FAITH IN JESUS BRINGS SUCCESS
Ps 118:14-29
REFLECTING ON HIS GOODNESS
V:14 The Lord is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.
A. This is a declaration of
faith.
1. It is easy to say this, but it difficult
to live this
proclamation.
2. At the moment of trouble, doubt enters
our mind.
3. The Apostle James said, count it all
joy.
4. The problem is the last thing that comes
to mind
in the middle of a problem is joy.
5. It will take a change in the way we see
ourselves
weak and in need of the Lord’s
strength.
B. As we continue through
this coronavirus, I suggest we find a
Song to praise God.
1. Ps 22:3
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the
praises of Israel
2. God is in your praise.
3. If you want to feel close to God in
times of trouble, start
praising Him.
C. God has already prepared a
place for us in heaven, through the
death of Jesus on the cross.
1. How we get through our time on earth depends
on our faith
in Jesus.
2. He hears our prayers and makes
intercession for us continuously
with the Father.
THE TIME TO CLAIM THE JOY OF
JESUS
V:15. Shouts of joy and
victory
resound in the tents of the
righteous:
"The Lord 's right hand
has done mighty things!
16 The Lord 's right hand is
lifted high;
the Lord 's right hand has
done mighty things!"
17 I will not die but live,
and will proclaim what the
Lord has done.
A. When we consider that God
is on our side protecting
us
there should be joy in our household.
1. If we really believe the proclamation
we made,
there should be no doubt in our minds.
2. If I take my mind off the
circumstances and
place them on the goodness of the
Lord, there
should be shouts of joy in my home.
3. The key is to quit being anxious for
that which
you cannot control.
4.
Prov 12:25
An anxious heart weighs a man down,
but a kind word cheers him up
a. Words of encouragement come from the Word
of God.
b. It is your negative thoughts that
weigh you down.
5. The way to get rid of negative
thoughts is to focus
on the authority of Jesus.
Phil 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything
but in everything,
by prayer and petition, with
thanksgiving, present your
requests to God.
6. The right hand of the Lord is the
hand of blessing.
a. If you want some idea of how
mighty God is, consider
gravity which He made that keeps
all the planets,
stars, and moons in their
orbits so that they don't
crash into each other.
b. God blessed the earth with an
environment that man
can live in. We have not found
a livable environment
on any other planet.
7. God sent us Jesus so we never die.
a. The body returns to the dust
from which it was made,
but the spirit returns to the
Lord.
b. The spirit of those who love
the Lord will spend
eternity with Jesus.
THE LORD’S MERCY AND GRACE
V:18 The Lord has chastened
me severely,
but he has not given me over
to death.
19 Open for me the gates of
righteousness;
I will enter and give thanks
to the Lord.
20 This is the gate of the
Lord
through which the righteous
may enter.
A. Many of the tough times we
have are a result
of our own disobedience to the Lord.
1. The tough times are ways in which God
disciplines
us.
2. The wages of sin is death.
3. Because of God’s grace, He tolerates us
until we
repent of our sins.
B. The Lord made a way for us
to enter heaven with Jesus
Death on the cross.
1. The righteousness of Jesus was imputed
upon us.
2. Jesus took our place on the cross.
3. We have been cleansed of all
unrighteousness by the
blood of Jesus.
4. We owe God thanks for His mercy.
DAYS OF THANKSGIVING
V:21 I will give you thanks,
for you answered me;
you have become my salvation.
22 The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone;
23 the Lord has done this, and it is
marvelous in our eyes.
A. God blessed us before we
knew our sins.
1. Eph
1:4
For he chose us in him before the
creation of the world to be holy and
blameless
in his sight.
2. We did not have to prove our worth for
salvation, all we had to do
is believe.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he
gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
B. Jesus offered salvation to
the Jews first.
1. The chief priest, scribes, the Sadducees
and the Pharisees rejected
Jesus as the long-awaited
messiah.
2. The nation, by not speaking in His defense
at the trial, rejected Him also.
3. Their rejection led to the cross where
Jesus became the capstone of
Christian faith.
4. The Jew's rejection brought salvation
to the Gentiles (you
and me).
5. God has planned our lives so we have
many reasons to be
thankful.
THE
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
V:24. This is the day the
Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
A. The word rejoice is from
the translation of a Hebrew word
which means to spin around with
excitement.
1. The word glad is from a Hebrew word which
means to
cheer up
2. Each day when we wake we should
cheerfully spin around
with excitement
B. The fact that God has
given us another day to live is a
blessing according to His mercy.
Matt 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for
tomorrow will worry about
itself. Each day has enough trouble of its
own.
A REQUEST FOR MERCY
V:25 O Lord, save us; O Lord,
grant us success.
26 Blessed is he who comes in
the name of the Lord.
From the house of the Lord,
we bless you.
27 The Lord is God, and he
has made his light shine upon us.
With boughs in hand, join in
the festal procession
up to the horns of the altar.
A. Those who love the Lord
are encouraged by Him to
Pray for success in life.
1. We are blessed to have Jesus as our
Savior.
2. We were blessed before God made the
world to
be included in the body of Christ. Eph 1:4.
3. To have the faith to come to God in
prayer in the name
of Jesus is a blessing.
a 1 Cor 1:18
For the message of the cross is foolishness
to those who are perishing,
but to us who are being saved, it is
the power of God.
b. God has two classes of people; those who
perish and those who are
saved.
c. Why
were we blessed to be saved?
B. The faith we have did not
originate with us, it was given by God.
1. Rom 12:3
Do not think of yourself more highly
than you ought, but rather think of
yourself with sober judgment, in
accordance with the measure of faith
God has given you.
2. God brought us out of darkness into His
marvelous light that we
may be a blessing to others.
2 Cor 4:6
For God, who said, "Let light
shine out of darkness," and made his light
shine in our hearts to give us the
light of the knowledge of the glory of
God in the face of Christ.
DECLARATION OF FAITH
V:28 You are my God, and I will give you thanks;
V:28 You are my God, and I will give you thanks;
you are my God, and I will exalt you.
29 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is
good;
his love endures forever.
A. It is important for us to
continuous focus on the goodness
Of God in our lives.
1. The more we focus on the blessings He
has shown us, the
more we should give Him thanks,
2. God blessed us when we didn’t know Him
and was deep
in our sins.
3. He has truly been better to us than we
have been to ourselves
B. We should lift up the name
of the Lord because He is good all
The time.
1. He is to be praised above all others.
2. There is none good all the time but
God.
Mal 3:6
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye
sons of Jacob are not
consumed.
God was good before this
virus and He is good now
Those of us who love the Lord
are safe this coronavirus pandemic.
Therefore be of good cheer
for the Lord is protecting you.
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
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