The presence of the Lord was
so awesome as Pastor Allan took the pulpit.
I took notes and present his edited sermon for you. He began by saying;
I get so caught up in the
presence of God, that I forget myself.
This is what you should do, not caring about the person next to you, or
what others may think. All we care about
is worshiping Jesus.
Our past is over and we are
going to step into deep water. The Holy
Spirit is flooding our spirits and the four winds are blowing.
I thank God we are not of this world. While it
is true we are in this world, and we get caught up in life and busy with things
going on around us in the world. This
world is in the biggest state of disrepair, but I am not distressed, because
all this was prophesied in the Bible.
Let us not be up in the air,
but keep our feet on the solid rock Christ Jesus. We are reminded that He said to Go into all
the world; your world, and share the good news.
Yes problems happen and things fall
apart, but it is time to stop always thinking about ourselves and to consider
others who are in need of truth.
Recognize you are a “Sent One.”
Situations happen, and you
can tell who has a bad day or a good day by watching their faces. This is important; my job is to stir you up
so that you leave here to never be the same again, but to step out and share
Jesus with others.
In life there are times we
disagree with one another. Paul and
Barnabas had one of those times.
Acts 15: 37-40 (edited) Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, - - And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed untoCyprus ; And Paul chose Silas, and departed; And Paul
went through Syria and Cilicia , strengthening the churches.
Acts 15: 37-40 (edited) Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, - - And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto
Some times we have contention
with someone, because we have a different opinion, but it is our responsibility to
seek God’s plan and to go in His direction.
If we are caught up in squabbles we will lose our peace.
Understand there is freedom
in forgiveness.
Jesus spoke in Matthew
chapter 18 about children being the greatest in the kingdom of the heaven. Our attitudes must be as little children who
forgive quickly.
Jesus continued
teaching and the disciples asked “how often should we forgive, maybe seven
times?” Jesus surprised them by saying,
"No not seven times, but seventy times seven."
(In other words - - Keep on forgiving.)
Jesus has forgiven us, and we
must also forgive others, in order to walk free.
If you are holding hurts,
resentment and grudges deep inside; you need to forgive the person and let them
go. If you don’t do this, you are
allowing them to control you.
Forgiving those who have
harmed or betrayed you, will bring you peace.
Psalms
119:165 Abundant peace have they which
love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
So many today are easily
offended by little things. Offence will
keep you in bondage and your stomach tied up in knots.
It is time to release
forgiveness and to allow the Holy Spirit to flood you with His peace.
Thank you Father for taking
away our hard hearts and causing us to be tender to forgive - - as you have
forgiven us.
2 comments:
Paul and Barnabas are fine Biblical examples of contention that rises up in the common man's relationships. It happens to everyone and we must forgive or that ugly poison will latch onto us. We decided three years ago that we had had enough contention in our family with my granddaughter's biological father. As a family we made a decision to forgive. Now we enjoy each other so much and everybody looks forward to family times. Only God could have removed the bad feelings of the hurt he caused. We give Jesus praise and it gets better and better. Sookie and her dad joined us for dinner last week before camping out our way and they will return tomorrow night for dinner again. Only God can restore people like that. Our family gave the devil a black eye in this one. Your message is uplifting.
Amen, Hazel. Hate destroys from the inside out. No wonder Jesus called for us to let it go. It brings health to us spiritually and physically. When trespasses roll off of us like water does a duck's back, humility from God is evident. When it doesn't, pride's climbing the hill… and we know what happens to pride.
Thanks again for the reminder.
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