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Looking forward

Looking forward. 1. expecting. Matt 2:2 "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.". Looking forward. 1. expecting.

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Looking forward

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  1. Looking forward • 1. expecting Matt 2:2 "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

  2. Looking forward • 1. expecting Micah 5:2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times."

  3. Looking forward • 1. expecting Deut 30:11-14 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?"…

  4. Looking forward • 1. expecting … Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask"Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

  5. Looking forward • 2. relating John 10:3-5 …and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out… he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger… because they do not recognize a stranger's voice.

  6. Looking forward • 2. relating Psalm 25:14 The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.

  7. Looking forward • 2. relating Prov. 3:11-12 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline        and do not resent his rebuke,  because the LORD disciplines those he loves,        as a father the son he delights in.

  8. Looking forward • 2. relating 1 Corin 13:12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

  9. Looking forward • 2. relating Heb 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

  10. Looking forward • 2. relating • acknowledging Prov. 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heartand lean not on your ownunderstanding;  in all your ways acknowledge him,        and he will make your paths straight.

  11. Looking forward • 3. listening

  12. Looking forward • 3. listening 1 Kings19:11 The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by." Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind…

  13. Looking forward • 3. listening …. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper…

  14. Looking forward • 3. listening Matt 2:9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

  15. Looking forward • 3. listening Acts 2:15-28 ..'In the last days’, God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy…’

  16. Looking forward • 3. listening 2 Tim 2:7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.

  17. Looking forward • 4. following Matt 2:12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

  18. Looking forward to His Christmas presence

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