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Game of Thrones: God’s Pursuit Call Us to Remember His Faithfulness | Joshua 2

LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, December 1st; teaching by Stan Rodda.
Judges 21:25; Joshua 2:1, 9-11, 4:5-7, 11:23, 24:14, 15; Matthew 1:5-6
In the hit show, “Game of Thrones,” we are introduced to an entirely different world where nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros:  Baratheon, Bolton, Lannister, Stark, Targaryen
It’s a time of darkness and death. Evil seems to be the only thing that reigns in Westeros. As each different house clamors, positions, murders and alliance their way to be in a position to take the Iron Throne and unite Westeros under their rule.
In many ways it is a reminder of what it must have been like for Israel. As we enter Act 2 of The Story, this part of Israel’s history is all aboutwho is ultimately in charge?
Israel is going to fluctuate between a theocracy–God leading the people through a judge. And a monarchy–the people looking to an earthly king for leadership. And during this season of Israel’s history, the end of the book of judges gives us some dark insight into how things are going for them. In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes. [Judges 21:25 NRSV]
This is how it goes in Game of Thrones. There isn’t one true king over Westeros. So everyone fights to have their way and for the next seven weeks, we see similar things in Israel. A dark and chaotic time in some ways–oppression, war, death, judges & kings.
Who is ultimately in charge? And how is this young nation of Israelsupposed to survive in the world?
The first leader after Moses is a man named Joshua. Just before Moses’ death God had called Moses to set Joshua apart as the next leader. Joshua is the one who will take them into the Promised Land. And throughout his time as leader of Israel, He is going to remind the people of one thing
God’s Pursuit Calls Us to Remember His Faithfulness. Because when times are dark, When you’re trying to figure out who’s in control, when life isn’t going how you thought it would, when everyone is doing whatever they want, we should remember God’s faithfulness.
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The Story Sessions Ep. 3 | Game of Thrones

Lee’s Summit Community Church Pastors Stan Rodda and Kevin Hartman sit down to talk through our upcoming series – The Story: Game of Thrones.
 
The Game of Thrones is Act 2 of our journey through The Story. Over seven weeks, we’ll cover approximately a 500 year stretch of history, from Joshua to Solomon, where Israel goes through some really tough times. They’ll endure times of good and bad leaders while they try to determine who is in charge as they begin they establish their presence in the Promised Land. The Game of Thrones will be another beautiful illustration of God’s relentless pursuit of His creation through imperfect, and sometimes improbable, people.
 
Big Ideas:
 
Week 1, Chapter 7: God calls us to remember his faithfulness 
Story of Joshua
 
Week 2, Chapter 8: God’s pursuit invites us to be part of Hismission
The judges
 
Week 3, Chapter 9: God’s Pursuit of His Creation Extends to Foreigners and Immigrants
Ruth
 
Week 4, Chapter 10: God Pursues Us Even in Our Disobedience
King Saul 
 
Week 5, Chapters 11 & 12: God Pursues Us Through Faithful People
Young David & King David
 
Week 6, Chapter 13: God Pursues His Creation So He Can Dwell With Us
King Solomon
 
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Once Upon A Time: God Pursues His Creation Even When We Wander | Numbers 10

LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, November 24; teaching by Stan Rodda.
Numbers 10:11-13, Numbers 11:11-12, Numbers 13:25-28; 30-31, Numbers 14:10-12, Deuteronomy 2:7, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Deuteronomy 34:10
The last few weeks we have met some incredible characters who God used to continue writing the story: Abram, Joseph, Moses. And now God’s people have formed a nation, Israel. 
They have some commands that are guiding their way and they are so close to experiencing one of God’s promises fulfilled– The Promised Land.
All they have to do is to be faithful and obedient and to keep following God right into the land.
But the story goes awry again as His people wander. They complain.They get angsty. Mutiny is considered against Moses and it gets kind of ugly.
And despite all of that, we still discover that God Pursues His Creation Even When We Wander.
 
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Once Upon A Time: God’s Pursuit Sets His People Apart | Exodus 20

LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, November 17; teaching by Stan Rodda.
Exodus 20:1,2, 3-11, 12-17 Deuteronomy 6:4, 7:25 Hosea 4:1-3
Moses has lead the people out of Egypt. The Egyptian army is wiped out at the Red Sea. And there’s a bit of mutiny within the people. As they are hungry and cry out to go back to Egypt
By Exodus 19 we learn that they have been wandering around for three months. And it is here on Mount Sinai that God will begin laying the groundwork. 
For this new nation God tells Moses to gather the people at the base of the mountain where He addresses the entire nation in Exodus 20.
Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. –Exodus 20:1, 2 NRSV
This is the beginning of what we call The 10 Commandments. 
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Once Upon A Time: God’s Sovereignty Over All Other Gods | Exodus 4

LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, November 10; teaching by Corbett Cutts.
Exodus 1:6-7, 4:30-31, 5:1-2, 6:9,  7:20-21, 12:28, 12:30-32.
Exodus brings us to the story of Moses and the 10 plagues. At this point in the story, Israel has heavily populated Egypt. Pharaoh, feeling threatened, decided the best way to control this influx of people is to enslave them. And so began many years of Israelite enslavement.
Moses heard from God that he is to lead his people out of Egypt to the promised land. So, Moses initially asks Pharaoh to let them go. But when Pharaoh declines his request saying he doesn’t even know the God Moses is referring to, God has a plan to make it happen while proving to Pharaoh who He is. 
But even with the freedom from slavery and a God that who proven his is sovereign, times got tough, and the Israelites didn’t always keep the faith that God is He is says He is and that is supreme over all other Gods (and idols) and His plan. 
 
