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(Won’t he throw you for a loop?) At the 8pm service the choir sang and the hand bells played and I … God Is A Right Now God: 3. But, I hate to think of what would have happened to Job had he followed her advice. A discussion between Satan and God ensued concerning Job and it is interesting to note that Satan didn’t bring Job’s name up, God brought Job’s name up! Here is devil’s strategy, if he could just convince you that God doesn’t really love because He didn’t bless in the time you thought you should have been blessed he will in turn cause you to believe that you are not worthy of a blessing from God at all. The Lord Himself gave me all that I have acquired throughout this life’s journey, and the Lord Himself can take it away so therefore it is my concern or my purpose because my purpose is to praise to the Lord. Amen. Please listen to “THE SECRET PLACE” by Attorney David Gibbs Sr. about his mother's health ordeal and I guarantee that God will break your heart. The devil is very crafty because he will use your very own family or your most dearest of friends to crush your faith, your trust, and your praise for the most High God. III. Didn’t say be happy about it, but consider it joy—why? Anyone who says otherwise is selling something to you that you really cannot afford to buy! We must remember we have an unseen adversary. Job was very familiar with God’s silence, as we read this great book of Job we will see that Job in all his pain, suffering, and agony, cried out to God continuously. And then we need to realize that God’s throne is the highest point in the entire universe, and so the praises that we lift to Him actually reaches up to the highest point possible—the throne of God. And the song of praise we sing, you know, the one that begins, “Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow,” it is a doxology. (1 Kings 19: 4) He was there to assist Jeremiah with his momentary bout of discouragement, “Cursed be the day on which I was born; let not the day on which my mother bore me be blessed. 1. I Still Have A Praise Inside Of Me: 5. Even when life itself just doesn’t make any sense. He is a busy creature; who is also known as a thief, and what he loves to steal from us the most, is our joy and our praise towards God. God still uses damaged goods like me. It's a badly worn tool, because I use it on almost everyone since few people know it belongs to me." The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed (or Praise) be the name of the Lord.”. I was just telling my husband that I feel God is up to something! There’s somebody here this morning that has lost something, maybe a job that you’ve worked on for many years—you’ve gotten so used to that big paycheck every other Friday. I can hear Job say, “I never lost my praise” remember that whatever is happening in your life, no matter how gloomy or discouraged you may feel, even when you’re faced with what feels like the silenced of God—God is always aware of and concerned about what you’re going through. He wanted Job and he wants us to deny God, and there is no extent to how far he will go to accomplish his devilish mission. 2 0 obj The devil will steal, kill, and destroy your blessings just to discourage your heart. We should not only pray to God but also all the more learn to praise God, and one thing for sure—we need to learn how to praise Him when life has become a struggle, when we are afflicted by one thing after the other. You can take off the "Ha" and you still have "bit." I’ve been up and I’ve been down, I’ve gained and I’ve lost, but I didn’t lose everything because I still have my praise. INTRODUCTION:. Take a look at your bulletin. But you ought be able this morning while you’re sitting here in God’s house to say that I may have lost some people, some possessions, a position, or a privilege, but through it all—I never lost my praise! God has done something on the inside, he's breathed life into them, given them purpose, but they're still bound on the outside. Discouragement comes most often when we do the right things but experience poor results. And now you have to settle for that measly unemployment check from the state. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. Sometimes God appears to be silent while you’re going through a trial. <> He will constantly remind you of the things you’ve done, the things you’ve said; and the places you’ve been that was against God’s will. Turn It Around: 11. At the 4pm service the youth and college-aged adults led an unrehearsed Christmas pageant featuring angels, shepherds and their sheep, and a real, live baby Jesus. contending for our souls. I Want To Say Thank You 6. Sometimes we do get discouraged, discouragement is a part of life. If we were to take a moment this morning and conduct a brief inventory of our lives I know that we would come to the conclusion that we have experienced possibly some great lost in our lives. He will steal your job (livelihood), try his level best to shame you, and destroy your children. As bad as things can get, I really don’t think any of us will ever go through what Job had to go through. Psalm 27:6b says … I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. Could it be that even when we become discouraged with our own self it shouldn’t diminish our praise of the Most High? William Ward, the four-star army general who served as Commander, U. S. Africa Command once said, “Discouragement is dissatisfaction with the past, distaste for the present, and distrust of the future. He will use what you care about in order to break you down. All of the Glory 2. Because “Knowing that the testing of our faith produces endurance. Although I’ve been through the storm and the rain, I’ve with heartaches and pain, I’ve had some ups and some downs, and I’ve been leveled to the ground. But if you walk completely away from God, you didn’t have any faith in the first place. Some of the things just in the last year, other people going through the same thing has lost their mind and some even tried to take their own lives—but you’re here this morning with less than what you used to have, but you still have your praise! The devil's price for Discouragement was so high, he never sold it. ” But, when a lost sinner is saved, that redeemed sinner is indwelled by the Spirit of God. Curse God, and die.” Now let’s not become too angry with Mrs. Job because her counsel to her dear husband might have been born out of her deep feelings of pity and compassion. In Job 2: 9 we read, “Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Here’s a fact that you probably are already aware of, but in case you aren’t let me give you a personal newsbreak… life is painful! Job went from riches to poverty all at once. 3 0 obj 5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? "i still owe god praise" the name of habkakkuk means: one who embraces: or to cling to! That the Father has something on the inside of me that’s Good … He was blessed with land, and cattle, and servants. text: habkakkuk 3:17-19 subj. And let that man be like the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide, because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. You still don't have total victory, even after all these years. Some people, when they lose something or somebody—their faith is challenged. