2-1-26//Worship Team

2-1-26//ABHOR WHAT IS EVIL; CLING TO WHAT IS GOOD

Rom 12:9-13 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

To "abhor": something is to be so disgusted by it as to shrink from it or to detest. It means to shudder from with horror or hatred. Christians are told to regard evil with instant abhorrence. Amos says, "Hate the evil, and love the good" Jude says hate "even the garment spotted by the flesh" .

Prov 6:16-19 There are six things which the Lord hates,

Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:

17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,

18 A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,

19 A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.

Isa 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;

Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;

Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Gal 6:1-2 Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.

Phil 4:8-9 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. 9 The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you 

1-25-26// Worship Team

1-25-26// LET LOVE BE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY

Rom 12:9-13 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good

WITHOUT HYPOCRISY:

anupokritos (an-oo-pok'-ree-tos); undissembled, i.e. sincere:

unfeigned, undisguised, sincere

sincere, genuine, without hypocrisy; of good character, lacking pretense and prideful show

KJV - without dissimulation (hypocrisy), unfeigned.

HYPOCRITE

hupokrites (hoop-ok-ree-tace'); an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite"):

1.     one who answers, an interpreter

2.     an actor, stage player

3.     a dissembler, pretender, hypocrite

implying arrogance and hardness of heart, utterly devoid of sincerity and genuineness

KJV - hypocrite.

Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

1 Peter 1:22-23 Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart, 23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Peter 4:8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.

1 Cor 13 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,  6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.

13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1-18-26// Worship Team

1-18-26//PERSEVERING IN TRIBULATION

Rom 12:9-13 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; 11 not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, 13 contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

 PERSEVERANCE

hupomeno (hoop-om-en'-o); to stay under (behind), i.e. remain; figuratively, to undergo, i.e. bear (trials), have fortitude, persevere:

1.     to remain

a.     to tarry behind

2.     to remain i.e. abide, not recede or flee

a.     to preserve: under misfortunes and trials to hold fast to one's faith in Christ

b.     to endure, bear bravely and calmly: ill treatments

to stay behind; to stand firm, endure, persevere

KJV - abide, endure, (take) patient (-ly), suffer, tarry behind.

TRIBULATION:

thlipsis (thlip'-sis); pressure (literally or figuratively):

1.     a pressing, pressing together, pressure

2.     metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits

trouble, distress, oppression, tribulation

KJV - afflicted (-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble.

Matt 5:11-12 "Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.  12 "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Rom 5:1-5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

1 Cor 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

TEMPTATION:

peirasmos (pi-ras-mos'); a putting to proof (by experiment [of good], experience [of evil], solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity:

    an experiment, attempt, trial, proving

        trial, proving: the trial made of you by my bodily condition, since condition served as to test the love of the Galatians toward Paul (Gal. 4:

        the trial of man's fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy

            an enticement to sin, temptation, whether arising from the desires or from the outward circumstances

            an internal temptation to sin

        of the temptation by which the devil sought to divert Jesus the Messiah from his divine errand

            of the condition of things, or a mental state, by which we are enticed to sin, or to a lapse from the faith and holiness

            adversity, affliction, trouble: sent by God and serving to test or prove one's character, faith, holiness

        temptation (i.e. trial) of God by men

            rebellion against God, by which his power and justice are, as it were, put to the proof and challenged to show themselves

KJV - temptation,  try.

1-11-25// Worship Team

1-11-25//REJOICING IN HOPE

Rom 12:9-13 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; 11 not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, 13 contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality

Rejoicing: chairo (khah'-ee-ro); a primary verb; to be "cheerful", i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well:

1.     to rejoice, be glad

2.     to rejoice exceedingly

3.     to be well, thrive

4.     in salutations, hail!

5.     at the beginning of letters: to give one greeting, salute

KJV - farewell, be glad, God speed, greeting, hall, joy (-fully), rejoice.

God rejoices over you with shouts of joy

Zeph 3:14-17 Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Israel!

Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!

15 The Lord has taken away His judgments against you,

He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;

You will fear disaster no more.

16 In that day it will be said to Jerusalem: "Do not be afraid, O Zion;

Do not let your hands fall limp.

17 "The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior.

He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love,

He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.

Hope: elpis (el-pece'); from a primary elpo (to anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstractly or concretely) or confidence:

1.     expectation of evil, fear

2.     expectation of good, hope

a.     in the Christian sense

1.     joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation

3.     on hope, in hope, having hope

a.     the author of hope, or he who is its foundation

b.     the thing hoped for

KJV - faith, hope.

Rom 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit

Biblical hope is not mere wishful thinking but a confident, steadfast expectation of God's promises, rooted in His faithfulness and fulfilled through Jesus Christ's resurrection, offering assurance of salvation and future redemption for believers, even amidst suffering, and is described as a "living hope" that binds believers to God's enduring plans. It's a future-focused certainty, grounded in past acts of God, and sustained in the present, unlike worldly hope which is uncertain. 

Hebrew (Batah/Qavah): Means to trust, lean on, or bind oneself to something, implying security and reliance, like binding a tree to a car.

Greek (Elpis): Signifies a joyful and confident expectation, contrasting with the Greek philosophical idea of hope as mere possibility

1-4-26// Worship Team

1-4-26// REJOICING IN HOPE

Rom 12:9-13 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; 11 not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, 13 contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

Rejoicing: chairo (khah'-ee-ro); a primary verb; to be "cheerful", i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well:

1.     to rejoice, be glad

2.     to rejoice exceedingly

3.     to be well, thrive

4.     in salutations, hail!

5.     at the beginning of letters: to give one greeting, salute

KJV - farewell, be glad, God speed, greeting, hall, joy (-fully), rejoice

Ps 118:24 This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Phil 4:4-7 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! 5 Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

1 Thess 5:16-18 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Isa 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, My soul will exult in my God;

For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,