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somebody says well I haven’t needed in
my life well think about this look at
that made in the light of the presence
of Jesus Christ who’s the same yesterday
they in forever who provides the needs
for his children if I if I’m aware if
I’m living in the awareness of his
presence and Anita Rises I don’t have to
worry about it I may not have an answer
at the moment but I know that he knows
all about Annie next on InTouch the
awareness of God’s presence where’s God
in your life you say well he’s not in my
life well is that the way you want it if
you decide you don’t want God in your
life he’s not gonna force himself on you
but you don’t know what you’re missing
or you may say well I’ll tell you about
God in my life sometimes I feel it’s
there and sometimes I don’t
sometimes I’m close to him sometimes I’m
distant well what’s going on when you
feel close to it well he’s meeting your
needs and you’re in church and read you
read the scripture and everything sort
of going your way what is it that makes
you feel he’s distant instead because
something’s missing in your life that if
some needs you don’t feel like he’s
exactly working on to your best
advantage what makes you feel this
distance from Almighty God when he says
that he’s everywhere and he is other
which when you look up in the sky at
night and you study a little bit of
astronomy and you begin to see all the
planets and how absolutely perfect
their schedule is in relating to each
other and all the fantastic things
beyond their comprehension there is a
God and he’s in charge and he’s in
control and everything is going the way
he wants it to go down here on earth we
just make all kind of messes of things
but those of us who trust him
we have an awareness of him that others
do not have why do you want to live your
life apart from a loving sovereign God
who knows all he’s omniscient has all
power he’s unlimited and he’s
omnipresent which means that he is
everywhere but a better way to say that
is that everywhere is in his presence
somebody says well it’s got over yonder
and over yonder backyard nook and they
listen now all of that is in the
presence of Almighty God what an awesome
God we have and you don’t want him in
your life he’s a God of love and
goodness and mercy he sent His only
begotten Son Jesus into the world that
you and I might discover what a true
genuine life is about and that our sins
can be forgiven and name written in the
Lamb’s Book of Life and we can listen we
can be on our way to heaven when we die
in other words when you look at what
becomes yours when you become a
Christian why would why would you not
want God in your life think about the
sin in your life that’s keeping you from
warning and God in your life that you
compare that with a forgiveness of sin
peace joy and love goodness mercy
kindness your name written in the Lamb’s
Book of Life you have this present
helper with you constantly night and day
24 hours a day every day of your life
what in the sinful world that you have
the compares rillette and you and I both
we know that you don’t have anything why
not trust him as your personal Savior
well what I want to talk about in this
message is our awareness of God now he’s
here whether you’re aware of him or not
he’s there when you rework whether
you’re aware of him or not in other
words your awareness of him doesn’t
determine whoever he is in fact the
scripture says Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday today and forever he doesn’t
change and the reason is location
doesn’t change is because all locations
are in his presence
why would you want to live without a
loving father who wants the best for you
so I want to talk about this matter
the awareness of his presence not just
his presence we all know his present but
the awareness of his presence I want you
to turn to the most familiar song you
know the twenty-third song as one
phrasing that I want us to look at
primarily and so if you’ll turn there
for just a moment the 23rd song and you
remember that David penned this and he
was going through difficult in all kind
of hardship in his life many times
before we ever became the king and even
afterwards so how many times have you
read this the Lord is my shepherd I
shall not want he makes me to lie down
in green pastures he leads me beside
quiet waters he restores my soul he
guides me in the paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake what an awesome God
who’s doing that then he says even
though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death I will fear no evil was
that for you are with me your rod and
your staff they comfort me as far as I
want to go you are with me and if you’ll
think about it all through the
Scriptures that God uses that same
phrase and in a different way to
different people and I want us to think
about this in the light of the fact that
God God works in the life of his
servants he provides their needs on the
basis of his love and kindness toward us
and if you look at the scripture it’s
evident from the scripture that our
awareness of his presence is Bible that
whatever he wants to do in our life so
let’s started with the Old Testament for
example the Bible says that Enoch walked
with God and he was not because God took
him what a sense of awareness of God he
had and if you think about Noah God told
him to build an ark and the one thing he
said
he said I’m gonna be with you even in
