Pastor Allan Kircher
Shell Point Baptist Church
“Finish with praise”
23 November 2014
***All sermons are condensed in form***
Isaiah 52:1… can I READ again….come on Church can be fun/exciting.
History has meaning, because God is taking it somewhere, and what/vision does/set/end firmly before us and calls us to live every moment in the light of it. 2:1-5
• Isaiah/prophesying/going/taken captive/not yet/150 yrs
• Dominate notes/judgment 1st/comfort/encouraging 2nd
• They’ll come back/his words when they go/strange land
• find strength in knowing God has not forsaken them
This passage/instructions Isaiah gives/break it down
• Thanks/praise…attitude of gratitude. .got/habits/gratitude
• wait for the attitude to come it may--may not
• If/put/place habits to produce the attitude
• Start to tell/gratitude to come to you.
• Rather/waiting for it/show up out/sky or in your feelings or moods
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Three words/inner composition of a grateful heart
• I’m unqualified to preach/unthankful person/lot of times
• Others can teach on thanks and praise….
• God says I need somebody/struggles/negativity
• Preach somebody push/thru/negativity/be grateful……
• three words/A Isa. 52 day/life of praise
• One day time moment thought conversation how…….
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Three components…..first Awake….look Isa. 52
• Awake awake/no snooze
• Call to action people/been spiritually asleep.
Isa. Says/not going/see/presence of God in your life if you’re not first alert to the ways he’s working.
• First thing need/open up/eyes/don’t/can’t see his beauty
• Awake, Awake Zion people on edge of seat
• attitude of their heart/alert/heart is open/mind is clear
• If you’re sleeping/complacent--he’s blessing you/guiding you/moving you/missing it.
How many days do we live/spiritual haze missing our Lord.
• God says I long to bless you/reveal myself to you
• knocked out/asleep/melatonin’s you were gone
• need to get some spiritual smelling salts
• Wake up your praise/dawn/soul or you might miss him.
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Read/few verse/read out of context/won’t get full meaning Isa 52:1-2 fall under this category.
• Whole book Isa. Structured in a poetic way yes
• but also conversational way as well
• People would give God a complaint/God would answer thru Isaiah comply to their complaint.
Let’s go back Isa 51:9…remember/Isa. 52:1
• God says/Awake Awake 52/people in 51:9
I’m awake I never sleep
• I don’t slumber/vacation days/sick days/leave early
• I’m here I’m here
• Your sleeping thru/blessings/got to be alert/blessings of God
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Metal detector high low airport/lint/sensitivity
• You can set/sensitivity of spirit/morning when you awake
• not going/so sensitive/things hurt my feelings today
• not going/so easily offended/discouraged today
• I’m decreasing my sensitivity to discouragement
• increasing my sensitivity/awareness/your presence
• Somebody shout wake up….wake up ….
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Scripture/weeping may endure for a night but joy comes/morning
• Found out morning doesn’t happen/says/AM clock
• Morning happens when you wake up
• throw covers off/open up your eyes/goodness of God
In other words, moment you decide to get up I bet you’ll see God right/middle/your circumstances/difficulties
• Open your eyes cause he’s here he’s not far away he’s here
• Be on the alert
I wish you’d shake someone next to you and ask them are you awake are you awake.
• Don’t miss this don’t sleep thru this
• Mark 4:37-41…Disciples mad at Jesus
• Disciples told Jesus you need/wake up to what’s going on…
• no Jesus said to disciple you need to wake up to who I am
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We spend too much time trying to alert God to our problems…
• God I got a bill over here…unresolved issue over here…
• jacked up person you need to fix um
• We think if we alert God/problem he’ll do something
Meanwhile we miss God, cause he’s standing in our problem trying to alert us of his presence.
• God saying I’m right here, right in/storm/stern
• Awake Awake Zion. We got to wake up repeat
• you who slumber--wake up/Stretch
• Stop hitting snooze wake up
• So you don’t miss God’s direction
God may have wanted to correct you of something/move to something else/but you missed/sleeping.
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Always thought this proverb was pretty convicting. Pro 10:5….
• Every day you wake up/harvest/taking…..
• sleep thru it it will be to your shame
Enemy can come in and steal:
• Very blessing God planted in front of you
• praise God put inside of you
Come on wake up and praise him.
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2. Attire Isa. 52:1….
