A SONG OF PRAISE
Isaiah 12:4-6
“In that day you will say:
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1. ‘Give thanks to the Lord,
2. call on his name;
3. make known among the nations what he has done,
4. and proclaim that his name is exalted.
5. Sing to the LORD,
—for he has done glorious things;
6. let this be known to all the world.
7. Shout aloud and sing for joy,
people of Zion,
—for great is the HOLY ONE of Israel among you.'”
End:
“For I resolved to know
nothing
while I was with you
except Jesus Christ
and him crucified.”
First Corinthians 2:2
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A SONG OF PRAISE
Isaiah 12:1-3
Intr.:
” In that day you will say:
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1. ‘I will praise you, O Lord.
2. Although you were angry with me,
— your anger has turned away and
— you have comforted me.
3. Surely God is my salvation;
— I will trust and
— not be afraid.
4. The LORD, the LORD, is
— my strength and
— my song;
— he has become my salvation.’
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End:
With joy you will draw water from the wells salvation.”
WHAT IS LOVE?
Song of Songs 8:6-7
Intr.:
“for love is……
1. as strong as death,
2. its jealousy unyielding as the grave.
3. It burns like blazing fire,
4. like a mighty flame.
5. Many waters cannot quench love;
6. rivers cannot wash it away.
7. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love,
it would be utterly scorned.”
End:
“Go totally wireless at home and pay just $30.53 for your first 6 months.” That’s what it says at the top of the flyer, I picked up today at the local vodafone store in town. At the bottom I read: “Ask us how to go totally wireless today.” “Terms and conditions apply” of course. 
When I am thinking about “totally” wireless PRAYING comes to my mind. God is omnipresent! That means that He is present everywhere at one and the same time. Read Psalm 139:7-9. But there are also conditions of prayer. Here are seven from the book: One hundred Bible Lessons by A. Douglas.
1. We must keep the commandments of God. First John 3:22
2. We must forgive others before God will hear and answer our prayers. Mark 11:25
3. We must pray in the will of God. Romans 8:27
4. We must pray in faith believing. Mark 11:24
5. We must pray in Jesus’ name. John 16:24
6. We must pray in the Holy Spirit. Jude 20
7. We must abide in Christ. John 15:7
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Intr.:
“I have seen something else under the sun:
1. The RACE is not to the swift or
2. the BATTLE to the strong,
3. nor does FOOD come to the wise or
4. WEALTH to the brilliant or
5. FAVOR to the learned;
End:
but time and chance happen to them all.”
“For I resolved to know
nothing
while I was with you except
Jesus Christ and him
crucified.”
First Corinthians 2:2
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WHAT ARE YOU PURSUING?
Proverbs 21:21
Intr.:
“He who
A. PURSUES
1. righteousness and
2. love
B. FINDS
1. life,
2. prosperity and
3. honor.”
End:
For a long time I have had the question on my mind: WHY DON’T YOU DO THE THINGS YOU KNOW ALREADY?
I ask also two more questions. Here they are: Why do I read more? Why do I hear more? The message for all of us is: Do the things you know already!
Read what the Lord Jesus Christ says in Luke 8:21. Those who hear the word of God and put it into practice he calls what? The answer is mother and brothers. In Matthew 7 we read about the wise and the foolish builders. We can be wise builders and we can be foolish builders. Wise builders hear the words of the Lord and put them into practice. Foolish builders hear the words of the Lord and don’t put them into practice. Matthew 7:24-27. I don’t really want to be a foolish builder.
But there are not only the hearers. I have mentioned already the readers at the beginning.
But there are also the teachers. They are the ministers, who are standing before their congregations every Sunday. And there are the writers. ( I am writing now and I have written posts on my blog.)
The apostle Paul has something to say about the teachers. In his letter to the Romans he says in Romans 2:21 “you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself?”
Many, many years ago, I read in the Bible, the Word of the Living God, the words: “…, in quietness …. is your strength,…” (Isaiah 30:15). Those words “in quietness is your strength” have been with me ever since. “IN QUIETNESS IS YOUR STRENGTH!” The word of the Lord is powerful. The word of God is not only like a fire, it is also like a hammer. Jeremiah 23:29, “Is not my word like a fire? saith the Lord.” Read also Jeremiah 20:9. The Bible is like a hammer. Jeremiah 23:28, “Is not MY Word…. saith the Lord……like a hammer that breaketh the rock?”
I believe yesterday I practiced the words “IN QUIETNESS IS YOUR STRENGTH” more than at other times in the past……. and it really worked. In quietness is your strength. Please read it once more: In quietness is your strength!
In my daily reading of the Bible from cover to cover I have come to the book of Proverbs and there are quite a number of verses that talk about our tongue. Let us read some of them. Here they are: Proverbs 10:19; Proverbs 21:23 “He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.”
“….in quietness …… is your strenght,..” is part of Isaiah 30:15 as you have noticed by now.
Isaiah 30:15 is a really good sermon outline. Here it is:
“For I resolved to know nothing
while I was with you
except Jesus Christ and him
crucified.”
First Corinthians 2:2
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“THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD,
Intr.:
the Holy One of Isreal, says:
1. ‘In repentance and
2. rest
A. IS YOUR SALVATION,
1. in quietness and
2. trust
B. IS YOUR STRENGTH,
end:
but you would have none of it.'”
IN VAIN
Psalm 127:1-2
Intr.:
A. “Unless the LORD builds the house, it’s builders labour in vain.
B. Unless he LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.
C. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat – for he grants sleep to those he loves.”
End: