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The Story Week 19 - "Putting First Things First"
February 12, 2012
Cyrus, the new king of Persia, drops a bombshell: he's
letting the Israelites go home, just like the prophets said he
would. He even green-lights the Israelites' very first
rebuilding project, the temple in Jerusalem. Israel's leaders
are determined to do this right and put God first, but not
everyone is thrilled to see God's people coming home.
Some of the locals make it their mission to put a stop to the
new temple....
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The Story Week 18 - "Keeping from Compromise"
February 5, 2012
Israel, gone. Judah, gone. A thousand hopes and possibilities reduced to a pile of rubble. The best and brightest
of God's chosen people carried into exile. But it's not a total loss. A faithful remnant--a handful of people
loyal to God--survive in faraway Babylon. One of them, Daniel, becomes an important player in not one but two
empires. Meanwhile, the prophets give hope for a better future...
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The Story Week 17 - "The Kingdoms Fall"
January 29, 2012
By the opening of this week's story, Israel, the ten northern tribes have fallen. Judah, to
the south is about to meet with its own disaster. Though forewarned, the fall would be
spectacular and full of human tragedy. A significant portion of the Old Testament is
given to documenting and explaining one of the best known collapses of a people group in
all of human history. What makes this unique, is that it is the people group that God
himself chose to be a light to the world.
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The Story Week 16 - "Beginning of the End"
January 22, 2012
At this point in The Story, Israel's bad choices led them to the point of no return. Their sins would destroy their
nation and the 10 tribes of the Northern kingdom would vanish into the cutures and peoples around them. Judah, the
Southern Kingdom would also be destroyed, but with a promise of hope and salvation through the promised Messiah...
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The Story Week 15 - "Can You Hear Him Now?"
January 15, 2012
Even when the Kingdom had split in two, God kept sending his message. He gave the people of the Divided Kingdom
some 208 years to decide whether they would accept or reject his call. He loves us - even in our extreme
unfaithfulness. And he wants us to come back home, even though we have abandoned him.
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The Story Week 14 - "Pay Attention to the Ripple Effect"
January 7, 2012
Against the advice of the elders, Rehoboam tried to carry on his father Solomon's forced labor and heavy taxes. With the people alienated, the kingdom split in two. Rehoboam leading the south, and Jeroboam the north. Sadly, Jeroboam wasn't the answer to the people's problems. He never understood that by following and trusting in God, the people would follow him. Instead he lead the people into idolatry.
Trust in God's promises. He is eternally faithful. His word exists for us so that we can learn from it. Even our worst "oh no" can be redeemd.
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Keep Up The Good Work
January 1, 2012
For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God
prepared in advance for us to do.(Ephesians 2:10)
What should you do in 2012? You should do good! Look for opportunities to do good,
even if it is to your enemy. Doing good demonstrates God to the world.
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Christmas
December 25, 2011
You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do
people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it
gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before
others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)
God loves you and invites you to bring what you have to Him. He wants you to come as you are
and to allow Him to transform our lives.
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Christmas Eve
December 24, 2011
Jesus invites you to receive him. Jesus invites you to believe in his name. This is what
Christmas is really all about. To receive and believe in Jesus' name is to choose to make
Jesus foundational in your life. It is a choice to make the Bible the reference book of
your life and God the reference point. It is an offer to move away from the hopelessness
of the world to the hopefulness of a God who loves you beyond comprehension. It is a
choice to find love and peace in a relationship that will never fail with a Savior who
will never leave you nor forsake you. This amazing invitation is described in extreme
terms, it is a invitation to be born a second time. To experience a divine birth, a
spiritual birth that will awaken you heart to love God and your mind to understand him.
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The Story Week 13 - "Don’t Forget to Wish For the Best"
December 18, 2011
Imagine for a moment God spoke to you and gave you this promise, "Ask me for anything and I will give it to you." What would your response be?
