Desires changed by God
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INTRO:
Feb. 9th AFTERPARTY
Coffee Cup Verses
4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
What is this verse saying?
Following God leads to us getting what we want?
yes and no
If I trust in God all things work for my good?
yes and no
Delighting in the Lord
Delighting in the Lord
What does it mean to delight in the Lord?
Delight - to enjoy yourself in
We enjoy ourselves in the Lord....What does that look like?
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
worrying about our needs (food, clothing, etc.)
Matthew 6:33
1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
2 “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread,
12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16 “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
18 that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,
23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
lack trust in God
Bible tells us to look to God first and everything else falls in line
Delight or joy rooted in anything else will fail
2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Solomon learned through all his wealth, pleasure, and possessions nothing compares to a relationship with God
everything else will not satisfy
John tells us about the world and the things in it
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.”
17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
1 john 2:15-17
Our delight, joy, and hope:
have to be Christ centered
have to cast away what the world says
the “world” is not always just what people or society say, but what we tell ourselves we want, what we think is right
How many times have you let you down?
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
GOD IS SMARTER THAN YOU!!
Has to walk in the truth of the Gospel
Delighting in the Lord Changes Our Desires
Delighting in the Lord Changes Our Desires
4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
As our heart is transformed by Christ our desires change with it
6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:
We begin to think the way Christ would
we no longer look to what benefits us but others
we see ourselves as servants
We begin to live with a Gospel-Centered mission
We know that without Christ those around us are doomed to Hell
they are doomed to be dominated by sin
4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
Let Jesus be the center of your life:
What you long for will be kingdom focused
Your struggles will have a solution
Lives will be changed around you
Hope, joy, and delight have an eternal supply
14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Where are you not believing in the goodness of God, in the promises He has made to you?
Where are you trusting more in the fleeting treasures of this world over the eternal joy found in Christ?
Where do you believe that God doesn’t have mercy towards you and seeks to bless you through His Son?
Will you stop putting your faith in the things of this world and begin to delight in the Lord?