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Istrouma Baptist Church (BR)
May 28, 2023

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May 28 | The Lord is My Shepherd
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May 28, 2023 | Tim Keith
The Lord is My Shepherd

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭1‬-‭6‬‬
The Lord is my shepherd; I have what I need. He lets me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside quiet waters. He renews my life; he leads me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff — they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I live.

FEAR
Fear comes when I don’t see God as my provider and protector.

Fear will cause you to miss out on the promises of God.


FAITH
Only FAITH fixes fear.

Faith is about God being first.

Faith will take you to the promises of God.

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭4‬‬
Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff — they comfort me.

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭1‬:‭12‬‬
The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I watch over my word to accomplish it.”

FAVOR

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭4‬‬
Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff — they comfort me.

FAVOR

Favor means God is there.

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭6‬‬
Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I live.

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Istrouma Baptist Church (ASC)
May 28, 2023

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May 28 l Life is Tough, God is Good
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"Life is Tough, God is Good"

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭100‬:‭1‬-‭5‬‬
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

1. What does it mean to worship?

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬‬
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

2. Why worship the God of the Bible?

a. Because of who He is

b. Because He is good

c. Because of what He has done

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Istrouma en Español
May 28 , 2023

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28 de Mayo, 2023
El Camino de la Bendicion
Filipenses 3:12-14
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‭‭Filipenses‬ ‭3‬:‭12‬-‭14‬‬
No que lo haya alcanzado ya, ni que ya sea perfecto; sino que prosigo, por ver si logro asir aquello para lo cual fui también asido por Cristo Jesús. Hermanos, yo mismo no pretendo haberlo ya alcanzado; pero una cosa hago: olvidando ciertamente lo que queda atrás, y extendiéndome a lo que está delante, prosigo a la meta, al premio del supremo llamamiento de Dios en Cristo Jesús.

1. NUESTRA EVALUACION SE DEBE HACER CON BUENA ACTITUD

- Aunque ande en valle de sombra de muerte, No temeré mal alguno, porque tú estarás conmigo; Tu vara y tu cayado me infundirán aliento.
Salmo 23:4

- No que lo haya alcanzado ya, ni que ya sea perfecto; sino que prosigo, por ver si logro asir aquello para lo cual fui también asido por Cristo Jesús.
Filipenses 3:12

2. LAS EXPERIENCIAS DEL PASADO MARCAN TU VIDA PERO NO DETERMINARAN TU FUTURO

- Hermanos, yo mismo no pretendo haberlo ya alcanzado; pero una cosa hago: olvidando ciertamente lo que queda atrás

3. NUESTRA MIRADA DEBE ESTAR PUESTA HACIA ADELANTE (FE)

- El Apostol dijo:
...y extendiéndome a lo que está delante

- 25 Tus ojos miren lo recto, Y diríjanse tus párpados hacia lo que tienes delante.26 Examina la senda de tus pies, Y todos tus caminos sean rectos. 27 No te desvíes a la derecha ni a la izquierda; Aparta tu pie del mal. Proverbios 4: 25-27

4. LEVANTEMONOS Y PROSIGAMOS QUE NO ESTAMOS SOLO EN ESTE CAMINO

- Ustedes no han pasado por ninguna prueba que no sea humanamente soportable. Y pueden ustedes confiar en Dios, que no los dejará sufrir pruebas más duras de lo que pueden soportar. Por el contrario, cuando llegue la prueba, Dios les dará también la manera de salir de ella, para que puedan soportarla. 1 Corintios 10:13

- El apostol dijo: "... prosigo a la meta, al premio del supremo llamamiento de Dios en Cristo Jesús".

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Istrouma Baptist Church (BR)
May 21, 2023

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May 21 | Challenges and Choices
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May 21, 2023 | Tim Keith
Challenges and Choices

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭13‬:‭30‬-‭33‬‬
Then Caleb quieted the people in the presence of Moses and said, “Let’s go up now and take possession of the land because we can certainly conquer it!” But the men who had gone up with him responded, “We can’t attack the people because they are stronger than we are!” So they gave a negative report to the Israelites about the land they had scouted: “The land we passed through to explore is one that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great size. We even saw the Nephilim there — the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim! To ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and we must have seemed the same to them.”

