September 5, 2021Passage:  Genesis 21:1-34Speaker:  Josh HollandMain Point:  There is joy, peace and life in knowing the Everlasting-God. I. Respond to the wonderful, promise-keeping God.  (1-8)            A. God’s timing is perfect            B. I can obey because of God’s great salvation.            C. Scoffing skeptics become smiling believers. II. Appreciate the merciful, promise-protecting God. (9-21)            A. Ishmael…

August 29, 2021Passage:  Genesis 20:1-18Speaker:  Josh HollandMain Point:  Shine the light on sinful patterns and choose to walk in holiness, by faith. I. Choose between walking in faith or running in fear.  (v.1-2)            A. Keep watch for “been there done that” attitudes.            B. Abraham’s fear threatened the promised blessing. II. “Good” people are dead in…

August 22, 2021Passage:  Genesis 19Speaker:  Josh HollandMain Point:  Continually cast off the cravings the world and run to Jesus. I. Friendship with God begins with believing His message.  (v.1-14)            A. Archaeology keeps proving the Bible to be true.  (Romans 12:1-2)            B. Lot was in Sodom, and Sodom was in Lot’s.  (Ezekiel 16:48)            C. Repent: God…

August 15, 2021Passage:  Genesis 18Speaker:  Josh HollandMain Point:  God’s friends grow to have God’s heart for others. I. Abraham was called a friend of God. (v.1-8)            A. God was his greatest permanent possession.            B. Abraham recognizes a visit from the Lord.            C. Friendship with God looks like humble service & worship. II. Friendship with God…

July 11, 2021Passage:  Genesis 17:1-27Speaker:  Josh HollandMain Point:  Cast off the dead works of the past and walk forward in faith. I. Don’t settle on quick-fixes or human strength.   (1-3a)            A. El Shaddai – God is all-powerful and all-sufficient.            B. Fearing and knowing God results in a life of integrity.            C. Respond to God’s Word…

June 20, 2021Passage:  Genesis 16:1-16Speaker:  Josh HollandMain Point:  Our good Father seeks the humble and trains them to trust. I. Faith grows as we wait patiently for God. (1-3)            A. Focusing on what you lack results in a bitter, thankless heart.            B. Sarai’s solution was self-centered, not God-centered.            C. Faith listens to God’s word. II.…

May 16, 2021Passage:  Genesis 15:1-21Speaker:  Josh HollandMain Point:  Faith that works begins by resting in the promises of God. I. God’s Word gives me a corrected vision of reality.  (1-3)            A. God can remove fear and doubt with His presence..            B. Jesus is my abundant reward.            C. Surrender fear and yield to confidence in the…

May 2, 2021Passage:  Genesis 14; Psalm 110; Heb. 7Speaker:  Josh HollandMain Point:  Draw near to God through the indestructible life of Jesus Christ. I. We worship God through a mediator. (Genesis 14:18-24)            A. Melchizedek refreshed people worn out by battle.            B. He blessed Abram and then blessed God.            C. Abram offered a tithe to God…

April 25, 2021Passage:  Genesis 14:1-24Speaker:  Josh HollandMain Point:  Faith opens my eyes to God’s leading, provision and victory. I. The world looks good, but it is filled with endless turmoil. (1-12)            A. Faith in God provides a solid foundation.            B. You can be transformed by God or conformed to the world.  (Romans 12:2)            C. Because…

April 18, 2021Passage:  Genesis 12:10-13:18Speaker:  Josh HollandMain Point:  God purifies my faith in trials that reveal His faithfulness. I. A test of faith often follows a triumph of faith. (10)            A. The Bible is filled with lessons on how and why to trust God.            B. My faith needs to be tempered and tested. II. God…