Psalm 78 ( v1-16)

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4 We will not hide them from their children,
Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.

5 For He established a testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers,
That they should make them known to their children;
6 That the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children,
7 That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;

I was thinking what do parents and children talk when they sit together.

Parents most of the time  to their kids is :

Dos and Donts.

Do this , because this is good

Don't do that, that is bad.

Dos and Donts goes to the head, but mostly wont goto the spirit.

Whenever you start preaching Dos and Donts , you are creating a framework of Law.

Every Child waits to break the law.

Everytime you bring the Child into a law, the child always wants to break the law.

So what you should do, is Preach to the Spirit.

So what should we talk to our Children.

Soul Preachers 

Spirit Preachers.

Soul preaching is different from Spirit preaching

You are the greatest preacher for your children

Not the Pastor because he preaches only Sunday.

Jacob was the greatest prophet for his Children.

The greatest inheritance that you can give to your child is not your wealth, but your Hope

V7 - Hope

Apostles preached -

Gods Purpose in my life.

 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God 2 which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, 3 concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who [a]was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4 and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. 5 Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name, 6 among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;

If I ask you, What is the purpose of your life? what do you say?

Most of us live for a moment, 

Living for a momnet? If that moment is good , you will be joyful, if that moment is not good you will be sad.

Moments should not define you, 

Some people live for seasons... If it NBA season they will be excited, NFL season they are excited,

And after the season again they are down into earth in their hiding spaces.

if you get a good SAT scrore, you are happy for that moment,

if somebody cuts you in the traffic, that is a moment, 

Moments pass away,  What drives your life should not be a moment, but it should be Purpose.

Paul

Calling himself as  Bondservant of Christ

Called by God to be an apostle, 

Separated for the gospel of God.

Nobody would live just for a bad purpose.

I just dont live to be nothing in life.

I dont just live to fail in every SAT test i take.

How do you make 

Psalm 77 ( V1-12)

V1

1)  Cry  (V1)

2)  Meditation (V12)

Cry - 

 I cried out to God with my voice—

To God with my voice;
And He gave ear to me.

If we cry before people,  they might  hear us or ignore us.

Sometimes we see people crying before others about their problems.

Some 

God giving His ear to man is big thing.

1 Chronciles 4:10

9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name [c]Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my [d]territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.

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V12

2 I will also meditate on all Your work,
And talk of Your deeds.

Some people mediate on all kinds of negative things

what people said about them, and what people did not say about them.

what hapenned to them

what not happenned to them.

everything is negative

Phillippians 4:8,9

8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

Trinity

 

Father

Son

HolySpirit

Wood - Tree

we speak - God who made speak

love - we all love, from whom love came

love - 

God is Love

God is One who is Loved

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.”

Let Us

Our Image - Same image like God - someone else is there.

Image -  

Creativity - Srujanathmakatha

Vichakshana   ( question )

Siggu - Nitikatvatha

Freedom - Swechha

Genesis 11:7

5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. 7 Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

God - no one should be above God

No one should create God

Psalm 110:3

110 The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, He is coming,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 61: 1

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me

Isaiah 48:16

16 “Come near to Me, hear this:
I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
From the time that it was, I was there.
And now the Lord God and His Spirit
[c]Have sent Me.”

John 1:1 Nothing was created without Him

Luke 1:35

35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.”

Matthew 3

16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and [b]He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

John 

14:16

16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another [e]Helper, that He may abide with you forever—

14:26

. 26 But the [g]Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you

15:26

26 “But when the [c]Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. 

2 Corinthians 13:14

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the [d]communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

2 Corinthians 12:

Becoming what you bellieved

 Romans 4:17,18

17 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; 18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”

Not everyone will help you to become

people might talk 100 things against you. but do you believe it

Matthew 8:13

13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.

I dont want to see this egyptians

i dont want to see this sickness

i dont want to see this debt

Acknowledge Gods authority in all your ways, and He shall direct your paths.

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In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall [b]direct your paths.

Galatians 5:16,17

16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish

Youth Meeting 02/12/2021

 Life without God

Life with God

23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross [b]daily, and follow Me. 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. 25 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?

dreams not rooted in God

God is committed to His Purpose

Gods purpose

Proverbs 19:21

There are many plans in a man’s heart,
Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.

Temporary Desire

vs

Proverbs 25:19

Whoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls.

Dont think how cool you are

Think about what God think you should be

Power over

Whats controlling you

Sin control vs Spirit Control

Galatians 5:16,17

16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish

I need to fix:

Wages of our sin is death Romans 3:23

Deuteronomy 28

chose life.

Covering - Part 2

In Part1, we have seen what it means Covering.

How you a man can cover his family

1) Presence

2) Words

3) Prayer

While most of us do this,  we care about our families, but it stops there.

Dominion

The dominion of a man can be as big as his heart his.

I repeat this the dominion of  a man can be as big as his heart his.

How much ever your heart desires, you can have that dominion.

A mans dominion - His area of authority is his home, his area of authority is his workplace, the people under him.

But it doesnot have to end there.

God has given man the ability to expand his dominion.

In Olden days, people conquer more land and expand

One kingdom expands and adds.

But when it comes to life of a believer, especially with backgrounds like us, we restrict to our homes. Rarely we go beyond.

One man who has biggest and largest dominion in the whole earth is Abraham.

Genesis 18:17,18

17 And the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, 18 since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 

Abraham's dominion is all the nations.

There is no one in this world through whom the whole world is blessed.

The Lord has given that blessing to Abraham.

His dominion is to all nations.

But how did Abraham was given this dominion.

Bargain:

Genesis 18:23-24

 23 And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it?

Abraham started bargaining with God to save people.

What are the some of the things we usually bargain?

1) Clothes, electronics,  deals

But Abraham does not bargain for these things.

His bargaining is with God, 

50 people - will you save

45 - save?

40 - save?

30 - save?

20 - save?

10 -save?

you see Abraham did not just ask to rescue Lot from Sodom, actually he is interceding for whole city of sodom and gomorrah

what kind of man Abraham - a man who is expanding his covering upon a city.

When Abraham thought of a city, God gave Abraham whole nations.

Psalms 2:8

Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession.

I think it is time , we should change our mindset to expand our realestate.

Mens March in the comunity: 

Church

Even in the Church, we limit our covering to our family.

We come , say hi and how are you, find out whats going on, go away.

Each one of you can influence another youngster.

we might not know, but they will eager to talk to us. we just have to open up.

Have you ever took time to speak Isaac, Johann, these kind of youngsters.

But speaking heart to heart.

You are expanding 

A mans words are more important than a woman's words to bless others.

How did Jacob got blessed?

By words of his father Isaaac.

Why did Rebekah did not bless her son by herself.

Every mans words carry so much covering .

Esther 2:7

 7 And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman was lovely and beautiful. When her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

This is amazing, that Mordecai took Esther as his own daughter

You know the bible did not talk about Mordecai's sons and daughters.

if God has to write history, he will see whom you have birth spiritually rather than physical children.

V10,11

10 Esther had not [k]revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal it. 11 And every day Mordecai paced in front of the court of the women’s quarters, to learn of Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.

Mordecai was learning of Esther's welfare, and what was happening to her.

This is the fathers heart .

You and me can be father not only to physical children, but everyone has potential to find out what is going on others life and speak to them and bless them.

Expand your covering.

Ephesians 3:20

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,