A TIME TO REMEMBER: BLESS THE LORD AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS
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OUTLINE
1.WAYS
2.WORKS
3.WONDERS
4.WORDS
5.WARNINGS
6.WILL
7.WATCHING
THE MESSAGE
A TIME TO REMEMBER: BLESS THE LORD AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS
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1.WAYS
We must remember the ways the Lord has led us so far . We must not forget the lessons that the Lord has taught us in our journey. The Lord taught the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness that they could live on the word of God even when there is no source of human help. The Lord met all their needs in a supernatural way. He taught them to obey His commands and trust in Him alone.
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DEUTERONOMY 8:2-4
Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
PSALM 119:15
I will meditate on Your precepts,And contemplate Your ways.
2.WORKS
We must remember the works of the Lord in the lives . The Lord is working in our lives to fulfill His will and purpose .He makes all things work together for good . He is working in our lives to make us like Christ. We must not forget His works in our lives and realise that He will complete the good work He has began in our lives as we yield ourselves to Him.
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PHILIPPIANS 1:6
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
PHILIPPIANS 2:13
for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
ROMANS 8:28-29
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
PSALM 77:11-12
I will remember the works of the LORD;Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.
I will also meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds.
PSALM 78:7-8,11
That they may set their hope in God,And not forget the works of But keep His commandments;
They did not keep the covenant of God;They refused to walk in His law,
And forgot His works And His wonders that He had shown them.
3.WONDERS
We must remember the wonders and the miracles that the Lord has performed in our lives. This will fill our hearts with gratitude and thanksgiving. As we remember the wonders of God in our lives , we would have a strong faith and confidence to face the future. The Lord who delivered us in the past would surely do the same in the future. David remembered how the Lord delivered him from the lion and the bear and it gave him confidence when he faced Goliath. Jesus rebuked the disciples because they became people of little faith and did not remember the miracles of provision that the Lord had performed in the past. When we forget the wonders that the Lord has done for us , our faith will become weak and we will face the future with fear and anxiety.
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PSALM 105:5
Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
PSALM 111:4
He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
1 SAMUEL 17:34-37
But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,
I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.
Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you."
MATTHEW 16:8-10
Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, "You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread?
Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
4.WORDS
We must remember the words that the Lord has spoken to us . We live by the words that has come from the mouth of God. We must not forget the words that the Lord has been speaking to us . They guide us in our decisions and comfort us in our time of affliction and gives us understanding and revelation.
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PSALM 119:16
I will delight myself in Your statutes;I will not forget Your word.
PSALM 107:20
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
PSALM 119:49-50
Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
PSALM 119:105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
PSALM 119:130
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
JOHN 15:20
Remember the words I spoke to you: ’No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
ACTS 20:35
In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ’It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ "
5.WARNINGS
We must remember the warnings that the Lord has given to us . We will be in great danger if we forget the warnings that the Lord has given to us. We must learn from our mistakes and not keep repeating them. We can avoid a lot of pain and suffering if we pay heed to the warnings that we have received and not forget the lessons we have learnt through our painful mistakes.
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ACTS 20:28-31
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.
So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
PROVERBS 9:8
Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
PROVERBS 15:5 ,10
A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent.
Harsh discipline is for him who forsakes the way, And he who hates correction will die.
PROVERBS 17:10
A rebuke impresses a man of discernment more than a hundred lashes a fool.
6.WILL
We must remember the will of God for our lives . We must not accept anything that is not the will of God for us .We must remember that we are in a covenant relationship with God and we must claim all the covenant blessings that the Lord has provided for us. We must not allow the devil to deceive us and steal our blessings . We must not accept the attacks of satan to destroy as though it is the will of God. The will of God is to bless us and prosper us and deliver us . We must not forget the will of God for us and claim all the blessings that the Lord wants to give us.
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PSALM 143:10
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
LUKE 5:12-13
And it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean."
Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." Immediately the leprosy left him.
GALATIANS 3:13-14 , 29
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."
He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
3 JOHN 2
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
JOHN 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
7.WATCHING
We must remember that the Lord is watching over us. We must be grateful to the Lord for his Hand of protection in our lives.We must not forget that we have supernatural and angelic protection. We must stay close to the Lord and abide under His divine protection. We can trust in Him to watch even in the days to come and we can look towards the future with confidence in the goodness and faithfulness of God.
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PSALM 121:3-7
He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber;
indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD watches over you—the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
The LORD will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life;
the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
PSALM 91:9-11
If you make the Most High your dwelling— even the LORD, who is my refuge-
then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
PSALM 34:4-7
I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.
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