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Weekly Brief is your 1-minute smart and fast report to keep you informed of important Bible-related trends, statistics, articles, and pivotal happenings on the Web and at Bible Gateway. Forward to your friends and share with your followers to encourage them to subscribe. Being Afraid Is the Best Time to Adore God: An Interview with Sara Hagerty   Do you long to experience God in the thick of life's demands? If you're honest with yourself, do you admit, "I barely know you, God"? Do you consider God to be a familiar stranger? Bible Gateway interviewed Sara Hagerty, author of Adore: A Simple Practice for Experiencing God in the Middle Minutes of Your Day (Zondervan, 2020). Read More How to Intentionally Strengthen Your Faith: An Interview with Allen Jackson   You won't lose weight unless you're deliberate about it. You won't gain muscle unless you intentionally exercise. You won't earn a college degree unless you plan to achieve it. What does it mean to intentionally seek a deeper relationship of faith with God? Bible Gateway interviewed Allen Jackson about his book, Intentional Faith: Aligning Your Life with the Heart of God (Thomas Nelson, 2020). Read More TIME IS FAST ENDING TO WATCH THE 3RD VIDEO LESSON: Join NOW the FREE Path to the Cross Online Bible Study   This Sunday night FREE access to the third video lesson in this Online Bible Study will end. Don't miss out! Learn about Jesus and his world in light of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. Sign up NOW to receive the FREE Discovery Toolkit packed with beautiful printables and our Easter Scripture Reading Plan, plus get FREE access to the 5-session video Bible study filmed on location in the Holy Land by Ray Vander Laan, author of The Path to the Cross (Zondervan, 2015). Join This Free Study   IMPORTANT RESOURCES FOR YOU See this week’s Bible News Roundup. Review previous editions of Bible News Roundup and Weekly Brief. Visit the Bible Gateway Pastor Resources Page. Save with Bible Gateway’s Deal of the Day. Sign up to receive our Deal of the Day newsletter. Learn about MasterLectures. Become a member of Bible Gateway Plus. We're in the season of Lent. See the Lent section of resources in the Bible Gateway Store. 2020 is the Year Of The Bible. Select the free Bible Reading Plan

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Bible Connection Podcast: Good News of Great Joy with Max Lucado   With over 30 years in ministry and books that have impacted countless readers, Max Lucado is a fount of encouragement for all believers. In this ninth episode of the Bible Connection podcast, Max talks about his journey in ministry and writing as well as his most recent book: How Happiness Happens: Finding Lasting Joy in a World of Comparison, Disappointment, and Unmet Expectations (Thomas Nelson, 2019). He explains his research into happiness, anxiety, the Bible, and how it all connects. Watch & Hear This Podcast

COVID-19: Bible Reading Plan of Assurance   During these unusual days, we need to regularly remind ourselves of God's providence, power, and love. To that end, Bible Gateway has created the following 14-day Bible Reading Plan to help you focus your attention on God's grandeur and greatness by reading Bible stories of his miraculous accomplishments and showing his desire to be involved in our lives.... Be Encouraged

Walking with Christ to the Cross, Week 5: The Losses and Gains of Knowing Christ   On our journey with Christ to the cross, we gain two companions this week, Mary of Bethany and the apostle Paul. With their actions and words, both Mary and Paul help us to understand the necessary losses and inestimable gains of knowing Christ. Learn More In This Bible Study

Prayer in the Face of a Pandemic   Bible scholar Dr. Bill Mounce says, "It's easy to focus on what we don't know about prayer, but despite all my personal questions about it, I find it better to focus on what we do know about prayer from the Bible. First, we can know beyond a shadow of doubt that God hears us...." Read More

Don't Let Fear Hold You Back   Jennifer Allwood, author of Fear Is Not the Boss of You: How to Get Out of Your Head and Live the Life You Were Made For (Zondervan, 2020) says, "God often uses something you aren't even looking for to pivot you and lead you to your calling...." Read More

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Worship Online This Sunday With Max Lucado   Author and pastor Max Lucado will conduct a brief Online Church this Sunday, 3/29, at 9:30 EDT via Facebook Live during this time of the coronavirus pandemic. Also available is the free Anxious for Nothing Online Bible Study based on the book Anxious for Nothing. The 5-week study will conclude April 26. Sign up to join us! Read More

Stuck at Home with Your Kids? Bible Gateway Has Free Resources for Families   With extended school closures around the country, many families are now facing a new reality this Monday morning. If you're looking for learning opportunities to keep you and your children occupied during this time, Bible Gateway has a number of useful, free resources.... Read More

 

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A Sermon to Help Us Proclaim the Resurrection during This Season

This Is a Solid Sermon That Can Help Us Prepare Our Easter Message. SermonSearch exists to resource preachers & teachers with materials like sermon outlines, illustrations, preaching ideas, and more.     Empty at Easter   By Jerry Watts   I know these are unique times for us all. Many churches are not gathering and are having to deliver services virtually. While difficult and not ideal, we can be encouraged that the message of Jesus is still being proclaimed all over the world. Now we find ourselves with Easter being just around the corner and pastors are trying to decide how they will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ with their congregations. With that in mind, this sermon by Jerry Watts entitled, Empty at Easter, is a perfect sermon to study for this season that we are in. He ties the text of the resurrection to our lives and culture today, and in a way, it applies to what we are going through as a Church and as a people. So download this sermon today and continue focusing on how you are going to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus this Easter.   Read More         Top Sermons     1 How to Manage Our Fears (3 of 5) by Ernest Easley 2 The Shadow of the Almighty (6 of 6) by Jim Perdue 3 A Mother's Influence by Brad Whitt 4 Easter Means Forever by Jerry Vines 5 Faithfulness: The Greatest Ability Is Dependability (7 of 9) by James Merritt   View All Outlines       top sermon topics       Fear     Easter     Faith         View All Topics     *the blog owner has deleted the hyperlink intentionally  Bible Study Material   Receive Free Shipping on Orders Over $25 Bible Study Material  Take $2 off $30+ Coupon code: LUCKY Take $3 off $45+ Coupon code: CLOVER Take $4 off $55+ Coupon code: GREEN Offer Expires 11:59pm on 03/31/2020 Affiliate marketer links: Affiliate marketer Rick Livermore will earn a commission on the Bible Study Material you buy from faith gateway store Receive Free Shipping on Orders Over $25    and  alibris.  Brought to you by Rick Livermore   If you would like to offset my expenses of producing all this free content, but you want to pass on buying  materials from faith gateway store and alibris, feel free to give a little something-------Give through PayPal-----Rick Livermore-Webmaster220 https://webmaster220.blogspot.com/ I live in San Juan Capistrano California now  a fan of  tubitv.com/category/faith_and_spirituality also a fan of tubitv.com/channels/dovechannel  The most important link on this blog is this one about cures to the coronavirus.  Also this one about vaccines that immunize people from catching the coronavirus.  Then there is this one about copper as a weapon to combat this virus. We feel this one could save some lives about the Red Cross

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