[Blogger's note: after being crazy busy one month, and then crazy sick for much of another month, by God's grace I am finally back and able to catch up on posting my notes from sermons at my church for the months of June and July. Thank you all for your prayers; I am believing and claiming that I will be completely healed, and even healed beyond whatever Satan or the world calls a "preexisting condition." I completely reject that term in Jesus' name, and choose to receive by faith the complete healing that GOD says He has for me: a new [undisclosed part of the body] in Jesus' name!
In the meantime, I pray that you are blessed by these sermon notes as much as I was blessed by these sermons. I will post sermons twice weekly until we are caught up again, in the same manner that I did from January through May, 2021.]
Church 7/17/2021
Offertory scripture:
being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
Philippians 1:6 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Philippians%201:6&version=NKJV
Give and it’ll be given back to you. And give out of love.
God doesn’t need our tips; He wants our obedience
Sermon message:
We will begin having Wednesday evening services at church in August.
Last week: getting your taste back with God.
Tonight Sermon message: There are benefits when we honor God
Fear of God = respect and reverence for God
For God’s word; for God’s people; for leaders that God has set up = when we give honor to those things, there are benefits
When we do not begrudge time with God, there are benefits
When we serve God, there are benefits
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Galatians 6:7 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Galatians%206:7&version=NKJV
This is regarding spending time with God.
Of course Satan is trying to get people to not spend time with God.
When you sow your time with God, He will bless you back
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 4:8 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=James%204:8&version=NKJV
When we serve God, we will benefit. Of course Satan doesn’t want you to serve God. Satan wants make you too busy to serve God.
But the truth is it pays to serve God. God blesses you when you do so.
God loves you and wants you blessed. He wants to ignite, reignite, or increase the fire in your God in your heart.
Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.
Revelation 2:4-5 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Revelation%202:4-5&version=NKJV
God’s saying: “come home to Me. Repent. Turn back.”
It’s time to spend more time with God. And to serve Him.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
Psalm 51:12 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%2051:12&version=NKJV
Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:10 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Nehemiah%208:10&version=NKJV
Emphasis: the last line: the joy of the Lord is my strength.
Keep going. Don’t give up. If you stop you get weaker.
Benefits when we spend time with God and serve Him:
knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me. Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease. For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 1:14-21 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=2%20Peter%201:14-21&version=NKJV
Benefit #1: honor gets God’s attention
Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, And the Lord listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the Lord And who meditate on His name. “They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his own son who serves him.” Then you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.
Malachi 3:16-18 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Malachi%203:16-18&version=NKJV
Point #2, as a counterpoint to benefit #1: If you don’t honor God; He too pays attention
“Your words have been harsh against Me,” Says the Lord, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord of hosts? So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.’ ”
Malachi 3:13-15 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Malachi%203:13-15&version=NKJV
I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
Psalm 9:1-2 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%209:1-2&version=NKJV
God considers our time with Him and service to Him as valuable and profitable.
One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts. I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, And on Your wondrous works. Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts, And I will declare Your greatness. They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness, And shall sing of Your righteousness.
Psalm 145:4-7 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%20145:4-7&version=NKJV
My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And Your salvation all the day, For I do not know their limits. I will go in the strength of the Lord God; I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only. O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.
Psalm 71:15-18 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%2071:15-18&version=NKJV
An important question for us to consider: what have I been saying?
Point #1: Honoring God has benefits
Point #2: God remembers when you honor Him
Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, And the Lord listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the Lord And who meditate on His name.
Malachi 3:16 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Malachi%203:16&version=NKJV
Point #3: God rewards those who honor Him
“They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his own son who serves him.”
Malachi 3:17 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Malachi%203:17&version=NKJV
Let’s not tear our rewards up. Don’t curse God with your words or curse anyone else. When we spend time with God and serve Him, let’s not get discouraged to the point that our words get bitter.
Philippians 1:6 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Philippians%201:6&version=NKJV
Give and it’ll be given back to you. And give out of love.
God doesn’t need our tips; He wants our obedience
Sermon message:
We will begin having Wednesday evening services at church in August.
Last week: getting your taste back with God.
Tonight Sermon message: There are benefits when we honor God
Fear of God = respect and reverence for God
For God’s word; for God’s people; for leaders that God has set up = when we give honor to those things, there are benefits
When we do not begrudge time with God, there are benefits
When we serve God, there are benefits
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
Galatians 6:7 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Galatians%206:7&version=NKJV
This is regarding spending time with God.
Of course Satan is trying to get people to not spend time with God.
When you sow your time with God, He will bless you back
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 4:8 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=James%204:8&version=NKJV
When we serve God, we will benefit. Of course Satan doesn’t want you to serve God. Satan wants make you too busy to serve God.
But the truth is it pays to serve God. God blesses you when you do so.
God loves you and wants you blessed. He wants to ignite, reignite, or increase the fire in your God in your heart.
Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.
Revelation 2:4-5 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Revelation%202:4-5&version=NKJV
God’s saying: “come home to Me. Repent. Turn back.”
It’s time to spend more time with God. And to serve Him.
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
Psalm 51:12 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%2051:12&version=NKJV
Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:10 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Nehemiah%208:10&version=NKJV
Emphasis: the last line: the joy of the Lord is my strength.
Keep going. Don’t give up. If you stop you get weaker.
Benefits when we spend time with God and serve Him:
knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me. Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease. For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 1:14-21 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=2%20Peter%201:14-21&version=NKJV
Benefit #1: honor gets God’s attention
Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, And the Lord listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the Lord And who meditate on His name. “They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his own son who serves him.” Then you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.
Malachi 3:16-18 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Malachi%203:16-18&version=NKJV
Point #2, as a counterpoint to benefit #1: If you don’t honor God; He too pays attention
“Your words have been harsh against Me,” Says the Lord, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord of hosts? So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.’ ”
Malachi 3:13-15 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Malachi%203:13-15&version=NKJV
I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
Psalm 9:1-2 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%209:1-2&version=NKJV
God considers our time with Him and service to Him as valuable and profitable.
One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts. I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, And on Your wondrous works. Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts, And I will declare Your greatness. They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness, And shall sing of Your righteousness.
Psalm 145:4-7 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%20145:4-7&version=NKJV
My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And Your salvation all the day, For I do not know their limits. I will go in the strength of the Lord God; I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only. O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.
Psalm 71:15-18 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Psalm%2071:15-18&version=NKJV
An important question for us to consider: what have I been saying?
Point #1: Honoring God has benefits
Point #2: God remembers when you honor Him
Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, And the Lord listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the Lord And who meditate on His name.
Malachi 3:16 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Malachi%203:16&version=NKJV
Point #3: God rewards those who honor Him
“They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his own son who serves him.”
Malachi 3:17 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Malachi%203:17&version=NKJV
Let’s not tear our rewards up. Don’t curse God with your words or curse anyone else. When we spend time with God and serve Him, let’s not get discouraged to the point that our words get bitter.