Position yourself to Listen (Students of the King)

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Good morning.

So we have a, the type of this morning's message is position yourself to listen. And we have a new theme this month, students of the king. Jesus has many names in the Bible, each one, expressing different roles that he has or different truths about him because they're a mixture of actual names and descriptions of his various roles. There isn't an exact, how many? They're all. But approximately how many names and titles do you think Jesus has

198 with the most common Ansa that I found. Some of us think that we wear, a lot of hats, a to speak until it's safe to say that Jesus understands. He understands what it is to have many roles in life. I'm consider Porter's through, it'll strengthen and help us to do what is off today and advise us. What can wait and what is North house today? Amongst his many titles, Jesus has the ultimate cycle of Royal Onna as it says in Revelation, 19 verse 16 and that's in the NIV Revelation 19. But a 16 on his robe and on his spy, he has this name written king of kings and Lord of lords. Jesus is called king of kings and Lord of lords, because all of the rulers will be conquered and he alone will rain There is no power king or Lord? Who can oppose him and wind not even the coming. Auntie Christ. Will falter and fail, but only Jesus is the king of kings and Lord of lords. This title indicates that he has the power to exercise absolute dominion over creation.

One day as it says in Romans 14:11, every knee will bow before him. Every tongue confess that he is Lord. And we have a student Service King. Can they if we not yet Jesus, Son of mine, and the Son of God, who came to us as a baby died on the cross, to take the punishment for our sins and rose again, and victory and Satan, and the power send Jesus. Invites us to make him king of in our hearts and lives. Not only, so, we'll go to heaven when our time on Earth is over, but to enable us to fulfill God's plans and purposes for us in this life because he has them for each one of us. Romans 10, verses 9 to 10 says if you declare with your mouth, Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart, that God raised him from the dead. You will be saved for it is with your heart that you believe, and I'll Justified. And it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. Jesus is the king of kings and it's so worth being a student of his I was thinking about what it takes to be a good student and the Green Cross code came to mind. I cannot come up for the bunny trail as Simon would say just stay with me. I'm not sure how many of you know what I'm talking about when I mentioned the Green Cross hired. Apologies to those of you who want bro, talked in this country, you may have your own version of it. It's advice that children are taught to help them learn to cross. The road safely, find a safe place to cross the road. Secondly, stop look and listen for traffic on Saturday again before we can't cross the rice at 12. Continuing to look and listen. Now, there is a reason you have happened that the Lord brought to mind when I stopped to listen. And find out what she wanted me to share today. Stop, look and listen. One of the basic elements of being a good student is positioning yourself to listen. We focus best on looking and listening if we stop, which is my first point. Sembawang 3535 in the NIV says, in the morning, while it was still dark. Jesus, got left the house and went off to a solitary place where he prayed Jesus was a busy man with a busy job, but he stopped to spend time with God by himself. If Jesus needed to we suddenly day. I'll need to spend quality time with God, praying, listening and reading the word is not in question how. And when we do it will be individual depending on our responsibilities Lifestyles Etc. It's noted UT a job to take off the list. It's about relationship. Spending quality time with one. You love, who knows you and loves you completely. I'm going to say from the outset. The purpose of base is not to send anyone on a guilt trip. Who is already have anybody with responsibilities and finds it difficult to physically, stop to take quality time out with the Lord. My suggestion would be ocelot each day. What is realistic for you? If it's not already obvious to you how? And when you can stop, But some I realize, I realize it may not even be a physical stop, but for example, mentally choosing to take a break from everything that's going on. For example, of shape, in the shower, read the Bible, a free breakfast and Dulce. Listen, whilst you go to work, meditate on a particular verse whilst you waiting, bitching traffic, Kowalski in the show. There are many different ways. Why we can engage with the Lord, interact with him throughout all day and that spells relationship. That's what we're all cool today. For the point, is that intentionally stop and take time with the Lord and whatever way we can. We probably will need to also do a daily. How do I prioritize you today? It won't necessarily be the same each day either. It wasn't for cheeses for example, before walking on water. Jesus have been working ministering and off to us. He went off to pray, and was there alone in the evening? But a moment ago, I read about how he got up early to spend time with the Lord. In Psalm 27 verse 8, Psalm 27 verse 8, the psalm in this is in the Amplified Bible. The psalm is strikes, you have said, seek my face. Inquire Forum, require my presence at your vital need is an invitation to spend time with the Living. God, the one perfect parents. My heart says to you, your face your presents. Those will I seek inquire for, I'm require of necessity.

