Forgotten

FORGOTTEN

TEXT:

DEUTERONOMY 32:18 OF THE ROCK THAT BEGAT THEE THOU ART UNMINDFUL, AND HAST FORGOTTEN GOD THAT FORMED THEE.

INTRODUCTION:

THIS SERMON WAS PREPARED IN VERY MUCH MEDITATION AND PRAYER. I WAS IN MY APARTMENT ALONE LISTENING TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP MUSIC PRAYING AND PRAISING GOD. ASKING GOD WHAT HE WOULD HAVE ME PREACH. LORD I DON’T WANT TO HURT PEOPLE’S FEELING. I WANT TO SEE THEM REPENT AND GET ON FIRE FOR GOD. TO REALLY REMEMBER WHO GOD IS AND THEN DO SOMETHING WITH IT. THIS IS IT FRIENDS: WITH TEARS I PEN THIS, WITH A HEAVY HEART I WILL BRING IT FORTH. WE HAVE FORGOTTEN SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD BETTER HURRY UP AND REMEMBER BEFORE IT IS TO LATE. IN OUR TEXT THIS MORNING WE READ ABOUT GOD’S PEOPLE WHO AFTER BEING RESCUED BY GOD OUT OF EGYPT BY MANY WONDERFUL MIRACLES. YOU REMEMBER ALL THE PLAUGUES GOD BROUGHT DOWN ON EGYPT. THEN EVEN IN THE WILDERNESS THE WATER OUT OF THE ROCK THE SPLITTING OF THE SEA AND THEY WALKED THROUGH ON DRY GROUND EVEN THE MOSITURE IN THE DIRT SEPARATED SO THEY WOULD NOT BE ON MUD BUT DRY GROUND. OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN GOD DID THE IMPOSSIBLE FOR AND WITH HIS LOVED ONES. I COULD SPEND A LIFETIME AND NOT COMPLETELY SPEAK OF ALL THE THINGS GOD HAS DONE FOR THEM. YET THEY FORGOT GOD! HOW IN THE WORLD COULD A PEOPLE SO BLESSSED SO LOVED SO TAKEN CARE OF BY SUCH A GREAT GOD FORGET THE ONE WHO SAVED THEM. WHILE I WAS PREPARING THIS I WAS BROUGHT TO TEARS TO THINK OF IT. FRIENDS TODAY 2001 WE AS CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED OF GOD BEYOND WHAT YOU EVEN KNOW AND WE TOO HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD. WE HAVE GOT TO BE HONEST IF WE ARE TO MAKE ANY POSITIVE CHANGES IN THIS REVIVAL HERE TONIGHT AND THE COMING UP NIGHTS TO FOLLOW. IF WE ARE UNWILLING TO COME TO GOD AS BABIES FORGETTING ALL THE WORLD TO STAY YOUR MIND ON HIM FOR JUST THESE THREE NIGHTS IN ORDER TO GIVE GOD JUST A LITTLE CHANCE TO GET YOU INTO THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND. BUT IN TEARS I AM AFFRAID SATAN WILL TAKE FROM YOU OR AT LEAST MANY OF YOU ALL THE GOOD THAT WILL COME TONIGHT. YES THE MESSAGE I HAVE FROM GOD IS SAD WE HAVE FORGOTTEN SOME THINGS HOWEVER BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT MEANS ITS NOT TO LATE. ARE YOU WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE REVIVAL? WE WILL FIND OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS. WE WILL SEE WHO KEEPS COMING BACK AND WE WILL SEE THE FRUIT OF THOSE WHO COME. I HAVE NEVER PRAYED FOR A SERIES OF MESSAGES MORE THAN I HAVE THESE. I AM A PREACHER PRAYING FOR A CHURCH AND TONIGHT I AM NOT AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TICKLE YOUR EARS WITH A WONDERFUL DEMONSTRATION OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP WHICH MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. TONIGHT I MUST BEFORE GOD DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND SPEAK THE WORDS OF II CHRONICLES 7:14 LISTEN NOW IF MY PEOPLE WHICH ARE CALLED BY MY NAME SHALL HUMBLE THEMSELFS AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS; THEN WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN, AND WILL HEAL THEIR LAND. MY FRIENDS IN LOVE TONIGHT WITH ALL MY HEART I MEAN WHAT I SAY SO MUCH. THIS IS THE GREAT REVIVAL VERSE OF THE BIBLE. IF WE WANT IT (REVIVAL) WE MUST DO WHAT IS REQUIRED.

I. HUMBLE YOURSELF AND PRAY

HERE IS THE FIRST THING WE HAVE FORGOTTEN AND THE SOURCE OF MUCH OF THE STORMS IN OUR LIVES. WE DO NOT PRAY AS GOD TELLS US OR TEACHES US TO. THE REASON IS ANOTHER FORGOTTEN PROBLEM AND THAT IS WE DON’T READ THE BIBLE TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. FORGIVE ME GOD! PLEASE TOUCH THE HEARTS OF EVERYONE HERE WITH A SPIRIT OF PRAYER. I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ANY EXCUSES ABOUT WHY YOU DON’T READ THE BIBLE JUST BE HONEST WITH GOD AND SAY GOD FORGIVE ME I FOGOT TO LISTEN TO YOU MORE THAN THE WORLD. IF YOU FORGET TO PAY THE MORGAGE, RENT YOU LOSE THE HOUSE. YOU FORGET TO PAY THE ELECTRICITY THEY SHUT IT OFF. YOU FORGET TO READ GOD’S WORD TO HUMBLE YOURSELF IN HIS PRESSENCE YOU LOSE JOY, PEACE, AND HELP IN THE TIME OF NEED. GOD LOVES YOU SOOOOO MUCH HE DIED FOR YOU! HE LIVED A LIFE OF REJECTION AND DIED FOR YOU AND YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN HIM. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOUR OWN CHILDREN ACTED TO YOU LIKE YOU DO TO GOD. SORRY DAD I FORGOT TO COME HOME LAST NIGHT. MOM I AM SORRY I FORGOT TO ASK YOU BEFORE I HAD SEX WITH A BOY AT SCHOOL AND NOW I AM PREGNANT BUT ITS OK MOM I’LL JUST GET YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THE BABY WHEN ITS BORN. LISTEN THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING TO GOD. IF WE WANT REVIVAL BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF DON’T PLAY GAMES WITH GOD IF YOU WANT IT IT IS HERE GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH HE WILL FORGIVE HE WILL HEAL HE WILL LOVE YOU. I REMEMBER TIME OF DESPERATION PRAYING TO GOD AND FEELING A HAND ON MY SHOULDER AND A SOFT VOICE IN MY EAR SAYING SON I AM HERE FOR YOU I AM WITH YOU.