14 March 2021 - Why We Can Always Rejoice - New Creation Church Sermon Notes - Pastor Lawrence Lim Sermon NotesPastor Lawrence Lim reminded us that regardless of our outward circumstances, we can always rejoice in the Lord. When we know that God loves us and that all our sins have been forgiven, we will rejoice! Praise and Worship Songs Performed: 1. Who You Say I Am - Hillsong Music 2. Supply - New Creation Worship Romans 10:14-15 - The New Testament is about good news for believers. Good news lights a hope in your heart. “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher? And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”” (Romans 10:14-15 WEB) John 10:10-11 - God is always good and the devil is always bad. Jesus laid down His life so that we can truly enjoy life. “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows). I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd risks and lays down His [own] life for the sheep. [Ps. 23.]” (John 10:10-11 AMPC) Return evil with good, not evil for evil. Matthew 7:11 - God gives good gifts to you when you ask for them. “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him.” (Matthew 7:11 WEB) Philippians 4:4 - In the midst of having chains around his limbs and being in prison, the apostle Paul wrote to rejoice in the Lord always. Our joy is not found in outward circumstances—it is found in the Lord. The epistle to the Philippians is Paul’s “ode to joy”. “Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”” (Philippians 4:4 WEB) Acts 16:25 - Paul and Silas were beaten with rods and thrown into an inner prison. Yet, the two of them were praying and singing hymns to God at midnight. Midnight speaks of the darkest moments of our lives. There is something to rejoice about now. Your circumstances may not be good, but your God is good. Stop looking to your circumstances to decide if you should rejoice or not. When we praise our good Father, He will turn around the situation for our good. “But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.” (Acts 16:25 WEB) Philippians 3:13-14 - Forget the bad things that you have experienced. Close the chapter to your past hurts and let them go. “Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14 WEB) Philippians 2:14 - Let’s not live life complaining. Start giving thanks for the blessings that you do have. Start giving thanks for the good things you see in your spouse. “Do all things without murmurings and disputes,” (Philippians 2:14 WEB)
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