Kerwin Baptist Church Daily Broadcast

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Look at verse 13 wherefore I desire that ye think not that my tribulations for you which is your glory for this cause I bow my knees under the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named see where family sometimes family fights. Sometimes family members argue now if your family members don't argue. God bless you were so proud of you, but for the rest of us sometimes you know things get testy with family. Sometimes you disagree with family and sometimes you like to strangle some family. Whatever the case might be, I'm sure that I'm picking obviously but where family we have the same father. If you been saved by the grace of God. Notice verse 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that he, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height of what we'll talk about that verse 19 and to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge that you might be filled with all the fullness of God very next verses were brother. CT preached now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we could ask or think. What a wonderful message that was I believe a Wednesday night Lord, I need your help today. And Lord, we all really have a cause to bow our needs for Lord I pray that we would get a burden in a vision for what this passage is teaching us in Jesus name we pray.

Amen. Notice first for even get started. Couple things I call this the pre-outline. Then there's the main outline and then there's the other outline that nobody listens to, because I want to get home and go get some lunch so we might skip the last one to just deal with the first two outlines all right but the pre-outline I would call this notice first, there must be a purpose. Verse 14 he says for this costs. I bow my knees, may I say that you're knocking to pray and you and I are knocking to be faithful to get on our knees before God call out to him plead with him unless we have a good reason to know you and all of us have good reason, but let's just be honest we talk about prayer. We talk about these things and say what we ought to pray, but normally the reason we have trouble praying is because there's not a real cause we counted the cause for us. Most the time is I just know I need to, but it's different when you have something that you need to go to God for see. I think a lot of you and I don't pray because were just not burdened. It's not that we don't pray because were too busy look at me when you have something major in your life that is crushing you. You know you don't work hard to find time to pray we agree with that had never thought about this is not just that, well, I just, you know, I I don't pray because I well I just don't have the time and well I just know no listen when something is important to you and your world has been rocked first thing we do is pray. I made it. We know we don't have anything else it's too big for us in different I think that you and I would pray more.

If we were more sensitive in our spiritual life to realize there are some because there is some purpose for some reasons that we need to get done and pray. Gone are the days want to pray because I know I need to pay city healthy because I need to do something I do to be vegetarian, but I'm not. Was it is because I know I need to.

That's not can be motivational lot. Let me tell you what motivates you.

When there's a purpose.

When there's a purpose and listen to me. I am saying that there is those purposes in our lives. We often just don't realize.

So what is his purpose versus a purpose. There's gotta be a cause he says, for this cause I bow my knees before you notice. Second, there must be a prayer. He said for this cause I bow my knees under the father. So there needs to be a purpose. There's a need.

There's a burden.

And then next. There needs to be a prior I mean you and I can worry about something and Fran about something in research something. But what we need to do is pray you and I try everything else we get a burden we call everybody we know about.

We talked was one of you want to talk to about it.

What you think. Let's just go to God for this cause he didn't say for this cause I come talk to my friends about it. He didn't say for this cause I put feelers out on social media. Anybody got an answer. We don't Pinterest this. We pray this, but what Pinterest has really good recipes but anyway for eating healthy reading of notice there. There must be a power for this cause I bow my knees to the father okay but look at this of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory.

There's the power. Bob got a cause I've got a purpose then comes the prayer and God's got plenty of power to go around. That's how the process is done so what here was the cause. What was going on.

What was the purpose of his praying notice. If you would, in verse 13. This was the purpose. Wherefore, I desire what that you faint not at my tribulations for you. This was all being done because he was concerned that they would end up painting because of trials because of tribulation. Another words, I believe you're heading the right direction and you're doing right but my fear is that in the middle of doing right that you would end up painting member of the bars and be not weary in well doing for you shall read the faint not.

