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• 6/7/21 Takeaways
• We are judged by our works We are not saved by them
• There are no contradictions in any of scripture
• You cannot give your salvation away
• A rut is a grave with both ends kicked out
• We must use our gifts to increase the kingdom.  Use it or lose it!
• Hiding your salvation is a sure way to lose it – Arminian
• Our salvation is about our relationship with Jesus
• Without a relationship with Jesus, there is nothing
• Now I can work on who I am… a sinner
• When you have a good relationship with someone, doing something for them is not a struggle
• Those who watch me take up my cross daily, get God’s message
• The great problem solver is there with all the time
• We all have gifts to use for God’s glory
• The midnight cry when Jesus comes again
• I just plant the seed, God gives the increase
• Let Him use you too
• I am a witness every time I share what I learned
• The need I have to understand and the Word is overwhelming

• 5/24/21 Takeaways
• Man will never run out of ways to twist the Bible to his wants
• Satan took Scripture out of context when tempting Jesus
• So many Christians believe in God but don’t believe God
• You cannot go backwards with salvation
• Backsliding means you are saved but enticed by sin
• Verses out of context are interesting
• 1 Peter 3.15 is evangelism 101.  Gentleness and respect
• Words are powerful deception is alive and well
• Pray for wisdom to know what to believe
• The switch flipped on
• I love every one of you
• It sure as hell ain’t gonna be eggs
• It is so nice to share our opinions and beliefs
• You cannot get the bible without the Holy Spirit
• Homework : What 3 verses did satan take out of context when tempting Christ? How did Christ respond?

• TAKEAWAYS 5/17/21
• Good works glorify God
• Deathbed conversions are a gamble
• Tell them about the lord stand back and let Him do the rest
• I want my hug from Jesus
• Bible is Truth. Stand firm no matter the consequences
• Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness
• Some sow and some reap and a lot happens in-between
• I am amazed at the joy of seeing a baby Christian
• Studying his word is a joy
• Being together to study his word fills my hot and soul
• The lowly woman brought the town to repentance
• God calls us to have a relationship with him first, then we repent
• The only thing that never changes is God
• When 2 or more are gathered and someone speaks, this brings the color
• The still, small voice is getting louder and louder
• We are like lightning bugs

• 5/10/21 Takeaways
• If you stomp the gospel fire, you spread it
• Works are the outpouring of our salvation
• Africans are doomed to hell if we don’t give them the cross
• We should seek incorruptibility
• Pray for everyone
• What we pursue makes it worthwhile
• We work because we are saved, not to be saved
• Thank God we live in a country founded on biblical principles
• Perseverance and longsuffering are rewards
• The more we obey Him, the more he leads our lives
• I am grateful to be here
• The Jews are held to higher standard – First the Jews, then Greeks
• I’m at peace with God’s plan for our country
• Faith without doing God’s works is dead
• Keep It Simple Stupid
• God expects more from Christians. To whom much is given much is expected
• We judged individually. We are not judged by what they are doing
• Always pursue the honor and glory that is His

• Takeaways 5/3/21
• Every other thought I have is a sin because I’m not thinking about God
• We don’t need the devil to lead us to sin
• I sin every bit every bit as much as the unsaved, yet I repent
• He allows man to reap the consequences of his false attitude toward God
• Everyone not in the book of life is cast into the lake of fire
• God’s eye is impenetrable. He makes a list of what you do
• Judgement is scary stuff
• We should not be afraid of the end times
• There will be a day when you’ll be accountable for every word, thought and deed
• Fear of the Lord keeps me on the right path
• Repent doesn’t mean “I’m sorry”. You have to turn away
• The most miserable person in the world is the Christian who persists in his sin
• The Holy Spirit never stops convicting
• When there is no way out, look up
• Repentance means turn from sin and turn to Christ
• I love the Bible because it speaks truth
• There is a day of judgement God created
• Sin was fun before I was saved. Now it is miserable
• God is waiting for everyone in the world to repent
• The saved and unsaved are both sinners but the saved are held to a higher standard
• God holds us to a higher standard because you know more
• Invite the Holy Spirit in every day
• You cannot have a mind full of the Word with a body full of sin
• I found peace in this room with these people
• Although I feel lonely right now, I’m not alone

