Extraordinary Hope in the New Year

Psalm 30:1–5 NKJV

I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up, And have not let my foes rejoice over me. O Lord my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me. O Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name. For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.

SUBJECT: EXTRAORDINARY HOPE IN THE NEW YEAR

MANY OF US IN THE NEW YEAR MAKE NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.......THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO OR HABITS WE WANT TO BREAK TO START THE NEW YEAR OFF WITH A BANG....

THE FIVE MOST POPULAR RESOLUTIONS MADE EVERY NEW YEAR ARE AS FOLLOWS....THE FIFTH ON THE LIST WAS TO TAKE UP A NEW HOBBY, THE FOURTH WAS TO MAKE MORE MONEY, THE THIRD MOST POPULAR RESOLUTION WAS TO IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS; THE SECOND WAS TO STOP SMOKING; AND THE MOST POPULAR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION ... YOU GUESSED IT TO LOSE WEIGHT.

WHILE THESE ARE GOOD ASPIRATIONS TO HAVE, I BELIEVE A GOOD RESOLUTION FOR CHILDREN OF GOD TO HAVE IS TO DEVELOP DEEPER FAITH......AND TO HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY HOPE FOR WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR US IN 2022......YES WE KNOW THAT THE BIBLE TEACHES US WHAT FAITH IS...

Hebrews 11:1 NKJV

1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1 NRSV

1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

LET US LOOK AT OUR TEXT [V.1] WE SEE HERE DAVID GIVING US THREE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE CAN HAVE EXTRAORDINARY HOPE FOR THE NEW YEAR

#1. THE FIRST THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS LOOK BACK OVER YOUR LIFE

LET US EXAMINE OUR TEXT ... [V.1] I WILL EXTOL THEE, O LORD

EXTOL MEANS TO LIFT UP, TO GLORIFY ON PURPOSE.

IT IS AN “INTENSIVE” OR “INTENTIONAL” ACTION.

DAVID IS SAYING, I WILL EXTOL THEE, O LORD ... IN OTHER WORDS, I’M GONNA PRAISE YOU ON PURPOSE.

WHY DOES DAVID WANT TO PRAISE THE LORD ON PURPOSE… ... (V.1) THOU HAST LIFTED ME UP, (V.2) THOU HAS HEALED ME, (V.3) THOU HAST SAVED MY SOUL.

SO, WE SEE HERE DAVID SAYING, I WILL EXTOL THEE, O LORD, I WILL PRAISE YOU ON PURPOSE

... OTHERS MAY FORGET YOU, OTHERS MAY MURMUR AGAINST YOU; OTHERS MAY DESPISE YOU, ... BUT I’M GONNA INTENSIVELY AND INTENTIONALLY PRAISE YOUR NAME.

IT IS AS IF DAVID IS SAYING ... I DON’T NEED A PEP TALK FROM A PREACHER

... I DON’T NEED TO BE PROMPTED TO PRAISE YOU….. I DON‘T NEED TO HEAR MUSIC TO PRAISE YOU

DAVID IS SAYING I’M GONNA PRAISE YOU ON PURPOSE, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK BACK OVER MY LIFE ... AND I THINK THINGS OVER, I REMEMBER HOW YOU

- LIFTED ME FROM THE PIT OF HELL

- LIFTED ME FROM THE DITCH OF SIN

- LIFTED ME FROM A BED OF SICKNESS AND PAIN

- LIFTED ME OUT OF BONDAGE OF DOUBT AND FEAR

AND ... FOR THAT I WILL EXTOL THEE O, LORD ……BECAUSE WHEN I THINK OF YOUR GOODNESS ... I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PRAISE YOUR NAME

PAUSE

YOU SEE SOME OF US HAVE GOTTEN TRIPPED UP IN OUR PURSUIT OF PROSPERITY, SEEKING FOR MATERIAL THINGS….THAT WE HAVE FORGOT FROM WHENCE GOD HAS BROUGHT US FROM.

