Brother Gary Wednesday Evening 11/26/14

Brother Gary Wednesday Evening 11/26/14

Give thanks to God.

Psa 107:1  O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Sometimes we fail to give thanks for how good God is.  He is bigger than we can think.  He is even more and even more and even more. 

God is.  It is sad the concepts of God that are out there.  Many ideas of a greater force or a supreme being that ‘must be out there’.  Others don’t understand about the one true God and think that there are many gods.

Oh give thanks to the LORD.  God is; it doesn’t stop there.  He is the rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. 

Ps 90:2 a psalm written by Moses. 

Psa 90:2  Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Moses knew that God was from eternity.  If you began reading in Genesis 1; Moses wrote this under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost.  In the beginning God…

God gave Moses the understanding that God was from eternity and from eternity God spoke this world into existence.  “In the beginning God said…”

From everlasting to everlasting thou art God.  All through time and before time began, God is God.  He is God today.  When you think of the ceaseless ages of eternity where we will forever be with the Lord, He will be God.

Deu 33:27  The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

You can trust God.  He is from eternity. 

Isa 57:15  For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Thankfulness does so much for us.  If you will practice having a thankful heart, it will fill in the distresses of life.  It will change our thought pattern. 

Psa 107:2  Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

We need to thank God to be redeemed.  Don’t hesitate to testify, “I’ve been redeemed.”

We have been redeemed from the hand of the enemy:  from terrible destruction.  “There go I but for the grace of God.” 

We have endeavored in our service tonight to tell of, past what one would have thought of getting saved and rid of the burden of sin, of the more that God has done.  Every year we could do the same song and have the same people testify and it would be new things over and over again that God does. 

He redeems us from the hand of destruction.  Those things that are out there whether you are young or old. The enemy always has something to try to destroy the fellowship with God.  Over and over He redeems us from that which would destroy our mind or our relationships. 

If it wasn’t for God we wouldn’t have relationships with our brothers and sisters in Christ or with our children.  We would live a life serving our self and find fault with everyone in the world.  You get into that and there will not be one person good enough to fellowship with.  Love covers a multitude of sins.

Psa 107:3  And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

Psa 107:4  They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

Wanderings are terrible.  One lady decided that she didn’t want to be a wife and a mother anymore.  Wandering.  There are religious people that get under that.  God has a place for us to dwell. 

Every night as Karen and I kneel and pray we thank God.  Thank God that we have a home.  Thank God that I have a job.  Thank God that we have fellowship.  We have a place for our grandchildren to come to sing choruses, be taught in Sunday school, and know the love of the saints.

Wanderings. 

Psa 107:5  Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

You don’t have to have a gift of discernment to see how hungry people are.  They are empty on the inside.

Psa 107:6  Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

Psa 107:7  And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

When you feel your need of God, you cry to God.  Learn to pray.  Be the one that can teach someone else how to have devotions.  Sister Darla’s friend Pearl knew how to have devotions.  If you don’t know how, then ask someone, “Teach me how to have devotions, teach me how to read the bible and how to pray.” 

Jesus taught us to pray, “Our Father…”  We are taught to pray in Jesus name.

When you feel troubled, insecure, unsure what is going to happen, or uneasy, then pray.  He delivers out of distresses and leads forth by the right way.

You can trust God to lead you the right way.  The right way is Jesus going before.  John 10:4

He teaches you about the Holy Spirit of God.  It is for every believer.  It is designed that every man, boy, and girl, not only be saved, but present their body a living sacrifice and the nature of sin be purged out by the Holy Spirit, holy fire. 

God leads the right way from the wilderness and leads to the height of Zion.

Psa 107:8  Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Psa 107:9  For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

There is nothing sadder than to live life with an empty soul.  There is nothing more wonderful than having your soul fully satisfied.  The prophet Jeremiah said our souls would be saturated.  That is not just enough to get by, but fully satisfied.