And don't know yet the authority of your word. In essence, you have said, see my face require my presence as your vital need. My heart says to you, your face your presence Lord, will I seek I've been reading the book experiencing father's in price by an american guy called Jack Frost. It says high performance just driven. He was as a result of always trying to earn his pants approval and acceptance and not succeeding. Was that his dad loved him. He grew up in the 19 thirties and didn't know how to express affection. Jack says, I was slowly being consumed by a deep fear of failure and rejection a fear that cause me to feel worthless, unless I performed swelling of my father's approval. When Jack became a Believer, his performance driven Behavior continued in a Christian setting. He says it seems perfectly natural to express my love for God by building my identity through high-powered religious activity. That talks about aggressively pursuing God, praying and reading the Bible 2 to 3 hours a day and doing all the right things. But he says in with Lee I like the ability to express love at home, I was joyless. I have no inner peace. Jack talks about the legalism that crept more and more into his life. Until the time, he went to a healing conference and God breaks Ray, and he started to change. The point of sharing all that is to say that for example, praying reading the Bible for however many hours a day. These are great things in themselves but it's really important that we know why we doing them. If it's in God's love and approval, it won't work. We called God's love and approval even by Dreamworks right? Such as reading our Bibles and praying. You called a free gift. God's love and approval can only be received by faith and what Jesus has done for us. As it says in the number of different buses. Such as Ephesians 1 verse 6 by his grace he has made us accepted in the Beloved Jesus. We read the Bible to spend time with God because he is in his word as it says, in John 1 verse 1 and we need him. We need God's words to teach us how to live God's way and we need the Holy Spirit to do it. So the point is, let's stop. To spend quality time with the Lord, in whatever way. And however, we can we need it. And let's remember it's not God's love and approval or his acceptance. We already have that in Jesus. Let's turn to a well-known passage, which I believe the Lord wants us to look at today says Luke 10 verses 38 to 42. Let's Luke 10. Verse 38 to 42 and a reading from the Christian Standard Bible. Well they Jesus and his disciples were traveling. He unto the village on a woman's name is Martha. Welcome team into her home. She had a sister named Mary who will size size of the Lord's feet and was listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by how many talks and she came up and I lost Lord, that you care. That my sister has left me to serve alone. So, tell her to give me a hand. The Lord on Martha Martha, you are worried and upset about many things. But one thing is necessary, Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her. I really like this passage with something restful about sitting at Jesus feet, listening to him and even thinking about it, encourages us to do the same. St. Luke's 10:38. Well, I was traveling. He entered the village and a woman's name named Martha.

Mosimane also got everything, right? Which of us has, but she started. Well, haha was right? And she welcomed Jesus into her home. Is Jesus physically turned up at your home this afternoon? What would you instinctively do? It's different for us because he's already died and risen again and ascended to heaven, but from Malta, a merry. He was there. Physically present. With the instinct to be hospitable kick in to get a drink and offer him food. A drink, wouldn't take long but then Jesus stuff talkin, and you don't want to miss any of it, but neither, do you want to be rude and not offer him anything? Both Martha and Mary wanted to do the right thing. It says Martha welcomed him into her home. So she may have felt that responsibility regarding Hospitality even more Moffitt wasn't doing anything that she just made a poor choice in that moment. Sometimes we need to set aside something that's good for something that's best to. When we at have a habit of doing that which is good, that which is better, may not come as easily to us. It may not be on a choice but it's important that we learn to listen to the holy spirit. So we recognize if we need to set aside a habit, which is good, because something better is available in that moment.

Luke 10:39. She had a sister named Mary who also sang for the lost faith and was listening to what he said. On the snake. When I Was preparing this unrest has my heart lights, just stopped. I love the image of Jesus testing. Everything assize sitting is his feet and just listening to him. Sam Fox. I stopped and did just that, it's so good just to stop and listen to Jesus whether he speak to you or whether you just enjoy his presence in silence. It doesn't matter whether you sent him home. No, or not. He is with you. If you find it hard to focus I suggest you slowly and silently repeat. Jesus name breathing is in I'm breathing account. When I stopped twice, I Was preparing. The lord, gave me a word for number of people. Not just those in the room, but also those listening online, and those who listen to the podcast later. He said, I am proud of you. It's not something that you've had not or maybe for a long time. But not just nice words, only for someone else. I don't want you to dismiss them ultimately cuz you know, I'm used to hearing them addressed to you. This is what I your heavenly.

