Pastor Glen's Sermon PowerPoint 2/7/21

HOW TO REST IN THE GOODNESS OF GOD “THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD SO I HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED. HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES, AND HE LEADS ME BESIDE QUIET WATER.” PSALM 23:1-2 PASTOR A. GLEN BASUEL A. WHY DO SOME PEOPLE NOT GET ENOUGH REST? 1. MATERIALISM: ALWAYS WANTING MORE THINGS “4 DO NOT WEAR YOURSELF OUT TO GET RICH; DO NOT TRUST YOUR OWN CLEVERNESS. 5 CAST BUT A GLANCE AT RICHES, AND THEY ARE GONE, FOR THEY WILL SURELY SPROUT WINGS AND FLY OFF TO THE SKY LIKE AN EAGLE.” (PROVERBS 23:4-5) A. WHY DO SOME PEOPLE NOT GET ENOUGH REST? 2. ENVY: WANTING TO BE LIKE OTHERS “AND I SAW THAT ALL TOIL AND ALL ACHIEVEMENT SPRING FROM ONE PERSON’S ENVY OF ANOTHER. THIS TOO IS MEANINGLESS, A CHASING AFTER THE WIND.” (ECCLESIASTES 4:4) A. WHY DO SOME PEOPLE NOT GET ENOUGH REST? 3. INSECURITY: WHEN I’M AFRAID I WON’T HAVE ENOUGH “IT IS SENSELESS FOR YOU TO WORK SO HARD FROM EARLY MORNING UNTIL LATE AT NIGHT, FEARING AND WORRYING THAT YOU WON’T HAVE ENOUGH, FOR GOD WANTS HIS LOVED ONES TO GET THEIR PROPER REST.” (PSALM 127:2 - LB) B. HOW DO I REST IN GOD’S GOODNESS? 1. REMEMBER MY VALUE TO GOD GOD SAYS, “I HAVE ENGRAVED YOU ON THE PALMS OF MY HANDS.” (ISAIAH 49:16A) B. HOW DO I REST IN GOD’S GOODNESS 2. ENJOY WHAT I ALREADY HAVE “THAT EACH OF THEM MAY EAT AND DRINK, AND FIND SATISFACTION IN ALL THEIR TOIL—THIS IS THE GIFT OF GOD.” (ECCLESIASTES 3:13) B. HOW DO I REST IN GOD’S GOODNESS 3. SET A DAY OF REST “9 SIX DAYS YOU SHALL LABOR AND DO ALL YOUR WORK, 10 BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS A SABBATH TO THE LORD YOUR GOD…” (EXODUS 20:9-10A) B. HOW DO I REST IN GOD’S GOODNESS 4. TRUST GOD TO PROVIDE MY NEEDS 26 LOOK AT THE BIRDS OF THE AIR; THEY DO NOT SOW OR REAP OR STORE AWAY IN BARNS, AND YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS THEM. ARE YOU NOT MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN THEY? 27 CAN ANY ONE OF YOU BY WORRYING ADD A SINGLE HOUR TO YOUR LIFE? 28 “…. SEE HOW THE FLOWERS OF THE FIELD GROW. THEY DO NOT LABOR OR SPIN…. 30 IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES THE GRASS OF THE FIELD, WHICH IS HERE TODAY AND TOMORROW IS THROWN INTO THE FIRE, WILL HE NOT MUCH MORE CLOTHE YOU—YOU OF LITTLE FAITH? (MATTHEW 6:26-30) A. WHY DO SOME PEOPLE NOT GET ENOUGH REST? 1. MATERIALISM: ALWAYS WANTING MORE THINGS (PROVERBS 23:4-5) 2. ENVY: WANTING TO BE LIKE OTHERS (ECCLESIASTES 4:4) 3. INSECURITY: WHEN I’M AFRAID I WON’T HAVE ENOUGH (PSALM 127:2 - LB) B. HOW DO I REST IN GOD’S GOODNESS 1. REMEMBER MY VALUE TO GOD (ISAIAH 49:16A) 2. ENJOY WHAT I ALREADY HAVE (ECCLESIASTES 3:13) 3. SET A DAY OF REST (EXODUS 20:9-10A) 4. TRUST GOD TO PROVIDE MY NEEDS (MATTHEW 6:26-30)