• Wake up/get dressed/pick out your clothes for the day….
• Differences between male/female…What is clean…
Spiritually speaking you got to get dressed before you go out into the world or your going to get hurt.
• Clothe yourself/strength
• Make a decision/put/Isaiah calls your garments of splendor
• This/day/life of praise/I alert myself
• look out/ways God is speaking/showing himself/my life
• now I got to get dressed
• I’m ready spiritually/see God
• Pick out the right things to put on
• Isa. Says put on your garments of splendor
• means there’s things in your closet/not very splendiferous
• Stuff in your closet you need to get rid of.
Now I’m going to preach to you…
• I’m coming right into your negative mindset
• stuff you wear spiritually/doesn’t look so good on you
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Real friend:
• Tell you/something doesn’t look good on you.
• Real friend will say that’s not your best look….
• At one time in your former life…..too tight now. …
• Not your best look. best friend you’ll have is the HS
• HS will tell you to put on something different.
• You don’t need that today.
If God has given you robes of righteousness Why/world would you wear:
• Crappy/bitter /judgmental attitude.
• Spirit loves you enough to tell you, you’ve outgrown that.
God ever size us up and say I wonder where you found that?
• Supposed to go to goodwill
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I thought when you gave your life to me you gave up those words….
• We got rid of gossip/strife/anger/adultery…
• I got you new clothes custom tailored clothes
• I made it to measure and it looks real good on you.
• Why would you where that when I’ve given you my Son.
• Paul said it this way, “Put on Christ, Put on Christ.”
You got to wake up/morning and get dressed on purpose
I’m telling:
• my mindset what it can wear today
• Tongue what it can say today
• Voice what it can articulate today.
And there’s some stuff I’m not allowed to wear anymore cause it don’t look good on me.
• Praise Him Praise Him
I’m:
• Too big for gossip/cynicism/wear worry as a garment
• Trusting/Lord/covered/him
• You got to be dressed on purpose.
• Best way get dressed on purpose—lay your clothes out the night before. You got to plan this thing…..
• Getting rid of stuff over the next 40 days..
• “who you wearing” say on/runway…I’m wearing Jesus Christ
• not wearing some hand me down attitude/got/my mom
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Third point…everyone say alertness, attire now access.
• Prophesying saying you’re going to be taken captive
• going to be in strange/fearful situation
• but you do have a promise
• he’s prophesying the predicament their going to be in
• But he’s also giving them a promise.
• I want us to look at it as a principle look part 52:1b….
Uncircumcised/them sign/covenant/invading people who took them away/says…1b..
Want you/remember 150 yrs/now/I will bring you out
• Time when you won’t be invaded anymore
• not just/inspiration but/instruction
• God/saying you/make decision/let in/out of your life
• Uncircumcised/defiled will not enter you again
• got to wake up/get dressed
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Make a decision when you go out in your day
• Life is not lived/closet life is lived—comings/goings
• Let’s bring/mental level Isa. Talking/physical enemies
• Babylonians wishing to do God’s people harm
I wonder/verse doesn’t apply to us/minds/thoughts come to try and do us harm.
I wonder if God isn’t saying after you get up/dressed you need to put up some signs that say keep out.
• Over certain situations in your heart and mind.
• Make a decision not to let certain thought patterns just dominate your mind.
You can’t control who drives by in your life but you can control who gets in your heart other side and repeat.
God has given you/opportunity to determine who you let in.
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So watch:
Thoughts of anxiety—negativity--cynicism might drive by:
• Doesn’t mean I need to open/gates and let them in.
• There’s/access code/I’m signing/my heart/access code.
• You’ll live this day in the life of praise.
Here comes negativity/fear/panic Trying/rob me of my praise/joy
Drive by because I’m not open/business
• I’m locked down by/love of God. Hear what I’m telling you.
• You gotta set up armed guards at/entrance of your heart
Say my praise/peace/holiness/gratitude/Lord
is too important to me just let people walk in
• If you come into my mind you have to identify yourself
• learn how to look at your thoughts--say identify yourself
If you didn’t come/God you can drive by but you can’t come in
• Cause I’m protecting something inside the gates.
• Come on church…..last week…good report…
• Some look depressed don’t let depression enter.
• It can knock on the door but it can’t come in cause the locks on the inside.
• Joy/praise/peace comes from the inside.
