2024-08-18 Sermon Notes
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Psalm 104:15
wine that makes the heart of man glad, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.
Points
- God gives us abundantly, far more than we deserve.
- Perhaps you think that you do not have enough. Do you not realize that we have so much in this country. We have full pantries.
- This verse is not just to encourage poor people, but for all people to realize that our God meets all our daily needs.
- The more God gives us, the more we should take care not to squander God's rich blessings.
- Abortion is a sin because it deprives these children from receiving God's rich blessings.
- We must not be apathetic, nor think that the problems and atrocities have been solved.
- God has created us in His own image. We are not animals. We must not get used to this crime.
- Psalm 104:15 applies even to the unborn.
- Abortion is a sin because it deprives these children from receiving God's rich blessings.
- We need to remind others that Jesus Christ is the bread of life which we all need.
- God provides for all of the needs of our physical body.
- Food, clothing, water, air and so much more.
- Everything comes to us from the good hand of God to meet our daily needs.
- We ought to have humility. It is not us who provide for our needs, but God.
- Pay attention to how little we deserve, and yet how much we receive from God.
- We deserve death and hell for the sinners we are, and yet God gives us such grace.
- We ought to praise and thank the LORD for each and every blessing.
- Every breath you take is a gift from God. Every heart pump.
- If you live 70 years, your heart pumps about 2.5 billion times.
- 1 Corinthians 10:31 : Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
- The world tells us to fight for what we deserve,
- But the truth is we do not deserve more.
- This path does not lead to happiness, for you will always want more, feel entitled to more, and feel disappointed with what you have.
- This text is not a list of demands for us to place upon God. It is all for the glory and praise of God.
- These blessings are not for just our benefit, but for His glory and praise.
- We should bow before God's providence, in humility.
- Riches tempt us to become proud like Pharaoh, who denied God.
- It is so easy for us to covet what others have.
- Riches cause us to desire materials and luxury, but these things do not satisfy the deepest longings of our hearts.
- We should trust in Him to provide.
- This text shows that God not only provides for us, but he knows precisely how much we need, how and when we need it.
- When God asks us "Have you lacked anything?" we can answer only "Nothing LORD. You have given me everything I need and more."
- We should acknowledge God and thank Him for all the gifts that He gives.
- The ability to walk and talk and think, these all come from the LORD.
- God does not owe you any of these things.
- ⭐ Thank the LORD, every meal, every day and every moment.
- It is one thing to receive things from God, it is another thing to receive God's blessings.
- God's blessing is not with the gifts that He gives.
- We want God's blessings with all that He gives.
- We don't just need God to give us good things, we need His blessings upon what He gives us.
- Sometimes God gives curses:
- Proverbs 3:33: God's curse is in the house of the wicked.
- Psalm 127:1 unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain
- Luke 16:25 : The rich man received his good things in his life time, and received his just punishment after his death.
- We must withdraw our trust in all creatures, and trust in God alone:
- by our own nature we trust ourselves and we trust others.
- But we are weak and cannot provide for all our needs.
- It is God who provides, not us.
- transfer your trust from man to God.
- that is when we really honor God.
- by our own nature we trust ourselves and we trust others.
Application
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- Our text is a powerful cure for anxiety.
- Most of the time anxiety is inseparable from unbelief.
- We become anxious because we do not feel in control, and we have forgotten that God is always in control.
- We should find comfort in our text and reduces and eliminates our anxieties.
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- This text is a good cure for our complaining.
- Complaining is another sign of unbelief, because it is an expression that we are dissatisfied for what God has given us.
- Philippians 2:14-16 do all things without complaining
- No believer has any reason to complain
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- this text is a cure for envy
- Envy is thinking that someone has what you should have
- You are not entitled to anything you have.
- It is God's right to do whatever He wants with all that He has made.
- Be satisfied with what the LORD has given you.
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- this text teaches us to transfer all our trust to God
- Pray "LORD help me to day to rest in your provision for all my needs."
- the very bread on my table, even if it is just a crumb reminds me that Jesus is the bread of life.
- He will not leave us nor forsake us.
- God is not a state welfare office, He is our Heavenly Father who hears us and provides for us.
- Psalm 34:8-10: taste and see that the LORD is God. Blessed is the man who trusts in HIm.
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