Special Guest Teacher: Rory Clark

WELCOME TO
BIBLE STUDY

Good Evening!
Let’s Make a Mental Shift

1PE 5:10
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in (union with the Lord Jesus) Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you

 

WELCOME TO
BIBLE STUDY

Rory Clark
Pastor-Teacher

TODAY’S STUDY

Can You See the Hand of
God in This Circumstance?

1JO 4:7
Beloved (divinely loved ones), let us love one another (unconditionally), for (unconditional) love is from (the source of) God; and everyone who loves (unconditionally) is born of God and knows God.

1JO 4:8
The one who does not
love (unconditionally) does
not know God, for God is (unconditional) love.

1JO 4:9
By this (unconditional love) the (unconditional) love of God was manifested in us, that God (the Father) has sent His only begotten (uniquely born) Son (the Lord Jesus Christ) into the world so that we might live (the resurrection life…
the Zoe Life) through Him

1JO 4:10
In this (sending of His Son) is (unconditional) love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1JO 4:11
Beloved (divinely loved ones), if (1) God so loved us (unconditionally, and He did), we also ought to love one another (unconditionally).

1JO 4:12
No one has seen God at any
time; if (3) we love one another (unconditionally…maybe we will and maybe we won’t, we have a choice), God abides in(dwelling)
us, and His (unconditional)
love is perfected in us.

1JO 4:13
By this we know that we
abide in (union with) Him and He in(dwelling) us, because He has given us (the indwelling) of His (Holy) Spirit

1JO 4:14
We have seen and testify that (God) the Father has sent (God) the Son (manifest as the Lord Jesus Christ) to be the Savior of the world.

PRETTY WOMAN
CLOSING SCENE

Richard Gere
So what happens after the
prince climbs up the tower and
rescues the princess?
 
Julia Roberts
She rescues him right back!

SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1865

  “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us (the ability) to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan …to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.”

1PE 5:8
Be of sober spirit, be on
the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

1PE 5:6-7
Therefore humble yourselves
under the mighty hand of God,
that He may exalt you at the proper time,//casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

1PE 5:10
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in (union with the Lord Jesus) Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

PHI 2:5
Have this attitude (this thinking)
in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus…

PHI 3:15
Let us therefore, as many as
are perfect, have this attitude; and
if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also
to you…

SEEN ON A FROZEN DINNER PACKAGE

Gravy with Sliced Turkey

GAL 5:1
It was for freedom that (the
Lord Jesus) Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm (in the freedom) and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

FOR GOOD from Wicked
 
ELPHEBA
I’m limited
Just look at me - I’m limited
And just look at you
You can do all I couldn’t do, Glinda
So now it’s up to you…for both of us
Now it’s up to you…

FOR GOOD from Wicked
 
GLINDA
I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led to those
Who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return

FOR GOOD from Wicked
 
GLINDA
Well, I don’t know if I believe that’s true
But I know I’m who I am today
Because I knew you...
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood

FOR GOOD from Wicked
 
Who can say if I’ve been changed
for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
 

FOR GOOD from Wicked
 
ELPHEBA
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part

 

FOR GOOD from Wicked

ELPHEBA
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You’ll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend…

FOR GOOD from Wicked

ELPHEBA
Like a ship blown from it’s mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a sky bird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed
for the better?
But because I knew you

FOR GOOD from Wicked
 
GLINDA
Because I knew you
 
BOTH
I have been changed for good
 

FOR GOOD from Wicked
 
ELPHEBA
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I’ve done you blame me for
 
GLINDA
But then, I guess we know
There’s blame to share
 
BOTH
And none of it seems to matter anymore

FOR GOOD from Wicked
 
GLINDA
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
 
ELPHEBA
Like a ship blown from it’s mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood

FOR GOOD from Wicked
 
BOTH
Who can say if I’ve been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better…
 

FOR GOOD from Wicked
 
GLINDA
And because I knew you...
 
ELPHEBA
Because I knew you...
 
BOTH
Because I knew you...
I have been changed…
For good…

PRO 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your
heart And do not lean on your own understanding.//In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

DEU 31:8
The Lord is the one who goes
ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed

ISA 30:18
Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.