Week 4 | Living in God’s Presence
From Psalm 51
Why do we want God’s presence?
1. In God’s presence we have and .
📖 Psalm 16:11 (ESV) You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
2. In God’s we have .
📖 Exodus 33:14 (ESV) And He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
📖 Matthew 11:28-30 (ESV) Come to Me, all 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 and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”
3. In God’s Presence we have and .
📖 Acts 4:13 (ESV) Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.
How do we come into the presence of God?
Pray
1. Glorify God with for what has .
📖 Psalm 95:2 (ESV) Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise!
📖 Matthew 6:9 (ESV) Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
Worship
2. When we God we call upon His .
📖 Psalm 100:1-2 (ESV) Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into His presence with singing!
Repent
3. When we God can .
📖 Mark 1:15 (ESV) and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
📖 1 John 1:9 (ESV) If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
What do we do with God’s presence?
1. When you experience you share .
📖 Psalm 51:13 (ESV) Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.
📖 Matthew 28:19-20 (ESV) Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
2. After God’s you should .
📖 Psalm 51:19 (ESV) then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar
📖 Ephesians 5:2 (ESV) And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
📖 Mark 12:33 (ESV) And to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
3. With God’s you do God’s !
📖 John 15:5 (ESV) I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
📖 John 15:9 (ESV) As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in My love.
Sermon in a Sentence:
If we want and then we will God, of our and live a full life filled with His .
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