The North Church Women

MOMS: Living Wise, Pastor Steven Lee, October 8, 2021

How do we number our days? How does that give us a heart of wisdom? Pastor Steven Lee unpacks the 2021-22 MOMS theme verse and shares his personal experience on how we can “Live Wise."

MOMS: God’s Faithfulness, Barb Winbush, October 4, 2021

Barbara Winbush shares about God’s enduring faithfulness in her life.

MOMS: Hope for Anxious Moms, Pastor Brian Liechty, February 2, 2022

We all know what anxiety feels like in motherhood and the fears it produces. Will our children get hurt? Will they love Jesus? Will I ever sleep again or have time to myself? When will this get easier? Pastor Brian Liechty shares how Jesus meets moms in the middle of these anxiety filled days.

Jesus! Name Above All Names! Lesson 1 (Pam Larson, 2-8-2023)

From Genesis to Revelation, there is no place you can look and not see Jesus. He is on every page. He is everywhere. He is everything. Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we want our eyes opened to see and understand the Scriptures and set our hearts on fire!

My prayer is that your hearts burn with fresh joy and love as you see him and know him through the way he is revealed in the Scriptures—his life, his ministry, his names. I hope you will, with Paul, say that you want to know him as your precious treasure. "Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord." Philippians 3:8

In Lesson 1, we examine:

• The Promised One
• Immanuel
• Jesus 
• Savior
• a baby! (the incarnation)
• in the name of Jesus

Who is the King of Glory? Lesson 10, ”Prepare Him Room”

Today the story picks up after Gabriel’s appearance to Mary and after the miraculous virgin conception of Jesus within Mary's womb. Elizabeth’s pregnancy is progressing, and Mary hastily leaves Nazareth for the hill country of Judea to visit Elizabeth. Listen in as the anticipation of the arrival of the Promised One continues to build.

 

Who is the King of Glory? Lesson 9, ”A Tale of Two Birth Announcements”

After God's long silence, Israel, outwardly, looks like a very different people from 400 years ago. But inwardly, that same old enemy entwines himself around their hearts. The snake still deceives and enslaves many of them, and he is very much at work in the land when God sends Gabriel on a second mission to the town of Nazareth.

Who is the King of Glory, Lesson 8, ”God Breaks His Silence

After 400 years of silence from God, after 400 years of political upheaval in the land, and after 400 years of languishing in spiritual exile, we turn the page to find faithfulness in Israel—a hopeful beginning to the next chapter of God's story!

Who is the King of Glory? Lesson 7, ”Silence from Heaven”

The Old Testament concludes with a final warning of judgment and a promise of hope, that when the day of the Lord was near, God would send “Elijah the prophet” to “turn the hearts” of his people and “prepare the way” for the Lord, “lest [he] come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction” (Malachi 3:1, 4:5-6). After those sobering words, God went silent.

Who is the King of Glory? Lesson 6 ”The Slough of Despond”

Beginning with Eden and all the way through Judah’s exile, God’s story shows us that humanity’s greatest need is for God to “create…a clean heart” within them (Ps 51:10). The prophet Isaiah spoke of how God would accomplish that feat. He would send a humble, innocent servant who would willingly offer his own life and pour out his own blood in order to make many sinners righteous (Is 53:10-12).

That servant had the full human experience, suffering under the weight of the curse, enduring the attacks of enemies, and feeling as if all his work had been in vain, and yet after he had “poured out his soul to death” (53:12), God made him a king above all kings (Is 49:7) and gave him many offspring (53:10-11). That suffering servant is the King-priest from Psalm 110. It is he who sits enthroned in Heaven and waits for God to make all his enemies a footstool. (110:1).

And while he waits, his kingdom of light continues to spread into every dark corner of the earth. While he waits, “the will of the LORD shall prosper” in the “hand[s]” of his “offspring,” who like their King-priest make their lives a living sacrifice and by bearing the fruits of righteousness bring God’s salvation “to the end of the earth” (Is 53:10, Rom 12:1, Is 49:6).

As we go about the normal business of our lives this week, I am praying that God impresses a new awareness on our spirits that he now works through us to accomplish his original creative purposes of bringing blessing to every family of the earth. Praise God for the work of his servant, who has made us righteous and has blessed us with fruitfulness in all the good works God has prepared for us to do. (Eph 2:10)

Who is the King of Glory? Lesson 5 ”More Than a King”

Psalm 110 and the mysterious Melchizedek introduced us to the idea that humanity needs more than a king. We need a king to crush the snake and end the ancient conflict of the garden, but we also need a priest who can atone for our sins and mediate God’s blessing to us. The prophecy of Psalm 110 guarantees both in the person of the Messiah, who is a king from the line of David and a priest from the order of Melchizedek, rather than the failed order of the Levites. 

Psalm 110 places this King-Priest on the throne of Heaven where he waits for the “day of his power” when he will subdue all his enemies and usher in the new and better Eden. But while he waits, there is time for those enemies to turn, “kiss the King” and exchange their curse for his blessing.