What has the cry of your heart?
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Intro and Tension
Intro and Tension
We live in instant gratifying world - Now, now, now. A quick test;
Park Forward = Love instant gratification
Delayed Gratification - Reverse - Reap rewards later.
Problem: but later, feels so far away - 5 years, feels so far away - 30 years? - 50 years = Forever.
However James:
yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
Our time on earth short, in comparison with forever
what are we doing with the mist?
Title: What has the cry of your heart?
My Hope: It will be a re-alignment, or shuffle of where your heart is and we will wake up to What Jesus is calling us to
**Prayer**
Sermon Series: Allmighty and all of us;
This week: We give up things we love for things we love even more.
Jesus gave His life and gives us eternal life, so it’s an honour to sacrifice for Him and His church.
Where we going? Talk about our life | Preach an easter message when it’s not easter - and see if we can allign our heart in the direction of God.
Let’s begin in 2 Peter;
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
God is saying that there is going to be a NEW Heavan | New Earth| However, day of Lord is like a Thief in the night |
The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
What God is saying today - What happens in Mist, Impacts our future in Heaven - time here small | What we do in mist matters.
**You may have…this, that in the mist**
No matter what, everything is so brief.
**Match Illustration**
I believe God is waking us up today to ask us - What are you doing in your mist? Where is your heart? What is important? Enemy is saying “You have time”
Some, rolling through | Jesus warning.
A man came to Jesus, asked him to rule on his inheritance, Jesus says no, instead Luke 12:15
And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
He told a story | Man got rich | Had crops | Build Bigger barns | Man Said:
And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.” ’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
Not something you want God to say to you. Not a “Back then problem” “Now problem”
Me and Emma driving around Vasse - Storage units everywhere.,
to be clear | God not against = nice meal, posessions, enjoying creation.
God is speaking into idea that we say “I got plenty of time” “Do what I want now” “Do what I should later” then in eternity we will be saying “I wish I’d...”
Kids, number 1 regret, not spending enough time with them.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Treasure | Time | etc.
What are we learning? What to do in mist. Not Rules, Reacton
We need easter message | When it’s not Easter. Why this is important.
Remember what happened to us, what one man did with his mist;
Way back = Garden of Eden.
Sin, seperated us from God.
He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
Not friendly Cheribim | Cheribim to Protect Presence of the Tree of Life - Garden of Eden.
Fast Forward; What Jesus did in the Mist…for you...Jesus - Hanging on Cross -
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Jesus felt Stranded | Seperated from the Father.
Very next thing to be said;
And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.
Why is this put after Jesus’ Death? What happened in Garden of Eden was being Undone at Calvary.
What was behind curtan? arc of the Covenant - 2 Cheribum on top ofMercy Seat
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Said to Moses, this is where I will meet you | God’s presence among his people.
So holy | If someone looked at it = die | So a Curtain was hung | The Veil | Where Cherubim - Just like Eden | God is saying, these are my terms | Because I, the Lord, God almighty, am Holy
1 day a year | 1 person, go in | Tie a rope to him in case he dies
and on the day that Jesus Died - And said “Why have you forsaken me” | Felt abandoned with His Mist |
Said it is finished | Curtain ripped from top to bottom | And the presence, of a Holy God - Became available to all. but you gotta come into that presence on God’s terms.
And in that presence there is Peace, Love ,Joy.
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
Question: Is what Jesus did at Calvary, on the Cross, enough for his Will, to be the cry of your heart?
someone sowed curtain back up.
We all make decisions about what we love the most - What we do with our mist? what the treasure of our heart is?
What are we learning?
Connor **Drum** - Heartbeat.
We all have a heart beat by grace of God. One day - heart Beep.
What are you doing with your heart beat? Before heart beep, in response to what Jesus did for Us
If your heart beats, beats for Jesus; Here’s what we do
We wake up with Humilty, and thanksgiving
I love that I have eternal life today. Get to walk with Yahweh.
Praise God I have a Heart Beat - not heart BEEP today.
2. We wake up and have Precision - What are you loving the most today?
If I just have 5 seconds - Where do I Want to be firing today? What counts?
I love sleeping in | love worshipping with my brothers and sisters more - it counts.
Love my social Media | Love getting to know God more through the Word.
Jesus, Gave up what he loved - Heaven, for what He loved more, which is a relationship, with, you.
3. What’s done for this world will fade | What’s done for Christ will Last
I want my life to be in the word, and about the word. Humility to know it’s God | Goals to know it’s God
I’ve got a mist | I get to decide how to use it;
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Who ever you are - God has works, prepared for you, to step into.
But it’s on his terms.
Masters - Standards - but you get to be a part of one of the greatest events in histroy
God has good works - but their his!
Do you want to be a part of one of the greatest events in history?
Close and Inspo
Close and Inspo
All the way back to Peter
Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.
Question - Are you at peace, if in this moment, today, your life is required of you? Are you at peace with what you are doing?
We need to step into our day with precision | think about the will of God.
Wake up with brevity, and humility, with precision - knowing because of what God did, I put him FIRST. Help me Jesus, impact Souls.
How? It’s all here; they aren’t rules for the religious - Life giving instructions.
I’m using my 5 seconds for things that last 5 trillian seconds.
You know - We say these ridiculous things - How amazing to meet jesus - Paul, Moses - Stephen -
When I meet Peter - Thank you for letting Holy Spirit inspire you to write about how life is a mist.
Peter tell me about your life - crucified upside down.
what where you into?
Stephen - I was stoned for my faith, what did you do?
Before go, tell you about trip; Theme park - 4pm - 2 Rides -jjustice league shoot em | Cars - Opposite sides.
It’s 4pm on your life - What are you going to do?
Let me encourage you;
3 points;
Wake up with humility - and thanksgiving
wake up with precision
whats done for this world will fade - What’s done for Christ will last forever
Who are we?
Church 242
We give up things we love for things we love even more.
Jesus gave His life and gives us eternal life, so it’s an honour to sacrifice for Him and His church.
Use the mist today, for what lasts forever.