those times when he was persecuted for
what he was doing because they didn’t
understand I’m with you and following
you Noah let’s just take Abraham for
example he said to him you get up and
leave your family and go into a land
that I’ll show you even tell him exactly
where he was going at first he said but
I’m going with you I’ll be with you and
they field remember when God spoke to
Moses and he gave him that challenge the
good end talked to Pharaoh about letting
the people go and he said I’m going with
you and on one occasion I thought it was
interesting in the third of their
chapter in the fifteenth the verse I
believe of excess he said no we’re going
but we’re not going without you have you
ever thought about that in your life
you’ve had things that you needed to do
but she’s something no one to do without
God and then when God began to speak to
Joshua I want you to take over Moses
place and absolutely impossible task and
he said I’ll be with you and then if
when he talked to Gideon for example and
Gideon said well Lord I’m my family’s
their lowest family in the whole city
and the why you asking me and God said
to him here’s what I want you to do and
I’ll be with you and if you recall when
David was fighting Goliath that he said
that Goliath he said my God will deliver
you into my hands that sense of oneness
when he called Isaiah Isaiah Jeremiah
prophesy in a very difficult time in the
nation of Israel he said to Isaiah there
not be afraid I’m gonna be with you and
the Jeremiah Jeremiah said what’s this
he said I’m going with you and you slip
through all the other prophets over to
the New Testament
you remember what Jesus said to his
apostles when he sent them out he said
go into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature
he said baptizing them in the name of
the Father the Son the Holy Spirit and
though I’ll be with you even to the end
of this age and you remember Jesus spent
time talking to his disciples about the
fact he was going to lead them but he
wasn’t going to leave them as orphans as
he
said he said I’ll come I’ll come back to
you and at Pentecost the Lord came in a
very special way to inhabit the life of
every single believer so that when you
and I got saved the Spirit of God a
personal eternity inhabited our life at
that very moment in Edison – enabled you
and me to live a godly life in an
ungodly world and I think about the
Apostle Paul for example how many times
he had to rely upon the presence of God
in his life and it was aware of that in
prison when when one prison after the
other then he comes to the end of his
life and he says I fought a good fight
I’ve kept the course and I’m coming to
the end male and there was this sense of
somehow of a sense of peace and and
awareness in his heart that he’d given
his best fought a good fight kept have
kept I’ve kept the faith finished up my
course now and so all of these people
whom God use were people who were aware
of the presence of God in their life and
God hasn’t changed no words Jesus Christ
the same yesterday today and forever
when you trusted Jesus as you save you
listen carefully you had just as much of
Jesus in your heart as did the Apostle
Paul or any of those other apostles and
Jesus made an issue of this he says I’m
going away but I’m not gonna leave you
as orphans he said for example I’m in
the father the father’s in me I and you
he went to all kinds of ways of
encouraging them that even though he was
going to be gone he’s still gonna be
with him it was the awareness of his
presence that he wanted them to
understand and remember that Jesus
Christ was the same yesterday today and
forever
he had changed now what she hasn’t
changed locations away said nothing
about him has change and so as they had
the Holy Spirit indwelling them you and
I have the Holy Spirit indwelling us but
you can live your life even as a
believer and oftentimes not be aware of
the presence of God in your life and
when I think about how Jesus worked and
sending them out and
how important that was I want you to
turn to the 14th chapter of John for a
moment and let’s look at one verse here
that seems to be it seems it would be
almost impossible but he was he said to
him the early part of the 14th chapter
did not let your heart be troubled you
believe in God believe also in me
and then he he’s working with his
apostles here and he comes to this same
chapter 14 chapter and he comes to this
12 verse and listen to this amazing
thing he said to them truly truly I say
to you he who believes in me the works
that I do he will do also and greater
works than these he will do because I go
to the Father what was he saying well
how can you something great at what he
did that doesn’t even make sense
but what was he saying he wasn’t saying
the very nature of the work of the
quality of the work but he says as a
result I’m leaving you but I’m coming
back to you in the Holy Spirit and what
I’ve done you’re gonna do greater so
somebody so that could be impossible but
let’s just think about it we don’t see
Jesus very much in large crowd speaking
except Sermon on the Mount maybe a few
other times usually it’s individuals
he’s dealing with but at Pentecost Peter
preached and and brought him three
thousand people got saved I don’t know
how big the crowd was but 3,000 of them
got saved everybody didn’t get saved but
3,000 did so what did it mean when he
said greater works than these well that
was a greater work when it came to