Mighty God, creator of Heaven and Earth. I'm saying to you receive it by faith. I am proud of you. You don't have to have done anything specific. Send me to be proud of you. It's simply because you are my child and I love you. In John. 15:16, it says you did not choose me, but I chose you.

Going back to Luke, 10 verse 39, this is how this first rates in the passion translation. Mary, sat down attentively before the monster absorbing every Revelation he should. Fast food say, but Martha was distracted by how many talks and she came up and I don't you care that my sister has left me to serve alone, so, tell her to give me a hug and tell her to help me. This to me demonstrate something of the relationship, but they already have the Masa phone able to say this to Jesus. Martha was right to share her problem with him. He didn't show her. He didn't give her the response that she wanted, but Jesus didn't tell her off for sharing her problem with him. It's right to share everything with Jesus. Hola concerns all of his illness but he may not always give us the own so that we'd like to do that. We expect, but it's always be the right songs. First 41, you are worried and upset about many things. Jesus, acknowledges how mouth is feeling. He doesn't dismiss her but she lovingly correct. Her 42, but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice and it will not be taken from her. Literally it means that Mary has chosen the good part or has chosen. The better portion or the right meal given. Martha was busy with busying herself with hospitality probably a meal. It's interesting hunt Cheese's phrase that Mary has chosen the right mail. In other words, spiritual food. One thing is necessary.

It's so important that we make that one thing, the main thing. Stop. It's fundamental to positioning ourselves to listen to Jesus. Back to the Green Cross code. Stop sign on to my second Point load. It doesn't, I really may. Look around. Look at your attention to something. What we look at what we pay attention to that literally or looked and by looking or metaphorically in terms of what was thinking about would like to hinder or help us to focus on Jesus. Stuff happens in life that can take his off course. I'm convinced distract us from our focus on Jesus. If we allow it to Thank God for the privilege and power of prayer as a song, says what a friend we have in Jesus, what a privilege to carry, Everything To God In Prayer.

Worry is just one example of something that can take her attention of God, and the truth of how old powerful he is and how much he loves us. American Olson speaker Joyce Meyer, has a well-known book called The Battlefield of the Mind. The title says it all the mind can be a battlefield but we have the spiritual weapons to win. 2 Corinthians, 10 verses for 252 2 Corinthians, 10 verses for 25. In the NIV says the weapons. We fight with a not the weapons of the Wells on the country, they have to find power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God and we take captive every thought to make it to be to Christ. Joyce Meyer puts it this way in the notes and Amplified Bible. Also, sketches into trouble, more than anything else. This is because I saw some of the rates of every word and deed. And I sy55 forsake, the Lord says for my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways, my ways. no matter what you or I may saying God has written his thoughts for us and in his book The Bible we must choose to examine All Souls, in the light of the word of God, always being willing to submit offers to his thoughts knowing that his are best So whatever, we look at the most, whatever, we pay the most attention to is what we'll get bigger in our eyes, be at a problem, or God. God's was the Bible is one way that he speaks so paying attention to it is one way of paying attention to him. The same way that Jesus stepped out with Satan in the wilderness in Loop, when Satan try to tempt him, we use the word of God, which is all spiritual sold as it says in, Ephesians 6, verse 17, to deal with fruit on poo pourri. When we choose to do, we worry this way, we don't allow it to take her focus of God, but choose to fix our eyes on him instead by focusing on the way. It's a conscious effort that we may need to repeat over and over. I remember, once when I was in the middle of a situation and I kept repeating to myself over and over, God has not given me a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind, which is 2, Timothy 1 verse 7 that for I refuse to fear. God, has not given me the spirit of fear, but the spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind that for I refuse to fail. 2 Corinthians 10 verse 5, we demolish arguments and every pretension that sets herself up against the knowledge of God. And we take captive every thought to make it obedient to God. The Christ. That's all part. We can only think one source, it's a Time. So if we actually cheese, irrelevant us or the Holy Spirit, suggest something we can put you on repeat and keep applying it to ourselves. And that's one way of dealing with free, fair and not allowing it to take her focus of God. Philippians 4, verses 6 & 7. Philippines 4627 kisses. Very practical advice about how to deal with worry. It says, do not be anxious about anything but in every situation by prayer and petition with Thanksgiving present your requests to God, And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and Minds in Christ. Jesus.

