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Then click the “FOLLOW” button.

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*click any topic

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You get a page with three main parties “GOOGLE, AIM and YAHOO” or create a Google account. At bottom of page.

(ie. this set-up is using YAHOO) -> click *YAHOO)

And continues on …
It and it will take you C.L.C.C.’s Bible Blogs. You should now go back down to the follow area and you will see a picture of you. “The you” you have submitted and your display name.

*note if you do not. -> *click the Options link.

under the options link, scroll down and enter the different areas “EDIT NAME” and “EDIT PHOTO” to make the corrected changes. You along with everyone will see this as you…

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click the “more >>” link and after that click the “next >>” and “<<>

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2Kings 2 - The Secret to Success

Please read 2Kings chapter 2

Chapter two is a time of transition; the ending of the Elijah’s time as a prophet of the Lord and the beginning of his son Elisha’s time as prophet to take his place. Transitions in life tend to make up most of the difficult times we have in our lives. We may be transitioning to a new school and leaving good friends behind. A transition like this is often difficult due to the fear of rejection when we try to form new friendships at our new school. Transitions to a new job can be just as frightening due to the fear that we might have made a mistake and find that the new job is worse than the previous one offering less financial security than we originally thought. Another transition that most of us make is moving out of our parent’s home and into our own place. This causes a fear that we are not capable of living out on our own and not wise enough to make the right choices.

As Elisha came upon this important transition in his life he no doubt struggled with the same kinds of fears. He probably began to question himself. Would Israel accept me or reject me? Can I be as good of a prophet as my father or would I fail? Am I wise enough for this awesome role or will I make mistakes that anger the Lord and destroy people’s lives? Some might think that he just needed to have a little more confidence in his ability to lead and teach and he would be just fine. I don’t think, however, Elisha would agree with that. He did not trust in his own pleasant personality, wisdom or ability to do the job so he asked for a double portion of the spirit God gave to his predecessor.

What do we do when we are faced with a task that causes us to fear?

Do we decide to place a stronger amount of trust in our own personality, wisdom or ability?

Perhaps we should do what Elisha did and ask the Lord for a double portion of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Gal. 5:22). Focusing on ourselves and what we can do on our own only brings to mind our limitations and failures. Recognizing what we can accomplish in obedience to God’s will with His character, His wisdom and His ability makes us into an unstoppable force. Read closely what Apostle Paul said from prison, “I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength (Phil. 4:12-13).

1Kings 5 & 6 - Your Temple

Please read 1Kings Chapter 6 and imagine what the temple looked like as if you were the first person to ever walk thought the doors right after it was finished.

The temple was the very center of all worship. It was the place that God actually lived, moved and spoke to the High Priest which made it the most important place in Jerusalem. King Solomon displayed the level of importance by building the most impressive, most expensive and most beautiful building imaginable. Notice the amazing detail King Solomon spent on the inside of the temple compared to the outside. The outside was large and beautiful, but the inside was breath-taking! Can you imagine how much a building like this would cost us today?!

Think about this comparison, our new building will cost us approximately 1.3 million dollars and will take about six months to build. 1 Kings 6:38, says that it took King Solomon seven years to build the temple. How many millions of dollars do you think he spend on the interior alone?! Can you imagine the labor cost (5:13-16)?! How about the cost of materials being shipped in from all over the world! Completely mind blowing!!

Take a look at the links I have provided below. They can give us some idea of what Solomon’s Temple looked like.

Illustrated Map of Solomon’s Temple with Captions

http://deohsan.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/solomon-temple.jpg

3-D walk-through of Solomon’s Temple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFnWTz-7I0E

Today the temple no longer exists. Solomon’s Temple was destroyed by Babylonians in B.C. 586 (2Chronoicles 36:17-20). A second temple was constructed B.C. 516 in its place, but was destroyed again by Roman troops under the rule of Titus in 70 A.D.

We no longer need a fabulous temple to worship God. Jesus changed things when He died and resurrected. In John 2:19-20, Jesus referred to a change in the way worship would be done after His resurrection. The temple would now be in the body. Paul taught this new concept to the Corinthians in chapter 3:16-17, “Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? ¹⁷ God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.”

With this thought in mind please answer the following questions:

1. How serious are you about worshiping God? Are you as dedicated to honoring Jesus with your body as Solomon was about his temple?

2. How much time and energy do you spend on your interior compared to your exterior? If you spend 30 minutes brushing your hair and teeth, shaving and putting on make-up to begin your day, how much time do you spend preparing your heart for your day?

