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Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge

Bible in a Year with Pastor Chris Dodge

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A fascinating study! In each book of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation we will find Jesus! Hebrews 4:12 says the Word of God is alive and active! Meaning it is not dry, dusty, old stuff. It is living and active! And because it is the living word, it will impact you. Join us and let His Word change your life!2022 Cristianismo Espiritualidad Ministerio y Evangelismo
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  • March 19 - 1 Samuel (Part 2) & 2 Samuel (Part 1)

    March 19 - 1 Samuel (Part 2) & 2 Samuel (Part 1)
    Mar 19 2026

    First Samuel can be summed up in one word:
    REVIVAL!

    It's a book that covers three main characters: Samuel, Saul and David. This week our focus is on David.

    David
    - More chapters devoted to David than any other Old Testament character
    - Author of over half of the Psalms
    - Quoted more often in the New Testament than any other Old Testament figure.
    - David was a great warrior
    - He had a heart for God and worshiped God
    - Significant individual in God's plan for salvation
    - David's story is not simply about what God did long ago, it's about what God is doing today and how God wants to minister to His people still today.
    - God used David to bring revival to Israel.
    - War - David's life is all about spiritual warfare. Spiritual war rages in a dramatic fashion and in seeing that we can apply some of the critical truths from David's life to our own.

    Pastor lays out a timeline of 1 & 2 Samuel with Saul's reign and David's reign covering 1050 BC through 970 BC.

    Pastor shares the story of David's defeat of Goliath (Philistine giant) in exciting detail.

    After defeating Goliath in his mid-teens David began to rise to fame. In his early 20s he was a respected general in the Israelite army with a history of victories. Shortly thereafter his life is turned upside down because Saul, possessed by an evil spirit, is obsessed with wanting to kill David.

    Saul vs. David (verses all from 1 Samuel)
    - Two spear attacks (18:10-11)
    - "Let the Philistines do it!" (18:25)
    - Sends Jonathan and friends (19:1)
    - Spear attack (19:9-10)
    - Home invasion (19:110
    - Three companies to Ramah (19:18-21)
    - Saul to Ramah (19:22-24)
    - New Moon Feast (20)

    There is obvious spiritual warfare in several of these accounts. The enemy trying to thwart the plans of God and to destroy the seed of Abraham who would become the Messiah.

    King Saul rejected the Lord's guidance in his life, disobeyed the word of God over and over, and as a result he opened himself up to evil spirits. And that evil spirit seeks to destroy David.

    Through all the persecution from Saul, David continued to serve King Saul, continued in his position in the army, but he knows his days are numbered, so he flees to Ramah and the spiritual war continues. At the new moon feast Jonathan, Saul's son, advises David to flee from his dad who is determined to kill David.

    David flees and has many years as a fugitive.

    David the Fugitive (all verses are from 1 Samuel)
    - Nob (21:1-9)
    - Gath (21:10ff)
    - Abdullam (22:10
    - Moab (22:3)
    - Stonghold* (22:4-5)
    - Forest of Hereth (22:5)
    - Keilah (23:1ff)
    - Desert of Ziph (23:15ff)
    - Desert of Maon (23:25)
    - En Gedi! (24)
    - Carmel-Nabal/Abigail (25)
    - Hakilah* (26)
    - Gath (27)
    - Ziklag(27-30)

    Pastor shares the story of David's years on the run in riveting detail.

    In a battle against the Philistines, Saul is killed and David is anointed King over Judah in the south and 7 years later he will become king over all of Israel, including the north after the death of Saul's son, Ishbosheth.

    Join us next week for the rest of David's story and a look at Solomon's kingship as we study 2 Samuel and 1 Kings.

    For all of our FREE resources: video, podcast, Reading Schedule, and a study guide for each book of the Bible plus any extra items, plus how to listen by radio broadcast - find it all here: https://www.awakeusnow.com/bible-in-a-year

    Our Bible in a Year study will walk you through the Bible book by book taking you from Genesis to Revelation, revealing Jesus throughout both the Old and the New Testaments! In Ephesians 6, the word of God is called the sword of the spirit, and a sword is best used when you take it out of the scabbard to use it! Hebrews 4:12 says the Word of God is alive and active! Meaning it is not dry, dusty, old stuff. It is living and active! And because it is the Living Word, it has the power to impact us still today!

