REST FOR YOUR SOUL IN RESTLESS TIME
31 JULY 2022

1 John 4:9
"In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him."

Palm 45 song of love

My heart is overflowing in 

 

He is fairer den son of man.

Most beautiful person walking on earth.

Perfect beauty

 

Isaiah 53:2-4 
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground.  He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,  A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.

 

E a peacement of sacrificial offering. Is God manifestation and ultimates proof that he loves me

 

E world became dark And he died for e cross for me for 3hours, so that I can shine

Holiness became sin for me

Bless became curse for me

He was hang at e cross Completely naked for me

He became sin for me

 

Joy and honour to give unto Him. 

Worship is giving.

 

Seek e lord n e lord will lead me how I can worship Him

 

David when he wanted to worship his offering to e lord. David said I will not give to the lord something that cost me nothing

 

Pastor Prince

Leaders are here to serve me

They see themselves underneath me pursuing me up to the Lord

Reflection of my keys and calling 

Not find my purpose and calling later in life

I could have miss out something for me

 

Eg: climbing a ladder but ended up at wrong building. Time wasted

Ladder of success. Make sure the ladder is at right building

Calling is given

 

Galatians 1:15
"But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace,"

 

Lord says : Is hard for you to keep against the goats (instrument they use for bulls) oxgoat 

 

What’s word? Have no power… 

Stop thinking this thoughts 

Believe God will make my words like oxgoat

 

Christian can’t say omg. Taking God name in vain. Why use expression of e world?

 

God use simple things

Simple word to my child will direct him in the right things

 

Believe that God will give my words like oxgoat

 

God can’t be affected or be defile

 

Angel honour the name of Jesus

 

Find my fulfilment in life that God calls me to my purpose and calling

 

Ecclesiastes (Hebrew preacher): e son of David, Solomon

Vanity of vanity

Empty empty

If ever there was a man, achieve everything, in e earth he have the ability, his domain and power was so vase , his wisdom was far exceeding of wise man in e east. Because he ask God for wisdom.

Solomon said: I tried singing and find fulfilment there but it give me nothing 

King of e East look up on him.

God wants me to find life to enjoy but not to find fulfilment in.

Priority the son of god, look up, above the Son, I will fulfill something. I will have fulfilment 

 

Key of book of bible: keys is always at the door, first few line. First chapter. The beginning

 

Jesus said: Luke 12:20
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’

 

Next book : Songs of Solomon

Song beyond any songs

Songs above all songs

Songs about the son of God and His love for me.

Begin: Let him kiss me by the kiss of his mouth
Songs of Solomon 1:2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—

For your love is better than wine.

Gain whole world but lost his soul

Earthly pleasure/ food all given by God 
 

Let me feel/ experience his personal love, this makes me fulfilment in my life

 

Enjoy the Lord now.

Find out more about Him now

 

I’m the water of life: woman in well

 

God make male and female, god ordained marriage. 

God is telling me: 

Not look to my spouse to fulfill my innermost desire. 

Look to the Lord for only what the Lord can give.

Do not look each other for fulfilment 

 

The purpose the calling the destiny god have for me: beautiful destiny, flow in it. perfect. Flow in it

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Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle andlowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 
30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
 

The person of rest. Come to Him

Real presence of the Lord

Lord is here right now

Matthew 7:16 
"You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?"

By their fruits you shall know about them

the fruits of their ministry

Focus: on e word, on the person Jesus

 

Cout leader 

E leader will always point thing to himself that he is the messiah, he is e gift. He crave worship.

Will nv point to Jesus

 

Look at Jesus

It’s always about Jesus

 

Part of love is correction

People is corrected, they should remain

 

Don’t listen to someone who have bitterness in their heart. No. I’m not a garbage truck. That people dump their poison on. Don’t spend time with them.

Just say no I don’t wanna hear

 

Perfect saviour who loves me and 

His perfect love cast out every fear

 

Don’t open door to resentment, bitterness

James 3:16
"For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there."

There will be confusion in every devil work

 

Don’t allow strife to come in. Don’t be ‘tell me more’. 

 

The word of God is truth. Find truth in e bible

 

Jesus says: "Come to Me"

There’s no one more beautiful den Jesus

His family was looking for Him, after 3 days, feast day, 3rd they found him in e temple

Sought: keep on finding 

Lord ask: "Why keep on finding at other places? I’m always at temple"

Did you know where I’m at the Father’s business? If you know, I will be at temple.
Luke 2:49
"And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”

 

Temple: top rabbis 

He didn’t preached anything to the rabbis

everything beautiful at its season

Rabbi was amazed in his understanding and answer 
Luke 2:46
"Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions."