1. God Has A Challenge
“Will you trust Me”


Numbers 13:1-2
“The LORD spoke to Moses: “Send men to scout out the land of Canaan (challenge) I am giving to the Israelites; (promise)”


Faith is - totally relying on God because you know that He won’t let you down.


God is more interested in your BELIEF than He is in your RELIEF!


2. We Have A Choice
​ *FEAR

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭14‬:‭1‬-‭4‬‬
Then the whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night. All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron, and the whole community told them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?” So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.”

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭14‬:‭33‬‬
Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years and bear the penalty for your acts of unfaithfulness until all your corpses lie scattered in the wilderness.

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭14‬:‭28‬-‭30‬‬
Tell them: As I live — this is the Lord’s declaration — I will do to you exactly as I heard you say. Your corpses will fall in this wilderness — all of you who were registered in the census, the entire number of you twenty years old or more  — because you have complained about me. I swear that none of you will enter the land I promised to settle you in, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

2. We Have A Choice
​ *FEAR
*FAITH

‭‭Joshua‬ ‭2‬:‭23‬-‭24‬‬
Then the men returned, came down from the hill country, and crossed the Jordan. They went to Joshua son of Nun and reported everything that had happened to them. They told Joshua, “The Lord has handed over the entire land to us. Everyone who lives in the land is also panicking because of us.”

‭‭Joshua‬ ‭6‬:‭16‬, ‭20‬‬
After the seventh time, the priests blew the rams’ horns, and Joshua said to the troops, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city. So the troops shouted, and the rams’ horns sounded. When they heard the blast of the ram’s horn, the troops gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. The troops advanced into the city, each man straight ahead, and they captured the city.

God doesn’t guarantee that the journey will be easy, but He does guarantee that when you arrive at your destination, it will be the Promised Land.

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Istrouma en Español
May 21 , 2023

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21 de Mayo, 2023
¡Nunca se rindan!
1ra. Crónicas 28.9-10
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‭‭1 Crónicas‬ ‭28‬:‭9‬-‭10‬‬
Y tú, Salomón, hijo mío, reconoce al Dios de tu padre, y sírvele con corazón perfecto y con ánimo voluntario; porque Jehová escudriña los corazones de todos, y entiende todo intento de los pensamientos. Si tú le buscares, lo hallarás; mas si lo dejares, él te desechará para siempre. Mira, pues, ahora, que Jehová te ha elegido para que edifiques casa para el santuario; esfuérzate, y hazla.

1. Reconoce a Dios

2. Sirve a Dios

3. Busca a Dios

¡Esfuérzate y hazlo!

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Istrouma Baptist Church (ASC)
May 21, 2023

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May 21 l This Way to Happiness
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"This Way to Happiness"

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭6‬‬
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

1. Two Paths


2. Two Pictures


3. Two Destinies

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Istrouma Baptist Church (BR)
May 14, 2023

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May 14 | Mother's Day
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May 14, 2023 | Tim Keith
Mother's Day

Live Out What You Want Your Kids to Value.

Isaiah 38:19
"Parents tell their children about God's faithfulness."

What you don’t prioritize, your kids will see as optional. What your kids see as optional, your grandkids will see as unnecessary.

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭6‬:‭6‬-‭7‬‬
These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Tell Your Kids: “I’m Proud of You.”

Matthew 3:17
“This is My Son, Whom I love; with Him I am well pleased.”

Love Your Spouse.

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭31‬:‭10‬-‭12‬‬
Who can find a wife of noble character? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will not lack anything good. She rewards him with good, not evil, all the days of her life.

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭25‬‬
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

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Istrouma Baptist Church (ASC)
May 14, 2023

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May 14 l Mother's Day
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"Women Heroes"

1. Esther
How to seek God and be courageous.

Esther 4:15-16 ESV
15 Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, 16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.

2. Hannah
How to see God and prioritize God.

1 Samuel 4:1-8 ESV
4 On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. 5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. 6 And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. 7 So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat. 8 And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”

3. Deborah
How to obey God and help others be courageous.

Judges 4:4-6 & 8-9a
4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. 5 She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6 She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, “Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, ‘Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun... 8 Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” 9 And she said, “I will surely go with you."

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Istrouma Baptist Church (BR)
May 7, 2023

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May 7 | Kingdom Culture
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May 7, 2023 | Matt Cate
"Is Science Opposed to Faith?"