• 4/12/2021 Takeaways
• God is big and amazing I cannot comprehend Him
• I get awestruck by God’s immenseness
• Job took a long time to know his relationship with God
• I thought I was done with repentance but I’m not
• Don’t need repentance if not for rebellion
• My ideal self changes
• Repent or you will surely perish
• This helped me understand repentance
• Repentance vs regret
• Focus on your own sin, examine your own heart
• Let the headlines remind You who you are
• God’s patience and long suffering will eventually come to end
• Without repentance, there is no way you can accept Christ
• It is so peaceful to share the bible
• Think-change-act
• there is a whole lot of power in the word “unless”
• I’m not going to judge anymore
• I cannot get angry at the world. This is precisely what God planned.
• Repentance is rethinking my relationships to God
• Blessings me from God, tragedy is not
• All you have to do is rethink it
• My humanity gets in God’s way

• 04/05/21 takeaways
• Patience, Patience Patience, and love, love, love
• God desires but he doesn’t will
• if God wasn’t patient, He would have wiped out Adam and Eve
• I am Hearing truth in bible study I didn’t hear in Sunday school
• Haq 2:6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. 7 And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts.God is giving us the chance to know Him
• Revival – Holy spirit convicts and leads to repentance
• Repentance is one of the most important words in the entire bible
• I’ve never understood God’s patience – He has patience for everyone
• He is a God of order. Chaos is from satan
• The Trinity doesn’t live in time and Space
• Salvation is not a reward for the righteous
• Lessons here are eye opening and heart opening
• Many who think they are saved are not
• Monday night helps prepare us to evangelize God’s word
• We sin without knowing it. The Holy Spirit shows us what we did before
• Plant the seed then let it go
• I’m getting convicted more and it brings me closer to God
• We are chosen to show others the way to God
• My child is paying the penalty because I spoiled him
• I spent time in the world and came back wrecked
• Protect your time with the Lord
• We are all dying from deadly disease of sin. Our savior has given us the cure. We should share it
• People will hear what we are saying and be convicted
• The most miserable person in the world is a Christian living in sin

• 3/22/21 Takeaways
• God made laws people could do what is right. Now the laws neglect God’s laws
• My job is to glorify God
• The church is living within us.  We are the church
• God gave them up
• We are seeing the Bible revealed before our eyes
• We have the undercover word
• Jesus loved us so much He paid the price
• We are living in a time prophesy is fulfilled
• God keeps no record of wrong for his people
• I continue to hear things my Grandmother said
• If you sinned, you will for it … eventually
• We continually take advantage of God who loves us
• The end is coming. We keep getting more chances
• God will show you the way to go
• None of you can do it without God
• Praise God for His healing
• 10 out of 10 Times God answered your prayer
• Parents reprimand you for a reason.  Thank you
• God gave us the law because he wants good for us
• God’s word is sharper than any two edged sword

• 15 Mar 2021 – Takeaways
• The blood of Christ is the ONLY way to escape God’s judgement
• Heb 9:27 Man dies once
• It is God’s goodness, longsuffering, and forbearance that leads us to repent
• Big difference between what God desires and what God wills
• Sin blinds us
• God makes it rain on non-believers to feed the believers
• God’s patience is counter intuitive
• God is caring, loving, and slow to anger
• The patience God has is remarkable
• It all belongs to God. We own nothing
• God never sleeps, but Jesus takes naps
• God cuts us slack for knowing the truth
• We should all be on our knees praising his grace and mercy
• Here – presence of God, There – the world
• New grace every morning to start our day
• Grateful for God’s word, the eyes to see his glory, his long suffering, and forbearance is continuing
• He’s waiting for people to repent. It hasn’t gotten bad enough
• A baby’s highest clotting factor is 8 days old. God knew but it took science 3800 years to learn it
• God can be pleased with us but also furious
• Grandmother was a servant of God
• Scoffers will scoff
• Jesus held all our sins on the cross in a longsuffering way
• Kneel at the cross and repent

• 08 Mar 2021 – Takeaways
• My way is not Yahweh
• Desire came from him wanting you to know Him
• To know the Truth we must read the word of God
• Just because God doesn’t punish right away, He will get to you eventually
• Our belief gives us freedom to express our thoughts
• He has mercy but there is a point where mercy ends and judgement begins
• Jesus is who he said He was
• You gotta know the Book
• Lost folks don’t understand the concept of saved
• The way you behave and act speaks volumes about our Savior
• People around us are lost and need to hear the Gospel
• Discipleship should be exponential
• Bible study makes me want to find out more
• He is outside of time and space
• I’ve been in a funk. God is convicting me
• God’s grace is mind blowing
• You don’t read it once and say “I got this”
• Hebrews 4:12 – For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart
• Good is patient for us to repent
• When I do bad, my Father corrects because He loves me
• God gives us time to repent
• When I get sick of the pattern repeating, then I repent
• Be so intimate with God we no longer want to sin
• I cry because I feel I am not worthy of God’s mercy
• Jesus bears the wrath of God for us
• We forget He is pursuing us
• Ps 23 – God’s goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life
• It’s a kind Lord that leads to repentance

