{"id":12584,"date":"2025-01-20T04:57:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T09:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=12584"},"modified":"2025-01-20T04:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T09:57:55","slug":"do-you-really-know-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2025\/01\/do-you-really-know-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Really Know God?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>20<span style=\"color: #000000;\">25 THEME: Burning Hearts<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Title: Do You Really Know God?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Scripture: Exodus 4-24<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">by it I see everything else.\u201d C.S. Lewis<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I. GOD CALLS<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The book of Exodus opens with the people of Israel in (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>extreme misery<\/strong><\/span>). Key verse: Ex. 1:8<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cGod calls us to represent Him in this fallen world not because we are able but because He is.\u201d (PDT- January 19th )<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">II. GOD ACTS<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are two examples of God acting;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>plagues<\/strong><\/span>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Passover Feast<\/strong><\/span>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cNo story is more humbling, more beautiful, and more hope-instilling than the biblical story of<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">redemption\u201d (PDT-Jan 20)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">III. GOD PROVIDES<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3 ways God provided:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">God provided (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>safe passage<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">God provided (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>needed essentials<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">God provided (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>rest<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">THEME: Burning Hearts<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Next week: In the Presence of the Lord<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scripture: Exodus 25-Leviticus 4<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 THEME: Burning Hearts Title: Do You Really Know God? Scripture: Exodus 4-24 \u201cI believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.\u201d C.S. Lewis I. GOD CALLS The book of Exodus opens with the people of Israel in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2025\/01\/do-you-really-know-god\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12585,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12584\/revisions\/12585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}