3. Please share with others some successful ways you best prepare yourself to meet with Jesus on a daily basis.

School bells are ringing

Hey my big family at C.L.C.C. thank you all for your prayers. And may GOD bless all of your needs.

I was talking with Pastor Andrew over the last past week. You know getting things in order with my life and seeing how the old chap was doing.

I also had asked about this Blogger site. He told me that most of the members at C.L.C.C. do look at the posting, but can not reply or comment do to the long, crazy and confusing registration process. I gave him some ideas and maybe it will all work out.

We also talked about “prayer request.” And he basically said….

post-a-way!!!!!

SO…

I have another,

This one is regarding going back to school to hopeful become an art teacher. Well the ball is under way or should I say rolling right on down the street.

(Hope a car doesn’t hit it.)

I’ll be taking an intake test on Monday the 20^th.

Please prey that this school does not find out how dumb I really am, and I don’t have to learn high school all over again.(Smile) it has been a long time for me. And I know I will be “rusty” but I think that is not even the word of it.

Please wish me luck!!!

I will try and do well, but most important pray for me.

Maybe it is not the right move for me, going back to school and all.

But only GOD’s will could give me the right opportunities and lead me and my family to his side. Please pray that I will know GOD’s will with me.

Thank you all at C.L.C.C. may GOD bless all the many great and small families, and may GOD bless you with a smile to where all day long. (CHEESY-GRIN/ SMILE)

2Samuel - How Secret is Secret Sin?

This story of David is much like the way Christians struggle with sin today, especially when it comes to sins that have to do with sex. Those of us that know the Lord and have been following Him for a while either know right from wrong or at least can make a pretty good guess in situations that might be difficult to discern. So when we commit a sin it is not a matter of not knowing between right and wrong but more about our inability to control ourselves when faced with temptation.

Some sins can be addressed fairly easily through our means of self-control and do not require help from someone else. However, everyone has one or more weaknesses that go beyond our ability to change our self and just seem to get away from us. Without someone to point out to us what we do not see or encourage us to face up to our weakness we will continually damage our lives. Some examples of difficult sins that require help are unhealthy attachments to food, drugs, alcohol, pornography and sex.

I believe that everyone commits the sin of lust at some point in our lives. Due to the amazing influence the internet has had in our culture most people commit the sin of lust on a regular basis opening them up to the possibility of an addiction to pornography, having an affair and even far more destructive behaviors. Just like David’s sin, these sins are usually done in secret with the idea that nobody can see us or knows what we are doing. However, the results of our secret sins affect the lives of our family in a profound way. While the sin is done in secret the results are in plain view for everyone else to see. Others see the guilty look on our faces, the broken relationships that surround us, our children acting out with anger and disregard for authority. Even, people we work with can see the affect it has on our job performance. Those of us that are committing one of these sins often do not see the destruction until we have caused so much that it is beyond repair and far more extensive and far reaching than we ever imagined.

We cannot change the results and consequences of our sins, but we can do what it takes to stop the sin we are committing right now even if it requires some help from key partners in our church family.

Place yourself in the shoes of David as you read 2Samuel 12:1-14 and answer the questions below.

1. How long would David have continued in his lifestyle unless Nathan confronted him?

2. What might have happened to his children or his kingdom if he was never confronted?

3. How did David overcome the sin in his life and make things right again?

4. How do we choose the right person to ask for help overcoming our weakness?

I know my job

The man with many jobs.... I've maybe had about 7 (cheesy-smile) since I started coming to CLCC. And although not all of then were fun they met my needs and the need of my family. I've taken it under great contemplation and come up with the idea that GOD has given us all unlearned gifts; these are what we call “talents”. Gifts you are born to perform in life, well lets just say I have never fallowed up with my gifts and the result is I just keep bumping heads with GOD's plan for me. I feel like I want to lead so much I end up in my own way, or should I say GOD's way for me. In short I am going back to school wish me luck….. What I mean to say is, “please pray for me,” Oh and it was like 3 not 7 that was a brow raiser (smile) did it work?

Also my family and I will be taking a trip down to Hinesville GA. for a week. We are not on complete speaking terms. I know we are a family gong to take a trip in a car ride for about 11 hours (about 700 miles) and we have been fighting and arguing for the last past 2 week.

Isn't marriage grand? (cheesy-grin/smile)

But I am doing what I need to and follow his word "forward-facing." Not bring up or dewing on the most painful past. I know I can't change people. That job is up to GOD to do. I can just work on me and change my way of thinking and actions to prepare my heart for the lord’s way in me, not the easiest way to live life. But if it was easy it would not be called life. Please prey for us and that we may have a safe and peace filled expedition.

Is Anything More Important Than Worshiping God?

