Sermon Tone Analysis

One thing we don't like to think about is that our God is always watching us.

We think that if we are in our own house with the door closed we are hidden.

Listen to the words of David:

*/Psalm 139:7-10 /*

/Whither shall I go from thy spirit?

Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

/

When think of this we, more than likely, think of God as mean and vindictive, but that is not His intent.

Instead, He has pursuing eyes, looking for those who seek Him.

He wants us to rely on Him.

Unfortunately, our reliance is not always on God.

In this passage reliance is seen in three ways:

 

I.

Reliance on Man

A.                Conviction Brought Forth

B.                 Blessings Removed

 

*/Abraham Lincoln /*/said,/ /AWe have forgotten the gracious Hand which has preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our hearts that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.//A/

II.

Reliance on God

A.                Reminder of Blessings

B.                 Increased Blessings

C.                 Deliverance from the Enemy

 

*/C.

S. Lewis,/*/ //AHe cannot bless us unless he has us.

When we try to keep within us an area that is our own, we try to keep an area of death.

Therefore, in love, He claims all.

There's no bargaining with Him.///

 

III.

Reliance Toward God

A.                God Is Looking for Those Doing Right

B.                 God Wants to Prove Himself

C.                 But Only on Behalf of Those Who Trust Him

 

*/Eric Liddell/*/ (Chariot//'s of Fire) wrote, //"Circumstances may appear to wreck our lives and Gods plans, but God is not helpless among the ruins.

Our broken lives are not lost or useless.

God's love is still working.

He comes in and takes the calamity and uses it victoriously, working out his wonderful plan of love.//"/

*/Augustine/*/, //"God is more anxious to bestow his blessings on us than we are to receive them.// "/

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