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Christian Israelite Church

26th August 2018

Forever

The moon and stars they wept

The morning sun was dead

The Saviour of the world was fallen

His body on the cross

His blood poured out for us

The weight of every curse upon him

One final breath He gave

As Heaven looked away

The Son of God was laid in darkness

A battle in the grave

The war on death was waged

The power of hell forever broken

The ground began to shake

The stone was rolled away

His perfect love could not be

overcome

Now death where is your sting

Our resurrected King has rendered you

defeated

Forever, He is glorified

Forever, He is lifted high

Forever, He is risen

He is alive

He is alive

The ground began to shake

The stone was rolled away

His perfect love could not be

overcome

Now death where is your sting

Our resurrected King has rendered you

defeated




He is alive ………..

He is alive

Forever, forever

You have overcome

Your resurrected King

You have overcome the grave

You have overcome

We sing Hallelujah

We sing Hallelujah

We sing Hallelujah

The Lamb has overcome

Repeat 6 x




He is alive

He is alive (Forever)




He is alive

He is alive

For All You’ve Done

VERSE:

My savior,

Redeemer,

Lifted me from the miry clay.

Almighty,

Forever, I will never be the same,

REFRAIN:

Cause You came here,

From the everlasting,

To the world we live,

The Father's only Son.

CHORUS:

And You lived.

You died.

You rose again on high.

You opened the way for the world to

live again.

Hallelujah, for all You've done.

(Repeat Verse)

(Repeat Refrain)

(Repeat Chorus 2X)

All of My Days

Proclaim Your awesome power,

Tell of mighty deeds,

Declare Your future kingdom,

Of everlasting peace.

And my eyes, they look unto You always

And I am captured by Your majesty,

REFRAIN

All of my days I will sing of Your

greatness.

All of my days I will speak of Your grace.

All of my days I will tell of Your

wondrous love.

Your love in my life. Your love.

All Your works will praise You

Your children bless Your name

We speak of all Your goodness,

We walk in fields of grace.



REFRAIN





REFRAIN

Presentation time!

PSALM THOUGHT23

What’s this all about?

• Psalms is the most referenced O/T book in the N/T

• The collection of Psalms spans 963yrs

• From Moses to Ezra

• Each of the Psalms has a purpose

• Each of the Psalms has a message

• 1 Corinthians 14:26 “……when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.”

Psalm 23• A Psalm of David – one of 76 attributed to him

• Contains 6 verses

• An entirely personal prayer of thanks, commitment and reassurance

• Is most likely a Psalm composed later in life• Shows a maturity in his relationship to God• In this maturity he returns to his youth

• For us this Psalm1. provides us comfort and security2. guides us out of temptation3. gives the hope of the Lords deliverance

TIME FOR A CHALLENGE

• Who here can recite this Psalm?

Our Lord, Our Shepherd (vs 1)

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

John 10:14-1514 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down

my life for the sheep.

Picture from the

Catacomb of Priscilla

“My” – perhaps one of

the most significant

words in this Psalm

The Shepherd – here the Lord is not

the untouchable King but the only

protector and guide for us, if we will

just be his sheep

• Moses calls God the Shepherd,

the stone of Israel – Gen 49.

Psalm 34:1010 The young lions

do lack, and suffer

hunger: but they

that seek the Lord

shall not want any

good thing.

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

My God shall supply your need (vs 2)

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

God looks after me on

purpose

so I can be at Rest

with everything I

need

and Guides me

in perfect peace

Redemption (Vs 3)

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

The challenge is put to “be ye perfect”

• Here we find that for his names sake he

guides us in the Good and Right way

Psalm 91:1414 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver

him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name

“…Be ye transformed by

the renewing of your

mind” – Romans 12:2

In Trouble (Vs 4)

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

rod: shay'-bet; from an unused

root probably meaning to branch

off; a scion

staff: mish-ay-naw’; support (abstractly),

i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or

(concretely) a walking-stick

Exalted (Vs 5)

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil;

my cup runneth over.

Psalm 917 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy

right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward

of the wicked.

1 Peter 56 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty

hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth

for you.

Strengthened (Vs 6)

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the

Lord for ever.

Surely!

• With full assurance we can look forward and know that

God will continue to be Good and Merciful to us

Psalm 274 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may

dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the

beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

Psalm 23

"It has charmed more griefs to rest than all the philosophy of the world.

It has remanded to their dungeon more felon thoughts, more black doubts, more thieving sorrows, than there are sands on the sea-shore.

It has comforted the noble host of the poor.