speaking to a huge crowd because that’s
what he said he’s not gonna send the
Holy Spirit he’ll be in you with you and
upon you and that meant that the the
power of God with the upon his servants
then for example if you’ll think about
it and Jesus never traveled over 80
miles from home he didn’t he didn’t
leave Palestine and I think about this
he’s telling this group of his disciples
I want you to go into all the world and
preach the gospel I think if I’d been
out I said oh wait a minute
have you been in all the world what do
you knows out there and so of course
this is the Roman world of slavery
Verde power and all the rest he said I
want you to go into all the world and
preach the gospel so what happened he
said that the work you do gonna be
greater than what I’ve done the Apostle
Paul and those apostles went preaching
the gospel they spread that little New
Testament church all over the Roman the
world and so if you think about that I
mean you can even count the people and
the impact look at the impact that the
Apostle Paul had and starting all these
churches and going back into cycling all
these people and and just multiplying
Christians coming and going well if you
look at if you look just look at Paul
and look at Jesus Paul just went
everywhere Jesus went 80 miles from the
sea went from home then you think about
the few people compared to lid that
Jesus talked to and compared to who Paul
talked to no comparison that think about
this and and today we have television we
have radio they can reach every country
in the world and when Jesus said greater
things that I’ve done he says they’ll be
greater now watch this he didn’t say
you’ll do them but it’s the Spirit of
God within every single one of us who
has who has the opportunity and their
northing of the spirit upon each one of
us when the spirit of God’s there he’s
there to equip you to do whatever he
called you to do so we’re not comparing
ourselves with Jesus that’s not what
this is all about it’s the fact then he
promised them what you gonna do as a
result of what’s gonna happen when I
come back to you in the power of the
Holy Spirit what’s gonna happen it’s
gonna maze you
you’ve been amazed by what you’ve seen
now he resurrected the dead and all
these things he didn’t say that you’re
gonna resurrect the dead you gonna do
this any other he’s saying greater works
what was the most important work Jesus
came for not to raise the dead to have
miracles and healings and so forth but
to bring people to saving knowledge of
God through the shed blood of his cross
that’s why he came these are the things
of things that happened validate his
ministry but he came to bring people to
a saving knowledge of
Christ of himself so watch this Jesus is
the same today and we quote this verse
he’s the same yesterday today and what
and forever so the Jesus and used the
same Jesus that walked in Palestine
hundreds of years ago it’s the same
Jesus who said to his apostles these
works that I do you need to even greater
did that single is out that will do this
that and the other no but it meant his
followers would do greater work because
because he was going to and dwell them
in the person of the Holy Spirit the
third person of the Trinity and it’s not
like God the Father God the Son I got
the Holy Spirit three persons but rather
God the Father God the Son God the Holy
Spirit one person God in three persons
the Trinity we sing that so we have the
Spirit of God within us and it doesn’t
making a difference what happens where
when how the Spirit of God is living
within us what is the desire of God’s
heart the desire of God’s heart is that
you and I would live listeners that we
would live in awareness of his presence
it have changed your life it makes all
the difference in the world if you’re
living in the awareness of his present
it doesn’t mean that you live believing
there is a God that’s not in its the
winner awareness of his presence in your
life every single believer is indwelt
but the Spirit of God and says in
Ephesians in other places that when you
trusted Christ as your Savior he sealed
you he sealed you forever as a child of
God and that seal is the presence of the
Holy Spirit so what I’d like to do is
I’d like to help you identify the
evidence of the awareness of his
presence in our life what’s the evidence
well here’s one of the I’m gonna give
you 16 of them yeah that’s right get
ready
because they’re all important they could
be more but this is the best number one
he’s continually in our thoughts
conscious or unconscious
he’s continual in our thoughts let’s
take a mother who has a newborn baby the
babies about three days old and she’s
gone about her work and her in her
household doing what she does but
subconsciously you know what there’s
something into her that they can hear
that baby in her words she has this
something inside of her which is her
subconscious that God gave all of us
that she she’s aware of that child that
he may be three rooms over but all of us
have a subconscious and the conscious so
that God makes it possible for you now
to go about whatever we do in life
openly speaking or whatever it might be
at the same time there is that spirit of
God in our subconscious that makes us
aware of his presence it’s it’s almost
like a holy silence within us but he’s
there and so the issue is are you aware
of that
are you aware of the Lord in your life
consciously and subconsciously secondly