He was subject onto them

He was submissive to them

This is e fruit- Jesus is increased in wisdom and stature in favor with god and in man.

 

Prayers for children:
Luke 2:52
"And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men."

increases in wisdom, favor in God and in man, increases his stature

 

Everything is beautiful in its season

 

Galatians 3:10
"For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.”

Don’t think of being under law. I’m under grace 

 

Fruit of spirit- love joy peace gentleness self control 

 

Come onto me and I will give you rest

 

1st rest: come to e Lord and receive rest in conscious 

Take care of my house (body)

 

Guide e door of my lips

 

God lives in timeless, there’s no time. E cross he accomplished is outside time. he created time

Time have no beginning or end 

He is e first and the last

 

Take holy Comm with aware/ freshness of His death

 

God took my entire sins and put in Jesus Christ

So I have no sins, all sins are forgiven.

 

Where people saw the sin… He loves me much

When I love Him much, I don’t wanna sin

 

1 John 4:19
We loved because He first love us.

 

1 Rest of Spirit/ conscious

rest given. I will give you rest

He have forgiven me, my sins are all forgiven

My conscious of all my sins are forgiven

My sims are remembered no more

 

My life is not vanity of vanity

But:

Joy of joy

Peace of peace

Holy of holy

 

2 Soul 

Rest of soul (emotion mental)

Driving is an area I can see if I have rest in my soul

Road battle- pride / Sense of entitlement 

Cars vs cars

Sense of pride.

 

Jesus at upper room,Jesus wash the disciple feet

People who are proud , people insecure will have sense of pride

 

It shows my insecurity

 

Rest for your soul: my emotional mental

God says: "Learn from me, I’m gentle mercy in heart"

 

Meek => Strong under control, strength under control

God says: "I’m gentle and lowly in heart, learn from me"

 

Be like Jesus. The world is proud. But Jesus is lowly in heart. 

 

Don’t react to people. Their challenge verbally, don't be rule by people jealously of me and their bitterness

 

When Jesus come into my life, be like Him.

Turn the other cheek.

 

I will find rest in my soul. Looking into Jesus, seeing His meekness and gentleness. 

 

Let go and let people win, give him the victory. 

 

Don’t have sense of entitlement, don’t let pride rule me, push in and stay back.

Flesh want to say back, not strength in self control

Look into Jesus

 

How I do that? Looking at Jesus

 

There will be a joy and a flow

My weakness maybe the indication of my calling

Some indication that I’m called for it.

 

If God calls me to be, He will give me the voice 

 

Easy light

Easy yoke => just flow with him, and I realised that He knows best, He knows the way

 

Don’t worry about future and tomorrow, just do the next things, what He ask me to do and just flow with Him

 

Read Bible and Verse is talking to me, stop there and stop reading and let it talk to me. Write it down, talk to it.
Ask question. The Holy Spirit showing me something . Write down.

 

When the Lord is drinking, drink with Him

 

Obey every impulse to pray, can be short, don't have to be long

 

Philippians 1:3
"I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,"

Impulse pray: pray

 

Let the your light on the person 

Let your grace on the person

 

His flowing, go with Him

If wait, no more already

If something strike down, write down,

Once take root, I cannot unroot it.

Good practise: write down

 

White margin bible

 

Don’t run to commentary. They have their time of season

 

Now word, now season. 

Listen to what God wants to talk to me, I’m the one in it, He will talk to me

 

Principle of bible interpretation:

Jesus lowly in heart: When He was being rejected

 

Matthew 11:23-28
23 And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 
24 But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.”
25 At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. 
26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. 
27 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. 
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
 

Heaven is where Jesus is

Jesus is what makes heaven heaven

 

There was a time I’m exalted in heaven. 

There was a time they rejected him

Matthew 11:25-26 praise the Lord in e midst of rejection 

 

His heart is full of praise. Moral beauty

He is so beautiful. 

They can’t flatter him to be good opinion of them

 

They can’t insult Him to a bitter opinion of them

 

I don’t reach to people. Don’t let people dump on me like dump truck

I’m not a dump truck

 

Don't let the flies to come on my side. 

 

Smell the franklesin of Jesus

 

There’s a lot of good things to see in e world

Best spoke is the bible

 

Luke 1:68-78
68 “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people,

69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us
In the house of His servant David,
70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets,
Who have been since the world began,
71 That we should be saved from our enemies
And from the hand of all who hate us,
72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers
And to remember His holy covenant,
73 The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
74 To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear,

75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

76 “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest;
For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
77 To give knowledge of salvation to His people
By the remission of their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Dayspring from on high has visited us;

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Beauty in God’s words:

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