WELL, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO DAVID IF YOU LOOK AT VERSES….(VV. 6-10) WHEN HE SAID, “AND IN MY PROSPERITY I SAID, I SHALL NEVER BE MOVED.”

YOU SEE ... THE PRIDE OF PROSPERITY HAD CAUSED DAVID TO FORGET HIS NEED TO TRUST IN THE LORD AND CAUSED HIM TO BOAST IN A SPIRIT OF SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ….SO THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN TO ANY OF US ... ALLOW ME TO HELP YOU TAKE A STROLL BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE TO REMEMBER HIS GOODNESS SO THAT YOU TOO CAN PRAISE HIM

- MAYBE THERE WAS A TIME……WHEN YOU WERE FLAT BROKE AND DIDN’T KNOW WHERE THE NEXT MEAL WAS GOING TO COME FROM?

- MAYBE THERE WAS A TIME…… WHEN YOU DIDN’T HAVE TWO DIMES TO RUB TOGETHER. TO BUY YOUR FAMILY A LOAF OF BREAD.

- MAYBE THERE WAS A TIME…… WHEN YOU WERE LYING ON YOUR BACK IN THAT HOSPITAL ROOM SICK AND DIDN’T THINK THAT YOU WOULD EVER GET WELL.

- MAYBE THERE WAS A TIME…… WHEN ALL YOU HAD TO EAT WAS A SYRUP SANDWICH; KETCHUP SANDWICH; MAYONNAISE SANDWICH;

OR YOU ONLY HAD TWO PIECES OF BREAD THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER AND HAD A WISH SANDWICH, (I WISH I HAD SOME MEAT)

BUT LOOK AT GOD ... HE HAS TAKEN US FROM VIENNA SAUSAGES TO PORK CHOPS, FROM PORK CHOPS TO STEAKS, FROM STEAKS TO FILLET MIGNON... AND ALL HE ASK IS THAT WE GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE.

#2. THE SECOND THING WE NEED TO DO TO HAVE EXTRAORDINARY HOPE FOR THE NEW YEAR IS WE NEED TO SING AND GIVE THANKS (APPRECIATION)

LOOK AT [V.4]

SING UNTO THE LORD, O YE SAINTS OF HIS, AND GIVE THANKS AT THE REMEMBRANCE OF HIS HOLINESS.

SO, WE NEED TO LOOK BACK OVER OUR LIFE ... (PAST) – NOW WE NEED TO SING AND GIVE THANKS (PRESENT)

NOTICE THAT IN [V.4] WE HAVE TWO COMMANDS TO PRAISE GOD. SING AND GIVE THANKS

WELL, CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, THESE COMMANDS ARE NOT OPTIONS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE HEBREW MEANING…… THE MOOD OR TENSE OF BOTH WORDS (SING AND GIVE THANKS) IS IMPERATIVE,

WHICH SIMPLY IDENTIFIES THESE WORDS AS AN ORDER OR A COMMAND.

TO MAKE IT SIMPLE, THIS VERSE IS SIMPLY A CALL TO ALL ... TO SHOW AN APPRECIATION FOR WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU.

DAVID SAYS ... SING UNTO THE LORD, O YE SAINTS OF HIS, AND GIVE THANKS AT THE REMEMBRANCE OF HIS HOLINESS.

NOTICE THAT DAVID DID NOT SAY LET ALL THE PEOPLE WITH MELODIOUS VOICES SING.

IN OTHER WORDS, HE DID NOT SAY EVERYONE THAT CAN SING, SING.

DAVID SAYS….SING O YE SAINTS OF HIS.

WELL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ... I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU CAME TO DO THIS MORNING ... BUT IF YOU EVER FORGET YOUR PURPO……ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS COME RIGHT HERE IN (V.4) AND OBEY THESE TWO COMMANDS TO SING AND GIVE THANKS.