we are continually seeking his guidance
if I’m aware of his presence I’m gonna
be continuing seeking his guidance we
all make decisions every day many people
make decisions
tell the oblivious to God they don’t
even think about you then so I don’t
have to ask God about everything well
you may not ask God about whether you
wear brown shoes or black but all of us
face decisions every day whether it’s on
your job or whether it’s in your family
or whatever it might be we face
decisions now let me ask you something
when a decision comes up how do you make
that decision do you say well I think
I’ll handle this
did you ask god I said lord give me
wisdom to handle this
their words watch this think about this
what area of your life is God not
interested in what area of your life God
is I had no interest
that are there any none amen
these answers and everything therefore
if he is then I should be I should be
aware that he has a preference in my
decisions as we said we not Thomas using
socks and stuff like that we talk about
the decisions you and I make every day
if I’m aware of his presence in my life
I’m gonna be aware that it will not have
a decision and for example you meet
somebody and they’ll tell you something
and the Spirit of God says to you mm-hmm
don’t go there that’s the Spirit of God
doing what giving you guidance in your
life and it’s not that you say you don’t
have to say oh god please give me
guidance at this point no because you
are aware of his presence he’s ready to
speak to give you guidance because
that’s his desire because he loves you
absolutely unconditionally then there’s
another thing we must view him as our
constant companion that is if if I see
him as my constant companion that I’m
always aware of in other words if I’m
aware of him I don’t have to want
anything about it and I’ll tell you
something that happened to me many years
ago and the reason I don’t I don’t know
exactly the year but I can tell you by
this that I know I used to drive a when
I first came to Atlanta I used to drive
a white little white VW Bug and
somewhere at a church I’m driving my bug
and it’s like the Lord said to me I made
you for myself I heard it that loud not
in hearing a voice it was so loud to me
that I almost turned to look I realized
God you’ve spoken to my heart he is
willing to speak to you in areas of your
life that you didn’t even haven’t even
thought about but he wants you to think
about he’s ready to reveal himself to
you in ways that no one else somebody
could say what you were just thinking
that
I wasn’t even thinking about anything of
the sort if you’re not living in the
awareness of his presence remember he’s
their companion would you say he’s your
companion amen then how often are you
aware of his companionship well most of
you look like you’re married a wallaby
to itself so yeah let’s say you’re
married are you aware of the
companionship of your husband or wife
yes you are you are sensitive to what
goes on if you were to think that she’s
that you saw danger and somewhere and
you know that your wife is shopping
there instantly you’d be concerned why
because there’s a oneness between you
and yeah and you are aware of her eye or
him all the time what about your
children they go to school and and you
are aware that they’re in school and no
matter what you’re doing around your
house or at your job you are aware of
your children because you love them and
you want to be instantaneously told if
something happens
well what about Jesus as a companion
think about this the most powerful force
in the world is the person of Jesus he’s
omnipotent I’m the president our mission
and our all loving can you tell me a
better companion than that
anybody know you Kate and you see here’s
the reason people can go through
difficulty and hardship and pain and
sorrow the loss of loved ones in their
life whatever the reason may be and
still just move on in life do whatever
God calls him to do why because while
they lost a physical companion the
companion is still there he’s still
there to guide them and to help them and
to be the kind of companion they need in
other words God knew what was going to
happen in this world and so he’s so
framed it and to be our companion that
we don’t have to say now Oh everything’s
over what am I going
we’re just going to look to our
companion then of course we view
everything in the light of his presence
if I view everything in the light of his
presence then what is that
that that gives me a sense of safety
whatever is going on
watch this has to go on in the presence
of God now that’s true of sin and of
good deeds everything that goes on goes
on in that listen in the in the presence
of God because everywhere is in his
presence and you know there’s no secrets
there’s nothing hidden from God and so
whatever is going on in our life think
about in this light it’s in light of his
presence in other words everything
everywhere you are everything we do is
in the presence of Almighty God well
that’s a wonderful thing for the simple
reason we all need him and sometimes you
can see where I don’t believe that God
stuff because you know that would
interfere with my lifestyle it needs to
be interfered with if you if you don’t
want God anywhere around then of course
one of the evidences of our awareness is
we have peace in the midst of storms all
kind of storms hit us in other words we
all go through difficulties trials and
storms in our life and what happens what