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬-‭3‬‬
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

1. Faith Based in REALITY. Vs. 1

2. Faith Based on HISTORY. Vs. 2

From 1901- 2000: 65% of Nobel Prize winners are professing Christians.
64% of Physics Winners
65% In Medicine Winners
74% in Chemistry Winners

If you exclude Nobel Prizes going to "Organizations" and just consider individuals:
78% are Christians
11% are Jewish
4% are atheist
2% are Buddhist
2% are Muslim
1% are Quakers
1% are Shinto
That is 96% of all Nobel Prize winners in the 20th Century are believers in God!

3. Faith Based on KNOWLEDGE. vs.3

Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - His eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

Conclusion: The reality is most people do not reject God based on science, they reject God based on the actions of His followers!

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Istrouma Baptist Church (ASC)
May 7, 2023

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May 7 l Kingdom Culture
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Is Science Opposed to Faith?
Hebrews 11:1-3

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬-‭3‬‬
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

“Let us be blunt. While it may appear open-minded, modest, and comforting to many, this conciliatory view is nonsense. Science and religion are diametrically opposed at their deepest philosophical levels. And, because the two world views make claims to the same intellectual territory — that of the origin of the universe and humankind’s relationship to it — conflict is inevitable.”
Norman Hall & Lucia Hall, Is the War Between Science and Religion Over?


“It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I’d rather not consider that)”
Stephen Hawking, The New York Times, April 9. 1989.

“The world needs to wake up from the long nightmare of religion. Anything we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion should be done, and may in fact be our greatest contribution to civilization”
Stephen Weinberg, New Scientist, Issue 2578, 18 Nov. 2006.

1. The nature of explanation


I have in mind such questions as: “How did everything begin?” “What are we all here for?” “What is the point of living?”
Peter Medawar, Advice to a Yong Scientist.


2. How did the universe begin?

The Kalam Argument
If something had a beginning, it must have had a cause.
The universe had a beginning.
Therefore the universe had a cause.

The Cause Must Be
Outside of time
Outside of space
Non-material
Incredibly powerful
Intelligent
Personal

3. Anthropic Fine-Tuning (design)

"It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us.”
Stephen Hawing, A Brief History of Time.

Alan Sandage, is considered the father of modern astronomy. He discovered quasars. He said, “I find it quite improbable that such order came out of chaos. There has to be some organizing principle. God to me is a mystery but is the explanation for the miracle of existence –why there is something instead of nothing.”
Alan Sandage, New York Times, 12 March 1991, p B9.


65% of Nobel Prize Winners (1901-2000) Identify as Christian
78% in Peace
65% in Physics
62% in Medicine
54% in Economics
49% in all Literature awards

Baruch Aba Shalev, 100 Years of Nobel Prizes (1900-2000), 2005.

4. Objective Moral Law


"Everyone knows certain principles. There is no land where murder is virtue and gratitude is vice.”
-J Budziszewskie


“You are right in speaking of the moral foundations of science, but you cannot turn around and speak of the scientific foundations of morality.”
- Albert Einstein

5. Love and Beauty

6. The Faith of Atheists


"Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing,”
- Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design.


“They produce no events: they state the pattern to which every event ….must conform, just as the rules of arithmetic state the pattern to which all transactions with money must conform – if you can get hold of any money."
- C. S. Lewis, Miracles.

"Why is there something rather than nothing? If not God, then what?"
Martin Heidegger, ISIS December 2007, 815.


John 1:1-4 ESV
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

John 1:14 ESV
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:12-13 ESV
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

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7 de Mayo, 2023
Mentalidad de Reino
Romanos 12:1-2
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‭‭Romanos‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬-‭2‬‬
Así que, hermanos, os ruego por las misericordias de Dios, que presentéis vuestros cuerpos en sacrificio vivo, santo, agradable a Dios, que es vuestro culto racional. No os conforméis a este siglo, sino transformaos por medio de la renovación de vuestro entendimiento, para que comprobéis cuál sea la buena voluntad de Dios, agradable y perfecta.

1. Completa consagración.

2. Completa separación.

3. Completa transformación.

Examen de comprobación:

1. Que dice la Biblia?
2. Glorifica a Dios?
3. Afecta mi crecimiento espiritual?
4. Afecta mi relación familiar?
5. Tengo paz en mi corazón?

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