• 01 Mar 2021 Takeaways
• We are to trust and obey
• Every sin requires punishment
• Don’t Matter. I’m fixin’ to do God’s will.
• God values obedience over sacrifice
• God is like huge camera looking at your heart
• Sin creates downward spiral seeking God the converse
• Seeking God is a better spiral.
• There is a life after this
• Pray for Al. It is up to God, not us
• Salvation belongs to the Lord
• You cannot barter yourself into heaven
• We cannot hide from God
• Reverse the downward spiral
• God knows our mistakes before we make them
• There is nothing you can do to earn your salvation
• Spiral down to dark, spiral up to light
• The only way to go is with Christ
• All our secrets will be exposed
• Don’t matter. Trust God, Obey God, Praise God
• I am like a goldfish in a bowl. This is comforting and liberating
• We are 2 saved souls living in a fish bowl
• That is not your story
• God says “I have a purpose for just you”

• 22 Feb 2021 Takeaways
• God will do the fighting, we shall be silent
• God gave us a lot of promises but we still break his commandments
• The law condemns us and forces us toward Jesus
• If you are thinking about God, you cannot thing about Evil
• Come to me if you are heavy laden, and I will give you rest
• The world cannot comprehend the term “saved”
• If you have an opportunity to share the Lord, take it!
• Blessings are the Lord’s to give. They are not material things
• All blessing point to the glory of God
• The door opened
• Spread the word in tiny bits
• The more I sin, the dirtier it gets
• Ps 3:8 Salvation belongs to the Lord

• 15 Feb 2021 Takeaways
• I think, therefore I sin
• There are so many things God abhors
• We need to pray and ask the Holy Spirit for guidance
• These bible study classes help us understand this more
• Antinomianism – many call themselves Christians but don’t act it
• No one here says “believe it because I said so”
• We are growing with each other, learning God’s word. What will we do with it?
• We contact a lot of lost people every day. Tell them about Jesus!
• The Bible is the absolute truth
• God provided a place for us to learn his Word
• It is our job to tell them about Jesus
• There are different types of judging. God’s law, civil law, criminal law, and your opinion
• We are here because we made a judgement about other churches
• I was blind to my own sins
• God judges fairly and I’m not qualified
• Even though you are saved, you will still be judged
• I’m good when I stay in the Word
• Read da Word, Do da Word!
• Replace MSM, sports, gossip, etc., with the Word

• Takeaways
• We need to ask the Holy Spirit for guidance
• We, as Christians, are not allowed to have prejudices
• If they are your people, they are mine too
• God gave them up… is a terrible place to be
• There is a lot of judgement in this world today
• Leave religion out of it. Judge a person by how he acts
• I am thankful the Messiah came for everyone
• I’m getting better because I’m more aware
• God’s working on me when I allow Him to work on me
• Grateful I’ve been saved by Jesus
• Judging has to stop with me
• Cherry picking the Bible drives me up a wall because I used to do it a lot
• Don’t compromise on the absolutes
• Judge not lest you be judge is the world’s excuse for anything goes
• Lay down your straight rod for comparison
• Thank God Jesus came to save everybody
• The reality is I am a wretched sinner
• Everything we do is to love and honor God

• Takeaways 01 Feb 2021
• God is refining us through trials – forming us in the image of Jesus Christ
• Golden chain: foreknew->predestined->called->Justified->sanctified->glorified
• In order to be found, she had to be lost
• You don’t know you don’t know – it is important to evangelize
• I was deep in the hole and he pulled me out. Thank you God!
• This world is passing away. You have a hole God watching over you
• Degradation of society blows my mind
• We live in a sinful world and we must keep praying for the unsaved people to realize the truth
• God still loves us
• It breaks my heart that all people aren’t going where we are going
• We tested God and found him unworthy – the are the lost
• God refines us until he sees an image of himself
• Mother was spiritual and practical. She lived the religion but didn’t talk about it
• Today we don’t really know poverty
• God will get him for that tone
• We follow Jesus. Who is President doesn’t matter
• God gave me a new pair of glasses to see Him
• God’s way is not always my way
• Jesus did this for ME!
• We live in fascinating times and see prophecy fulfilled
• Joyful sorrow