keeps us and what takes us and what
helps us and helps us to survive what I
have got with me when you and I go
through some storm remember that the
first thing we all remember is this I’m
in this but I’m in yeah I’m in this with
God Jesus is with me in this the Holy
Spirit of God is going to guide me
through this help me comfort me assure
me whatever needs to be done and you
know once you once you begin to feel
since the awareness of God everything in
life changes things can be difficult
hard blinding but if you’re looking at
circumstance in the awareness that the
Lord is with you let me ask you what in
this world is more powerful than God
laughing who’s more knowledgeable than
God he already sees their storms before
they come his power is already working
to enable us to face them whatever they
might be so the awareness of his
presence it’s a very practical issue
then I think the awareness of his
presence creates a hunger now hard for
the Word of God this is why I say just
about every Sunday
you ought to begin the day every day and
with the word of God it may be one verse
or a whole chapter whatever it might be
because what does it do reading the Word
of God does what it ignites us to think
about him and to realize that he’s going
to be with us that day and so if a
person doesn’t read the scripture I
can’t exactly what happens their
awareness of the presence and the of God
and their life begins to diminish it’s
the word which is the word of God which
is the voice of God it’s the hand of God
at work and when you’re not we go
through some situation and we come to a
passage and mmod said the jaw should be
strong and of a good courage fear not
neither be dismayed for the Lord your
God is with you how many times have you
quoted that verse before probably all of
us have at some time or the other it’s
the Word of God that does what that
brings me back to the awareness that I
have him they help me through this no
matter what it might be this is one of
the reasons I say to you just the better
of a week you ought to start every day
with the Word of God and to me
personally on your knees
not necessarily you’d have to read it on
your knees but there ought to be a sense
of reverence and if you are aware of his
presence you will reverence him and when
you begin to read the Word of God what
does he do he speaks because he has
something to say and you see the only
thing you may see the only thing you may
feel tomorrow morning is his awesome
piece where that come from came God or
he may trigger your mind to think about
something that he knows you going to
face during the day
and he’s brought it to your mind this is
why if we live in the awareness of his
presence we don’t have to worry about it
I used to forget this and I could forget
that and this that and so forth living
in his presence doesn’t mean you have a
perfect memory but it does mean that God
will assume responsibility for bringing
to our mind and heart the things that we
need to remember then of course we’re
gonna have a joy in our heart if you
live in and you’re living in the
awareness of his presence Wow think
about this you have an omnipotent
all-powerful God in the person of Jesus
Christ in the Holy Spirit living on the
inside of you that should give me joy
you say well you know it’s Monday
morning it’s cloud in this and what are
you where you were you were of the
weather who’s sitting in the seat
besides you in the car if you are alone
the Lord’s there in other words it’s
it’s where we focus what’s F focused and
focus should be upon him he’s there
there was nobody else can follow you
around like he can yeah there’ll be
times when your best friends are gone
and that becomes your family’s not there
and it’s just you by yourself you are
never alone and he wants us to live in
the way that we recognize the fact we’re
not alone he’s present with us but am i
aware of that presence for example you
could you could be sick and then your
medicine cabinet is exactly what you
need and you look in the medicine
cabinet and you find aspirin and a few
things like that if you’re not aware of
here here’s the cure right if you’re not
aware of it you just pass right on bond
stay sick a lot of people are in trouble
because they live their lives unaware of
the presence of our Lord of his
willingness to help them and sometimes
if you have an unforgiving spirit in
your life toward somebody and you say
well you know what I don’t understand
why God’s not answering my prayer and
why this is why that and so forth you
get all tied up and maybe you need to
stop and ask the Lord Lord what are you
trying to say to me maybe there’s
something you want to deal with me about
and all of us have to live with that
tentacles out Lord I want to be
I’m living in obedience to you in every
single way awareness of his presence
changes everything
and certainly there’s gonna be a Joe in
your heart then of course I think we are
more conscious of the good things God
sends us when we are aware of his
presence in our life you see a lot of
people are blessed every single day
never give God any credit what does the
Bible say every good and precious gift
comes from the father above but if I’m
not if I’m not aware of his presence I
give someone else a credit I’ll say look
how what’s the next word look how I was
look how lucky I was
Christians don’t talk about luck we
talked about being blessed the presence
of God in our life but that makes the
difference I think when a person is
