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Come and hear, all you who fear God,And I will declare what He has done for my soul.
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Come and hear, all you who fear God,
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Before going first verse,
Testing is part of life.
As a kid you have assignmens and test in schools,
and then you midldle school, high school and then test.
even after you goto colleege there are test.
and then we think we finished our education , now we get into a job, we think we are done with our tests.
No, actually in the job , your employer might be giving work and salary, but there is a test going on to see your performance, apprisals, bonus based on test.
then you get married, that is bigger test.
Your patience is tested, your endurance is tested.
When a company makes a product, it goes through rigorous testing.
With God, test to see your heart is really for Him or not,
He gives a promise, a dream , but He takes us through the testing.
God promised Israel that they going to inherit the land of canan. But He tested them in the wilderness.
Joseph got a dream about his brothers and parents bowing down to him.
The dream was glorious, and he went through series of testing.
Verse 10 says refined us as silver, aflliction on our backs, fire, water.
But You brought us out to rich fulfillment.
being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
let us go
10 10 For You, O God, have tested us;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
11 You brought us into the net;
You laid affliction on our backs.
12 12You have caused men to ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water;
But You brought us out to [b]rich fulfillment.
God will test us and also takes us to the rich fulfillment.
1 Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
Psalmist is asking all the earth, Gods people to make a joyful Shout to God
If there is a deal in Costco, JC Penny, that one reason is enough for us to share with family, friends and colleagues and even to unknown people.
But we sing the song, bless the lord oh my soul. how manny 10000 reasons.
Your shout should never be the same.
We are talking about God who created heaven and earth, sun, moon,stars , birds, fish, .
By the power of His Word, he created everything.
But man, He said let us make man and then breathed into man.
HE made man out of the earth. but he breathed .That is the God we are serving.
Noah
When the world is full of sin, wickedness, he destroyed the whole world, but remembered Noah, righteous one.
Abraham: Abraham believed in God and is counted a s rightoeusness.
There mights be multitude of people around, but when you believe
Most importantly, while we were still sinners, He died for us.
With all these reasons, can we shout to God a Big hallelujah to
The neighbors should hear it.
The sickness should hear the praise and leave.
The mountain in life should hear the praise and leave.
A Joyful Shout
Let us make a joyful Shout to God.
The neighbor should hear it,
Do you have mountain in your life ,
2 2 Sing out the honor of His name;
Make His praise glorious.
3 3 Say to God,
“How awesome are Your works!
Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
4 All the earth shall worship You
And sing praises to You;
They shall sing praises to Your name.” Selah
David
14 Then David danced[g] before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.
Kingdom:
Before we understand Kingdom Man,
We should understand what Kingdom means.
The Bible is about a King and His Kingdom and a royal family of children
Kingdom does not work on majority opinion.
Kingdom does not work on Democratic opinions,
But Kingdom works on what King purposes in His heart.
In Bible, whenever heaven is referred, it is called Kingdom of Heaven.
Gods rule is referred as Kingdom of God.
Even when the Lord taught the disciples how to pray.
our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thy Kingdom Come.
the 1000 years rule of Lord Jesus is called Millennial Kingdom.
Lord Jesus also talks about " My Kingdom is not of this world "
Even the inheritance of the saints is also about Kingdom.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Principles of Kingdom:
1) Kingdom has One King. - and His Word is Final.
The decisions of the kingdom does not depend on the majority vote. It does not depend on the what all other kingdoms are doing. But what King Purposes in his heart, that will be established in the kingdom.
2) Kingdom and Kingdom people have dominion.
Genesis 1:26
26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over [g]all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
mamlakah - kingdom rule, sovregin power, royal power.
3) Kingdom - about coming into our lives.
too many christians became religious people.
All religions - try to reach God.
But Kingdom is about God reaching to man.
religion is about escaping the earth, Kingdom is about impacting and influencing the earth.
Matthew 23:13
13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
Kingdom Man.
Now to understand what it means to be a Kingdom Man.
There is no one better than our Lord Himself who personified what it means to be a kingdom man.
His Prayer, teachings, hearings, miracles, sermons, death, resurrection, - everything is about Kingdom.
Kingdom Man
Priorities:
Matthew 6:25-27
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry 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, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one [j]cubit to his [k]stature?
Mans first priority is Basic needs
1) food, water
2) Basic groceries
3) Clothes
4) house
Many of us think these are the priorities. who is the best person to explain that these priorities are not the right ones.
your wife.
