Messages presented to the Mt Olive congregation.
We are enlightened to expect God to meet my needs, or our needs. We are not to expect our spouse or our boyfriend or our girlfriend or work or a hobby or a sport to meet all of our needs. If we expect somebody or something to meet all of our needs, we are going to be disappointed. God said, “Expect Me to meet all of your needs. Trust Me.”
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King Solomon who wrote Ecclesiastes was a seeker on a quest for the meaning and purpose of life. Have you tried to straighten out something that is crooked? Have you tried to straighten out a relationship that just refuses to be straightened out? Have you tried to solve a problem that you just couldn’t figure out? Have you tried to change somebody or a circumstance but you just couldn’t do it?
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‘Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life.’ . . . Worry does not distinguish between people. It works on the rich, the middle class, and the poor. Jesus is basically saying there are two types of people. those who worry and those who don’t. And one of these days I want to be like the ones who don’t.”
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Far too many of His children say, ‘Father, ten percent, twenty percent, one out of seven Sundays, twice a year? What is the least you will accept, or I can get by with, when it comes to my time, talents and treasures, and spiritual gifts or gifts. How much of my heart is enough for You?’
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Partial surrender of the heart is no surrender at all. It’s like an open relationship where we are free to date other people, to come and go as we please—no commitment.
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Jesus is not position conscious, of who’s the boss, who’s in charge. Where am I on the ladder, in the picking, on the team? We are empowered to: acknowledge that God is Lord of all, place God first in our life, understand that when we acknowledge the Lordship of God, we accept our own responsibility and accountability.
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It is doing the will of the Father that matters, not the words we profess. Actions are louder than words. ‘I want to know what love is.’ And one may, with their lips, loudly profess their faith in God and even invoke Jesus as their Savior, yet deny him by thoughts, words and deeds.
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Pastor Jack presented this message to a full sanctuary at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 30, 2010, the day before New Year’s Eve.
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In the Air of the Night Do you remember yours [first kiss]? I remember ours, the first time I planted one on my sweetie, her leg bended [sic] up,…
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Suffering, adversity, trials, tribulations. It comes without warning. It takes us by surprise. It can shatter or strengthen us. It can be a source of great bitterness or abounding joy.”—Pastor Ken
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Paul said, “Most gladly . . . I will boast about my weakness . . .”
“What did he learn? What was his secret? How did he keep picking himself up over and over again when most of us would have quit? . . .”
Adversity stirs us up and causes us to look at life differently. [Our] Self’s first reaction to adversity is to begin looking for sin to confess. .
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