#3. THE THIRD AND FINAL THING WE NEED TO DO TO HAVE EXTRAORDINARY HOPE FOR THE NEW YEAR IS WE NEED TO TRUST GOD FOR THE RESULTS

SO, WE NEED TO LOOK BACK OVER OUR LIFE (PAST) – THEN WE NEED TO SING AND GIVE THANKS (PRESENT, APPRECIATION) - THEN WE NEED TO TRUST GOD FOR THE RESULTS, (FUTURE, EXPECTATION)

LOOK AT ... [V.5]

FOR HIS ANGER ENDURETH BUT A MOMENT; IN HIS FAVOUR IS LIFE: WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING.

WATCH THIS ... I DON’T WANT YOU TO MISS THIS, WE SEE HERE 3 REASONS WHY WE CAN TRUST GOD FOR THE RESULTS.

#1 : GODS ANGER IS ONLY FOR A MOMENT …..

PSALM 103:8-12. REMINDS US OF THIS

[V.8] THE LORD IS MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS, SLOW TO ANGER, AND ABOUNDING IN MERCY.

[V.9] HE WILL NOT ALWAYS CHIDE: NEITHER WILL HE KEEP HIS ANGER FOREVER.

[V.10] HE HAS NOT DEALT WITH US ACCORDING TO OUR SINS, NOR PUNISHED US ACCORDING TO OUR INIQUITIES.

[V.11] FOR AS THE HEAVENS ARE HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH, SO GREAT IS HIS MERCY TOWARD THOSE WHO FEAR HIM;

[V.12] AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST, SO FAR HAS HE REMOVED OUR TRANSGRESSIONS FROM US.

AND I CAN’T THINK OF A BETTER REASON TO EXTOL HIM.

I CAN’T; THINK OF BETTER REASON TO SING AND GIVE THANKS, BECAUSE GOD HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE ANGRY WITH ME….HE HAS NOT DEALT WITH ME ACCORDING TO MY SINS…..HE HAS NOT DEALT WITH YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR SINS….

YET, PSALMS 103:10 REMINDS US THAT

HE HAS NOT DEALT WITH US ACCORDING TO OUR SINS, NOR PUNISHED US ACCORDING TO OUR INIQUITIES.

... AND FOR THAT WE OUGHT TO SAY THANK YOU

#2 ... THE SECOND REASON WE SHOULD TRUST GOD FOR THE RESULT IS ALSO FOUND (V.5) IN HIS FAVOR IS LIFE

NOW, THIS PHRASE MAY ALSO BE TRANSLATED …….HIS FAVOR IS FOR A LIFETIME.

WELL... SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY THAT FAVOR AIN’T FAIR.

I SIMPLY SAY ... DON’T GET MAD AT ME BECAUSE I RECEIVE EXCESSIVE KINDNESS, PARTIALITY, AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FROM MY HEAVENLY FATHER.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT A FATHER TO DO, (1) GIVE ME A STONE WHEN I’M HUNGRY; (2) GIVE ME SNAKE INSTEAD OF A FISH; OR GIVE ME A SCORPION INSTEAD OF AN EGG.

JESUS SAID IN LUKE 11:13

WELL, IF YE THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE SHALL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE ...

YOU SEE ... WE NEED TO TRUST GOD FOR THE RESULTS.

WHY ... BECAUSE (1) IN HIS FAVOR IS LIFE, BUT ALSO….(2) ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH HIS SON JESUS WHO DIED ON CALVARY TO SAVE YOU AND ME.

#3. THE THIRD REASON WE NEED TO TRUST GOD FOR THE RESULTS IS THAT JOY IS ON THE WAY

[V.5] "... WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING.

WELL BEFORE WE GET TO THE JOY ... LET US SPEND A FEW MINUTES ON THE WEEPING.

……BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WEEPING TO BEFORE WE CAN GET TO THE JOY.

OH YES ... WEEPING AND JOY GO HAND AND HAND, YOU CANNOT GET TO ONE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE OTHER.

