Wednesday Worship and Word 8-29-12

Many have asked why are we changing our normal format? What is going on? Has something happened? Why not announce this Sunday? All great questions. The short answer is come and see tonight and you will not be dissappointed. God spoke to change the order of things and we are going to follow the Lord's word. I will give more details tonight. All is more than well! God wants a night this week to meet with His people in Worship and give us a Word very important for us to recieve. I did not get message to do this until early Monday morning. Don't want to give too much away.. but hint... its partly about obedience to His word to do something out of the ordinary. SEE YOU TONIGHT at 7pm Oak Grove

Faith

2 Cor 5:7 For we walk by faith not by sight. Faith has a two fold sense in the Bible. On one hand it means "trust" , "reliance", and on the other hand it means "fidelity", "trustworthiness". In the Old Testement in means to "believe" and in the New Testement it is the basis for all doctrine. In all Christ did in His miracles, make no mistake it was to create a true trust in Him. Jesus is the only object of faith and made it plain, He alone was the only way by having faith in Him to get to Heaven. Refusal to believe in who He is and What He has done is to reject Christianity completely. As a matter of fact Christians first called themselves "believers". I like that. I think we should go back to being believers that are Christians. after all these signs shall follow them that believe. So if we are not seeing the signs... Then we don't believe. Paul said without faith it is impossible to please God. If we don't have complete trust in God and rely on Him totally, then God is not please with us. It also says anything we do outside of Faith is Sin. So when we are not living by faith, but rather we are living by; fear, intellect, reason, passion, or anything other than faith is sin. Sin meaning we miss the mark and don't please God.

Steps

Psalm 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and he delighteth in His way. Are your steps ordered by God? Are you trusting in God to show you which way to go and to show you which path is the strait path for you? For scripture also says there is a way that seemeth right to a man, but the end there of is death. So could be the things we think look right and are harmful are not. We need to pray for God to order or to tell us which way to go. scripture also says he will be the voice behind your ear saying go this way, no don't go that way. Then the more we do that the more we get in His will and the more joy, peace, and trust builds and that brings delight in being obedient to His will and His ways.

Discipline

Job 5:17 Behold happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth He chaseneth, and scourgeth every son whom He recieveth. Love this about God the fact that because He loves us He disciplines us. He corrects us or He chaseneths us because He loves us too much to see us go the wrong way. He shows that discipline is not a bad word or not a bad thing, but a sign of love. In todays society and culture discipline is seen as something harmful and because men want to do whatever they desire and we have the mindset of " don't tell me what to do". We have lost the value of discipline and now fail to see the love behind correction that it is for our own good. God has a perfect plan for our lives, but we must be sculpted and molded to fit in it. Sometimes that means we need cut on to make the shape we must become. So consider it love the next time you recieve discipline because it mean" He's still working on me, to make me what I ought to be"

When we have Anger

James 1:19 (KJV) Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. The importance of listening. Beware of those that talk and want to be heard for they are those that you should not trust. Having to explain themselves never proving themselves through actions. They must justify what they have done wrong or not done right by words. It's better to be a listener to hear the needs and heart of someone. When we are quick to answer it often means we are in the wrong. Especially when we have anger behind our answer. Anger comes from our flesh and usually comes from hidden insecurities with in us; jelousy, envy, selfishness, pride, guilt, and lies will bring forth yelling with hurtful words coming forth. And these things are not in right standing with God for this is your flesh nature.

A good prayer for today

Keep me safe. O God for I have come to your for refuge. I say to the Lord you are my Master! All good things I have are from you. The saints in the earth are my heroes! Those who chase after other gods will be filled with sorrow. I will not take part in their sacrifices or even speak the name of their gods. Lord you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine. The places you have given me are pleasant places. I will bless the Lord that guides me even at night He instructs me. I will not be shaken for He is right beside me. No wonder my heart is filled with joy and my mouth shouts praises. My body rests in safety. Psalm 16 NLT what a wonderful reminder of the God we serve and how to approach Him in prayer. We can put our complete trust in Him, for he is our safe place and if He is our God there is no sorrow, but joy because He is our reward. It is God alone that we should seek instruction from not from any other source even our own thinking. For that we should praise Him.( and many other reasons too)

which list are you on? Flesh or Spirit

Galations 5:17-23 We are at war within our body, our flesh and God's Spirit are contrary or at war with each other. There is this great wrestling within our soul, thoughts, and actions between the two. It is always happening in every you and I do. Here is a list to tell you who is winning. Which list do your characteristics fall under. Adultery(intercourse with someone you or them not married to) Fornication( intercourse when your not married to each other) Uncleaness( impure thoughts and desires), Lasciviousness( acting on impure thoughts or daydreaming impure thoughts or desires)Idolatry( worshipping anything above God), Witchcraft(involvement in things of demonic or magic..ex Harry Potter) Hatred( Bitterness that you have kept) variances( Giving into fighting either verbal or physical) Emulations( outbursts of anger) Heresies( false doctrines) Drunkeness( Alcohol or drugs to change your mental state) Revellings( partying with people that participate in Alcohol or drugs) Or are you in the Spirit where this is your list: Love( Love for God and for others) Joy(happiness about you, because you are Christs) Peace( Know no matter what going to be Ok, because you trust God)Patience(perserverance to get through trials and tempatations of the flesh) Kindness( wanting to help people) goodness( don't participate or think on unclean stuff) Faithfullness( devoted to God and steadfast to Him, not double minded) gentleness( calmnes, not brought to an wrath or strife) temperance( Not stuck on things of this world that are temporary, but always mindful and working for eternal.