North Platte Berean Church
What is God like? (Part 3)
What would you wish for if you knew it would come true? Perhaps a new or restored relationship, health, wealth, or freedom from some difficulty or besetting sin? What if we could have all of the above, but without the presence of God – would we be satisfied? Too often, we’re tricked into substituting God’s good gifts for God Himself. Our fixation on the gifts hinders us from finding the deep satisfaction that can only come from truly knowing Him. Will we join together to seek a deeper encounter with God’s glory, a greater sense of His presence and goodness in our lives? Or will we be distracted by, and settle for, lesser things?
Locations & Times
North Platte Berean Church
202 W 8th St, North Platte, NE 69101, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
Sunday 9:15 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
Sunday 6:00 PM
BibleProject "Character of God" series
BibleProject's work has been immensely helpful to us as we've prepared our Glory Encounter sermon series. Check out the overview and videos for their "Character of God" series:
https://bibleproject.com/learn/character-of-god-series/ConnectCard
Welcome! We'd love to connect and be a spiritual resource for you – please fill out a ConnectCard:
https://npberean.org/ccMore Details
NEW HERE?
• Sunday large gatherings: 8a, 9:15a, 11a, & 6p; livestream 9:15a at facebook.com/npberean or anytime at npberean.org/live.
• Need a Bible? Free Bibles at information center in Commons.
• Sound levels: Assisted listening devices and earplugs available at sound booth in back of auditorium.
• Office hours: Mon.-Thu. 9a-4p (closed Tue. 1:30-2:30 for staff meeting).
• Find out more: Text npconnect to 97000, visit npberean.org, email npberean@npberean.org, or call 308-532-7448.
FOR FAMILIES
• Mother's Room: A private place to care for your baby and still connect to the gathering via livestream – follow signs north of auditorium.
• Kids Connect (infant-grade 5): Available at 9:15 and 11 a.m. – check-in east of Commons or upstairs from foyer. Kids also welcome in large gatherings. At-home resources: npberean.org/kids-connect-at-home.
• Sola (grades 6-12): Main gatherings Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 p.m. – meet at Garage Café (across Vine St.); middle school also meets Sundays at 11 a.m. in the Upper Rooms.
• Sunday large gatherings: 8a, 9:15a, 11a, & 6p; livestream 9:15a at facebook.com/npberean or anytime at npberean.org/live.
• Need a Bible? Free Bibles at information center in Commons.
• Sound levels: Assisted listening devices and earplugs available at sound booth in back of auditorium.
• Office hours: Mon.-Thu. 9a-4p (closed Tue. 1:30-2:30 for staff meeting).
• Find out more: Text npconnect to 97000, visit npberean.org, email npberean@npberean.org, or call 308-532-7448.
FOR FAMILIES
• Mother's Room: A private place to care for your baby and still connect to the gathering via livestream – follow signs north of auditorium.
• Kids Connect (infant-grade 5): Available at 9:15 and 11 a.m. – check-in east of Commons or upstairs from foyer. Kids also welcome in large gatherings. At-home resources: npberean.org/kids-connect-at-home.
• Sola (grades 6-12): Main gatherings Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 p.m. – meet at Garage Café (across Vine St.); middle school also meets Sundays at 11 a.m. in the Upper Rooms.
Giving
• On Sunday: use wooden boxes at back of auditorium
• Online: npberean.org/give
• Text: text any amount to 84321
• Mail: 202 W. 8th St., North Platte, NE 69101
• Online: npberean.org/give
• Text: text any amount to 84321
• Mail: 202 W. 8th St., North Platte, NE 69101
This Week's Sermon: What is God like? (Part 3)
Our Mission:
Leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
What does a growing relationship with Jesus Christ look like?
Treasuring God
Being Transformed
Loving Others
Pursuing Unity
Leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
What does a growing relationship with Jesus Christ look like?
Treasuring God
Being Transformed
Loving Others
Pursuing Unity
God is slow to anger
How is God's anger revealed?
Am I slow to anger?
BibleProject resources (videos & more, including transcripts and notes for further study):
• Slow to Anger: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/slow-to-anger/
• Slow to Anger: https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/slow-to-anger/
Talk It Over
Visit npberean.org/group-resources for more group resources or to connect.
• Treasuring God: What benefit is it to us that God is slow to anger? Read Romans 2:4 – what purpose does the Lord’s kindness serve? Does this challenge or change how we view God?
• Being Transformed: In what areas is God having to be “slow to anger” with us? What step can we take with that?
• Loving Others: Who are the people we’re quickest to snap with? What can we change to help us slow down our quickness to anger?
• Pursuing Unity: Are there people we still hold grudges/bitterness toward? How does that impact our view of them? How could we take a step toward restoration with them?
Visit npberean.org/group-resources for more group resources or to connect.
• Treasuring God: What benefit is it to us that God is slow to anger? Read Romans 2:4 – what purpose does the Lord’s kindness serve? Does this challenge or change how we view God?
• Being Transformed: In what areas is God having to be “slow to anger” with us? What step can we take with that?
• Loving Others: Who are the people we’re quickest to snap with? What can we change to help us slow down our quickness to anger?
• Pursuing Unity: Are there people we still hold grudges/bitterness toward? How does that impact our view of them? How could we take a step toward restoration with them?
Next Week's Sermon
A.W. Tozer once wrote, "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." We've explored God's revealed qualities of compassion, graciousness, slowness to anger, loyal love and faithfulness. Next week we move into verse 7 and find another chiasm that we might struggle to reconcile with the one we've been seeing the past three weeks. A tension will be raised and we'll have to determine if and how we can reconcile what seem to be competing truths!
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ex+34%3A6-7&version=ESV