It has sung courage to the army of the disappointed.

It has poured balm and consolation into the heart of the sick, of captives in dungeons, of widows in their pinching griefs, of orphans in their loneliness.

Dying soldiers have died easier as it was read to them; ghastly hospitals have been illuminated; it has visited the prisoner, and broken his chains, and, like Peter's angel, led him forth in imagination, and sung him back to his home again.

It has made the dying Christian slave freer than his master, and consoled those whom, dying, he left behind mourning, not so much that he was gone, as because they were left behind, and could not go too."

(Beecher, cited in Spurgeon)

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The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father which art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in

earth.

Give us day by day our daily bread.

And forgive us our sins; for we also

forgive every one that is indebted to

us. And lead us not into temptation;

but deliver us from evil.

Luke 11: 2-4

Philippians

Chapter 4

[1] Therefore, my brethren dearly

beloved and longed for, my joy and

crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my

dearly beloved.

Crown in the sense of a winning

crown

[2] I beseech Euodias, and beseech

Syntyche, that they be of the same

mind in the Lord.

Euodias commonly thought to be

Euodia, the feminine. Possible

dispute between these two

[3] And I intreat thee also, true

yokefellow, help those women which

laboured with me in the gospel, with

Clement also, and with other my

fellowlabourers, whose names are in

the book of life.

Yokefellow could be singular or

plural

How would you like your life to

be summed up in one sentence?

Attitude, Attitude, Attitude

[4] Rejoice in the Lord alway: and

again I say, Rejoice.

Be happy

[5] Let your moderation be known

unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

epieikeia - gentleness, patience,

softness, the patient mind,

modesty, forbearance, the

forbearing spirit, or magnanimity.

[6] Be careful for nothing;

Don’t worry

but in every thing by prayer and

supplication with thanksgiving let

your requests be made known unto

God.

Prayer - general communication

with God

Supplication - more specific

requests

pray about everything, and be

thankful for anything

[7] And the peace of God, which

passeth all understanding, shall keep

your hearts and minds through Christ

Jesus.

Isaiah 26:[2] Open ye the gates,

that the righteous nation which

keepeth the truth may enter in.

[3] Thou wilt keep him in perfect

peace, whose mind is stayed on

thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Code for ethical conduct

[8] Finally, brethren, whatsoever

things are true, whatsoever things are

honest, whatsoever things are just,

whatsoever things are pure,

whatsoever things are lovely,

whatsoever things are of good report;

if there be any virtue, and if there be

any praise, think on these things.

[9] Those things, which ye have both

learned, and received, and heard, and

seen in me, do: and the God of peace

shall be with you.

Not pride from Paul but a warning

to only take from him what fits

the criteria

Think on these things

True

Honest

Just

Pure

Lovely

Good report

Virtue

Praise

[10] But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly,

that now at the last your care of me

hath flourished again; wherein ye were

also careful, but ye lacked

opportunity.

Be content and praise God no matter

what

[11] Not that I speak in respect of

want: for I have learned, in

whatsoever state I am, therewith to be

content.

[12] I know both how to be abased,

and I know how to abound: every

where and in all things I am instructed

both to be full and to be hungry, both

to abound and to suffer need.

[13] I can do all things through Christ

which strengtheneth me.

[14] Notwithstanding ye have well

done, that ye did communicate with

my affliction.

[15] Now ye Philippians know also,

that in the beginning of the gospel,

when I departed from Macedonia, no

church communicated with me as

concerning giving and receiving, but

ye only.

[16] For even in Thessalonica ye sent

once and again unto my necessity.

[17] Not because I desire a gift: but I

desire fruit that may abound to your

account.

[18] But I have all, and abound: I am

full, having received of Epaphroditus

the things which were sent from you,

an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice

acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

Faith

[19] But my God shall supply all your

need according to his riches in glory

by Christ Jesus.

[20] Now unto God and our Father be

glory for ever and ever. Amen.

[21] Salute every saint in Christ Jesus.

The brethren which are with me greet

you.

[22] All the saints salute you, chiefly

they that are of Caesar's household.

[23] The grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ be with you all. Amen.

Hymn 119

1.Is it the truth?

2.Is it fair to all

concerned?

3.Will it build goodwill

and better friendships?

4.Will it be beneficial to

all concerned?

1930s Herbert J. Taylor

Philippians 4:8

• True

• Honest

• Just

• Pure

• Lovely

• Good Report

• Virtuous

• Praiseworthy

4 Way test

• Is it the truth

• Is it fair to all concerned

• Goodwill and Friendships

• Beneficial to all

Philippians 4:8…whatsoever things

are true, whatsoever things are honest,

whatsoever things are just, whatsoever

things are pure, whatsoever things are

lovely, whatsoever things are of good

report; if there be any virtue, and if

there be any praise, think on these

things.

