Brides

1. Eve, bride of Adam, married in Eden	Gen. 3:20
2. Rebekah, bride of Isaac, married in Beersheba	Gen. 24:67
3. Rachel, bride of Jacob, married in Haran	Gen. 29:18
4. Zipporah, bride of Moses, married in Midian	Exod. 2:21
5. Ruth, bride of Boaz, married in Bethlehem	Ruth 4:13
6. Esther, bride of Ahasuerus, married in Persia	Esther 2:16
7. Mary, bride of Joseph, married in Nazareth	Matt. 1:24
8. Bride at Cana	John 2:1
9. The Church, bride of Christ, to be married in heaven	Rev. 19:7

Willmington, H.L.: Willmington's Book of Bible Lists. Wheaton, IL : Tyndale, 1987, S. 43

The Restless Seas of Time

1. Noah’s ark, used to save humanity during the Flood	Gen. 7:1
2. Moses’ ark, the tiny boat in which Moses, aged three months, was placed to escape death	Exod. 2:3
3. The ship Jonah boarded to go to Tarshish	Jon. 1:3
4. The boat James and John were in when Christ called them to follow him	Matt. 4:21-22
5. Peter’s boat, which Jesus used to preach from	Luke 5:3
6. The boat Jesus used to tell his parable on the sower and the seed	Matt. 13:2
7. The boat in which Jesus rebuked the angry sea	Matt. 8:24
8. The boat Jesus entered after walking on the sea	John 6:21
9. The boat in which Paul was shipwrecked en route to Rome	Acts 27:41

Willmington, H.L.: Willmington's Book of Bible Lists. Wheaton, IL : Tyndale, 1987, S. 41

Mountains of Faith!

Consider Preaching the Way God Moved at Various Mountains

Mountains in Scripture:

1. Arat (Genesis 8:4): Where the ark of Noah landed.
2. Carmel (1 Kings 18:19): Elijah challenged the priests of Ball
3. Ebal (Deut. 11:29; 27:9-13): Where the curses of Israel (if the people disobeyed) were pronounced; located in Samaria
4. Gerizim (Deut. 11:29; John 4:20-21): Where the blessings of Israel (for obedience) were pronounced, and where the Samaritians later build their temple: located opposite Mount Ebel.
5. Gilboa (1 Sam 31:1-6): Where Saul was defeated by the Philistines and killed along with Jonathan, his son: located on the eastern side of the Plain of Esdrealon
6. Gilead (Gen. 31:20-49): Where Jacob and Laban made their covenant; located southeast of the Galilean Sea.
7. Harmon (Matthew 17): Where Jesus was transfigured; located southwest of Nazareth
8. Hor (Numbers 20:25-29) where Aaron died; located northeast of Kadesh
9. Horeb: The Sacred Mountain chain of which Sinai was the summit; located in the peninsula between the Gulf of Aqabah and the Suez (A) Exod: 3:1 - Here Moses received his commision at the burning bush (B) Exod 17:6 - Here Moses brought water out of the rock. (C) Exod 32-33 - Here the people watied as Moses spent 40 days on Mount Sinai (D) 1 Kings 19: - Here Elijah fled from Jezebel.
   
10. Lebanon (1 Kings 5:6-14): Where the cedar and cypress timber was cut for Solomon's temple: a snowclad mountain range extending in a northeasterly direction for a hundred miles along the Syrian Coast.
11. Moriah (Gen. 22:2; 2 Chron. 3:1): Where Abraham almost sacraficed Isaac and where Solomon build teh temple
12. Nebo (Deut. 3:27; 34:1-4): The Summit point of Mount Pisgah, where Moses viewed the Promise Land; located east of teh Jordan River
13. Olives: just east of Jerusalem (A) 2 Sam 15:30 - David crossed this during his flight from Absalom (B) Luke 19:41 - Here Jesus wept over Jerusalem (C) Matt. 24-25 - Jesus preached his final discourse
14. Pisgah (Num 22-24; Deut. 34:5-6): where Balaam attempted to curse Israel and where Moses was buried; located east of the Jordan River.
15. Sinai (Exod. 20:1-17): The summit of Mount Horeb where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
16. Tabor (Judge 4:6-15): Where Deborah and Barak descnded to defeat Sisera; located in Gilee, east of Nazareth.
    

Willmington, H.L.: Willmington's Book of Bible Lists. Wheaton, IL : Tyndale, 1987, S. 209

The Lords Prayer

Matthew 6:9-13

⁹"This, then, is how you should pray:
" 'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
¹⁰your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹Give us today our daily bread.
¹²Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
[For thine is the Kingdom, and the power,
and the glory forever. Amen.]


Consider dividing up the passage by verses and preaching it.

Learning to Pastor

"You never really learn how to pastor. The pastorate involves a lifetime of trial and failure, and only God in heaven knows the outcome. Furthermore, you can't learn this art in any class or seminar taught by the local seminary or Bible college. In the end your people are your teachers. Week by week, Sunday by Sunday, the congregation rates and grades the preacher-pastor on his witness and his work. It is a process which can be, at the same time, unnerving and gratifying."

An excerpt from Preaching Through A Storm, taken from pgs 11-12

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Elevation, Opposition & Position

"Get ready for a SHIFT! When God gets ready to use anyone, he ELEVATES you to a new position. ELEVATION sometimes comes with OPPOSITION! The OPOSITE, from Oppose comes to strengthen your POSITION as God separates and aligns you for where he is taking you. In order to get toy our destiny you often need to adjust to your new position, if u do not let opposition limit the ELEVATION God decides to bring you to. REJOICE!"
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Making Vision Stick

Andy Stanley says, "To make vision stick, state it simply, cast it convincingly, repeat it regularly, celebrate it systematically, and embrace it personally."