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Look what he says (and I’m paraphrasing), I came into this world without anything, and I was naked! How important is praise? <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> It was nobody but the devil himself who geared their thoughts to that end. 6 O my God, my soul despairs within me. I realized that I was called by God to preach and not by them. Now, who told them that? We’ve lost some things, we lost some people, some possessions, some positions, and some of us have lost our pride. This is what he is trying do with Job here in out text. 12:7-10 To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. I just believe [deep down in my heart this morning] there’s somebody here that can say although I’ve lost some people and some things. They have addictions. Blessed is He who Cares for the Poor … 4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise. You're putting it on -- it's all an act! Some of things they’ve said could have caused me to give up the pulpit all together, until I placed it in my heart that I am not preaching for their approval nor am I preaching for them to embrace me. I'm Holding On 7. The devil is a liar? It seemed as if Job had sinned greatly answered God, don’t think that the devil won’t elevate this belief by whispering to you that God’s delay is solely because of your sins. habkakkuk who serves as the 4th out of gods 11 minor prophets. Some of us (especially nowadays) have lost homes, cars, money & relationships. At least he had the courage to come to me and be honest about it. Before just entering into that, let me say this: the Bible says, 'In the multitude of words, there wanteth not sin', 'Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few'. I Still Have A Praise Inside Of Me: 5. Some people have a knack for hurting others with their words even when they are not actually trying to hurt you. I much rather him call me … He had a hand in discouraging Elijah, “But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. The lost of anything can be painful, overwhelming, and overbearing. 1 8. Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.” (Psalm 43: 5) However, I notice one thing here in the words of David; let’s look at it again, “…for I shall yet praise Him…” Here he is questioning his own soul, and he wants to know why he feels so desponded and so discouraged. When we consider the topic of praise, we need to first come to the realization that praise is the highest work carried out by God’s children. We Have the Victory 12. In fact, at the close of this great book of Job, the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before (42:10). He is the “father of lies”; he is the foremost expert when it comes to lies and lying. Now I wasn't happy about it, but I got to thinking, praise God. 1 0 obj When Praises Go Up However, Job reacted differently than Adam, look at his response in verse 10 of the second chapter, “You talk like some heathen (foolish) woman. He didn’t understand it, it confused him, it baffled him, but after he wrestled ha, with his thoughts uh huh, for 3 chapters, ha, he comes to the conclusion, ha, in verse 17, and prays to god, and he says basically, even though I’ve lost everything, I might not understand what in the world’s going on, and I might be confused, about ready to lose my mind, I’ll still praise him! I believe that Lloyd Cory was right when he said, "The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken!" God used my pastor at the time to ask me to preach, He used my delivery of this sermon, and really He used this entire Christmas eve service as a whole to affirm this call to the pastoral role. Your joy is phony. We’ve lost some serious love connections like our fathers, our mothers, a wife or a husband, a child, a sister or a brother—a very close relative or friend, through the years we’ve lost them one by one. Their accusations never let up: "You have no right to praise a holy God. I'm Holding On 7. Despite all of that, I’ve never lost my faith. I hope you have a wonderful day at your church. M�m�T�ZO L큤����Kg��K*dQI厛��f*�!I�/)���n�?&�z�-�.W��;�BQ�0��Y�6�OVD����b@�}i�j�pݸ}�T�\���tO��6a�Q�}�1�LP��*'�})7�nx�Ji���)e4Z����ZgHQ�xD㸍C�M[�e����s#�zC��pY+r���c��Z*�V����㞩�{�oAvo��ʹ�(%d@��=jz ��JIsh�Cq1{HF�Sr�ͻ���@��g�y�vCtW�PxjY��ѮrC�. And that’s normal [believe it or not] it is normal. New Day 8. 2 9. Now once I get inside, I can make him do what I choose. Many times we are discouraged with our own selves, I’ve had many people come to me and say that they’ve sin so greatly that God would never forgive them and they even gave in to the thought that they were automatically headed for the eternal fires of hell because of all their indiscretions. Put Your Trust In God 10. And why art thou disquieted within me? <> You can see below where I still have a bone spur compressing my spinal cord at C5-C6. It was a really great Christmas Eve here at the church this year. Shall we receive only pleasant things from the hand of God and never anything unpleasant?” (The Living Bible) Job had a few friends who gave their unneeded advice as well but Job still maintained his faith in God. There is a praise in my spirit a praise down in my soul a glory hallelujah that cannot be controlled and I still have a praise inside of me It is interesting to note that Mrs. Job acted in a fashion similar to that of Eve, who encouraged Adam to sin against God. Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. Let me move on now from what praise is and how praise is expressed, to what praise can do. I was made to praise Him it is in my DNA. You see all he really wants to do is to get you to the point of exhaustion until you doubt almost everything you’ve heard concerning the love of God for you. The redeemed still have their old natures and that old nature is still controlled by its old desires and lusts. Job passed the test by holding on to his praise, now we need to hold to ours. It is ingratitude for the blessings of yesterday, indifference to the opportunities of today, and insecurity regarding strength for tomorrow. There are people around us wearing grave-clothes.