• TAKEAWAYS 1/25/2021
• They suppress the truth because they love their sin
• Everyone gets general revelation. Specific revelation comes through the Holy Spirit
• We submit to God so he puts the Holy Spirit in us
• Once you accept Jesus as your savior, you have the Holy Spirit and nothing can take that away
• Every day we get a new beginning
• I am grateful for the opportunity to grow in the spirit
• We always have the kingdom at our fingertips
• It is like a spiritual hug – holy mackerel
• Glad Jesus came to fulfill the Old Testament
• We live in times we are seeing many things fulfilled
• He is going to judge this country
• Never go to bed angry. Ask God to care for the one who angered you
• Put sticker on the window
• The Holy Spirit flips the switch enabling us to “get it”

• TAKEAWAYS 1/18/2021
• Focus on what God has done for me, not what he hasn’t done for others
• We ALL need Jesus
• I just Love what we did tonight. Sharing the beauty of scripture
• He walks with me and He talks with me
• God is powerful. Some refuse to see His goodness
• The Lord never changes. Th Old Testament points to Jesus
• Every word in the Bible is true.
• We can take Gods majesty and power for granted
• I pity people who refuse to believe
• What more evidence do you need to know there is God
• It is amazing to see his power
• I am in awe of God’s creation
• People who don’t know God are missing so much
• I thought I was too dirty for God
• I love watching God’s creations
• Job confessed his idea of God was too small
• Sin, repent, sin, repent, repeat

• TAKEAWAYS
• I came in as a wild woman and left with God’s grace
• I came here to get  refresher course in God’s grace
• Godliness comes first, then righteousness
• There is no morality without God
• We cannot have real relationships without Godliness
• How much am I acting Godlike
• The answer is always in scripture
• Now I have a better understanding of God’s wrath – hatred of sin
• I am a difficult person. I turn to scripture to deal with myself
• Some religions worship the person on the pulpit and ignore God
• You can strive for  Godliness and have some righteousness
• My only path to salvation is through Christ
• What Would Jesus Do?
• I really don’t like ’em, but I love ’em
• God is the special sauce in the recipe for salvation
• Christ is the only one way out of God’s wrath
• The Old Testament is a roadmap to Jesus Christ – a biblical GPS
• The wrath of God abides on children of disobedience
• There are penalties for sin
• Thank God for Jesus taking on God’s wrath
• Prayer works!
• The Bible has no contradictions or mistakes
• We sin 640 trillion times per second.  Jesus has borne all of this
• Moody handbook of Messianic Prophecy is a great reference.

• 11/09/2020
• The symmetry and balance of scripture is God
• Jesus is the only one that could do it! His love is tremendous
• I love how the verses go back and forth
• Jesus is all through the Bible
• The NT is latent in the OT. The OT is patent in the NT
• A spiritual life is better than a Vaccine
• Faith is not believeism
• Jesus Christ is the Angel of the Lord
• The world use faith when hope is a better world
• The message of salvation is so important to God, it is in every book of the Bible
• God is giving the people what they want
• We each find our own way. I have Jesus with me all the time
• This book is God’s plan for salvation
• Be excited your name is written in heaven
• This Bible study is where build our faith
• Ps 117 Praise the Lord all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.  For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever

• 11/02/2020
• I cannot work myself into heaven
• Everything we have was given to us
• there is no reason to be ashamed of God’s plan
• We are righteous because of the Gospel
• Jesus is the only truth there is. The only truth there ever will be
• There is no salvation without His resurrection
• I am thankful I can understand the Gospel
• It takes people who know the Word of God to help others know the Word of God
• The Word of God is always becoming clearer
• All that matters is the Gospel
• Progressive Revelation — More is revealed as time goes on
• A man is Justified by faith apart from works of the law
• We walk by faith, not by sight
• We are constantly reminded we are not saved by works
• Double Imputation
• It is awesome He gave me His righteousness
• Our faith keeps us from being ashamed of the gospel
• We appear crazy because of our beliefs
• Heb 11:1 –  Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen

• Prayer doesn’t change God’s mind, It changes mine (heart and mind)
• Prayer is Immediate
• It is all predestined and has nothing to do with me
• Learning scriptures makes you hungry for more
• Religion says do. Christianity says done!
• I have seen the power of prayer
• His will be done
• I am overwhelmed by His grace and mercy
• Salvation is a gift from God. I didn’t ask God to give me anything, I only asked Him to take it away
• What difference would it made it 10, 100, 1000 people pray at the same time?
• Does God hear me? I guess so and I thank God for big things and small things
• There is power in numbers
• Talking to the creator of the universe is the most powerful thing we can do, ever!
• Our salvation is about the promise God made to Adam and Eve
• while(0) { As you continue your walk, you realize how bad you really are; }

