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The Perfect Priest Devotional: Jesus Christ Is All

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:05:29 +0000

Hebrews 13:8-25 NLT 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your strength comes from God’s grace, not from rules about food, which don’t help those who follow them. 10 We have an altar from which the priests in the Tabernacle have no [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: What Now?

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:01:27 +0000

Hebrews 13:1-7 NLT “Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters. 2 Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it! 3 Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their pain in [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: Listen Carefully

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:00:30 +0000

Hebrews 12:14-28 NLT 14 Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.15 Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: God Disciplines Those He Loves

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:00:38 +0000

Hebrews 12:1-13 NLT Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: Great Examples of Faith

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:51:05 +0000

Hebrews 11 NLT Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.2 Through their faith, the people in days of old earned a good reputation. 3 By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: Christ’s Sacrifice – Once for All

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:00:10 +0000

Hebrews 10:1-18 NLT “The old system under the law of Moses was only a shadow, a dim preview of the good things to come, not the good things themselves. The sacrifices under that system were repeated again and again, year after year, but they were never able to provide perfect cleansing for those who came [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: Worshiping the King

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:00:32 +0000

Hebrews 9:1-10 NLT That first covenant between God and Israel had regulations for worship and a place of worship here on earth. 2 There were two rooms in that Tabernacle. In the first room were a lampstand, a table, and sacred loaves of bread on the table. This room was called the Holy Place. 3 [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: Christ Is Our High Priest

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:00:26 +0000

Hebrews 8 NLT 1Here is the main point: We have a High Priest who sat down in the place of honor beside the throne of the majestic God in heaven. 2 There he ministers in the heavenly Tabernacle, the true place of worship that was built by the Lord and not by human hands. 3 [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: Melchize…who?

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:00:24 +0000

Hebrews 6:20-7:14 NLT 20 Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. 7 This Melchizedek was king of the city of Salem and also a priest of God Most High. When Abraham was returning home after winning a great battle against the kings, [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: What is the Gospel?

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:00:30 +0000

Hebrews 9:11-28 NLT 11 So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world. 12 With his own blood—not the blood of goats and [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: God Keeps His Promises

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:00:33 +0000

Hebrews 6:13-19 NLT 13 For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying: 14 “I will certainly bless you, and I will multiply your descendants beyond number.” 15 Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: Spiritual Growth

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:00:56 +0000

Read Hebrews 5:11-6:12 NLT 11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. 12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: Jesus is the Great High Priest

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:07:56 +0000

Hebrews 4:14-5:10 NLT 14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. 15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. 16 [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: Resting In God

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:00:03 +0000

Hebrews 4:1-13 NLT God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it. 2 For this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: Belief or Not

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:00:27 +0000

Hebrews 3 NLT And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and are partners with those called to heaven, think carefully about this Jesus whom we declare to be God’s messenger and High Priest. 2 For he was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses served faithfully when he was entrusted [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: Are You Drifting?

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:00:43 +0000

Hebrews 2 NLT So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. 2 For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished. 3 So what makes us think we can [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotional: Jesus Christ is Greater

Elevate Web Admin — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:00:55 +0000

Hebrews 1:5-14 NLT 5 For God never said to any angel what he said to Jesus: “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.” God also said, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son.” 6 And when he brought his supreme Son into the world, God said, “Let all [...]

The Perfect Priest Devotionals: Jesus Christ Is God’s Son

Elevate Web Admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:40:38 +0000

Hebrews 1:1-4 NLT Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. 2 And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe. 3 The Son radiates [...]

Joshua Devotion Pt. 6

Elevate Web Admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:59:17 +0000

Get Up! Have you ever forgotten the great things God has done for you? This is what happens to Joshua right after the battle of Jericho. Israel loses a battle with a people called Ai which causes Joshua to become discouraged and lose heart. Read Joshua 7:4-9 4 So approximately 3,000 warriors were sent, but [...]

Joshua Devotion Pt. 5

Elevate Web Admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:53:57 +0000

Really? Read Joshua 6:1-6 Now the gates of Jericho were tightly shut because the people were afraid of the Israelites. No one was allowed to go out or in. 2 But the Lord said to Joshua, “I have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors. 3 You and your fighting men should march [...]

Joshua Devotion Pt. 4

Elevate Web Admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:49:59 +0000

Meditate on Scripture Meditating on Scripture can be an incredible way to spend time with God. When the Lord is commissioning Joshua, God instructs Joshua to meditate on Scripture day and night. When we think of meditation, we tend to think of the person sitting cross-legged, fingers making circles, eyes closed saying, “oohhmmmm.” This is [...]

Joshua Devotion Pt. 3 God Created each of us

Elevate Web Admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:00:59 +0000

What are you good at? What are you passionate about? God has created you with specific gifts and talents that are unique to you and only you. You were created to do something no one else can do because no one is you. God has a plan for your life using the incredible [...]

Joshua Devotional Pt. 2 “God Goes Ahead of Us”

Elevate Web Admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:30:18 +0000

List 3 people you want to know the Lord. 1. 2. 3. Pray specifically for them by name and ask God to go ahead of you as you continue to be friends, hang out, and have conversations with each person. Read Joshua 2:8-11 “8 Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up [...]

Joshua Devotional Part 1 2/27/12

Elevate Web Admin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:40:23 +0000

Joshua is about to embark on an incredible journey as the new leader of the people Israel, after Moses’ death. Do you think Joshua was nervous or afraid? He has some pretty big shoes to fill – Moses’, the one who led God’s people out of slavery in Egypt. When Joshua is charged to lead [...]

Elevate Sermon 02/02/12

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Elevate Youth Joshua Series Sermon 2/15/12

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Elevate Youth Joshua Series Sermon 2/8/12

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Joshua Sermon Series 1/25/12

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Elevate Youth Joshua Series Sermon 1/18/12

Elevate Web Admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:04:20 +0000