I humbly depend on God instead of myself
1. I depend on God's wisdom, not mine
Proverbs 14:12
Proverbs 3:5-7
- You get God's wisdom when you pray and read the Bible
James 1:5
- You talk to God throughout your day and you are reading His word on a daily basis
- God's wisdom and will are in God's word
2. I depend on God's strength, not mine
Psalm 84:5a
Isaiah 40:31
Psalm 71:16a I walk in the strength of the Lord.
Psalm 73:26
2 Corinthians 12:8-10
3. I depend on God's timing, not mine
Isaiah 20:60
Psalm 31:14-15
Delay is not a denial
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Michah 7:7
While I'm waiting, God's working
God always gives His best to those who wait
4. I depend on God's defense, not mine
Psalm 2:12
Psalm 62:5-7
5. I depend on God's wealth, not mine
Phil 4:19
My job is a channel but God is the source
How to take steps of dependance
1. Make a public declaration of dependance (baptism)
Romans 6:3-5
Saturday, November 26, 2016
Resting in the faithfulness of God
Resting in the faithfulness of God
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Deuteronomy 7:9
Psalm 119:89-90
1 Thessalonians 5:24
2 Timothy 2:13
1 John 1:9
5 Attributes of God to say that he is faithful:
1. God is omniscient
2. God is omnipotent
3. God is omnipresent
4. God is truthful
5. God is immutable (He cannot change)
1 John 5:14
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Deuteronomy 7:9
Psalm 119:89-90
1 Thessalonians 5:24
2 Timothy 2:13
1 John 1:9
5 Attributes of God to say that he is faithful:
1. God is omniscient
2. God is omnipotent
3. God is omnipresent
4. God is truthful
5. God is immutable (He cannot change)
1 John 5:14
We need wisdom in our trials to discern the source of our trials
Guided by God
Psalm 32:7-11
- I *will* instruct you and teach you in the way you should go
The source of the promise is God
God will instruct us
God will teach us
- Read the word of God
God will councel us
There are many sorrows for those who will not listen to God
What is the right thing to do in light of my past circumstances?
What is the right thing to do in light of my present circumstances?
What is the right thing to do in light of my future hopes and dreams?
What would God have me to do in this situation?
We need wisdom in our trials to discern the source of our trials
1 Peter 1
Purpose of trial
1. Proof of faith
2. Testing our devotion
3. Purifying our life
4. To show God's strength in our life
5. Provide Christ like character in our life
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
6. To equip us to help others through the same difficulty
1. If we value comfort more than character, then trials will upset us.
2. If we value the material and physical more than the spiritual, then we can't count it all joy.
3. If we live only for the present and forget the future, then trials will make us bitter instead of better.
We can rejoice in trials when we are convinced
1. That God is in Control of the time and intensity of the trial
2. That God has a specific purpose for allowing it
3. That it is designed to meet a specific need in my life
4. That the trial is an opportunity to demonstrate perseverance under pressure
5. That the trial helps us measure our spiritual growth
6. That God will walk with me through this trial
Psalm 32:7-11
- I *will* instruct you and teach you in the way you should go
The source of the promise is God
God will instruct us
God will teach us
- Read the word of God
God will councel us
There are many sorrows for those who will not listen to God
What is the right thing to do in light of my past circumstances?
What is the right thing to do in light of my present circumstances?
What is the right thing to do in light of my future hopes and dreams?
What would God have me to do in this situation?
We need wisdom in our trials to discern the source of our trials
1 Peter 1
Purpose of trial
1. Proof of faith
2. Testing our devotion
3. Purifying our life
4. To show God's strength in our life
5. Provide Christ like character in our life
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
6. To equip us to help others through the same difficulty
1. If we value comfort more than character, then trials will upset us.
2. If we value the material and physical more than the spiritual, then we can't count it all joy.
3. If we live only for the present and forget the future, then trials will make us bitter instead of better.
We can rejoice in trials when we are convinced
1. That God is in Control of the time and intensity of the trial
2. That God has a specific purpose for allowing it
3. That it is designed to meet a specific need in my life
4. That the trial is an opportunity to demonstrate perseverance under pressure
5. That the trial helps us measure our spiritual growth
6. That God will walk with me through this trial
Learn How To Overcome Your Failures Through God's Mercy with Rick Warren
Causes of Failure:
1. Overe-stimate your strengths
Matthew 26:31-35
1 Cor 10:12
An unguarded strength is a double weakness
2. Fear the disapproval of others
3. We speak without thinking
James 3:5-6
Once you fail, this is what you do:
1. Grieve the failure - Don't minimize it. Don't rationalize. Don't act like it didn't happen.
To get past it, you gotta go through it.
