Church was great. Pastor out of town. Fill-in was great. Worship was great. Some songs I wasn't familiar with, but all in all worship was great! God showed up. I have to post some of the scriptures used in the sermon. There were some that really hit me.
The main message was about faith. Having faith to fight the good fight. To overcome trials & tribulations. Perseverance to go THROUGH the trials & tribulations. Magnify God not your problems.
In Mark 11:23. “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Jesus says "if anyone says to this mountain..." The mountain is the problem. So, speak to the mountain. Say to your problem "Go, throw yourself in the sea." See the problem as God sees it, not through human eyes. Have faith that God has done His part. Ask that your eyes be opened.
In Colossians 2
6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.
In 2 Corinthians 10
4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
All this is saying to me to be rooted in Christ Jesus, built up by faith in Him and captivate my thoughts so they don't make my problems bigger than Him. I am a human. My trials tend to take forefront of my thought life.
Lastly 1 Peter 5:6-10
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
So if we will:
- humble ourselves
- cast our anxiety on Him
- be self controlled
- resist the devil
And we know there are others going through the same kind of sufferings. And after we have gone through our suffering, we may be able to help someone else out who has to go through a situation like ours.
Well, ok so I got a little lengthy this evening. But this is what was on my mind today. There's so much more. But, it'll have to wait. This is why I chose to do a blog. So, maybe I can help someone else going through something. This allows me to get so much more out than fb status updates or "notes". Then, if you want to keep up, or not it's your prerogative.
Love this Paige...Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI've been going through SO, SO many trials in the last 3 months and was just speaking to a friend about how easy it is to "talk" about having faith and telling what we should do, but walking through your own trials and keeping the faith is quiet different. I feel I failed in a lot of the areas but I also learned and grew from it.
Again, thanks for sharing! Love you!