Please Read 1Samuel 15

I think most Christians would feel that there is nothing more important than worshiping God. They might prove this by stating that we were created to worship God.

How would you answer that question? Do you believe we were created to worship Him? Or were we created for something else? Is there something else that pleases Him more than worship or is that the most important thing we can do?

Let’s try to put ourselves in God’s shoes for a moment. Since he has children and you probably do also, imagine this story.

Let’s say you passed through the kitchen on your way out to the store and felt your feet were attacked by the dishes stacked on the floor beside the sink as you stumbled over them. Then, after a quick recovery you felt violated by the sight and smell of the trash can. Someone was thoughtful enough to jam the trash down until the sides bulged but didn’t split. Now, it was over flowing with last weeks leftovers and the sigh and smell is a cause for therapy. So you ask your daughter to do the dishes or your son to take out the trash. Coming home loaded down with groceries you discover that neither the dishes nor the trash had been touched for the hour and a half that you had been gone. You call the kids to account for their failure to obey you and they reply, “Sorry, we got caught up worshiping Jesus to our new Toby Mac CD, the worship was wonderful and we now know all the words.”

Now let me ask you the question; are you pleased?

Nope. The children disobeyed a direct command from you and from the Lord, (Eph. 6:1).

The Lord was not pleased with King Saul’s actions either. Samuel stated the following to King Saul,

“What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”

What is more pleasing to the Lord, singing out to Him with a strong voice, clapping enthusiastically, dancing for joy, raising your arms in awe, kneeling to Him in honor or doing the dishes and taking out the trash when asked?

1. What major flaw did King Saul have that led him to disobey? (Hint: Samuel mentioned it)
2. Did you get the feeling that King Saul didn’t understand what was expected of him? Why do you think that is since he was clearly told what to do?
3. What commands do you feel Christians avoid by worshiping instead?
4. What do you think keeps Christians worshiping instead of serving?

Ruth - A Woman After God's Own Heart

The Book of Ruth is fairly short and can be read in probably less than an hour, so I encourage you to read the whole book for this blog.

One thing the sermon of Ruth taught us was that the author’s intention for the story was not to give women a romantic story to read but rather to teach a very important message. We used the Book of Ruth to learn how to handle heart-breaking loss. But what was the author of Ruth trying to teach? Was it about how to handle heart-breaking loss or something else entirely? Before we can determine that, we need to dig into the book a little bit more.

Here is how we dig into the Book of Ruth

One of the keys to understanding a book of the Bible is to know when it was written. If we can determine this we can have great clues as to who the author was, who he was writing to and also allow us to match up the book with other historical events. Putting all three of these things together allows us to determine what the author was trying to accomplish by writing or telling the story.

So when was it written?

The two most significant verses in the Book of Ruth that tell us of the time it was written happen to be the first and last verse of the book. The first verse says that the story of Ruth took place at the time of the judges and the last verse records the latest event relative to the story, which is in a genealogy ending with the birth of David. Knowing that David was born before this story was told gives us a strong clue as to when it was written. Since the last verse does not title him as a king like other genealogies it leads us to believe that the story of Ruth was told before David became king. Therefore the Book of Ruth was written probably written about the time that David was gaining in popularity but before he became king. This would place the date of the writing at about 1020 B.C.

So who wrote the Book of Ruth?

The most prominent spiritual leader of that time was Samuel the Prophet. He was also interested in raising David, God’s choice of leadership, up as the king of Israel.

Why did Samuel write the Book of Ruth?

To understand the purpose of the book we need to understand the cultural background of the people first. Understanding this will help give us some insight as to what the audience of the story was supposed to learn from the telling of the story.

The time of the judges was when Israel was supposed to look to God as their King but instead abandoned God and forgot all the things He had done for them. When this was brought to their attention by Samuel they not only continued to reject God but demanded to have a flesh-and-blood king like the nations around them. The people chose a man named Saul as their king. Eventually, King Saul rebelled against the Lord and led Israel down a very dangerous path because King Saul did not have a heart of obedience but of pride (1 Sam. 13:1–13; 15:17–23). Hopefully, a humble shepherd boy with a heart for God could lead the nation of Israel back on the right track. That boy was David (1 Sam. 13:14).

The Book of Ruth communicates two things to the nation of Israel.

1. The genealogy in the Book of Ruth (4:18-24) proves that David was of the linage of Judah and therefore qualified to be a king.
2. The story of Ruth illustrates what happens when a family living in disobedience, even to the point of suffering because of it, comes back to the Lord.

These two conclusions lead us to the great possibility that the Book of Ruth was written by Samuel to promote David as the king of Israel by God’s choice and to encourage the Israelites to follow him and come back into favor with the Lord so healing and restoration of the country can begin to take place.

Judges – Israel vs. America

The Book of Judges is a look into the lives of a nation that has abandoned the Lord. They were supposed to be His representative all other nations but has forgotten who He is and what He said. There are some very gruesome stories in here about destruction of property, greed, deception, murder, rape, violence, dismemberment, prostitution, revenge, and other sins. These sins were even committed by Levites, the spiritual leaders of the Israelites.

We can learn a lot about how horrible life can be without the Lord by reading Judges, but I’m more concerned about how a nation gets to that point and how they might be able to turn it around. The beginning of Judges gives us clues as to how it happened.

Please Read Judges 1:19-2:15 and see if you can find clues as to what crippled the nation of Israel.

1. What clues did you find?
2. What should Israel have done to prevent their decent into immorality?
3. How is America similar or different than Israel in the times of Judges?
4. What can each one of us do to help turn America around?

Joshua - Duck-and-Run Faith

Joshua 1:8-11

Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up on the roof to talk with them. ⁹ “I know the Lord has given you this land,” she told them. “We are all afraid of you. Everyone in the land is living in terror. ¹⁰ For we have heard how the Lord made a dry path for you through the Red Sea when you left Egypt. And we know what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River, whose people you completely destroyed.  ¹¹ No wonder our hearts have melted in fear! No one has the courage to fight after hearing such things. For the Lord your God is the supreme God of the heavens above and the earth below.

The entire nation of Israel except for two people feared the giants and warriors in the Promised Land so much that would rather go back to Egypt as slaves to die as slaves than live in freedom in their own country (Numbers 13:25- 14:4). As punishment for their faithless disobedience they died out in the wilderness wandering around for forty long years. Now, in the Book of Joshua, we are learning from Rahab that God had already prepared the way for the Israelites long ago. Rahab and her people anticipated the Israelites coming and trembled in fear before the Lord. They had no courage to fight God’s people. What a shame, Israel wasted forty years on the dessert for fearing a battle that would have been more like a walk through a garden.

How often do we allow fear to stop us for obeying the Lord, only to find out a little later that what was stopping us was only in our minds? I think all of us are guilty of this from time to time. God brings the next great challenge in our life to help us grow stronger to help others and we find something about the challenge strikes fear in our hearts and stops us dead in our tracks. Now we have a dilemma, if we act in fear we stay right where we are in our own proverbial dessert wandering around but going nowhere. If we have a “duck-and-run” kind of faith we learn that God had already prepared the way for us and there was never anything to fear.

Most of us have experienced this throughout our walk with God but when we find something to fear we need to make the right decision. Some of the people in our church are facing this very thing.

Based on your experience, what are some things they can do to squash their fear and have that “duck-and-run” kind of faith?”

Deuteronomy – Back to the Basics

Deuteronomy is much like a sermon that restates and summarizes the laws already mentioned in Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers. The laws have not changed but the audience has. The older generation died off and the next generation is now ready to enter the Promised Land. Moses calls together the entire Israelite camp and begins to preach to them.

Moses urges the Israelite to take God’s commandment with the utmost seriousness, as if they are a matter of life and death! There are at least seven basic principles repeated throughout Deuteronomy that Moses wants the Israelites to understand to avoid following the footsteps of their parents and grandparents. We, as Americans, are very much like the Israelites. Much of the last few generations in America have compromised God’s commands for comfort and overlooked obedience for fear of being offensive. We have abandoned our Creator and forgotten who He is and the results have been devastating! Our kids do not know right from wrong and we seem to be the only ones that care. What can we possibly do about this? How can we undo the past when the present circumstance seems to be so set against us? The answer is simple; it is time to get back to the basics. It is time that we understand and teach and model these seven principles in our lives for our children and our neighbors.

1. God is Spirit, unique, one-of-a-kind and all-powerful (4:12-16, 35, 39; 6:4; 7:9; 10:17).

2. God’s relationship to His people is based on personal love (4:37; 7:13; 33:3).

3. Our lives ought to be all about loving God (6:5; 7:8; 10:12, 15; 11:1, 13, 22; 13:3; 19:9; 30:6, 16, 20).

4. Our greatest weakness is similar to Israel’s greatest weakness; idolatry. We must stop placing ourselves and others as more important that God (4:9, 6:14, 15; 7:4; 8:19, 20; 11:16, 17; 13:2–12; 30:17, 18).

5. The Israelites were the ambassadors or representatives of God and so are we. Therefore we must present accurately by living holy as He is holy and teaching our children to do the same (11:18-28).

