Hebrews 12 | Prayer and Thanksgiving

Mark Hasenmyer read and commented from Hebrews chapter 12 (Heb 12:1-17).

Hebrews 12:1-2  Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
..   Hebrews 12:6  For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.


Allen Daniels spoke using the theme “What does Thanksgiving really mean?”
Referenced Scriptures: Psalm 50


Hebrews 12, Thanksgiving

Psalm 2, Forward Thinking

Allen Daniels read and commented from Psalm 2.


Mark Hasenmyer continued speaking about the concepts of Psalm 2 and then transitioned to the Crucifixion.  He then read from Acts chapter 4 which quotes Psalm 2.  Finally, He returned to Hebrews, chapter 11 and 12 with a theme of “Forward Thinking”.


Psalm 2, Forward Thinking

Psalm 116 | Faith, Hebrews 11 (cont.)

Allen Daniels read and commented from Psalm 116.


Mark Hasenmyer continued speaking about Faith from Hebrews chapter 11.


Psalm 116, Faith, Hebrews 11

Hebrews Chapter 11 [Faith and Hope]

Allen Daniels spoke about Faith.

Referenced Scriptures: Hebrews 11:1,6, Psalm 1:1-2, Malachi 3:8-12, James 1:12-18


Mark Hasenmyer read from Hebrews chapter 11 and spoke about Hope.  He also gave a detailed explanation of verse 4 (Abel and Cain).

Hebrews 11:4  By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.


Faith, Hope, Hebrews 11

Life of Paul, Faithful Sayings

Allen Daniels spoke about The Life of the Apostle Paul and Faithful Sayings. 


Life of Paul, Faithful Sayings

2 Timothy 3 | Hebrews 8 & 9

Allen Daniels read and commented from Psalm 115 & 2Timothy chapter 3. He spoke about the last days and perilous times and how the long list of offenses of man (described in 2Tim 3) is similar to what we see in the world today.

2Timothy 3:1   This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.


Mark Hasenmyer continued speaking from Hebrews chapter 8 then moved into chapter 9 and spoke about the Tabernacle.


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Abandoning the Old Law Service (Hebrews)

Allen Daniels read and commented from Hebrews chapter 1 and followed up with related Old Testament prophesy.


Mark Hasenmyer continued speaking from Hebrews (chapter 8) about how the new Christians learned to abandon the old law service and follow the new covenant.  He also used the theme “To Understand the book of Hebrews, you need to think like a Hebrew (at the time when the letter was written)”.


Hebrews, old law service

2nd Peter Chapter 1 | Hebrews Chapter 1

Bryce Lowrance read and commented from 2nd Peter chapter 1 (2Peter 1:1-11).


Allen Daniels  read and commented from Hebrews chapter 1.


2nd Peter chapter 1

Make a Joyful Noise | Elijah and Elisha

Allen Daniels introduced services reading from Psalms 69 and 95, and Ephesians 5:18-19.
…  Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord


Mark Hasenmyer spoke about Elijah and Elisha and compared them to John the Baptist and Jesus Christ.

Referenced Scriptures: [2Timothy 3:16-17, Matthew 17:10-13, Revelation Chapter 11]


Make a Joyful Noise, Elijah and Elisha

The Sovereignty of God and the Laws of Nature

Allen Daniels introduced services and spoke about Job.


Mark Hasenmyer spoke about The Sovereignty of God and the Laws of Nature.
He also spoke about election and predestination (Matthew 22: [The Parable of the Marriage Feast / Kingdom of Heaven]).

Matthew 22:14  For many are called, but few are chosen.


Job,Sovereignty of God,Laws of Nature