• 19 Oct 2020
• Christ’s blood is the most important gift in the universe
• I’m here! I don’t want to be anywhere else
• Thank you to God, I can reconcile to my heavenly Father through Jesus
• We continue to grow in the faith
• Before the fall, Adam and Eve knew no sin. Beautiful, peaceful, fellowship with God is what they know. We look forward to this.
• Imagine having the garden of Eden then losing it
• Jesus is complete in everything. Looking forward to sitting with lions and tigers
• I’m saved yet I’m still a sinner. I’m growing every day
• Salvation is once and for all. God would rather pardon us than judge us
• Reconciliation and Restoration for Lacie
• Forgive and restore God’s way, not my way, you can have peace
• We are born into sin with free will. It amazes me how much God pursues us
• Salvation and restoration – Move from slave to sin to warrior against sin
• I’m saved and cannot be unsaved. I know I need to pay attention to conviction and work through God
• History of Reconciliation and Restoration. Prophecy of Reconciliation and Restoration. God picked us. He saved us, he glorified us. I get to live in the peace that comes from this
• Thank God for Rufus. This is how God works

• 12 Oct 2020
• We don’t appreciate how guilty of sin we are until we appreciate the sacrifice of the cross
• People who aren’t saved don’t care at all
• Although I continue to sin, I’ll try to to feel guilty because I’m so grateful I’m forgiven
• So much sin is fruits of the devil. Live in the Spirit producing fruits from God
• I’m a sinner. I have to pray to God everyday to help me
• Because we are forgiven, our sin is forgotten. It is the enemy that makes the guilt linger
• You won’t go to hell if you question the Bible to learn its message
• I didn’t recognize some of my sins as sin before I was saved. They tasted like cream, now they taste like rubbish
• It is a sad world we live in today. The Word shows us sins keep repeating
• Sin – repent, sin – repent, sin – repent…
• If we use the power of the Spirit we would be in better shape
• Because of grace, the Father sees Jesus, not this vile sinner
• Christ paid the penalty. Two people cannot pay for the came crime. Therefore, I stand guiltless
• The enemy doesn’t wear a red suit and carry a pitchfork. He arrives in a fine suit
• I get Tourette’s when I watch the news. I don’t want this pollution in my mind, so I turn it off
• The easiest sins to repent from are the obvious ones. There will be temptation. We will always mess up
• We are like a frog in a kettle. We don’t recognize the water getting hotter
• The devil made me do it. I am thankful Jesus paid the price for all of us here
• Knowledge of heart is from God. Knowledge of mind is from the enemy. I like listening to my heart
• I’m so glad to know I’m a sinner. If I didn’t know, I wouldn’t be saved
• God save us from things that are too strong for us
• I am re-crucifying Christ by holding onto the guilt of my sin

• Read scripture so you know what is accurate
• There are a lot of inaccurate influences on your life
• Babylon is America. Judgement is coming
• You have got to be careful what you read and hear. Measure against scripture
• A lot of people are writing just to sell books
• Celebrate Christmas in 2020 by doing something for people who have nothing. We don’t know what’s coming next year
• Thank God he has a plan for our redemption

• People who are passionate for the Lord are contagious
• The gospel is full of cognitive dissonance
• The truth is all the time.  It isn’t Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
• There is hope for everybody
• The enemy makes me afraid of saying something wrong.  Paul teaches us to say it anyway
• Share the gospel sometimes is done when they see the change in myself
• I am a filthy, ragged, lowly worm.  Come to my church
• I am not good at cold calls.  My ego and pride kicks in. 
• I don’t know every scripture but I know enough to glorify God
• I feel so honored Jesus loves me so much
• I am a student of the Bible. I am always learning
• We don’t know how much time we have.  Share the gospel
• Most of us are “uncomfortable” with the Bible
• We don’t spent enough time teaching children about Christ
• You don’t have to know every word of scripture to share the gospel.  You lived it
• My power is made perfect in your weakness — God

• God gives us faith to believe it all. "The Bible is everything or it is nothing"
  • The Bible is a promise, not a premise - Charla
• Life is eternal. Will you spend eternity forgiven or unforgiven?
• The Holy Spirit speaks in everyone's unique language
• English is woefully inadequate compared to Greek
• Every day we should renew our relationship with the Lord and the Word to help us overcome our fear of sharing the Gospel
• It is better to internalize than memorize scripture
• Learn the numbers so you can find scripture easily
• Wanting to know God's word should motivate you to show up every week