Solomon asks for wisdom and discernment with which to serve others. And God gave it to him. But by the end of his
more. In the midst of all these gifts he lost sight of the Giver. He turned away from God and lost it all.
life he had accumulated more and more: more gold, more horses, more wives. He had it all and wanted
Another King gave us another path to follow. He had it all and gave it all . . . for us. In the Christmas
season, or any season for that matter, you can guard yourself from the tyranny of too much stuff by giving.
Simply give so that others can simply live. That’s what the King born as a baby in the manger did.
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The Story Week 12 - Third Week of March”
December 11, 2011
One day when the army is at war, David, who is the commander of the nation's
military, neglects his duties and stays behind. He sees Bathsheba, seduces
her, gets her pregnant, murders her husband, and tries to cover up his
actions by deceiving his general and soldiers. Then he marries Bathsheba
and she bears their child. It seems as if he will get away with this, but
God sends his prophet Nathan to confront David by telling him a story.
Nathan says that the poor man has a rich neighbor who needs to slaughter a
lamb to feed a guest, but instead of taking one of his many sheep he steals
the poor man's one lamb.David is incensed and says that man should be put to
death. Nathan then declares, "You are the man!" Rather than make excuses or
justify what he did, David confesses. And God did with David's sin what he
will do with yours and mine. He put it away (Psalm 103:12-13). You can do
what David did, and confess to God.
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The Story Week 11 - "Facing Your Giants When You Feel Small"
December 4, 2011
Imagine the scene: a scrawny sixteen year old shepherd boy takes out a 9'9" tall giant
with one rock and a sling. You may not have a gigantic giant taunting you to come out
and fight. But you are probably facing a few giants of your own. Giants like the stack
of past-due bills glaring at you. Like the divorce papers waiting on your signature.
Or the depression that looms over you like the Hulk. But we have our giants and would
do well to learn from David. David was God-focused instead of giant-focused. He
mentions Goliath two times and God nine times. He knew the giant was there and recognized
his presence. But his thoughts were twice as much on God. That focus led him to confront
his giant rather than run away.
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The Story Week 10 - "Giving an Undistorted View of God"
November 27, 2011
Eli the priest had two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, who dishonored God in their
treatment of the sacrifices and also engaged in immoral sexual activity. Because
the picture of God they were giving was distorted, these two were killed in
battle against the Philistines.
Just like Eli and his sons we are representatives of God. We represent Jesus
to others. Are you giving a distorted picture of the One True God?
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The Story Week 9 - "You Don’t Have to Wait to Be Accepted"
November 20, 2011
We all have a desire to be accepted, don't we? Ruth had the same need as we do.
She was a Moabite living in Bethlehem who we meet in The Story. She ended up
there with her mother-in-law Naomi when her husband died. And she found herself
picking up the leftovers after the harvest in a field owned by Boaz.
Boaz tells Ruth, "May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel,
under whose wings you have come to take refuge. God's acceptance came to Ruth through Boaz.
Your acceptance did too. You see, Boaz and Ruth had a son named Obed, the father of Jesse,
the father of David. In Matthew's genealogy the lineage of Jesus is traced through David.
Boaz is there too along with his mother Rahab (Matt. 1:5). Yes, that Rahab.
The prostitute that lived in Canaan and sheltered the two spies Joshua sent into the land
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The Story Week 8 - "When Your Mistakes Land You Before a Judge"
November 13, 2011
Spiritual life is a lot like a roller coaster. The question is does it have to
be like that for us, or can it be something different. This week of The Story
is of the time of Judges of Isreal, where God raises up a few good men and women
for his purpose of freeing the oppressed nation. The people of this period found
themselves in this situation because they forgot God and how they had reached
prosperity. Their prosperity led to arrogance and sin and ultimately oppression.
God uses people who are willing, not perfect. God has compassion on those who
turn to serve Him. So if you are in a cycle of sin and say "God I want out of this
cycle," God will honor that and take you out of that cycle.
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