aware of God then we see these things is
God being good to us amen if it listen
he’s good to you here he’ll be good to
you there that’s the awesome presence of
God then of course we feel a continuing
dependence upon him there was when you
aware of him you feel dependence upon it
for example let’s say you’re coming down
the street and all of a sudden somebody
pulls right out in front of you and I’m
you doing about 40 miles an hour and
they’re doing I don’t know what they do
they didn’t even look at the red light
and all of a sudden you see this other
car right in front of you what’s your
first thought well y’all are in danger
what’s your what what’s your first
response
what’s that Jesus that’s exactly
Oh Jesus help me Jesus help me you know
what because we’re living in their
awareness of his presence he wants us to
be aware of him at all times we’re
dependent upon him then if we were aware
of him I believe that for that prayer
will be a priority in your life that you
just won’t say some short prayer because
you’re in trouble but you’re talking to
him all the time and I don’t like to
give myself as an example of some things
but I’m just telling you the way I would
see it and that is I’m walking through
my house a lot of times I’m talking to
him Lord I’m I talked to him out loud
there’s nothing he can’t hear it’s just
that you know what sometimes I need to
hear it sometimes I need to hear the
Lord and once in a while I’ll lose some
I said Lord now I know you know where
that is I don’t remember where I put it
but but but I know that you know where
it is and it’s amazing how fondly it
shows up you know what he’s interested
in every single aspect of our life all
right then we continue to have hope even
when things look really hopeless but in
listen they may turn out to be hopeless
as far as what we would change but
they’re not hopeless now of God no child
of God is hopeless he is not only our
hope he’s our power our strength
he’s our helper he’s our guy he’s our
sustenance he’s our everything but when
people are aware and live in the
awareness of his presence when hopeful
that things come along that seem
hopeless they’re not then if I’m really
aware of him I’m what I’m gonna do is
I’m gonna sift every decision through
his will Lord what is your will about
this what is your will about that all of
us face things that sometimes people
come up and ask us something or they say
what would you do about this and so if
somebody asked me a question
or if somebody comes in
line and says I have a question you know
what when somebody says that to me you
know what I instantaneously say quietly
help me Jesus I don’t mean to help me
Jesus cash allow me I mean I’m in it
Lord whatever that question is give me
the wisdom to give them a right answer
God to answer whatever it might be
because I think if we live with
awareness of his presence it doesn’t
make a difference what the decision is
we want to run it by him and somebody
may make you a big offer a good offer or
something that sounds fantastic run it
by him in other words every decision we
are let’s sifted with him because some
things are good and they’re fine
some things only look good but they’re
not good some things look free but
they’re not free and so God is the one
who keeps us from making mistakes if I’m
aware of his presence I want to need
arises I’m gonna see that need and right
of his presence somebody says well yeah
I haven’t needed in my life well think
about this a look at that need in the
light of the presence of Jesus Christ
who’s the same yesterday in forever who
provides the needs for his children if I
if I’m aware if I’m living in the
awareness of his presence and leader
rises I don’t have to worry about it I
may not have an answer at the moment but
I know that he knows all about her needs
and if you think about it he knows the
better needs before we do and because he
does he’s already prepared to meet that
need of whatever it might be but I think
a lot of people think about this a lot
of people who are not aware ever God
don’t pay much attention to him here
comes the need and they want to go
borrow money oh yeah it comes and eat
and they want to be and this had never
and so forth instead of stopping to say
Lord what the here’s the need father
what do you want me to do about it
many people are deeply in debt because
instead of asking God to provide and
whatever way he sees fit
they just go ahead and borrow the money
and so if you sift every decision and
every need through the awareness of his
presents then what happens life gets
light life becomes more peaceful because
we’re living in this presence the
presence of Almighty God now if I don’t
understand who God is if he’s some
distance somebody out yonder that’s a
whole different story then our worship
is more real and rewarding if I’m aware
of his presence you can come on the
Sunday morning and not worship God at
all it’s the awareness of his presence
but some of these songs we sing for
example what happens everything and you
just wants to fly out why because you’re
happy you’re aware of his presence well
that’s the way God wants us to live our
life and he wants us to worship Him
aware of his presence not just the
things that are going on around us and
you think about this there are people
who come to church and go to churches
every single Sunday with problems heart
aches
burdens hopeless situations and they go
to church to come to church or listen to
