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Who have you been turning to for help lately?.....
This Psalm in it's entirety is a series of verses reaching out to God for help....vs. 6, 13,19,28
And tonight we will look briefly at why turning to God is the best idea.....
But we know that there are lots of places people go for help.....
I hope you can pick up a copy of Seek God for the City, if you have not picked up a copy yet.....we have some remaining copies......
I chose this passage because it is the focus of the thoughts in "Seek God for the City"
So let's read a portion of the text together, in the few minutes we have....
This Psalm in it's entirety is a series of verses reaching out to God for help....vs. 6, 13,19,28
And tonight we will look briefly at why turning to God is the best idea.....
But we know that there are lots of places people go for help.....
I hope you can pick up a copy of Seek God for the City, if you have not picked up a copy yet.....we have some remaining copies......
I chose this passage because it is the focus of the thoughts in "Seek God for the City"
So let's read a portion of the text together, in the few minutes we have....
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Who Are You Lookin' At?
Psalm 107:1-9
Who have you been turning to for help lately?.....
This Psalm in it's entirety is a series of verses reaching out to God for help....vs. 6, 13,19,28
And tonight we will look briefly at why turning to God is the best idea.....
But we know that there are lots of places people go for help.....
I hope you can pick up a copy of Seek God for the City, if you have not picked up a copy yet.....we have some remaining copies......
I chose this passage because it is the focus of the thoughts in "Seek God for the City"
So let's read a portion of the text together, in the few minutes we have....
This Psalm in it's entirety is a series of verses reaching out to God for help....vs. 6, 13,19,28
And tonight we will look briefly at why turning to God is the best idea.....
But we know that there are lots of places people go for help.....
I hope you can pick up a copy of Seek God for the City, if you have not picked up a copy yet.....we have some remaining copies......
I chose this passage because it is the focus of the thoughts in "Seek God for the City"
So let's read a portion of the text together, in the few minutes we have....
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Psalm 107:1-9
7 He led them by a straight way
to a city where they could settle.
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
9 for he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.
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Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story — those he redeemed from thehand of the foe, those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Reach Out to God
those who do end up giving thanks
Because they experience God's goodness
Realize God is worthy of a palce of importance and respect in their lives
Realize God is the source of their success, prosperity, and an overall sense of well-being
both of whcih lead us to as the phrase goes - "being in a good place"
all of this in the word GOOD - a good God is worth giving thanks for
And what makes God good?
His enduring love - one of the best description for which is found in 1 Corinthians 13....especially tonight as we focus on the enduring nature of God's love - to be so moved with compassion for someone else that you are compelled to act on tehir behalf, often at great cost to yourself
this love lasts.....as ! Cor 13:13 reminds us....And now these three remain, (are still standing, will always be in the mix.....) But the greatest of these is love.
Realize God is worthy of a palce of importance and respect in their lives
Realize God is the source of their success, prosperity, and an overall sense of well-being
both of whcih lead us to as the phrase goes - "being in a good place"
all of this in the word GOOD - a good God is worth giving thanks for
And what makes God good?
His enduring love - one of the best description for which is found in 1 Corinthians 13....especially tonight as we focus on the enduring nature of God's love - to be so moved with compassion for someone else that you are compelled to act on tehir behalf, often at great cost to yourself
this love lasts.....as ! Cor 13:13 reminds us....And now these three remain, (are still standing, will always be in the mix.....) But the greatest of these is love.
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Thankful People?
Who are these
Who are these thankful people in particular?
1. Those who have been redeemed - bought with a price
2. Those who have been rescued from the enemy
which could be explained in several ways, one which is seeing death defeated.....
Rev. 20:14 - Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death
Rev. 21:4 - 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed
away.”
3. Those who have been
1. Those who have been redeemed - bought with a price
2. Those who have been rescued from the enemy
which could be explained in several ways, one which is seeing death defeated.....
Rev. 20:14 - Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death
Rev. 21:4 - 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed
away.”
3. Those who have been
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East, West, North, South
God Gathers from
3. Those Gathered by God
from east, west, north and south....
that pretty well covers it....
from east, west, north and south....
that pretty well covers it....
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In Trouble
those who were
vs. 6
being squeezed by the events of life
literally between a rock and a hard place
being squeezed by the events of life
literally between a rock and a hard place
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What kind of trouble?
- wandering without water
- homeless
- hungry
- thirsty
- desperate
Searching and not finding vs 4-5
wandering - to go about lost, aimlessly
homeless - nowhere to settle
hungry
thirsty
Just in case people you know don't think the risen savior can have any practical impact in our lives......
the most necessary categories of living they are going without, looking and looking everywhere except to God,
Until they are so desperate they are nearly dead.....and then
We ahve a savior who can impact our lives now!! and this season of preparation is a time to be reminded of a God of love who has come to make a difference today!!
Call out to God today!! You don't have to wait until you are desperate
wandering - to go about lost, aimlessly
homeless - nowhere to settle
hungry
thirsty
Just in case people you know don't think the risen savior can have any practical impact in our lives......
the most necessary categories of living they are going without, looking and looking everywhere except to God,
Until they are so desperate they are nearly dead.....and then
We ahve a savior who can impact our lives now!! and this season of preparation is a time to be reminded of a God of love who has come to make a difference today!!
Call out to God today!! You don't have to wait until you are desperate
Reach Out to God
call upon the LORD
Because they experience God's goodness
Realize God is worthy of a palce of importance and respect in their lives
Realize God is the source of their success, prosperity, and an overall sense of well-being
both of whcih lead us to as the phrase goes - "being in a good place"
all of this in the word GOOD - a good God is worth giving thanks for
And what makes God good?
His enduring love - one of the best description for which is found in 1 Corinthians 13....especially tonight as we focus on the enduring nature of God's love - to be so moved with compassion for someone else that you are compelled to act on tehir behalf, often at great cost to yourself
this love lasts.....as ! Cor 13:13 reminds us....And now these three remain, (are still standing, will always be in the mix.....) But the greatest of these is love.
Realize God is worthy of a palce of importance and respect in their lives
Realize God is the source of their success, prosperity, and an overall sense of well-being
both of whcih lead us to as the phrase goes - "being in a good place"
all of this in the word GOOD - a good God is worth giving thanks for
And what makes God good?
His enduring love - one of the best description for which is found in 1 Corinthians 13....especially tonight as we focus on the enduring nature of God's love - to be so moved with compassion for someone else that you are compelled to act on tehir behalf, often at great cost to yourself
this love lasts.....as ! Cor 13:13 reminds us....And now these three remain, (are still standing, will always be in the mix.....) But the greatest of these is love.
Photo by Nik Shuliahin
Give Thanks!
Let's Turn to the LORD
This season of preparation for the risen saviour is a built in invitation to TURN to the LORD
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
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