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A Time To Remember: Bless The Lord And Forget Not All His Benefits
Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Dec 30, 2007 (message contributor)
Summary: THIS SERMON EXHORTS US TO BLESS THE LORD AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS. IT IS A TIME TO REMEMBER THE LORD AND HIS 1.WAYS 2.WORKS 3.WONDERS 4.WORDS 5.WARNINGS 6.WILL 7.WATCHING
A TIME TO REMEMBER: BLESS THE LORD AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS
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OUTLINE
1.WAYS
2.WORKS
3.WONDERS
4.WORDS
5.WARNINGS
6.WILL
7.WATCHING
THE MESSAGE
A TIME TO REMEMBER: BLESS THE LORD AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS
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1.WAYS
We must remember the ways the Lord has led us so far . We must not forget the lessons that the Lord has taught us in our journey. The Lord taught the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness that they could live on the word of God even when there is no source of human help. The Lord met all their needs in a supernatural way. He taught them to obey His commands and trust in Him alone.
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Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
I will meditate on Your precepts,And contemplate Your ways.
2.WORKS
We must remember the works of the Lord in the lives . The Lord is working in our lives to fulfill His will and purpose .He makes all things work together for good . He is working in our lives to make us like Christ. We must not forget His works in our lives and realise that He will complete the good work He has began in our lives as we yield ourselves to Him.
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being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
I will remember the works of the LORD;Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.
I will also meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds.
PSALM 78:7-8,11
That they may set their hope in God,And not forget the works of But keep His commandments;
They did not keep the covenant of God;They refused to walk in His law,
And forgot His works And His wonders that He had shown them.
3.WONDERS
We must remember the wonders and the miracles that the Lord has performed in our lives. This will fill our hearts with gratitude and thanksgiving. As we remember the wonders of God in our lives , we would have a strong faith and confidence to face the future. The Lord who delivered us in the past would surely do the same in the future. David remembered how the Lord delivered him from the lion and the bear and it gave him confidence when he faced Goliath. Jesus rebuked the disciples because they became people of little faith and did not remember the miracles of provision that the Lord had performed in the past. When we forget the wonders that the Lord has done for us , our faith will become weak and we will face the future with fear and anxiety.
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Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,
I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.
Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you."
Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, "You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread?
