Blogger's Note: On Wednesdays for the foreseeable future, I will be copying and pasting on this blog notes I take in my phone from sermons at the church I attend. My goal is to share both current week sermons (which will be posted on a different day of the week) as well as catch up on the backlog of notes. I want to also clarify that these are not my sermons, but rather the bullet point notes I put together. I enjoy our pastor's messages very much, and more importantly he preaches the Word of God as-is, which means the Spirit of God is imparting wisdom and knowledge through him. To God alone be the glory.
Pre sermon passage
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:19-21,24-25,31-32,34 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Matthew%206:19-21,24-25,31-32,34&version=NIV
Sermon message
Beginning of a new series
Series: It's time to speak faith
Tonight's thesis: God is our refuge
Case of David facing Goliath
This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
1 Samuel 17:46 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=1%20Samuel%2017:46&version=NIV
Case of shadrach mesach and abednego in the furnace:
If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up. ”
Daniel 3:17-18 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Daniel%203:17-18&version=NIV
God will provide. We need to speak faith. It's time to trust God.
To do so, we need to get into the word of God. We need to listen, meditate, memorize the word of God.
Refuge: (noun)place of safety. A shelter from danger.
A psalm of encouragement and protection (Moses likely wrote this)
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm 91:1-2 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%2091:1-2&version=NIV
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Proverbs%2018:21&version=NIV
It's time to speak in faith: God is our refuge
Names of God. They describe who He is and what He does.
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
Hosea 4:6 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Hosea%204:6&version=NIV
Name 1: God is the Most High
Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 124:8 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%20124:8&version=NIV
“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
Psalm 91:14 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%2091:14&version=NIV
The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Proverbs%2018:10&version=NIV
“‘“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. ”’ “So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
Numbers 6:24-27 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Numbers%206:24-27&version=NIV
Psalm 91:1
God's name "Most High" mentioned 46 times in the Old Testament.
If God is Most High, that also means he's higher than all your problems. Higher than anything in existence in heaven and in earth.
Name 2: God is Almighty
(Ref. Psalm 91:1)
48 times almighty is used in the Bible.
Almighty: Solid, strong, all powerful
Nothing is impossible with God
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
Genesis 17:1-5 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Genesis%2017:1-5&version=NIV
When Abraham introduced people by his new name, he spoke faith.
We have a hard time believing God has power for us and our situation. It's much easier to believe he has power for the situation in the world. So we need to believe.
Name 3: God is eternal (Yahweh)
Psalm 91:2
Name Yahweh: Written 6,800 times in the Bible
He is essentially "always open, never closed."
Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God said to Moses, “ I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘ I am has sent me to you.’”
Exodus 3:13-14 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Exodus%203:13-14&version=NIV
Name 4: God is the creator (Elohim)
Psalm 91:2
God will create a way when there doesn't seem to be a way.
He's not only the creator but he's YOUR creator.
Psalm 91:1-2 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%2091:1-2&version=NIV
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Proverbs%2018:21&version=NIV
It's time to speak in faith: God is our refuge
Names of God. They describe who He is and what He does.
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
Hosea 4:6 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Hosea%204:6&version=NIV
Name 1: God is the Most High
Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 124:8 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%20124:8&version=NIV
“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
Psalm 91:14 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%2091:14&version=NIV
The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Proverbs%2018:10&version=NIV
“‘“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. ”’ “So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
Numbers 6:24-27 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Numbers%206:24-27&version=NIV
Psalm 91:1
God's name "Most High" mentioned 46 times in the Old Testament.
If God is Most High, that also means he's higher than all your problems. Higher than anything in existence in heaven and in earth.
Name 2: God is Almighty
(Ref. Psalm 91:1)
48 times almighty is used in the Bible.
Almighty: Solid, strong, all powerful
Nothing is impossible with God
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
Genesis 17:1-5 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Genesis%2017:1-5&version=NIV
When Abraham introduced people by his new name, he spoke faith.
We have a hard time believing God has power for us and our situation. It's much easier to believe he has power for the situation in the world. So we need to believe.
Name 3: God is eternal (Yahweh)
Psalm 91:2
Name Yahweh: Written 6,800 times in the Bible
He is essentially "always open, never closed."
Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God said to Moses, “ I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘ I am has sent me to you.’”
Exodus 3:13-14 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Exodus%203:13-14&version=NIV
Name 4: God is the creator (Elohim)
Psalm 91:2
God will create a way when there doesn't seem to be a way.
He's not only the creator but he's YOUR creator.