Pastor Leah Svensson
Short Form of Sermon:
Part II Freedom from All Bondage: New Born Christian First step and last Step are the Same
Wow! Stay connected to God! Plug into his electrical outlet, you will never lack the power you need to to operate the power tools he has given you! (Tools: Brain, faith, hope, love, arms, legs, heart, eyes, etc.) They all run on the electrical currents of Loving god. I Love God!!
I love God!!! :) This is something we Christians don't say enough. We always here so much about how much God loves US, but pastors, preachers, teachers- teach your congregation to love the Lord!! :) It's the first and greatest commandment- To love the Lord your God with ALL YOUR HEART, all your mind, all your strength. See, as you proclaim your love for God, peace that passes all understanding washes over you. You don't need to fight or argue or be depressed or feel lost or alone. David was a man after God's own heart because he loved God with ever fiber of his being and he wrote a book of Psalms proclaiming his love. Start today by writing your own book of Psalms to Him!!! :) I love you God!!!!! The Lord’s Wonderful Love
Our natural reaction is to see people as whole, but they are not, we are all a sum of parts. This is how one minute someone can be praising God and the other they are yelling or screaming. If you truly have turned your life over to God (and I mean, truly), then the object now is to take EVERY THOUGHT into the obedience of Christ. 2Cor. 5:19. In Hebrews we are admonished to not just drink the milk of the Word but to move on to higher meat of the Word and if you've been a Christian for a few years, you should have grown all this time to be able to pass on what you have learned and teach others. People like to say they are who their past has made them. If your past has not been in total obedience to the Word of God, then old things need to pass away, be healed, be repented of, and made like God was your center of your being your whole life. This is true repentance, this is true salvation. All things new. Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."Matt 9:17 Christ came to RENEW our minds!! To become pure again with childlike faith. whole, wholesome- that is where the power of God lies, that is where healing lies, that is where you will find rest and peace!
Psalm 103
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
(By David.)
The Lord’s Wonderful Love
103 With all my heart
I praise the Lord,
and with all that I am
I praise his holy name!
2 With all my heart
I praise the Lord!
I will never forget
how kind he has been.
I praise the Lord,
and with all that I am
I praise his holy name!
2 With all my heart
I praise the Lord!
I will never forget
how kind he has been.
3 The Lord forgives our sins,
heals us when we are sick,
4 and protects us from death.
His kindness and love
are a crown on our heads.
5 Each day that we live,[a]
he provides for our needs
and gives us the strength
of a young eagle.
heals us when we are sick,
4 and protects us from death.
His kindness and love
are a crown on our heads.
5 Each day that we live,[a]
he provides for our needs
and gives us the strength
of a young eagle.
6 For all who are mistreated,
the Lord brings justice.
7 He taught his Law to Moses
and showed all Israel
what he could do.
the Lord brings justice.
7 He taught his Law to Moses
and showed all Israel
what he could do.
8 The Lord is merciful!
He is kind and patient,
and his love never fails.
9 The Lord won’t always be angry
and point out our sins;
10 he doesn’t punish us
as our sins deserve.
He is kind and patient,
and his love never fails.
9 The Lord won’t always be angry
and point out our sins;
10 he doesn’t punish us
as our sins deserve.
11 How great is God’s love for all
who worship him?
Greater than the distance
between heaven and earth!
12 How far has the Lord taken
our sins from us?
Farther than the distance
from east to west!
who worship him?
Greater than the distance
between heaven and earth!
12 How far has the Lord taken
our sins from us?
Farther than the distance
from east to west!
13 Just as parents are kind
to their children,
the Lord is kind
to all who worship him,
14 because he knows
we are made of dust.
15 We humans are like grass
or wild flowers
that quickly bloom.
16 But a scorching wind blows,
and they quickly wither
to be forever forgotten.
to their children,
the Lord is kind
to all who worship him,
14 because he knows
we are made of dust.
15 We humans are like grass
or wild flowers
that quickly bloom.
16 But a scorching wind blows,
and they quickly wither
to be forever forgotten.
17 The Lord is always kind
to those who worship him,
and he keeps his promises
to their descendants
18 who faithfully obey him.
to those who worship him,
and he keeps his promises
to their descendants
18 who faithfully obey him.
19 God has set up his kingdom
in heaven,
and he rules
the whole creation.
20 All of you mighty angels,
who obey God’s commands,
come and praise your Lord!
21 All of you thousands
who serve and obey God,
come and praise your Lord!
22 All of God’s creation
and all that he rules,
come and praise your Lord!
With all my heart
I praise the Lord!
in heaven,
and he rules
the whole creation.
20 All of you mighty angels,
who obey God’s commands,
come and praise your Lord!
21 All of you thousands
who serve and obey God,
come and praise your Lord!
22 All of God’s creation
and all that he rules,
come and praise your Lord!
With all my heart
I praise the Lord!
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