Announcements for December 17th, 2023

What’s Coming Up!

Sunday Morning Candlelight | December 24 during regular Sunday morning services (Details here)

Sabbath Sunday | December 31 (Details here)

21 Days of Prayer | January 7 (Details Coming Soon)

There are so many more events coming up. Check them out here!

Champion Change

The only thing guaranteed in life is

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Elijah was transitioning

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and Elisha was transitioning

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When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?” “Yes, I know,” Elisha replied, “so be quiet.” Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, Elisha; the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho. The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied, “so be quiet.” Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them walked on. —2 Kings 2:1-6 (NIV)

Symbolic Places of Transition

Gilgal

What happened at Gilgal

Joshua 4 - Place where Israelites stacked rocks.
Joshua 5 - just outside of Gilgal Joshua saw the Angel of the Lord, face to face.
1 Sam 10 - Place where Saul was publicly crowned King.
2 Samuel 19 - After Absalom mounted an unsuccessful revolt against him, David was reaffirmed as the King of Israel in Gilgal.
Joshua 5:9 – “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” Covenant, circumcision, new identity.

Gilgal is a place of

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in the Father.

Change will always test your

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Gilgal also became

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for battle.

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as a son/daughter is your base camp!

Bethel

What happened at Bethel

Bethel is mentioned in over sixty verses in the Bible, representing over thirty distinct stories and prophecies.
Bethel means “House of God” - HOME
Genesis 12 and 13 – Abraham built altar at Bethel. A place where the Lord would speak.
Genesis 28 – Jacob dreamed of the stairway to heaven and built an altar at Bethel. ‘Surely, I was in presence of God and did not know it.’
Judges 20 – Ark of the Covenant was set up at Bethel so people could inquire of the Lord.

If Gilgal was a place of identity in the father, then “Bethel is a place of

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with the Father.”

They were coming from a place of

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… headed towards a place of

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Thoughts about Grief

Grief does not have an expiration date.
Address the grief directly to God. (‘I cry out to the Lord; I lift my voice to the Lord for mercy. I pour out before Him my complaint; before Him I tell my trouble.’ Psalm 142:1-2)
Accept His comfort during our grief.