Can't believe I forgot to share this. Our Pastor delivered a great sermon on fear. You can download it for free from here: http://www.davidtarkington.com/
The message is called "Spectrum: Yellow". It's a must!
Kim
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Delight through the Fear
Zephaniah 3: 17 - For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears.[a] He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.” (NLT)
This is one of my favorite verses and until I read this translation I never related it to my fears. I read this verse for the first time proabably about 5 years ago when I was deep in John and Stasi Eldredge's "Captivating" study. The thought that the God of the universe delights in me was and still is an amazing thought and reality. His love is what calms me.
It's so important for us to remember that God delights in us - just because. It's not about what we've done, or how we did it, what we said or didn't say. It's just because He's God and He chooses to.
I was continuing to read in Jeremiah and ran across this treasure: Jeremiah 9:23-24: This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.
Something our Pastor said has stuck with me. He explained that all too often people know what we're against, but not what we're for or what we support. I think God often gets categorized like that too. Throughout His word he tells us little nuggets of what He delights in, what pleases him. All too often we focus on the things he doesn't like instead of what he does. So take a few minutes and really think about how God delights in you. Then take another few minutes to think about what Jeremiah 9:24 says - He delights in being understood and known; that He exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth.
If He is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31) What did this do to your fears today? Rest in Him, in who He is. Long to know Him more. He always comes through.
Be bold! Be brave! Be you!
Love & Prayers,
Kim
Romans 15:13
This is one of my favorite verses and until I read this translation I never related it to my fears. I read this verse for the first time proabably about 5 years ago when I was deep in John and Stasi Eldredge's "Captivating" study. The thought that the God of the universe delights in me was and still is an amazing thought and reality. His love is what calms me.
It's so important for us to remember that God delights in us - just because. It's not about what we've done, or how we did it, what we said or didn't say. It's just because He's God and He chooses to.
I was continuing to read in Jeremiah and ran across this treasure: Jeremiah 9:23-24: This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.
Something our Pastor said has stuck with me. He explained that all too often people know what we're against, but not what we're for or what we support. I think God often gets categorized like that too. Throughout His word he tells us little nuggets of what He delights in, what pleases him. All too often we focus on the things he doesn't like instead of what he does. So take a few minutes and really think about how God delights in you. Then take another few minutes to think about what Jeremiah 9:24 says - He delights in being understood and known; that He exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth.
If He is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31) What did this do to your fears today? Rest in Him, in who He is. Long to know Him more. He always comes through.
Be bold! Be brave! Be you!
Love & Prayers,
Kim
Romans 15:13
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