And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” —Mark 16:15
Recall what happened when Jesus said to the disciples, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation” (Mark 16:15). Peter jumped up right away, grabbed his hat and would have been on his way, but Jesus stopped him, and said, “Not yet, Peter! Don’t go like that. Tarry until you are endued with power from on high, and then go!” I believe that our Lord wants us to learn more of Him in worship before we become busy for Him. He wants us to have a gift of the Spirit, an inner experience of the heart, as our first service, and out of that will grow the profound and deep and divine activities which are necessary. (Tozer)
“It’s so easy to become busy, Lord, especially when I’m challenged with the vital task of evangelism. Quiet my heart first, that my evangelism efforts might spring from a heart of worship in Jesus’ name, Amen.”
00Philip Holderhttp://www.hoperoadnazarene.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hrn-logo-520x140-1.pngPhilip Holder2015-08-10 02:15:362015-08-10 02:15:36EVANGELISM: BE PREPARED
“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the almighty” Psalm 91: 1
To dwell means to live or stay as a permanent resident, to live or continue in a given condition or state (Oxford dictionary).
Therefore dwelling in the shelter of the Most High God can be an attitude of acknowedging his presence at all times. It means giving him praise in our hearts constantly. To be in a permanent place of saying yes Lord. It is being at that place of total surrender to God. I believe it speaks to being obedient to the word and allowing the Holy Spirit to lead and direct our paths. Dwelling in the shelter of the Most High means that we turn over all our worries, anxieties and fears to him because He cares for us. It means a life that is totally submitted to Him. When we are at the place of rest in God we find peace no matter what storm may be raging. We can trust Him because we have proven Him many times. This entire Psalm is about the benefits of trusting God. It is about God’s protection and provision.
The Psalmist cries out in the 2nd verse, “I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” What confidence!!!z It is clear the author of Psalm 91 had a personal knowledge of God and an intimate relationship with God. Like the Psalmist we too can find rest in the shadow of the Most High. It is offering our lives up to Him with praise and adoration no matter what is happening. It is having the knowledge that God will be there for us therefore we can rest in Him.
Psalm 55:22 encourages us to cast our cares upon Him because He cares. Would you do that today?
00Philip Holderhttp://www.hoperoadnazarene.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hrn-logo-520x140-1.pngPhilip Holder2015-08-08 19:30:482025-11-21 14:16:37WHAT IT MEANS TO DWELL IN THE SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH
“Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him love….” —Ephesians 1:4
Sin is a disease. It is lawlessness. It is rebellion. It is transgression—but it is also a wasting of the most precious of all treasures on earth. The man who dies out of Christ is said to be lost, and hardly a word in the English tongue expresses his condition with greater accuracy. He has squandered a rare fortune and at the last he stands for a fleeting moment and looks around, a moral fool, a wastrel who has lost in one overwhelming and irrecoverable loss, his soul, his life, his peace, his total mysterious personality, his dear and everlasting all! Oh, how can we get men and women around us to realize that God Almighty, before the beginning of the world, loved them, and thought about them, planning redemption and salvation and forgiveness? Christian brethren, why are we not more faithful and serious in proclaiming God’s great eternal concerns? How is this world all around us ever to learn that God is all in all unless we are faithful in our witness? In a time when everything in the world seems to be vanity, God is depending on us to proclaim that He is the great Reality, and that only He can give meaning to all other realities.
“Forgive me, Lord. I fear that all too often I have let You down when You were depending on me. Use me today as a faithful servant. Amen.”
00Philip Holderhttp://www.hoperoadnazarene.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hrn-logo-520x140-1.pngPhilip Holder2015-08-07 07:33:232015-08-07 07:33:23GOD IS DEPENDING ON US
EVANGELISM: BE PREPARED
/in Steadfast HopeAnd He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” —Mark 16:15
Recall what happened when Jesus said to the disciples, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation” (Mark 16:15). Peter jumped up right away, grabbed his hat and would have been on his way, but Jesus stopped him, and said, “Not yet, Peter! Don’t go like that. Tarry until you are endued with power from on high, and then go!” I believe that our Lord wants us to learn more of Him in worship before we become busy for Him. He wants us to have a gift of the Spirit, an inner experience of the heart, as our first service, and out of that will grow the profound and deep and divine activities which are necessary. (Tozer)
“It’s so easy to become busy, Lord, especially when I’m challenged with the vital task of evangelism. Quiet my heart first, that my evangelism efforts might spring from a heart of worship in Jesus’ name, Amen.”
WHAT IT MEANS TO DWELL IN THE SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH
/in Steadfast Hope“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the almighty” Psalm 91: 1
To dwell means to live or stay as a permanent resident, to live or continue in a given condition or state (Oxford dictionary).
Therefore dwelling in the shelter of the Most High God can be an attitude of acknowedging his presence at all times. It means giving him praise in our hearts constantly. To be in a permanent place of saying yes Lord. It is being at that place of total surrender to God. I believe it speaks to being obedient to the word and allowing the Holy Spirit to lead and direct our paths. Dwelling in the shelter of the Most High means that we turn over all our worries, anxieties and fears to him because He cares for us. It means a life that is totally submitted to Him. When we are at the place of rest in God we find peace no matter what storm may be raging. We can trust Him because we have proven Him many times. This entire Psalm is about the benefits of trusting God. It is about God’s protection and provision.
The Psalmist cries out in the 2nd verse, “I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” What confidence!!!z It is clear the author of Psalm 91 had a personal knowledge of God and an intimate relationship with God. Like the Psalmist we too can find rest in the shadow of the Most High. It is offering our lives up to Him with praise and adoration no matter what is happening. It is having the knowledge that God will be there for us therefore we can rest in Him.
Psalm 55:22 encourages us to cast our cares upon Him because He cares. Would you do that today?
GOD IS DEPENDING ON US
/in Discipleship, Steadfast Hope“Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him love….” —Ephesians 1:4
Sin is a disease. It is lawlessness. It is rebellion. It is transgression—but it is also a wasting of the most precious of all treasures on earth. The man who dies out of Christ is said to be lost, and hardly a word in the English tongue expresses his condition with greater accuracy. He has squandered a rare fortune and at the last he stands for a fleeting moment and looks around, a moral fool, a wastrel who has lost in one overwhelming and irrecoverable loss, his soul, his life, his peace, his total mysterious personality, his dear and everlasting all! Oh, how can we get men and women around us to realize that God Almighty, before the beginning of the world, loved them, and thought about them, planning redemption and salvation and forgiveness? Christian brethren, why are we not more faithful and serious in proclaiming God’s great eternal concerns? How is this world all around us ever to learn that God is all in all unless we are faithful in our witness? In a time when everything in the world seems to be vanity, God is depending on us to proclaim that He is the great Reality, and that only He can give meaning to all other realities.
“Forgive me, Lord. I fear that all too often I have let You down when You were depending on me. Use me today as a faithful servant. Amen.”