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  • March 12 - 1 Samuel (Part 1)

    March 12 - 1 Samuel (Part 1)
    Mar 12 2026
    First Samuel is an important book because it helps to give us a fundamental understanding of God's salvation. This book is more than history. It shows us how God works. It shows us God's plan, God's timing and the way God can turn things around. It is a very relevant account of what God wants to do today. It is a book about God moving in a powerful way and reversing what seems impossible to reverse. It not only speaks to what God used to do, but what He is still doing today: renewing nations, changing people, transforming families, renewing communities. It gives us application for our prayer lives, for our walk of faith and the way we deal with the condition of the world today. And we see that God can be trusted. First Samuel can be summed up in one word: REVIVAL! First Samuel has three Key Figures: - Samuel - (from the tribe of Levi) He was the last of the Judges and he was a prophet. - Saul (from the tribe of Benjamin) would become Israel's first king. - David (from the tribe of Judah) the one who will fulfill the prophetic word to Jacob. Judah would be the tribe from which the King of kings, Jesus, the Lion of Judah came. David becomes the king of Israel. God used David to do amazing things in a single generation. The book starts with the story of Samuel the son of Hannah who had promised that if God would give her a child she would give him back to God. God answers her prayer and when he was around 5 or 6 or so Hannah brings her son, Samuel, to Eli the priest. Next we hear of the Lord speaking to Samuel. And all Israel recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord and through him God's Word came to all Israel opening up a time of revival that begins with a tragedy. The tragedy: The Philistines attack and defeat the Israelites, taking the Ark of the Covenant. Eli's sons die in the battle and when he hears his sons have died and that the Ark of the Covenant of God was taken by the Philistines, Eli falls forward, dead. But the tragedy of the Ark being taken is not where the story ends. The Philistines take the Ark of God. The Ark was sacred and holy - the symbol of the presence of God and they take it to their city of Ashdod and into Dagon's temple. But the next day Dagon is found tipped over. They set him back up but the next day he is again tipped over and his hands are broken off and people begin to break out in tumors. They send the Ark of God to the city of Gath (the Philistine town that Goliath is from). Again people start getting sick with tumors, so they give the Ark to city of Ekron and again people become sick. Many who made light of the Ark of God died. The story continues until the Ark arrives at Kiribath Jearim, back with the Israelites. It remains there for the next 20 years. What do we learn from this story of the Ark of God? We learn the truth of who can stand in the presence of a God who is a holy, awesome, and gracious. He is not to be treated lightly. We are to humble ourselves before Him and when we do, what happens? Just what happened amongst the Israelites who humbled themselves. Repentance and revival break out. The Israelites turn back to God. The children of Israel decide they want to have kings instead of judges. Saul is the first king of Israel. Rise and Fall of Saul: - Encounter with Samuel (9-10) - Chosen at Mizpah (10:17-27) - Defense of Jabesh Gilead (11) - Consequences (13:`3-14; 15:22-24) - God's choice (16) Saul starts out so well and ends so poorly. He doesn't remain obedient to God. We also learn from Saul that we are to please God and not people. Because Saul did not remain obedient to God, God seeks a man after His own heart to be the new king. Samuel anoints David to be king, the shepherd boy. David is a picture of the King of Kings, Jesus, who is to come. David: - More chapters devoted to David than any other Old Testament character - Author of over half of the Psalms - Quoted more often in the New Testament than any other Old Testament figure Join us next week for part 2 of our study of 1 Samuel and part 1 of 2 Samuel. For all of our FREE resources: video, podcast, Reading Schedule, and a study guide for each book of the Bible plus any extra items, plus how to listen by radio broadcast - find it all here: https://www.awakeusnow.com/bible-in-a-year Our Bible in a Year study will walk you through the Bible book by book taking you from Genesis to Revelation, revealing Jesus throughout both the Old and the New Testaments! In Ephesians 6, the word of God is called the sword of the spirit, and a sword is best used when you take it out of the scabbard to use it! Hebrews 4:12 says the Word of God is alive and active! Meaning it is not dry, dusty, old stuff. It is living and active! And because it is the Living Word, it has the power to impact us still today! Our website – https://www.awakeusnow.com
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  • March 5 - Judges & Ruth

