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Tuesday, August 28, 2007/ 8:42 PM Sunday's Sermon: Date: 26 Aug 2007 Speaker: Pst Samuel Wong Main Scripture passage: Isaiah 55: 1-4 Desiring God's Presence -life of David: he had a hunger for God a 'man after God's own heart'. Isaiah 55: 1 -being thirsty is actually a good thing. -> relates to our busy lives ;) when we get too busy, we often forget to or are not willing to eat or drink. it is our hunger/thirst that drives us to eat and drink. thus having a thirst and hunger for God will likewise make us draw near to Him and desire His presence =) -do we have a lack of appetite for God's Word? ;) -to acknowledge that we need to be hungry. coming before the Lord and telling Him that we need Him and that we need and we want to be hungry for Him. the more we realise we need God, the more we will treasure Him! -desperation. desperately asking Him to put in us that thirst for Him. -discipline. discipline-> thirst -> joy God wants us to be happy in His presence, He wants us to come before him JOYFULLY, He wants us to ENJOY Him. [SMILE (:] some times we lack the thirst for God because we enjoy other things more than being in His presence. therefore -> discipine! practice! the more we do it, the more we'll learn to enjoy it! -"and you who have no money, come" (v1). even if you only have little or nothing, just come just as you are and bring all that you have before Him. He will not reject us. all we need to have is the desire for Him and Him and more of Him! -"come, buy wine and milk" (v1) wine + milk= nutritional substances wine represents God's spirit. milk represents His word. -"come, buy and eat". (v1) -> paying the price, walking that extra mile ;) -His faithful grace (v3) *colour-coded grace! :)) learn to come before Him when troubles overwhelm us so as to ask for and recieve the right colour of grace we need! -mat 5:6 blessed are those who hunger and thirst for they will be filled. if we hunger and thirst for Him, He will fill us =) FOR WHEN GOD IS THE SUPREME DESIRE OF YOUR HEART, HE WILL BE SUPREME IN EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE. He should be the most important one in our lives because He is the only one who can ever truly satisfy us (: *we should not wait until we have a desperate need before we start desperately seeking God. nope, it should be a continuous process =) *if we start to think we don't need Him, then something is very wrong. 3 kinds of Christians: 1. half-measure christian -half hearted 2. the one who walks that extra mile -the one we should aspire to be! -our hunger and thirst will cause us to be willing to walk that extra mile =) 3. seasonal christian -sunday: "hey, i'm a christian. let's go to church!" weekdays: "hmm. God? who?" *** yep. people, submit 2nd sep's friends lists ASAP!! =) keep praying for it too! |
