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Sermon notes for 10-21-2020

180 Church Recovery & Restoration Mid-Week Service

Praying for Guidance

Pastor Tim Brisson 

And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, and they found him and said to him, "Everyone is looking for you." And he said to them, "Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out." (Mar 1:35-38 ESV)

The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard:"Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it--the LORD is his name: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. (Jer 33:3 ESV) 

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Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant! (Psa 135:3 ESV)

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Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, (Psa 13:3 ESV)

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You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. (Jhn 15:16 ESV)

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Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. (Pro 3:5,6 ESV)

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR HEART

I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you've received it, it will be yours. But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too." (Mar 11:24,25 NLT)

PRAY IN FAITH AND HARMONY WITH GOD'S WILL

You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it." (Mat 21:22 NLT)

And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will. (Rom 8:27 NLT)

THE RESULT SHOULD BE PEACE AND UNITY WITH OUR FELLOW MAN

[D]o not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Phl 4:6,7 ESV)

WHEN MAN LISTENS, GOD SPEAKS - WHEN MAN OBEYS, GOD ACTS

Gospel Prayer:

In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make you love me more, and nothing I have done, that would make you love me less.

You are all I need for everlasting joy.

As you have been to me, so I will be to others.

As I pray, I'll measure your compassion by the cross and your power by the resurrection.

And my hope in your ascension into heaven.

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Sermon notes for 10-14-2020: Let Go, Let God

180 Church Recovery & Restoration Mid-Week Service

Let go, let God

Pastor Tim Brisson

Step Eleven: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.”

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. (Eph 1:3-6 ESV)"A good tree can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit. (Luk 6:43 NLT)

NOTES:

I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one--as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me. "I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began! (Jhn 17:21-24 NLT)

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"So don't worry about these things, saying, 'What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?' These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. "So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today. (Mat 6:34 NLT)

NOTES:

Psalm 37:1-7 (NLT)

Don't worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.

For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.

Trust in the LORD and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.

Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart's desires.

Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you.

He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.

Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don't worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.

WHEN MAN LISTENS, GOD SPEAKS - WHEN MAN OBEYS, GOD ACTS

Gospel Prayer:

In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make you love me more, and nothing I have done, that would make you love me less.

You are all I need for everlasting joy.

As you have been to me, so I will be to others.

As I pray, I'll measure your compassion by the cross and your power by the resurrection.

And my hope in your ascension into heaven.

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