Magnify the Lord's Rescue: Cry, Rejoice, Be Humble

Folks, before the the battle is fought for you, before the bill is paid, before the the health concern is taken care of, God is worried about this right here. He is worried about your heart. He is worried about your place of faith with him. He wants to work on this before he works on whatever this is. He is working in the long term investment of your life and he knows that these things are fleeting. These things come and go. These things are up and down, but the the the passion inside of you, the faith inside of you, the patience inside of you, the hope inside of you, those are longer lasting things. [00:55:18] (46 seconds)  #HeartOverCircumstances

God loved me enough to die for me so I can rejoice and that I have hope that God will help me with every situation. How many times have I said to you now already in this pulpit in the last six years, God has already done the greatest work he could ever do for you in salvation. Why are you doubting him over lesser things? Right. He did the hardest thing. He gave his life for you. Do you think giving you a $100 is a big deal? He gave his life for you. Do you think healing a disease in a body is a big deal? He gave his life to you. Do you think healing a relationship between two people who are at odds with each other? Do you really think it's a big deal? He died for you. He shed his blood. He allowed himself to be tortured. And we get all been a while. This this situation, I just don't know if god loves me enough to take care of this. What are you talking about? He's already done the hardest thing he could ever do. [01:00:37] (59 seconds)  #SalvationAboveAll

Pride kills our joy. It's the enemy of it. It brings in all these other areas of our life that that that rob us of it. It brings in the the self centeredness. It brings in the sense of entitlement. I deserve this. I should have had that, and why do they get this and I don't? The pride in our heart, it robs us of the joy of this life. God says, I I want you to need me. It's important to him. Our creator, the one who put this all in motion for us. You would not exist without him. And he says, I just I just want you to need me and want to be around me. [01:05:16] (56 seconds)  #HumilityBringsJoy

God's rescue of our lives, it started at salvation. It's the focal point that we should never lose. If if you're struggling in your joy today, if you're struggling with point number one, I can root it back, the fact that you're not appreciating your salvation. Everything with God starts there. He is my savior. He is my redeemer. He was the sacrificial lamb for me. He gave it all for me. All the other issues you have with God, the problems you have with him, the anger you may have at him, the bitterness you may have at him, it started with the fact that you lost sight of your salvation. [00:58:20] (51 seconds)  #RememberYourSalvation

people were looking for me and that someone was gonna come along. Eventually, a plane was gonna see me or a boat was gonna come by. I just never gave up hope. That got me up in the morning. That got me looking for water. That got me making the food that I needed. That got me doing those things because I realized I was still working towards something. The hope matters, folks. We quit not because God stops moving in our life. We quit because we give up hope. The person standing on the ledge ready to jump has given up hope. They think nothing will change. This could never ever get better again. There's no point in going on. The hope keeps people alive. [00:51:03] (47 seconds)  #HopeSustainsLife

But there's always a hope that we're gonna show up on Sunday morning. God is gonna meet with us. He's gonna help us. Someone will appreciate that. It'll change their life, and we'll go forward. The hope keeps you going even through the dark times. See, rejoicing in God before the rescue helps you make it to the rescue. Wouldn't it be sad if someone was trapped, deserted in some way and they give up hope and either they let themselves go or they take their own life. And the next day, the rescuers show up and they say, man, this person I feel like this person's been dead less than twenty four hours. We would say that's tragic, wouldn't we? Man, they were so close. [00:52:25] (47 seconds)  #RejoiceBeforeRescue

God and his character has been faithful and evident in our life, good times and bad. You cannot allow the dark times to steal all your joy. You gotta rejoice in the one who's been faithful. Been faithful. Oh, church, we got your joy back. I see it on your face. Yes. There's some rescue that's needed. Oh, boy, is there ever. But we've gotta rejoice in thee. We've gotta be excited about who God is. I'm glad about what he can do, but all that he can do is a result of who he is. [00:45:51] (41 seconds)  #RejoiceInHisFaithfulness

Why are you trying to project some type of image before others and even before God who knows the truth when really it should be a cry that you're making? Really, it should be, I am poor and needy. No. I I'm okay. I got this. Everything's fine. It's it's not that bad, she says, while the world burns around her. God knows how bad it is. Who are you fooling? When we become dependent on God, we lose our self sufficiency. And if you think you're still in control, you don't need rescue. A boat that's still in control of where it's going doesn't call for rescue. They call when they can no longer determine where they're going. [01:13:36] (47 seconds)  #AdmitYouNeedGod