, December 7
John 1:9-18
Jesus is the true light
10-11  - Matthew 21:33 Owner of Vinyard also read Luke 20:9-19
12-13 He gave the right to become Children of God
14 The Word became Flesh
Jesus is the explaination of God

Sunday December 7 Night
Ecclesiastes 7:15-8:1

Romans 3:10-12
Romans 3:23 We need to stand up for other people and sit down for ourselves.
Luke 18:9-14
Choose your friends wisley
Bad Company corrupts bad morals
Be careful what you do and watch

Romans 1:22-28
Where we are in the nation - the foolishness


Wednesday December 3
Ester 5:1-6:3
See how God has control of the whole situation.  From Ester to being in front of the king,
to the sleepless night of King and the reading of Mordecai's exposure of a plot to kill the king.