• True

• Honest

• Just

• Pure

Truth

Genesis 3:[1] Now the serpent was

more subtil than any beast of the field

which the LORD God had made. And

he said unto the woman, Yea, hath

God said, Ye shall not eat of every

tree of the garden?

John 18:[37] Pilate therefore said

unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus

answered, Thou sayest that I am a

king. To this end was I born, and for

this cause came I into the world, that I

should bear witness unto the truth.

Every one that is of the truth heareth

my voice.

[38] Pilate saith unto him, What is

truth? And when he had said this, he

went out again unto the Jews, and

saith unto them, I find in him no fault

at all.

John 8[31] Then said Jesus to those

Jews which believed on him, If ye

continue in my word, then are ye my

disciples indeed;

[32] And ye shall know the truth, and

the truth shall make you free.

Churchill said it well: “Truth is the most valuable thing in the world, so valuable it is often protected by a bodyguard of lies.”

Honesty

Proverbs 10 [9] He that walketh

uprightly walketh surely: but he that

perverteth his ways shall be known.

Just

Habakkuk 2 [3] For the vision is yet

for an appointed time, but at the end it

shall speak, and not lie: though it

tarry, wait for it; because it will surely

come, it will not tarry.

[4] Behold, his soul which is lifted up

is not upright in him: but the just shall

live by his faith.

Heb 10:38, Gal 3:11, Rom 1:17

"the individual whose personality and behaviour are acceptable to God thinks, speaks, and acts as one who loves, seeks, relies on, hopes in, obeys, and trusts God."

Pure

James 3 [17] But the wisdom that is

from above is first pure, then

peaceable, gentle, and easy to be

intreated, full of mercy and good

fruits, without partiality, and without

hypocrisy.

Matthew 5 [8] Blessed are the pure in

heart: for they shall see God.

Truth >>> Lovely

Ezekiel 33:[29] Then shall they know

that I am the LORD, …..[30] Also,

thou son of man, the children of thy

people still are talking against thee by

the walls and in the doors of the

houses, and speak one to another,

every one to his brother, saying,

Come, I pray you, and hear what is the

word that cometh forth from the

LORD. [31] And they come unto thee

as the people cometh, and they sit

before thee as my people, and they

hear thy words, but they will not do

them: for with their mouth they shew

much love, but their heart goeth after

their covetousness.[32] And, lo, thou

art unto them as a very lovely song of

one that hath a pleasant voice, and can

play well on an instrument: for they

hear thy words, but they do them not.

[33] And when this cometh to pass,

(lo, it will come,) then shall they know

that a prophet hath been among them.

Jesus Christ is truth and causes us to

love

Honest >>> Of good report

"Be not overcome of evil, but

overcome evil with good." Rom12:21

Just >>> Virtuous

Good moral conduct

Pure >>> Praise

When we praise God we are focusing

on purity

True - In speech Lovely - What is

more lovely than truth?

Honest - In action Of good report -

As is honesty

Just - With regard to others

If there be any virtue - All virtues are contained in

justice

Pure - With regard to yourselves.

If there be any praise - In those

things which relate to ourselves

Think on these things

True

Honest

Just

Pure

Lovely

Good report

Virtue

Praise

How Great Is Our God

The splendor of a King, clothed in majesty Let all the earth rejoice All the earth rejoice He wraps himself in Light, and darkness tries to hide And trembles at His voice Trembles at His voice How great is our God, sing with me How great is our God, and all will see How great, how great is our God Age to age He stands And time is in His hands

Beginning and the end Beginning and the end The Godhead Three in One Father Spirit Son The Lion and the Lamb The Lion and the Lamb How great is our God, sing with me How great is our God, and all will see How great, how great is our God Name above all names Worthy of our praise My heart will sing How great is our God How great is our God, sing with me How great is our God, and all will see How great, how great is our God

Thanks for joining us at

Next Week

Isaiah Chapter 7

Family Church – 11:30am

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Thoughts for the week:-

Philippians 4

[4] Rejoice in the Lord alway: and

again I say, Rejoice.

[7] And the peace of God, which

passeth all understanding, shall keep

your hearts and minds through Christ

Jesus.

[13] I can do all things through Christ

which strengtheneth me.

[19] But my God shall supply all your

need according to his riches in glory

by Christ Jesus

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