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Once Upon A Time: God's Supreme Authority Wins Over All | Genesis 37

LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, November 3; teaching by Kevin Hartman.
Genesis 37:5-11, 37:26, 39:4, 41:15-16, 41:28-30, 41:37-38, 50:16-21
The story of Joseph, son of Jacob, is one of unexpected twists and turns that illustrate that God's supreme authority wins over all: all human plots, all expectations of what should happen, all plans for evil, everything.
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Once Upon A Time: God's Pursuit Often Feels Upside Down | Genesis 12

LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, October 27; teaching by Stan Rodda.
Genesis 12:1-6, 13:14-18, 15:1-6, 15:8-21, 17:15-17, 18:10-15,
21:1-2
We began with creation. Genesis, which means "origin," tells us the beginning of things. God is the source of all life. He is the Creator of all things. By faith we believe this. But with that creation also came a choice. God loves humanity and love requires a choice. Humanity chose to go their own way and brought sin and death into the world. This decision breaks the communion we had with God. And now the plot is obvious; God's pursuit of His creation to reconcile them is underway. And after the flood, humanity begins to repopulate the earth. And God's pursuit takes another step when He reaches out to a man named Abram. This is one of the parts of the Story where we're going to learn God's pursuit often feels upside down.
 
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Once Upon A Time: The Story Begins | Genesis 1

LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, October 20; teaching by Stan Rodda.
Genesis 1:13, 1:26-28, 1:31, 2:15-17, 3:1-7, 3:15 Hebrews 11:3, 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. This is followed by six days of work. God separates day and night. He separates the waters above and below. He makes dry land appear. He causes the earth to produce vegetation. He puts the sun, moon and stars in the sky. Then creates fish and birds. Followed by animals on the dry ground. And when creation begins to teem with life. 
But like most stories beginning with “Once upon a time,” no matter how picturesque the opening scene, it doesn’t usually last long. And the plot immediately thickens. And the same holds true in Genesis. The joyful, powerful opening scene comes crashing down when God’s creation falls. 
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The Story Sessions Ep. 2 | Once Upon A Time

Lee’s Summit Community Church Pastors Stan Rodda, Kevin Hartman, and Corbett Cutts sit down to talk through our upcoming series – The Story: Once Upon A Time beginning Oct. 20, 2024. 
  
The Story (based on the book The Story by Max Lucado and Randy Frazee) is a 31 week/chapter chronological walk through of key stories that make up the story of God’s pursuit of His creation. 
 
On Sunday, Oct. 20 begins Act 1– Once Upon A Time. Creation begins and God is putting everything together, setting the world into motion. But like many stories everything doesn’t always stay the same. 
 
In this episode, we explore topics that will be covered in the first “act” of The Story as well as share some information that was left on the “cutting room floor” (i.e. some things we just can’t get to under the time limitations of Sunday). Topics related to the story of Joseph, Moses, the Ten Commandments – to name a few!)
 
 
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https://www.amazon.com/NIV-Story-Hardcover-Comfort-Print/dp/0310458196/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?crid=316T7K2HLXKEM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cI1qrXqLBn6xtpq8f-V6vhRLPSTMS9x07BU8AHzy4BzV0zLyeYnpNtL7jZ7Z9eR1T03-lt7eRxkoUpPvIWaG9Gc3v5lTI02MWuTZcxORfcExA6pHJ_ZzGo4FmovdL4LrglET1p3d201zk4VlgFMVOEu7AJvZwivFMwB2uvxTVLTG0E3Z7tmeb7TGYlYnCjFJ1e8uHXKesPKaqTAHuP5_yy_8Prvi7Oyqk7wzpsPh9z8.CMRQyWrzGpgGx33WUvrvD0N8GSW5Zpy6NdnDEZIEqf4&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+Story&qid=1726165654&sprefix=the+story%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-3-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1
 
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Once Upon A Time: Series Introduction | Romans 5

LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, October 13; teaching by Stan Rodda.
 
We're starting a church-wide book study of The Story - a collection of key stories from the Bible that make up the story of God's relentless pursuit of His people in an accessible, novel-like way. 
 
In this message, Stan gives a very high level overview of the setup of the Bible and how through the The Story we will focus in on the key stories that give the main "upper story" narrative of the Bible. Each week, the message will be based on one chapter of the book. 
 
Group discussions questions will also be provided weekly to supplement the reading and the message. 
 
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