Dwelling Richly: Recent Episodes
Jennifer Richmond
A podcast for Bible study, teaching, and meditations through God's Word. Download the studies at www.LaMiradaChurch.com on the on the Women's Ministries Bible study page. Join us live 7am weekdays @lmccwomen on Facebook.
This message is packed with encouragement and tips for having a spiritually powerful 2018!
Lesson 7/Day 8 - Do you ever get a little frozen considering whether this or that is a better deal? You don’t want to waste your money on something that’s less expensive but poorly made, on the other hand, you don’t want to overspend on something if you don’t have to…decisions decisions! Which is the better deal? I call this “deal paralysis.” You check the websites, ask around and finally…hopefully, you just go for it and hope for the best. If only shopping could be as obvious of a sure thing as our hope in God, right? And it is a sure thing! Our hope is sure because it is secured by The Oathmaker – the One for whom it is impossible to lie. Let’s prayerfully enter our study today assured of this!
Lesson 7/Day 7 At this point in our study about priesthoods, Melchizedek, and how the Hebrew audience was resistant to seeing Jesus as better than all, you may be thinking, “Yeah, but I get it! Jesus is better. What is wrong with these Hebrews that they couldn’t just see Jesus?!” Yet, I have found in my own life as well as my ministry with others that knowing that Jesus is better and truly living a surrendered life to Him are two entirely different things. We may say with our words “Lord, I’m all yours!” but our hearts drift far from him – we don’t deny him and shake our fist at heaven – nothing as dramatic and obvious as that! Instead, we just craft for ourselves a “Jesus And” sort of religion. Jesus and my health. Jesus and my family. Jesus and my career. Jesus and my hopes. Before we sigh with impatience at the audience in this book, let’s examine our own hearts and repent of anything in which we seek perfection outside of Jesus.
Lesson 7/Day 6 …When asked what the greatest commandment was, Jesus affirmed the answer that one of his followers recited: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength and your neighbor as yourself.” That is precisely what we are doing in God’s word when we concentrate on its meaning – we love him with our mind! You may feel more inclined to love God with your heart, and that is needed, but let’s not forget that we are to love him with our minds as well. Remain diligent in your studies of His Word! Love God emotionally and intellectually – they come together to round out our faith beautifully. Download the study at www.lamiradachurch.com. Subscribe to the Bible study on www.YouTube.com/jenniferrichmond or the podcast at www.DwellingRichly.podbean.com
Lesson 7/Day 5 Have you ever wondered, “Why didn’t God just give us Jesus right away and make things right immediately after Adam sinned? Why go through all this time and trouble before Jesus?” We’ll learn about this and more today! Download the study at www.lamiradachurch.com. Subscribe to the Bible study on www.YouTube.com/jenniferrichmond or the podcast at www.DwellingRichly.podbean.com
Lesson 7/Day 5 Have you ever wondered, “Why didn’t God just give us Jesus right away and make things right immediately after Adam sinned? Why go through all this time and trouble before Jesus?” We’ll learn about this and more today! Download the study at www.lamiradachurch.com. Subscribe to the Bible study on www.YouTube.com/jenniferrichmond or the podcast at www.DwellingRichly.podbean.com
Let’s get our heart and mind ready for tomorrow’s sermon by reading through the passage.
Lesson 7/Day 4 - When you hear a message from God’s word by your pastor he or she is hopefully bringing background, clarity, and understanding to that passage. This is part of “rightly diving the Word of Truth” and is called ‘expository’ teaching – teaching that exposes the verses. Based on their good exposition, we can take and apply God’s word more effectively to our life. The author of Hebrews is doing that in this chapter. He’s going back to the subject of Melchizedek from which he had to pause for some exhortation, and explaining the account of Melchizedek from Genesis. He is opening it up to give his audience back then and us today more understanding of this mysterious priest/king Melchizedek who appears in only two places in the entire Tanakh. Download the study at www.lamiradachurch.com. Subscribe to the Bible study on www.YouTube.com/jenniferrichmond or the podcast at www.DwellingRichly.podbean.com
Lesson 6/Day 3 - All of this teaching about Melchizedek is designed to help you understand something about Jesus, to strengthen your hope and assurance, to help you know that you have a Savior big enough to deal with your problems and a Priest who is able to deal with your sins. Download the study at www.lamiradachurch.com. Subscribe to the Bible study on www.YouTube.com/jenniferrichmond or the podcast at www.DwellingRichly.podbean.com
Knowing how great Jesus is as your Savior and your great High Priest will change literally everything in your life – that is, if you know it and believe it. There’s not a soul reading this today that isn’t dealing with big problems and big sins. Truly grasping the greatness of Jesus as your Savior and Priest means knowing the one who is big enough to deal with big problems and sins. All of this teaching about Melchizedek is designed to help you understand something about Jesus, to strengthen your hope and assurance, to help you know that you have a Savior big enough to deal with your problems and a Priest who is able to deal with your sins.
Lesson 6/Day 8 Today is a special Create & Share edition of our Bible study. We will take time to think through Hebrews 6:19-20. You’ll summarize a passage then illustrate your thoughts. Use the lesson to help guide your thoughts to understand whom the author is speaking to, what the hope is that he is referring to, and what we can learn about Jesus In this passage. I look forward to seeing your create and share, so be sure to share them on social media with the hashtags:
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Lesson 6/Day 7 Lesson 6/Days 7 & 8 The author brings his audience back to Abraham, and with that, a tender reminder of family and the sense that we’re together in this. While you, as a 21st century American Christian, might not feel the emotional tug at the mention of Abraham’s name, I believe the Hebrews hearing this message would have. The mention of Abraham would have been nearly synonymous with “promise” - the two are inseparable. Let’s study more today…