6. Obedience to God’s laws would be greatly rewarded but disobedience would be greatly punished (Chapters 28–30).

7. Remember the Lord and do not forget Him or His words. Do not try to replace His truth for some kind of ‘new’ truth or ‘your’ own truth (6:12, 8:11-19, 25:19).

Questions:

Which principle do you think our partners model the best and why?

Which principle do you think we are weakest in and why?

What are some simple ways of strengthening our weakness and becoming more holy?

Numbers - God's Serious Business

There seems to be a consistent pattern all through the Book of Numbers. Have you seen what I’m talking about? I see the Israelites being punished by death in nearly every circumstance!

Look at this quick list:

Death due to complaining: punished by a judgment of fire from God (Num. 11:1).

Death due to greed: punished by a great plague (Num. 11:33).

Death to an entire generation for faithlessness: punished by wandering the desert (Num. 14:33).

Death of ten unfaithful spies: punished by a plague (Num. 14:37).

Death of a man for not keeping the Sabbath (Num 15:32)

Death of Korah and his followers due to rebellion: punished by being swallowed by the earth (Num. 16:32).

Death due to rebellion: punished by a plague of poisonous serpents (Num. 21:6).

Death of 24,000 Israelites due to immorality (Num. 25:9).

1. What do you think God is trying to teach the Israelites about the laws He gave them?

2. Why are the Israelites taking so long to get the point?

3. How are American Christians similar or different than the Israelites?

4. What are some things you and I can do to take God’s word more seriously than the Israelites did?

Leviticus - The Sin Offering

Please read Leviticus 4-5:35 and 6:24-30 before reading and responding to this blog.

There are fourteen different offerings mentioned in the book of Leviticus. Each offering was special and had its own message. God used these sacrifices to teach the Israelites some very important lessons about Himself. Throughout the Old Testament the Israelites missed the point over and over again. However, we can learn from their mistakes…hopefully.

This week we are going to focus on the Sin Offering. While at first you will probably find this practice gruesome to the point of nausea, there is a HUGE payoff at the end if you stick with the study. Once you understand the message behind the sin offering, you will likely find yourself worshiping God, even to the point of tears. May God bless your efforts and reveal His message to you.


1. Is an unintentional sin more righteous than one done on purpose?

2. Why do you think that the liver, kidneys and fat were all burned on the altar?

3. The rest of the animal was taken outside of the camp and burned on a wood pile. Why do you think it was burned in a different place?

4. Leviticus 6:27 says, “Anyone or anything that touches the sacrificial meat will become holy” and a few verses later it says that the meat is holy. What does ‘holy’ mean and how might this apply to us today?

When responding to a question please state the question in your response to allow other to know what you’re responding to. Thanks

Exodus - Hinderances to Worship

Please read Exodus 19 before beginning.

Pharaoh finally released the people of Israel to worship God (Ex. 10:8), but not without a death defying escape across the Red Sea on dry land, thanks to the Lord (Ex 15).

Now that the people of Israel were safe it was time to meet with God, the very reason for leaving Israel (Chapter 19). They set up camp at the base of Mount Sinai and Moses delivered the purpose God had for His people (v5-6) with some very specific instructions on how to prepare themselves for an encounter with God-Almighty the Creator of the Universe (v10-13).

The people of Israel prepared to meet the Lord by following all of the instruction except for one. After the horn blew the people did not go onto the mountain to meet with God but rather stood in one place and trembled. Not going up to meet with God was like not coming to their own wedding. Finally, the Lord had to call Moses back up for another meeting with Him. Later, Moses was sent back down to reestablish the boundaries and God would find another way to reveal Himself to the people of Israel. We now know that He used laws and regulations for building a godly nation to teach the Israelites about His nature(chapters 20-23). I wonder what it would have been like if the Israelites had not refused to meet with God that day.

Then God called Moses back up to the mountain to meet with God and was to bring Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders. They were granted enough access to go a little farther up the mountain but could worship only from a distance (24:1-2). They saw God and had a meal in His presence. After the meal God asked Moses to climb higher into the mountain and receive a tablet with the laws and regulations on them but the seventy elders had to stay behind.



1. Why do you think the people of Israel needed to prepare for three days to enter God’s presence and were not allowed to go too early on penalty of death?
2. Why do you suppose the people stayed at the foot of the mountain after the long blast on the ram horn and did not approach God like they were asked?
3. How would the story of the Israelites been different if the met with God that day instead of refusing to move out of their own comfort zones?
4. What hinders us from meeting God in worship and what are some things that we can do to draw closer to Him?