So the purpose of going to God, on his knees in prayer was to pray that they wouldn't faint they wouldn't stop. Here's the thing was we had revival this week for those with able to be here and we we have been set on a right direction. I believe our church literally was already starting to head that right direction got been doing the work we've been seeing people saved here and I don't get up and make a whole lot of attention about it worth real people get saved will let you know when they do, but I'm not gonna grand rise it. Listen, I want God to do the work but I believe were heading right direction, but let me tell you what's going to stop it is if we think so. He said this is my cause so you don't think tribulation. This is my cause. Want me to get out of my knees and I played with God through his power that somehow someway through the advice I'm going to give you that you don't say in the midst of the tribulations different. I've seen so many people had a right direction and stop and quit and faint because things got bad. It happens all the time.

So what did he say notice number 1/16 this is what he prayed.

I don't want you to faint.

I don't want you to get to tribulations and trials and end up stopping what God is doing in your life so for this cause him to get out of my knees and I'm been a praying notice what he prayed and asked for God to do to keep them from fainting. This is what he said. God I need you to do this. Notice number 116 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened. Number one, my prayer, so that you don't faint is that God gives you strength.

You know, I usually live faint because her week know why we stock is retired know we give up because were one so the prayer was that you would be strengthened, that I love this word strengthened, but limited what I love even more.

Notice how he says that he wants God to strengthen them. Notice in verse 16 to be strengthened. Number one with might. Now you know if this word might hear means in the Greek it means miraculous stream so I'm afraid you're gonna faint. I'm afraid these trials are going to end up.

Another words that are motivated to do right, but once are motivated to do right saying to bring everything against you, and when he does I'm praying that God will strengthen you miraculous that some vitamins can't do it something that protein shakes can't do even something that Krispy Kreme can't do. Although sugar can give you little bit of a rush.

He says I'm praying that God will strengthen you with miraculous power you miraculous power as you can explain it, you can't you can't you can't tell anybody where it's really coming from.

You don't really know what's going on. All you can say is God did it all you can say is I somehow God gave strength.

Somehow God got me through it somehow.

Although things are bad at family and were sitting at a hospital or were dealing with this disease or were going to this trial, or we watched our level and our child make these decisions, but in the middle of it were not quite where not stop and where not faint were not given up when I get out of charge when I get out of God's word and keep going because somehow, someway, God has strengthened me with miraculous that's what keeps us in pain is my prayer for you. This is the cause when I get on my knees and pray is that God would strengthen you number one with might notice number two that God would strengthen you by his spirit. That's how it's done. This means this. I'm praying that God will strengthen you by his spirit cannot tell you something about this little phrase where he says that God is shrinking by his spirit. If you been saved by the grace of God. Where is the spirit inside you. That means this whatever you're going through. You don't have to find somewhere to get what you need to go through that means whatever you go through. You don't have to get to a certain person to get what you need to be able to go through it.

He's already there. You and I are strengthened by his spirit again. You and I are not strengthened by church. The reason you and I receive strength.

The church is because his spirit gives us strength at church because we come to church for preaching and teaching God's word which feeds the spirit of God and that spirit gives us strength.

You don't you look for to some religious practice to give you strength. You will say well I just tied more that'll give me strength.

I'm all for that. It would give me strength to it would cut down on a lot of stress.

To be honest with look at me. I get my strength by the spirit of God know we all meet together we can talk and preach and sing about the spirit of God were strengthened around each other. Why because our strength is centered in the same thing. The spirit of God asking that God would give you miraculous power that he would do it by his spirit lives and resides inside of you. Notice thirdly I love this in the inner man over 60, to be strengthened with might by his spirit and the inner man, Sarah preacher what what you talking about, look at me please get this phrase please. The outer man is strengthened when the inner man is renewed you and I try to get the outer man strengthened well.

I'm been tired lately. I tell you what I just need some rest. Well you very well might need some rest. But if you just get rest. You're gonna come right back and before longer to be right back to where you were. He said, I pray that God would give you miraculous strength by his Spirit in your inner man because the inner man is what needs the strength, the man is what needs renewed and dear friend.

You and I we spent so much time and effort worrying about the man. But where our story comes from man down that they semi-had times round is worn out, worn out with people worn out with things. I'm so tired of bellyaching.

I'm so tired or bites on about how bad they have it in you.

I just did this and I did that this is happened to me. I'm tired of victim mentality.

I'm tired of everybody thinking everything's happened, then everybody's done them wrong nobodies. Rob got tired of that you excuse me for let my flesh out a little bit on a Sunday morning. Will you forgive me for that about tired of her sometimes I just let me know what I'm… Ready to just tell everybody what I really think that open that up and I'll start reading. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. I spent time in God's word and as he renews my inner man.

Guess what I change on the outside I didn't. I did this really eat anything different. I did this really do anything different I might not gotten a lot of rest. But when the inner man is renewed. The outer man is strengthened. He says that's one of praying for praying for notice.

Secondly he says I'm praying that you would be strengthened notice for 17 number two, he says I'm praying that Christ may dwell Sarah preacher. This seems a bit obviously were 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. Notice first that Christ may dwell in our hearts, he says I'm praying that Christ make you say will preacher I don't have to pray for Christ to dwell in my heart know all you have to do is pray and ask God to save your soul and the Holy Spirit regenerates us, we become alive in Christ, and Christ dwells in our hearts. But, dear friend, even though the Holy Spirit of God dwells in resides in lives inside of our heart. We still have a flash in the Bible says, out of the heart are the word well means to reside permanently. It means to literally control it means to maintain. It means this dear friend that I am challenging you what this is saying is that he sent. I'm praying that God will not just live in your heart what he is saying here the word is that Christ would go dwell control your heart.

Listen to me want to get into why people think with their heart gets wrong.

The heart's not right. Hey I've seen in my entire life being in some Foreign Ministry or associated with my entire life, you can tell what a person's heart in it and when it's not. And, although Christ might be in their heart, their heart is not in Christ work says I'm praying that Christ will dwell in your heart. Secondly, says by faith, by faith.

That's how it's done, you say why what he said. That way preacher because most of them want to get the sometimes you're not going to see what Christ is doing.

I can understand what he's doing and you're not. You know why he's doing it but you and I just had to have faith that he knows what he's doing and I'm going to let him control my heart if you go by circumstances or feelings. God's not to control your heart you will, but we just got a trust number three. He prays this were 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend. So part of not fainting requires you and I to comprehend something. In other words, our comprehension of a few things would help keep us from fainting, quitting, stopping, turning so Carol. All right, so what is at me with this work comprehend here knows Jimmy was would give you the definition here of this Greek word, it means to possess it means to attain it means to find to obtain, to perceive this is what is praying says I'm praying that somehow God would allow you to comprehend, to seize, to take to take what what what you notice what he says in verse 17 he says that he, being rooted and grounded in love, may comprehend.

So these things are necessary for us to be able to comprehend whatever he thought about your work at home on second so he says.

First, you gotta be didn't love what does that mean then he says I've got to be grounded in love, what the roots do roots go down and they stabilize, but what are roots doing their feeding off the nutrients. If a tree doesn't have good roots that they're not feeding or eating we would call it then that nothing's going to grow so rooted in love means what you feed upon grounded in love is what you build upon grounded is this term for foundation. That's what this word grounded is it means is that in order for you to comprehend. You got to be feeding on love and you've got to be else. Upon love. Now maybe you understand why he says so that you can comprehend the height, the depth, the width the breath he's talking about a building process do you get PSA in order for you to comprehend. First, you've got to have your roots down to feed. This is what you feed on, then your foundation has to be built on love and if you're feeding on God's love on God's love the breath. The high that is what is built on top of that, do you get it. Listen to me, rooted in love is what you feed upon grounded in love is what you build upon but built in love is what you live now my wife and I eventually Stephanie will get home were to go into our house and enjoying the fact were closed in were not exposed. Everybody have air conditioning. We have a refrigerator, but the reason that is there and standing is because the foundation was settled.

The foundation was square. The foundation was done right.

Look at me dear friend you saying you and I often faint because we worry so much about the building but we have not looked at our feeding system and our foundation says often. You and I faint because the roots really haven't gone down very deep.

We just made a few decisions. We got a little bit excited now were going to charge him with a score gun and the first time a trial comes first, trouble comes the first time. Bad health comes the first time criticism, we follow is is what I'm praying is the gotta get you rooted in his love foundation upon his love, so he can build you up on his life when you're built right you don't fall over every time a win comes your way.

I know this is Sunday morning and that's a lot of meat, but if your understanding would just say amen. Listen we had motivation Sunday night to Wednesday night. Now it's time for application everything you hermit Sunday night to Wednesday night. It's going to go away quick.

If we don't do these things if were not rooted and grounded them will never be built. He says that's one of praying for for this costs I'm Ballin my knees you know as well.

A lot of times the churches people look really good.

That's why you look at a husband-and-wife unit is think it and I've told you guys.

I've literally sat in my office I been there long enough now that you would never know, obviously, or anything like that but I have set my office and I've had people counseling with their marriage and I've shared this with you before then. They have literally in the counseling session they have described a couple in our church and say we, I would like to have a marriage like that and little did they know the week before that very couple was in my office with marriage problems again.

You know why because above the ground. We look good but he says I'm praying, you're gonna faint if you just look good above ground, but if you're not rooted and grounded in the love of God. Notice number four, verse 19 he says I'm praying for this to know the love of Christ.

Why is this so important. Grab preacher I know Christ loves me. And you know I know the Bible says it, dear friend, this is way different than just knowing about it. This is knowing it. This is experiencing it. This is on a first-hand basis and I have found what got me dear friend when times get tough. You want to quit. You want to give up yeah you want to get better.

You want to get angry but when you really get a taste and think about the love that Christ has shown you and make you want to keep going. How could I do that how can I get out of church when he's the one that's ever done anything to me why what I get out of his word while reading the Bible because I've had some bad things happen to me when he's the one that's done nothing but good for us, you would know the love of Christ and this is the only way you described a love this, which passive knowledge these other things he's given us some tidbits of information. Listen, I if you're gonna comprehend God. You don't have to be rooted in love and grounded in love I mean everything. We talked about so far I'm you can be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man. He's given us all the sick, but when it comes to the love of Christ. He literally says this. There's nothing I can say to even describe its beyond description. It has to knowledge I could tell you everything about the love of God, and I still wouldn't scratch the surface so I'm not even going to try. I'm just going to tell you the love of Christ.

I want you to know it.

I want you to experience it. You can't read a book about it. You can look up an essay paper about it. You can just live on that because somebody else describes it. You've got to experience it to know it, you've got a sale.

Gotta realize and see yourself for who we really are to think that he would still have us, he would still care a lot.

I just don't have enough knowledge. He says to write anything down. I can give you ABCD and E and little by little. 123 little a little be little CN on anywhere you go from there on an outline says it passes knowledge.

In other words, this is not something that you can write down something you have to experience what I pray for my three sons that they'll know that love. I don't want to look at my love and I could I don't think I can love them more than I do. But my love fails. Sometimes my love fall short.

Sometimes my love makes mistakes. My love gets it wrong sometimes it and my love is weak. Sometimes I want to know the love of Christ, one will get dad and think that God like God loves them more than I ever could perfectly completely nothing and think about it and I want them to know that thank you for listening to you receive the blessing from our broadcast Baptist Church is located at 4520 Old Hollow Rd. in Kernersville, NC may also contact us by phone in 33699351924 Kerwin Baptist Church.com enjoy our services line molar medium on her website and church. Thank you for listening.

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