NOTICE DAVID SAID [V.5] "... WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, IN OTHER WORDS, COUNT ON IT

- WEEPING, IT IS GONNA HAPPEN

- WEEPING, NO GETTING AROUND IT

- WEEPING, NO GETTING UNDER IT

- WEEPING, FACE IT ... IT IS GONNA HAPPEN

- IN THIS LIFE, YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATIONS

WELL, YOU ASK ME HOW I KNOW ... WELL, IT RIGHT HERE IN OUR TEXT [V.5] "... WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT

BUT... WHAT I LIKE BEST ABOUT THIS SCRIPTURE [V.5] IS THE FACT THAT RIGHT BEHIND THE WORD NIGHT IS A COMMA INSTEAD OF A PERIOD. REPEAT

WHICH SIMPLY MEANS THAT THE STORY DOES NOT END HERE, YOU SEE, THE COMMA LEAVES ROOM FOR EXTRAORDINARY HOPE

LISTEN AS DAVID CONTINUES ... BUT JOY “OH JOY” COMES IN THE MORNING WHICH SIMPLY MEANS YES (1) YOU ARE GOING TO CRY SOMETIMES, (2) YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE HILLS TO CLIMB; (3) YOU ARE GONNA HAVE SOME LONELY NIGHTS.

BUT JOY, OH JOY... COMETH IN THE MORNING

I WANT TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW THAT YOUR HELP IS ON THE WAY. JOY “OH JOY” COMETH IN THE MORNING

I STOP BY TO TELL SOMEBODY ... I KNOW YOU MAY OF HAD A HEAVY HEART IN 2021; YOU BEEN THROUGH

- SITUATION AFTER SITUATION

- CIRCUMSTANCE AFTER CIRCUMSTANCE

- DILEMMA AFTER DILEMMA

- HURT AFTER HURT AND

- PAIN AFTER PAIN

BUT I NEED TO TELL SOMEBODY ... HOLD ON ... DON’T GIVE UP, DON’T THROW IN THE TOWEL; DON’T SURRENDER ... JUST HOLD ON (X3).

I DON’T CARE IF YOU HAVE TO STRAIN EVERY MUSCLE IN YOUR BODY OR USE EVERY OUNCE OF YOUR STRENGTH ... JUST HOLD ON ... KEEP THE FAITH, HELP IS ON THE WAY.

THERE IS EXTRAORDINARY HOPE CALLED JOY ... “OH JOY” COMETH IN THE MORNING

BUT BEFORE IT COMES, I NEED FOR 2 OR 3 PEOPLE, WHO AIN’T ASHAMED TO STAND ON YOUR FEET, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS, AND THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR YOU

THANK HIM FOR SEEING YOU THROUGH 365 DAYS AND 365 NIGHTS. COME ON ... AND THANK HIM FOR MAKING A WAY OUT OF NO WAY.

THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE; HE IS DOING AND WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO IN OUR LIVES

SHOUT ... FIRST BAPTIST SHOUT LET EVERYBODY IN BADIN KNOW ABOUT THE CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE

SHOUT ... FIRST BAPTIST SHOUT LET EVERYBODY IN ZION KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE LORD IS DOING OVER HERE AT 201 WAYNE STREET.

SHOUT ... FIRST BAPTIST SHOUT AND LET EVERYBODY IN ALBEMARLE KNOW THAT WE HAVE MOVED FROM

- MOURNING TO DANCING

- SACKCLOTH TO GLADNESS

- SILENCE TO PRAISE

OH YEAH, WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT BUT JOY “OH JOY” COMETH IN THE MORNING.

I NEED ABOUT 2 OR 3 PEOPLE WHO AIN’T ASHAMED TO GIVE GOD SOME PRAISE TO AND EXTOL HIM

I NEED 2 OR 3 PEOPLE WHO AIN’T ASHAMED TO PRAISE GOD ON PURPOSE

WHY BECAUSE JOY “OH JOY” COMETH IN THE MORNING.