the television or listen to the radio
hoping hoping hoping hoping they’ll hear
something that encourages their heart
and so when we live aware of his
presence God is going to give that hope
wherever it’s needed then if I’m going
to walk in obedience to God as a way of
life just think about if I’m gonna walk
in obedience to God as a way of life
which we all should do I have to be
aware of his presence listen carefully
you do not have to sin
I can tell some of you don’t believe
that you remember people say I’m just a
sinner saved by grace that’s what some
people’s I’m just a sinner saved by
grace
well suppose you get up every morning
say that you know what you’re saying you
are programming your mind to sin against
God the the right thing is I’m a saint
save of the grace of God I may falter
I’m a sin but but but listen this think
about this if we are if we are walking
in obedience to him and that’s the will
of God then when do I have to sin and
might you say well do you say you don’t
know I didn’t say that I’m just saying I
don’t have to sin you don’t have to sin
we just accept sinners just normal
sinners a choice if we’re living in his
awareness of his presence and love and
goodness and mercy and kindness and all
all of adjectives we could use if we’re
living in the presence of that why do
you want this obey God let me ask you a
question what does disobedience gain you
or you may have an immediate gain you
think but the longer you look at it’ll
turn absolutely rotten because it
doesn’t fit you the more aware you are
of Jesus Christ in your life the less
you will tell a great sin in your life
because you know it doesn’t fit you it
doesn’t even feel good no matter what it
is you listen people can explain away
sin I hear the most crazy stories people
just say well you know listen this
nobody’s perfect we all know nobody is
that’s not information you know that you
know what to tell us that nobody’s
perfect he gotten those who are not
perfect but we shouldn’t get up in the
morning saying I’m just a sinner saved
by grace
no I’m a saint walking in the presence
of a son of God in his strength and his
power if I stumble if I falter today
he’ll forgive me and I keep walking in
his presence
it’s a decision we make and the more
where I am listen the more where I am of
the holy presence of Jesus the less I’m
going to be tempted by anything it’s the
lack of awareness that makes the
difference then of course I just say one
last thing all of these contribute to
what if I’m if I’m aware of all of these
things I’m gonna have a stronger
intimate relationship with Jesus now
every husband and wife if you really
love each other
you want to have it you want to have a
strong intimate relationship now people
won’t take the word intimacy I always
make it sex has nothing to do with it it
has to do with relationship how you feel
toward someone what the way you see them
is your husband or your wife you cherish
them you love them you adore then you
want the best for them and so what
happens the more aware you are of him
and of her and the more you love them
the more aware you are and them and the
more intense your your sensitivity to
each other is and what happens it makes
for a wonderful joyful relationship the
Lord wants us to have that kind of
relationship with him intensely in love
with him aware of his presence no matter
what’s going on in life so if you’re one
of those persons who said in the very
beginning that God is not in my life do
you realize what you’re missing what
you’re going to miss is the gift of
eternal life what you’re going to miss
is heaven what you’re going to miss is
all the joy and the wonderful things
that God provides you say well I’ll look
around I don’t see much joy it depends
on where you look there are difficult
times these are very difficult times but
what I want you to see is that Jesus in
your life when you become aware of his
presence in your life he changes your
view point because you begin to see
everything in light of his presence that
means we’re safe somehow he’ll work the
things out according his grey will if
you’ve never trusted
images save you you’re living a fools
life I know you don’t like that that’s
the truth you will reap what you sow
more than your soul later than yourself
if you saw life without God a life that
absolutely denies Jesus in your life and
you saw a life of worldliness and
wickedness and all kinds of moral and my
relatives then you’re going to get what
that brings when you trust Jesus as your
Savior and give your life to him to live
a godly life you get what that brings
and that is awesome father we are
grateful to you for your goodness to us
we know that there’s so much to learn
and yet we sort of really boils down
Lord our relationship to you and I pray
the Spirit of God and seal this message
in the heart of every believer and every
lost person who hears even recognized
I’m missing something in life I don’t
have all that in my life and help them
to see they’ll come a time when they
wish with all their heart that they knew
you is their personal Savior and that is
their prayer form today in Jesus name
Amen
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inadequate we all feel inadequate about
things at times and feel inadequate
about whatever we’re doing for the Lord
that’s that’s not legitimate reason for
not doing it second reason people give
or feel is they say well you know I feel
so guilty
