It's Time for New

Text: Luke 5: 38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

Move 1: Turn the Page vs. 36…"No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

Move 2: Burn the Page vs. 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined.

Move 3: Use the Page vs. 38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

Move 4: Be a New Page vs. vs. 38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

Sermon Title: OJHS: What's Your Story?

Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 3: 2 - 2 You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Point 1: Biblical Ink vs. 2, 3 (2) You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. (3 )You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Point 2: New Life Ink vs. 3 You show that you are a letter from Christ… How many of you want to be a letter from Christ?

Point 3: Indelible Ink vs. 3b …written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God…

Point 4: Your Ink Living Epistles vs. 2 You yourselves are our letters…known and read by everyone. How do you become a living epistle written by God as His history? Kindly fill in the blanks.

I want my life to be His-Story. My sacrificial giving is His ink. My pledge is His recommendation to this community that He is a life changing faithful God.

Life Application:

1.   Complete a pledge form today or take one pray about it and turn it in New Years Eve

2.   Start trusting God today with your tithe or get an envelope put the amount of your tithe on it and put small amounts in it until it totals your tithe give it watch God bless you. Continue to do that until you can do it all at once

3.   If you are struggling in your finances don't sit back sign up for small group I was broke but now I'm not

4.   Prepare now to give your first fruit the end of Jan or before Resurrection Sunday

5.   Earnestly pray for OJHS

How to Make it in Your "Winter"!

Text: Exodus 13: 22 "The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from the people."

Winter lesson 1: Eat what's provided Exodus 16: 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.

a.    God has provided you just have to look around and see it.

b.    Be content with what God has provided. Phil 

c.    Follow His instructions on how to enjoy His provisions.

Winter lesson 2: Bitter can become sweet Exodus 15: 25 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet.

a.    Remember God is with you

b.    Stop, look, listen, do vs.26

c.    Everybody has an Elim you have to find yours

Winter lesson 3: You won't run short Deut 29: 5 I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet.

Winter lesson 4: Miracles never ceased Numbers 15: 41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of 

Egypt to be your God: I am the Lord your God.

Winter lesson 5: You keep the faith God will keep His Promises

Joshua 1: 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot as I promised Moses.

Detours, Dead Ends, and Dry Holes

Sermon Text: Ex. 13:22 RSV “The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from the people”.

Point 1: Ex. 13.17 So he took them on a route which took them into the wilderness of the Red Sea, about 100 miles south of Ramases. God let them with a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

The sores from the shackles must heal.

Although you are free, you have to believe you are free.

You have to exercise your freedom and rid yourself of the fear of your former taskmaster.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

You have to learn the loving ways of your new Lover who set you free.

1 Peter 4:8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Rom. 8:1-15 “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus. For ye have received the spirit of adoption, where we cry Abba Father.

1 Cor. 10:13b - God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able to bear”; So, God in his infinite love detours us around battles we are unaware that lie just a step away.

Point 2: Dead End Sign: When you proceed you may run into God’s Dead End Sign (Exodus 14:10-20)

Murmuring is praising the Devil.

1.  Stand still…

2.  Hush/Quiet...

3.  Then…

Point 3: DRY HOLE -  God led them through the Dead End to a Dry Hole Exodus 15:22-27

Keep following because your bitter situation is about to turn sweet.

The More Things Change…

 Proverbs 19: 21 Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it the Lords purpose that will prevail.

Point 1: Abiding is a biblical principle that gets results when God is trying to make your plans better. Luke 2: 8 And there were shepherds living [abiding] out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

a)  Revelation…

b)  Resources…

c)   Reward…

Point 2: Just because God changes your plans doesn't mean it is going to be easy. Luke 9: 62 Jesus said No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God. Phil 3: 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

  

Point 3: Our Journey His-story has been one of turns and twist of FAITH not fait. Exodus 33: 14 God said, "My presence will go with you. I'll see the journey to the end."

Life Application:

1.   Give…

2.   Tell…

3.   If you are 8:30 DO NOT TELL ANYONE OR FB/TEXT/ETC.

4.   Make…