Pastor Marty Sloan | Mar. 6 & 7, 2021
Hope for Your Home
When it comes to the Word of God, there are two options:
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. - John 10:10 (NKJV)
When you choose your
“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.” - Deuteronomy 30:15 (NKJV)
It’s the norm today to live a
The norm is to attempt navigating two worlds instead of fully
Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” - Joshua 24:14-14 (NIV)
The center of God’s plan is built around trusting God and obeying His Word.
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live. - Deuteronomy 30:19 (NKJV)
Every single
Hope for your home is found in the
Hope for your home is found in the
Hope for your home is found in planting your life by the right “
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper. - Psalm 1:1-3 (NKJV)
The blessings of God come to those who have thirst for the Word of God.
Loving the Word of God requires humility and a willful heart to obey.
The blessings of God come to those who
When you walk close to scorned people, their
Counsel contrary to the Word of God is a
We will not find the blessings of God among sinful and scornful people
“Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. - I Corinthians 15:33b–34a (NLT)
Hope for your home is found by choosing to be
Then I said to them, ‘Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’ 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not [a]obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, ‘I will pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.’ 9 But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom they were, in whose sight I had made Myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. - Ezekiel 20:7-9 (NKJV)
“But I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols. 19 I am the Lord your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them; 20 hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’ 21 “Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness. - Ezekiel 20:18-21 (NKJV)
29 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the stranger. 30 So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. 31 Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord God. - Ezekiel 22:29-30 (NKJV)
Finding hope for your home will bring about
Any attempt at justice without the “
There is no justice
The world has yet to see what God can do with a man fully consecrated to Him. By God’s help, I am to be that man. - DL MOODY
When you truly find hope for your home, it will be hope for generations yet to come.
Jesus is the only hope for your home!
Next Steps
1. Is my life planted by the right rivers?
2. Am I making Jesus the center of my life?
3. How is God using me to bring hope to others?
Resources
1. Hope in Times of Fear by Tim Keller
2. I am a Follower by Leonard Sweet
3. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero