Andrew Fountain - Stories of God's Power
- Artist: Andrew Fountain
- Title: Stories of God's Power
- Album: Newlife Church, Toronto
- Track: 1
- Genre: God's character revealed through stories
- Year: 2013-05-19
- Length: 36:39 minutes (14.68 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 56Kbps (VBR)
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Stories of God's Power Full sermon notes - Stories of God’s Power
The Power of Stories
- Do you notice any Hittites?
- What’s the point?
- There are Jews on the streets of NY!
- Why did one group retain their identity and the other not?
- Ultimately of course it is the grace of God
- But God used means to help the nation retain a strong identity
- One of them was in Joshua 4
- Problem found by missionaries who did not tell stories of history, but just taught doctrine
- Children extract meaning for life from stories, true or false
- Very often he has chosen to use the accounts of what he has done and how he has related to people to tell us what his character is like.
- So what is the very first thing God tells us about himself?
- Creative Power
“Psalm 8”
- O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
- Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
- When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
- what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
- Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
- You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,
- all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
- the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
- O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Version: ESV
- Can you feel your heart beating? (try it now) —every one of them is from God
- Problem: if he can, why doesn’t he?
- e.g. Problem of two people praying for weather at the same time
- Farmer praying for rain
- Next door is a church building where there is a wedding...
- Is there anything God can’t do?
- Behave inconsistently
- God reveals that he not only has power over the big, but over the small as well
- Power over the small, even at the level of cells of the body:
- 25 years of waiting
- Then told “this time next year”
Exodus
- Mighty power, slaves to freedom
“Psalm 136”
- Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever. - Give thanks to the God of gods,
for his steadfast love endures forever. - Give thanks to the Lord of Lords,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - to him who alone does great wonders,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - to him who by understanding made the heavens,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - to him who spread out the earth above the waters,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - to him who made the great lights,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - the sun to rule over the day,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - the moon and stars to rule over the night,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - and brought Israel out from among them,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - to him who divided the Red Sea in two,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - and made Israel pass through the midst of it,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - to him who led his people through the wilderness,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - to him who struck down great kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - and killed mighty kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - Sihon, king of the Amorites,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - and Og, king of Bashan,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - and gave their land as a heritage,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - a heritage to Israel his servant,
for his steadfast love endures forever. - It is he who remembered us in our low estate,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - and rescued us from our foes,
for his steadfast love endures forever; - he who gives food to all flesh,
for his steadfast love endures forever. - Give thanks to the God of heaven,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
Version: ESV
- Wilderness (food, water, forgiveness from sins)
- Last week we talked about God’s power in Jesus’ resurrection
- our new-creation life
- death is defeated
- We should share our stories
- As I was growing up, my parents were always sharing their stories of God with me
- We can really help each other by sharing our stories
- Message: God’s power is one of the most comforting facts to know
- Think often about it
- This power is accessible to us through prayer
“Psalm 29”
Thunderstorm
- A Psalm of David. Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
- Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
- The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters.
- The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
- The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
- He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
- The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
- The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
- The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
- The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
- May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!
Version: ESV
Updated on 2013-06-18 by Andrew Fountain
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