Being A Why Not Church.

Being A Why Not Church.

Psalm 37:1-6, 34

This notice appeared in the window of a coat store in Nottingham, England: We have been established for over 100 years, and have been pleasing and displeasing customers ever sense We have made money and lost money, suffered the effects of government control, and bad payers. We have been cursed and discussed, messed about, lied to, held up, robbed, and swindled. The only reason we stay in business is to see what happens next.

The store owner knew that life was full of difficulties. But he was determined to survive, even if only to hope for the best, and see what happens next.

What happens next? Spiritually speaking, the next great event will be the bride of Jesus Christ going home!

Psalm 37:1-6, 34 “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good; So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; Trust also in him; And he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, And thy judgment as the noonday.”

34 “Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.”

In these verses we are told to: Fret not, Don’t be envious, Trust in the Lord, Delight, commit, He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, Wait on the Lord, God shall exalt thee to inherit the land.

A huge mountain occurred during our young married life. I put a cell phone in my name for someone else to use. (They used it and I paid the bill) This was when the cell phone were called a bag-phones. (Before flip phone, Even before the BlackBerry).

Roaming charges were astronomical. The first bill (my first bill), was over $1400 the person paid it, but the next month his bill was over $2,700. He was no where to be found. He skipped out on my large bill, and of course I was left holding the bag, (so to speak). We were new in the ministry, and I felt angry and used.

One night, I was wakened at 4:44AM, I went into the living room and sat down on my recliner. I griped my channel changer, and suddenly God shook my hand and told me to read Psalm 37. I read Psalm 37, three times and I was set free!

We paid that bill in record time.

Faithfulness is not just holding down the fort, but faithfulness is advancing the kingdom in new ways.

Psalm 37, commands the reader to stop fretting. Psalm 37:3-5AMP Trust [rely on and have confidence] in the Lord and do good;?Dwell in the land and feed [securely] on His faithfulness. 4 Delight yourself in the Lord, And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord; Trust in Him also and He will do it.

Trust God. Believe God. Have faith. Rest in His faithfulness! As far as God is concerned, positionally, you have been made complete.

In the words of the martyred missionary, Jim Elliott, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.”

Q&A, Can you be a forgiven sinner, but not a redeemed saint?

Romans 6:8NIV Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we also live with him.

You cannot do for yourself what Jesus Christ has already done for you. I want to give you 5 reasons CECC is a why not church:

Being A Why Not Church refuses to assume. “If great things are happening it's because great people are doing and being.” PH

“In case you weren’t aware we have some great leadership in CECC! They’re obedient servants of the Lord.” PH

Zig Ziglar records a story that illustrates how a wrong perspective can prohibit freedom. Harry Houdini, the famed, escape artist, issued a challenge, wherever he went. He could be locked in any jail cell in the country, he claimed, and set himself free in short order. Always, he kept his promise, but one time something went wrong. Houdini entered the jail in his street clothes; the heavy metal doors shut behind him. He took from his belt a concealed piece of metal, strong and flexible. He set to work immediately, but something seemed unusual about the lock. For 30 minutes he worked and got nowhere. An hour past, and still he had not open the door. By now he was bathed in sweat and panting and exasperation, but he still could not pick the lock. Finally, after laboring for two hours, Harry Houdini collapsed in frustration and fell against the door He could not unlock. But when he fell against the door, it swung open! It had never been locked at all! But in his mind, it was locked, and that was all it took to keep him from opening the door and walking out of the jail cell.