Faithful Word Family Worship Center Pastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhD
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FaithfulWord
Family Worship CenterPastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhD
In 2014 God is calling you to
reap the rewards of faithfulness!
The Power of Faithfulness
Pastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhDFamily Worship Center
The Power of a Pledge to Be Faithful
Pastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhDFamily Worship Center
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Family Worship CenterPastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhD
EMET vs Sheker OR
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Family Worship CenterPastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhD
Breaking Faith
Family Worship CenterPastor Mark Schwarzbauer PhD
Jeremiah 1:4-124 The word of the LORD came to me, saying, 5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” 6 “Ah, Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am only a child.”
Jeremiah 1:4-127 But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 1:4-129 Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “Now, I have put my words in your mouth. 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”
Jeremiah 1:4-1211 The word of the LORD came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied. 12 The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”
Part One:Faithful
Faithful – Almonds•Hebrew word for “Almond”
is shakeid (שקד)• Comes from a root that
means to "watch" or "wake" (i.e., shakad: שקד)
Faithful• The almond tree is among
the first trees to “awaken” from its winter sleep so they watch for it to bud as the sign of Spring.
Photo by Ester Inbar
Almond budding Photo by Ester Inbar – wikimediacommons
Exodus 25:33-34;
37:19-20… “bowls shall be made like
almond blossoms”
Part Two:Faithful Word
Matthew 27 “9 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced, 10 and gave them for the potter’s field, as the LORD directed me.”
Matthew 27:9 “9 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced, 10 and gave them for the potter’s field, as the LORD directed me.”Quote is actually from Zechariah 11:12.
“In the tradition of the Rabbis, the order of the books of the prophets… is
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and the twelve.”
Calling anything from the prophets as “Jeremiah” is the same as you calling any
facial tissue a “Kleenex.”
The Confirmation of Faithfulness to His Word
• The play on Hebrew words…• “Almond” comes from the
Hebrew root word meaning “to watch.”• They “watched” for the almond
to bud signifying spring was coming.
Jeremiah 1:4-1211 The word of the LORD came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied. 12 The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”
Jeremiah 1:4-1212 The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”
God is watching over His Word to see that it is fulfilled.
HE WILL BE FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD!
In 2014 God is calling you to
reap the rewards of faithfulness!
Part Three:Faithful to the Word
Commitment Card… With God’s help as I start 2014 I commit myself to be…
• …Faithful to God in daily devotions and attending church.• …Faithful to my family and other relationships, keeping sex
only in marriage.• …Faithful in my work doing all things diligently for Christ.• …Faithful in my health taking care of the temple of the Holy
Spirit.• …Faithful in my finances, being a wise steward of what God
blesses me with.
• Signed ____________
Jeremiah 1:4-127 But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 1:4-127 But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 1:4-127 But the LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.
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