Cnic cultural backgrounds Study Bible says, pull emphasises an active dependents on a benevolent. God who hears our cries and takes care of us. If not always the way we expect Always In Love, These might be well-known versus, but they're always worth repeating as a reminder, especially when we feel overwhelmed, sometimes we just don't have the words for prayer, but that's okay. Silent submission to God just sitting before him in your heart is fine. He gets them. As it says in Romans 8:26 Romans 8:26 in the same way, the spiritual, so helps us in our weakness because we do not know what to pray for as we should. But the spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings, I like how the passion translation put set at times. We don't even know how to pray. but the Holy Spirit Rises up within us to see parentheses on our behalf with emotional sighs too deep for what

Philippians 4 goes on to tell us what we should be looking at. So to Spain what to focus I thought some so we can position ourselves to listen so flipping for Sight Center pins for Verse 18. The Christian Standard Bible says finally, brothers and sisters. Whatever is true. What type of honorable, what timer is, just whatever is pure, whatever is lovely. What time is commendable? If there's any more Alexis or if there is anything praiseworthy dwell on these things.

Will the city council? 8th around on a spiritual Cloud singing. Praise songs all day long. Many things in this world that we hit and say but don't fall into any of these categories were not told to hibernate or go and live in a cave or on an uninhabited Island. We need to do with what we need to do with and we can invite Jesus into all of that. I'm practice learning to listen to him in the middle of his hole. God is practical, Jesus dealt with taxes in Matthew 17:20 for 2:27, so we can listen to him while spending with h. We live in a physical Wells, I need to attend to physical things, but thankfully one of God's many promises is that he will always be with us as it says in Matthew 28:20. The point is here, what we dwell on? We need to think about what we're thinking about to ensure. It doesn't distract us from our focus on Jesus. Have you ever thought something then immediately? So I better not say that and a couple of minutes later, found it coming out of your mouth. I'm guessing it's not just me.

In The Straits, the importance of managing also life. As it says, in Luke 6:45 out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. That's it says another translation what you say? Flows from, what's in your heart? Sometimes another Bible translation can help us to understand as many of us and then you like they can help us to think on it and a fresh way. This is why I forget and included the passion translation, hear the Philippines for that site. Keep your thoughts, continually figs on overseas authentic and real and admirable, beautiful, and spiteful. Pure and holy merciful and kind and fasten your thoughts. On every glorious work of God, praising him always We enjoy watching nature programs for me. That's an example of Fastenal tools on every glorious work of God it's restful and it's wholesome. We find it. Relaxing discovering God's creation from the Comforts of our Lounge. I don't need to be any closer to certain creatures but not surprising. They as it's God's creation is often reminds me of it. Is straight to me. Something about him. Who's on for yesterday, we were watching something about alligators in Florida. The one who sings. Oh, baby, just a few weeks old Richard, just 8 inches long. So too small to hunt and put themselves of easily become prey. If it wasn't for the protection of that 8 foot long mother but to help the hatchlings learn to fend for themselves. The mother alligator switches hotel in the shallow water and in doing so brings up a little insects and we didn't reach at the babies which gives them a chance to practice his hunting and kept by touching them in feeding themselves. It made me think of God, there are things, which he does for us, which we can't do for ourselves, but he'll facilitator learning like a good parents rather than doing everything for us. He doesn't want us to remain spiritual babies. The point is when we keep our thoughts on that which is just pure, lovely exception, it's easier to search into the Lord and hear him. I'm not saying that she calls went speak to if we're looking or focusing on things that we shouldn't be such as Wario Gossett, but it's easier for us to him when he does speak if we're focusing on what he says we should. So when we stopped and looked we position ourselves as well to listen which is my third point, we need to pay attention to all the Lord says. I'm not being like the man described in James 1, 23 to 24 where it says, anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says. It's like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and took off to looking at himself. There's a way I'm going to major in forgets what he looks like. or else we would say, he lets the word of God go in one ear and out the other We need to position ourselves to listen and allow the word of God to change. Has to make his more like him. So that the world can say that we are students of the king price.

Lord, we love you and we need ya. Thank you for inviting us into a real relationship with you. I'm making a way where there was no way. Please help us position ourselves. Well, to listen to you and learn how to stop look, and listen to you. And the way that works best for us, as individuals, because we all skit Lord in Jesus name, we thank you so much because you promised that you've had us. Thank you. Those almond.