Even if you bring best of the food to home, best of the groceries, best of the clothes, bought the best of the house , still she is not happy.
Why you think i buy everything to her, but still some issue, whats wrong.
Matthew 6
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Lord Jesus , here estalishes that our priority is not food, water, basic necessities. but it is about Kingdom.
Mans first priority is about seeking Kingdom of God.
Seek means pursue, study, explore, reach out, meditate,
What Adam has lost in the garden, you seek that.
Kingdoms definition is Sovergien rule of the King, establishing His will, His purpose, so that the people of the Kingdom will have life that reflects the Kings values.
First : not when you are free, not when all the netflix movies are done, not when friends are not hanging out, not when boring time, not just on sunday morning.
Every moment, seeking His Kingdom and His Rigteousness.
And coming to Righteousness.
Look the most imporatant part of righteousness is that - your seeking about Kingdom must be about Righteousness.
A kingdom mans Right Standing before God brings him into alignment with Kingdom LifeStyle and Kingdom Authority to reflect the Kings Values in the life that he live.s
Tonight - As a Kingdom man, our first priority is about seeking first Kingdom and HIs Righteousnes
In next sessions, we will talk about How to Seek this Kingdom.
1) Psalm 128:
The Lord bless you out of Zion,
And may you see the good of Jerusalem
All the days of your life.
6 Yes, may you see your children’s children.
Peace be upon Israel!
The Lord bless you out of Zion.
The Kingdom mans when he seeks and pursues the Kingdom, he will know that the blessing for a man and his family is always from Zion.
The Lord will not bless out of Zion, but in the Zion.
Mount Zion, and on Mount Zion is the city Jerusalem and the Temple.
So every man, the head of the household would always be connected to Zion.
That is why in jewish history, it is impossible to see any man that is not connected to the place of Worship.
But we see in modern history, it is always women who are mostly connected to Church.
SO what is connection between Zion and Church.
Hebrews 12:2
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels
It was the Father of the house, or man of the house who would take the family to Zion in biblical times.
But today , sadly it was women who goes and asks , can we go to Church today.
Kingdom Man - First seeks Gods Kingdom and His Righteousness.
Becoming a Father -
See when you are single, you would live as you want.But when you become father you will change atleast before your family.
Your talk before , your dress, your dealing - because you are responsible.
Kingdom Man - should be a father.
Identity
How do you know a sportsman belongs to a particular team.
Character - Truth
Influence - Daniel to Shedrach, Mesach, Abednego
Not just on Sunday -
Monday to Saturday
1 Peter 2:9
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light
Jesus
The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
Theme | Key Verse | Bible Story |
Jesus' power helps us be good friends | John 15:12 "Love each other in the same way I have loved you." | The church is united - Acts 2:42-47; 4:32-35 |
42 All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper[i]), and to prayer.
43 A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. 44 And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. 45 They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. 46 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity[j]— 47 all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.
Acts 4: 32-35
32 All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had. 33 The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God’s great blessing was upon them all. 34 There were no needy people among them, because those who owned land or houses would sell them 35 and bring the money to the apostles to give to those in need.
Acttivity
Sharing
1 Cup , 1 Spoon and tissues
Phone, Compass, TorchLight
Scissors, Comb.
Skipping Rope, Basket ball
Noodles, Chicken Soup
sanitizer, gloves, mask
Potatoes, Spices, oranges
Story
They had everything in common. No one was in need, because everybody was sharing.
They even sold their stuff and bring to apostles feet.
It is not a sharing out of just your worldly wisdom,
but there was teaching, and in that teaching, they submitted, and they had joy and they shared.
A life that is share is blessing. A lonely life is not useful for anyone. But a shared life is blessing to many.
Jesus is coming back for Church , not just for individual believers.
Share ..
A greedy man holds back.
But a blessed man shares.
A heart of sharing is heart of God.
That is what God is.
What is that you are holding back to share
When God is inspiring to share , what are you holding back,
It is the people that God has put in our lives.
Share with them.
Godly friends encourages you, Check your friends. Can they bring you out of your tough times. Can they encourage you, or do they keep Peer pressure on you.
Pray: for sharing
Memory Verse
John 15:12 "Love each other in the same way I have loved you."
Theme | Key Verse | Bible Story |
Jesus' power lets us live forever | Romans 8:11 "The spirit of God who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you." | Jesus death and ressurection - Matthew 26:17 - 28:10 |
31 On the way, Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say,
‘God will strike[e] the Shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
32 But after I have been raised from the dead, I will go ahead of you to Galilee and meet you there.”