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[By Ron Halbrook]
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1. Phil. 3:13-14 Leave past sins in the past
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:
but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize
of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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2. Eccl. 7:8-14 Cannot return to the past—
trust God for present & future
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of a thing
than the beginning thereof:
and the patient in spirit is better
than the proud in spirit.
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry:
for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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, What is the cause
that
than these?
for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
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2. Eccl. 7:8-14 Cannot return to the past—
trust God for present & future
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is good with an inheritance:
and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
12 For
is a defence, and money is a defence:
but the excellency of knowledge is,
that
giveth life to them that have it.
13 Consider the work of God:
for who can make that straight,
which he hath made crooked?
14 In the day of
be joyful,
but in the day of
consider:
God also hath set the one over against the other,
to the end that man should find nothing after him.
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I. Life’s Prosperity & Adversity
Eccl. 7:8-10
Cattleyea Orchid
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tight bud
bud swell
cabbagehead
bud
elongation
roughneck
hook
bud break
bloom
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
& Wisconsin Cranberry Board, Inc.
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I. Life’s Prosperity & Adversity
Eccl. 7:8-10
Caterpillar—
Cocoon—
Monarch Butterfly
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I. Life’s Prosperity & Adversity
Eccl. 7:13-14
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I. Life’s Prosperity & Adversity
Gen. 15:2-4
Gen. 16
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I. Life’s Prosperity & Adversity
Ex. 14:13-16
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I. Life’s Prosperity & Adversity
2 Cor. 12:7-10
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I. Life’s Prosperity & Adversity
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I. Life’s Prosperity & Adversity
Ja. 1:17
Job 1:21
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II. Family Relationships
Gen. 2:24
24 Therefore shall a man leave
his father and his mother,
and shall cleave unto his wife:
and they shall be one flesh.
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II. Family Relationships
Gen. 2:24
24 Therefore shall a man leave
his father and his mother,
and shall cleave unto his wife:
and they shall be one flesh.
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II. Family Relationships
Ps. 127:3
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD:
and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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II. Family Relationships
Ps. 127:3
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD:
and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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II. Family Relationships
Prov. 28:13
13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper:
but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them
shall have mercy.
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III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
Isa. 1:18
18 Come now, and let us reason together,
saith the LORD:
though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool.
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III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
Matt. 11:28-30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour
and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
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III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
Jn. 3:5; Mk. 16:16
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned.
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III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
Acts 8:22
22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness,
and pray God,
if perhaps the thought of thine heart
may be forgiven thee.
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III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
Phil. 3:13-14
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:
but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize
of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
1 Cor. 6:9-11
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1 Cor. 6:9-11
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous
shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers,
nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you:
but ye are
,
but ye are
,
but ye are
in the name of the Lord Jesus,
and by the Spirit of our God.
III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
Acts 8:23
23 For I perceive that thou art
in the gall of bitterness,
and in the bond of iniquity.
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III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
Heb. 3:12-13
12 Take heed, brethren,
lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief,
in departing from the living God.
13 But exhort one another daily,
while it is called To day;
lest any of you be hardened
through the deceitfulness of sin.
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III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
Ps. 103: 8-14
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8 ThePs.
LORD
merciful and gracious, slow to anger,
103:is 8-14
and plenteous in mercy.
9 He will not always chide:
neither will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins;
nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth,
so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children,
so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame;
he remembereth that we are dust.
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III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
1 Tim. 1:15-16
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1 Tim. 1:15-16
15 This is a faithful saying,
and worthy of all acceptation,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners;
of whom I am chief.
16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy,
that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth
all longsuffering,
for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe
on him to life everlasting.
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III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
Matt. 5:23-24
23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar,
and there rememberest that thy brother
hath ought against thee;
24 Leave there thy gift before the altar,
and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother,
and then come and offer thy gift.
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III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
1 Pet. 5:8-9
8 Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary
, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom
stedfast in the faith,
knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished
in your brethren that are in the world.
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III. Seeking & Offering Forgiveness of Sin
Matt. 18:15
15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee,
go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone:
if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
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Invitation:
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:
but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the prize
of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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Invitation:
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5. God is ready to forgive all who ask
Jn. 3:5; Mk. 16:16
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned.
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5. God is ready to forgive all who ask
Acts 8:22
22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness,
and pray God,
if perhaps the thought of thine heart
may be forgiven thee.
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