that I’ve not been what I should have
been and I should have done this and I
shouldn’t have done that and therefore I
can’t serve God the Bible doesn’t say
that that’s what grace is all about
grace enables us Mother
by His love and forgiveness to forget
the past and move on in the future of
doing what God has called us to do
having been forgiven of the past and
cleansed equips us to do the work that
God has called us to do so saying well
you know I feel so guilty that’s not
excusable and somebody says well I don’t
know how but then you can learn how well
I don’t know where God will show you how
well and somebody says but you know I’m
afraid of failure everybody fails at
everything that they do well who has
ever started that perfect in anything
and who does anything perfectly
everybody makes mistakes all of everyone
fumbles at times in life but so what
waiting to be perfect there’s no excuse
well I’m I’m afraid I’ll fail I’m afraid
of criticism everybody’s gonna be
criticized about something so forget it
and just relax failure
being a fear fearful of criticism is not
an excuse for not serving the Lord and
so people say well you know I would but
this and but that in but the other the
truth is a priorities get out of order
if you’re thinking about seven days a
week 24 hours a day
who gave you and made the gift of life
but Almighty God
there’s same God who gives us 24 hours a
day and good health and strength and an
occupation and make enough money to make
a living this same God says that each of
you special if gifted employ your gift
in serving one another that is not a
suggestion it is not a possibility it is
a command of God gifted and talented by
God we’re to give ourselves away to one
another in service to Him and so when
you think about all the excuses and the
reasons the truth is we don’t have any
the problem is that some people just
pure lazy they just don’t want to do any
more than they have to do any more than
is required of them they don’t want
learning them more than is required of
them they’re just gonna drift through
life and wonder why things don’t do
better and they’re the kind of people
most of the time who always wanting
somebody to do something and to give
them something the truth is he says we
are each one to employ put to work put
to service those gifts and those talents
that God has given us it isn’t a matter
of choice it is the command of God and
he says for example back over in
Ephesians chapter a 2 he says we are his
workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto
listen created in Christ Jesus unto good
works which he prepared beforehand that
we should walk in them so you can go all
through the scriptures and find command
after command that you not to discover
what we only seek the truth is what we
need to do is discover who are we if you
never know what your talents and gifts
are you never know what your your your
spiritual abilities are you’ll never
discover what you’re like who is this
person in this flesh how gifted are you
how talented are you what could you do
and what do you have the capacity to do
what are you able to do if you really
chose to put it to work well he says
we’re responsible and all of these
excuses the truth is as I said often
times it’s just pure laziness we don’t
want to do any more than we have to do
but remember who we are serving
we’re talking about Jesus we’re talking
about God the Father and so the truth is
we arrange our time the way we want to
and so we fill it up with so many things
the person is old you know I just don’t
have time to sing out a teacher don’t
have time to usher to work in the
parking I just don’t have time to serve
God I’ve got so many other things to do
you mean to tell me you tell Almighty
God that he said employ your gifts in
serving him I don’t have time to do what
you told me to do you musta made a
mistake musta made a mistake so we’re
saying you made a mistake because you’ve
given me so many other things to do that
I don’t have time to serve you I don’t
have time to do what you’ve called me to
do and therefore I’m gonna this do what
I have to do let somebody else serve you
there’s not a single verse in the
scripture that says that somebody else
do it
there listen there are areas and avenues
of service for every single child of God
or he would never have said discover
what your spiritual gift is and employ
it in serving one another that is a
command of God and we’ll get to it in
just a moment he says you’re not gonna
stand before him one of these days and
give an account for those gifts and
those talents that we have what did we
do with them how did we employ them
we’re responsible to God and so he says
each one has received a gift and
secondly he’s received it for a specific
service the man and the woman is gifted
intelligent for God in order he says to
serve one another now the problem is we
get mixed up on these two ideas for
example all of our talents and abilities
and our gifts have their origin in
heaven with God so he sends them as we
would say into this life into your life
and mine uniquely tailored to fit you
and me now we will either be channels or
terminals now terminal is where
something stops that’s where that’s
where it ends if it’s sent from
somewhere else it terminates here God
didn’t give you and me anything in order
for us to be terminals but channels into
our life a part of our life into someone
else’s life
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