I NEED 2 OR 3 PEOPLE TO SING AND GIVE THANKS ... WHY, BECAUSE HIS ANGER IS FOR A MOMENT

I NEED 2 OR 3 PEOPLE TO PRAISE HIM

WHY BECAUSE HIS FAVOR IS FOR A LIFETIME

O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER

LET THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD SAY SO, WHOM HE HATH REDEEMED FROM THE HAND OF THE ENEMY.

OH THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS, AND FOR HIS WONDERFUL WORKS TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN

THERE IS EXTRAORDINARY HOPE COMING

…..HOW DO I KNOW, BECAUSE IT RIGHT HERE IN MY TEXT ... WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT BUT JOY (X3) GOD’S GREAT JOY, SWEET, BEAUTIFUL, SOUL SAVING JOY ... COMETH IN THE MORNING.

IN THE MORNING WE WILL EXPERIENCE ...

• LIGHT AFTER DARKNESS

• GAIN AFTER LOSS

• STRENGTH AFTER WEAKNESS

• CROWN AFTER CROSS

IN THE MORNING WE WILL EXPERIENCE...

• SWEET AFTER BITTER

• HOPE AFTER FEARS

• HOME AFTER WANDERING

• PRAISE AFTER TEARS

IN THE MORNING WE WILL EXPERIENCE ...

• SHEAVES AFTER SOWING

• SUN AFTER RAIN

• SIGHT AFTER MYSTERY

• PEACE AFTER PAIN

. IN THE MORNING WE WILL EXPERIENCE ...

• JOY AFTER SORROW

• CALM AFTER CHAOS

• REST AFTER WEARINESS

• SWEET REST AT LAST

IN THE MORNING WE WILL EXPERIENCE ...

• NEAR AFTER DISTANT

• GLEAM AFTER GLOOM

• LOVE AFTER LONELINESS

• LIFE AFTER THE TOMB

BECAUSE THERE IS EXTRAORDINARY HOPE COMING

IN 2022…..

- ALLOW THE LORD TO TRANSFORM YOU

- REDUCE YOUR MOUNTAIN INTO MOLEHILLS

- RESHAPE YOUR TRAGEDIES INTO TRIUMPHS

- REDISCOVER THE SOURCE OF YOUR SUFFICIENCY

IN 2022…..LET HIM

- REGENERATE YOUR SOUL

- RESOLVE YOUR DOUBTS

- RESHAPE YOUR THINKING

- REFASHION YOUR LIFE

- REAFFIRM YOUR COMMITMENT

- REFORM YOUR ATTITUDE

- REPLENISH YOUR JOY

YES ... WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, BUT JOY (X3), OH JOY .... JOY

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY AND LET YOU KNOW THAT GOD WILL TURN YOUR

- WINTER NIGHTS OF 2021 INTO SUMMER DAYS IN 2022

- SIGHING IN 2021 INTO SINGING IN 2022

- GRIEF IN 2021 INTO GLADNESS IN 2022

- MOURNING IN 2021, INTO MUSIC IN 2022

- BITTERNESS IN 2021, INTO SWEETNESS IN 2022

- YOUR WILDERNESS IN 2021, INTO A PARADISE IN 2022

I NEED TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW THAT THAT GOD WILL TURN YOUR

- SICKNESS INTO HEALTH

- WEAKNESS INTO STRENGTH

- WANT INTO WEALTH

- DISGRACE TO HONOR

- CROSSES TO COMFORT

- MISERIES TO MERCIES

- SORROW TO JOY (X3)

BENEDICTION

NOW THE GOD OF PEACE, THAT BROUGHT AGAIN FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE EVERLASTING COVENANT,

MAKE YOU PERFECT IN EVERY GOOD WORK TO DO HIS WILL, WORKING IN YOU THAT WHICH IS WELL PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST; TO WHOM BE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.