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Learning From Elderly Believers
Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jan 3, 2024 (message contributor)
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1. Lessons To Age Gracefully Lesson 1
Contributed on Jan 3, 2024
Five good things to remember at a funeral.
“Absent from the body … present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8). “O Lord, You alone are my hope. I’ve trusted You, O Lord, from childhood. Yes, You have been with me from birth; from my mother’s womb You have cared for me. No wonder I am always praising You! … And now, in my old age, don’t set ...read more
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2. Caleb - 85 Years Young Lesson 2
Contributed on Jan 3, 2024
Learn when you are young so you will still know how to serve God when you get old.
“The Lord has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years … Today I am eighty-five years old. I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then. So give me the hill country that the Lord promised me … I ...read more
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3. Anna - Always Faithful Lesson 3
Contributed on Jan 3, 2024
Anna was a prophetess that received insight not available to others.
A. INTRODUCTION “Anna, a prophet, was also there in the Temple. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher, and she was very old. Her husband died when they had been married only seven years. Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed ...read more
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4. John - Faithful To The End Lesson 4
Contributed on Jan 3, 2024
Make a list of things you must do before you leave this life/earth.
A. INTRODUCTION “This is a revelation from Jesus Christ … to His servant John … to the seven churches in … Asia … I am Alpha and Omega … who is – who always was, and who is still coming … I John was exiled to the island Patmos” (Revelation 1:1-9). B. BACKGROUND 1. John, an old disciple was ...read more
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5. Job - Faithful In Suffering Lesson 5
Contributed on Jan 3, 2024
Your faith works only when you work your faith.
A. INTRODUCTION 1. Job’s trials came at age 70. He had 140 years of blessings after his trials (42:16). Job had seven adult sons, and three adult daughters (42:13). What is the primary spiritual ask of a 70-year-old person? Faithfulness. 2. Job status: a. Owner of several property holdings ...read more
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6. Enoch - Watcher Looking For God Lesson 6
Contributed on Jan 5, 2024
It is possible to enjoy close intimacy with God in a world with its sinful environment.
“So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him” (Genesis 5:23-24). “By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, and was not found, because God had taken him; for before he was taken he had this ...read more
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7. Naomi - From Calamity To Change Agent Lesson 7
Contributed on Jan 5, 2024
Always do right, you never know when the opportunity will come to transform/change your life/destiny.
“Elimelech … his wife Naomi … sons were Mahlon and Chilian … Elimelech died … Naomi left with two sons ... took wives … Moab … Orpha … Ruth … both Mahlon and Chilian died … rose up to leave Moab” (Ruth 1:2-4). A. THE PROBLEM 1. Book is about Naomi’s challenge and achievements but named for ...read more
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8. Moses - Learning From Elderly Believers Lesson 8
Contributed on Jan 5, 2024
If you are going to do big tasks for God, you will need big patience and faith in Him.
“By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because … they were not afraid of the king’s command. By faith Moses … refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of ...read more
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9. Simeon - Not See Death Lesson 9
Contributed on Jan 5, 2024
You never get too old to be used by God.
“At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him and had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. That day the Spirit led him to the ...read more
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10. Sarah - Life From A Barren Womb Lesson 10
Contributed on Jan 5, 2024
Sarah is an example of marriage, fidelity and loyalty.
“This is the word of promise … Sarah shall have a son” (Romans 9:9). “By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one … were born as many as the stars of the sky in ...read more