    March 5 - Judges & Ruth
    Mar 5 2026
    The Book of Judges has some of the most painful accounts in the Old Testament, one that highlights the sinfulness of human beings and emphasizes the importance of repentance, turning back to God, but at the same time it shows us the faithfulness and patience of God. A book that shows us as we study the past we can learn from it. Judges refers not so much to a judge in a court, but rather a person appointed and anointed by God to protect, restore, redeem and defend His people. They stand between disaster and hope in the living God. We see a repeated pattern in the book of Judges: God is faithful, then His people become unfaithful, disaster comes, they cry out to God, and God who is faithful answers them. It is a tragic time, but it keeps us reminded of God's faithfulness. Pastor shares a timeline from the exodus (around 1446 BC) through King David (1010 BC) and shows the period of the Judges from 1374-1050 BC. A 300 year period of immorality, chaos, upheaval, idolatry, and where they wandered away from God. Summary of Judges There are many parallels to our world today… 2:10 …another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel. 3:7 …they forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs. 21:25 …everyone did as they saw fit. The Judges that Pastor focuses on: Ehud ( Judges 3) Eglon, the King of Moab had oppressed the Israelites for 18 years. They cried out to God and He sent them a deliverer - Ehud. Ehud killed King Eglon and the Israelites defeat their Moabite oppressors and there is peace for 80 years. Deborah (Judges 4-5) A prophetess of great faith and great courage. Through a prophetic word from Deborah, Barak and Deborah lead the Israelites in battle against Sisera, the commander of the Canaanite King Jabin's army. Sisera flees as the Israelites defeat the Canaanite army and he comes to Jael's tent to hide and she kills him. The Israelites defeat the Canaanites and there is peace for 40 years. Gideon (Judges 6-8) This story reminds us that God does things His own way and that when God's people follow Him, He brings victory, renewal and triumph, though He does it in ways that are counter-intuitive. God is to be in charge and He is to get the glory. The Israelites have again fallen away from the Lord and Midianites are oppressing them. An angel of the Lord comes to Gideon and tells him he will be their deliverer. And from this story we see that what man calls impossible is never impossible with God. Gideon, following God, takes 300 men with 300 shofars, torches and jugs at night to surround the huge Midianite army camp. They blow shofars, shout "a sword for the Lord and for Gideon," shatter the pottery and the Midianites turn on each other as the power of God is revealed. But Gideon and the people lapse again into spiritual ruin. Jephthah (Judges 10-11) A skilled warrior but again the people fall into spiritual sin. Samson (Judges 13-16) Samson's mom and dad receive a visit from an angel saying that their son Samson will be raised up as the Israelite's deliverer. He is a powerfully strong man. But he goes against what he is supposed to be and who God had called him to be. It's the story of a wedding gone wrong that ends in a contest of Samson against the Philistines where he is captured, blinded, and his hair cut. Samson ends up in his death killing more Philistines than he had throughout his whole life. Throughout the rest of the book we see how moral indifference and chaos lead to spiritual rejection of God and great chaos. We see the decay of the people and the Benjaminite tribe nearly wiped out through their evils ways. Pastor moves into the Book of Ruth, a love story that took place in the 300 year window of the judges. During this time ungodly time, we see there are still godly people. The book starts with a famine in Bethlehem so Elimelek takes his family to Moab. He dies and his sons die. His wife Naomi and her 2 daughter's in-law are alone. One daughter in-law stays with her, a moabite woman named Ruth. Naomi returns to Bethlehem taking Ruth with her. Widows with nothing. Ruth, by God's design, gleans wheat from a field owned by Boaz. Boaz is a man who lives his faith and he allows her to continue to glean wheat from his field and promises her protection. And the story ends with Boaz marrying Ruth. The Book of Ruth ends with a genealogy showing us that Boaz was the son of Salmon and Rahab (the prostitute from Jericho who had protected the Israelite spies). Boaz marries Ruth (a moabite) and they have a child named Obed who had a child named Jesse (David's father) who has a son name David (King David). We see this genealogy in Matthew 1 in the lineage of Jesus. We see God in the details in this story of Ruth! God always wins! Join us next week for a study of the book of 1 Samuel. For all of our FREE resources: video, podcast, Reading Schedule, and a study guide for each book of the Bible plus any extra items, plus...
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