Restoration - The Heart Edition
January 3, 2021 • Rev. Susie Choi • 1 Kings 19:1–18
Sermon Notes A tender heart is made tenderly by him that made it. For no creature can soften and turn the heart. Only God can alter and change it. —Richard Sibbles When things fall apart: 1. Shatters assumptive world 2. Grief and loss 3. Facing the 4 Fs of Kryptonite - Fear - Failure - Fatigue - Futility 4. Reveals the ATSO Problem - Attachment to Specific Outcomes - Matter of the heart When we get to the end of oursevles, God can begin his work in us 1. Greatest lessons in faith are often learned in darkness - Our Loss Orientation vs. God Restoration Orientation How God Restores: 1. Reveals - Who we are - Who God is - Whose we are 2. Regenerates - Sight - Worldview - Our identity and role 3.Renews - Hope
Restoration - The Heart Edition
January 3, 2021 • Rev. Susie Choi • 1 Kings 19:1–18
Sermon Notes A tender heart is made tenderly by him that made it. For no creature can soften and turn the heart. Only God can alter and change it. —Richard Sibbles When things fall apart: 1. Shatters assumptive world 2. Grief and loss 3. Facing the 4 Fs of Kryptonite - Fear - Failure - Fatigue - Futility 4. Reveals the ATSO Problem - Attachment to Specific Outcomes - Matter of the heart When we get to the end of oursevles, God can begin his work in us 1. Greatest lessons in faith are often learned in darkness - Our Loss Orientation vs. God Restoration Orientation How God Restores: 1. Reveals - Who we are - Who God is - Whose we are 2. Regenerates - Sight - Worldview - Our identity and role 3.Renews - Hope
以利亞的日子–不要心急,祈禱帶來改變
June 28, 2020 • 楊方苑菁牧師 • 1 Kings 18:41–46
講道大綱 引言:一小片如人手那樣大的雲真的可以帶來一場大雨? 疾風中的以利亞:生平 (列王紀上 17-19) 以利亞信心的禱告 (列王紀上 18:41-46) 「以利亞對亞哈說:『你現在可以上去吃喝,因為有多雨的響聲了。』亞哈就上去吃喝。以利亞上了迦密山頂,屈身在地,將臉伏在兩膝之中。對僕人說:你上去,向海觀看。如此七次。第七次僕人說:我看見有一小片雲從海裏上來,不過如人手那樣大。以利亞說:你上去告訴亞哈,當套車下去,免得被雨阻擋。霎時間,天因風雲黑暗,降下大雨。亞哈就坐車往耶斯列去了。耶和華的靈降在以利亞身上,他就束上腰,奔在亞哈前頭,直到耶斯列的城門。」(列王紀上 18:41-46) 1. 按神應許的祈禱 • 深信不疑神的話 • 三次 … 七次俯伏 • 注目上帝、忍耐到底 2. 照神旨意祈禱 「過了許久,到第三年,耶和華的話臨到以利亞説:『你去,使亞哈得見你;我要降雨在地上!以利亞就去,要使亞哈得見他。』」(列王紀上 18:1-2) 3. 順服神的祈禱 「在上有權柄的,人人當順服他,因為沒有權柄不是出於神的,凡掌權的都是神所命的。」(羅馬書 13:1) 結語:在眾人都背棄神的日子,在孤單的境況中,以利亞傲然站在破口中為百姓禱告。 「唯有你們是被揀選的族類,是有君尊的祭司,是聖潔的國度, 是屬神的子民, 要叫你們宣揚那召你們出黑暗、 入奇妙光明者的美德。」(彼得前書 2:9) ---------------------- 小組反思問題: 1. 我是否順服基督? 2. 我願意以單純的心去追求、宣告真理嗎?