Matthew 26:75
Psalm 51:17
2. Let my small group support me
John 20:26
3. Cast myself on God's mercy
1 Peter 5:7
God, I blew it. I don't deserve your forgiveness, mercy, kindness or love but you are a kind God, a loving God, a merciful God and a forgiving God so I am throwing myself on your mercy. I couldn't earn it. I don't deserve it. So I am depending on you.
When you cast your care, you loose your despair.
Luke 22:31-32
What Jesus does with our failures:
1. He isn't shocked
2. He prays for us
Hebrews 7:25
3. He believes in us. He expects us to recover.
Luke 22:32
Proverbs 24:16
When you fail, God knows your name
4. He shows us His mercy when we are down.
John 21:1-14
Lamentations 3:22-23
2 Timothy 2:13
5. He uses our failures to build His church
John 21:15-17
1. Overe-stimate your strengths
Matthew 26:31-35
1 Cor 10:12
An unguarded strength is a double weakness
2. Fear the disapproval of others
3. We speak without thinking
James 3:5-6
Once you fail, this is what you do:
1. Grieve the failure - Don't minimize it. Don't rationalize. Don't act like it didn't happen.
To get past it, you gotta go through it.
Matthew 26:75
Psalm 51:17
2. Let my small group support me
John 20:26
3. Cast myself on God's mercy
1 Peter 5:7
God, I blew it. I don't deserve your forgiveness, mercy, kindness or love but you are a kind God, a loving God, a merciful God and a forgiving God so I am throwing myself on your mercy. I couldn't earn it. I don't deserve it. So I am depending on you.
When you cast your care, you loose your despair.
Luke 22:31-32
What Jesus does with our failures:
1. He isn't shocked
2. He prays for us
Hebrews 7:25
3. He believes in us. He expects us to recover.
Luke 22:32
Proverbs 24:16
When you fail, God knows your name
4. He shows us His mercy when we are down.
John 21:1-14
Lamentations 3:22-23
2 Timothy 2:13
5. He uses our failures to build His church
John 21:15-17
Monday, November 21, 2016
When We Cry Out to God – Dr. Charles Stanley
Psalm 57
This is how I feel!!!!
- A cry is a spontaneous response to an urgent need
How to cry out to God:
- Cry out in out with our voice
This is how I feel!!!!
- A cry is a spontaneous response to an urgent need
How to cry out to God:
- Cry out in out with our voice
Direction without doubting
1. God is willing to speak to us as clearly as is necessary if we are willing to do what He says do.
Psalm 25:2 - Who, then, are those who fear the LORD? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.
God will instruct the man that reverences God.
- Clear the pathway
- Clear your heart of any known sin or disobedience
- Bring your desires to a point of neutral
- Submit your will
- God, this is what I want but your will be done
- Exercise patience
- Willing to submit to God's timing
- Be alert to pressure
- External pressure
- Internal pressure
(Consequences always follows decisions)
- Persist in our prayer
- God softens our hearts
- Sometimes he has to deal with something in our heart
- Rest in God's promises
- Look at God's promises about prayer
- Read Psalms and Proverbs
- Ask God to speak to your heart
- God is there something here you want to say to me?
When God gives your peace, there is nothing like it. When God directs you, you have peace.
Psalm 25:2 - Who, then, are those who fear the LORD? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.
God will instruct the man that reverences God.
- Clear the pathway
- Clear your heart of any known sin or disobedience
- Bring your desires to a point of neutral
- Submit your will
- God, this is what I want but your will be done
- Exercise patience
- Willing to submit to God's timing
- Be alert to pressure
- External pressure
- Internal pressure
(Consequences always follows decisions)
- Persist in our prayer
- God softens our hearts
- Sometimes he has to deal with something in our heart
- Rest in God's promises
- Look at God's promises about prayer
- Read Psalms and Proverbs
- Ask God to speak to your heart
- God is there something here you want to say to me?
When God gives your peace, there is nothing like it. When God directs you, you have peace.
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