Winds And Waves Of Life

Pastor Allan Kircher

Shell Point Baptist Church

November 2, 2014

The Winds and Waves of life

***All Sermons are in condensed form****

Read…Phil. 4/Paul showing us how to be brave.

• Share a story/Bible/series being brave…..

• Learn best thru stories/Experiential learner

• Excited/potential for your life over next weeks

Thought you weren’t a courageous person but just didn’t know how/access/courage God planted inside of you.

• 2 Tim 1:7….

If you are a child of God it’s not right for you to feel intimidated by every bad report you hear………………

• Phil 4:6-7..be anxious for nothing/how you doing with that?

One/reasons were so anxious about what’s coming because were not thankful enough for what we already have.

• But in everything………

Paul says if all you ever pray about is what you need but you never stop and thank God for what you have you’ll always be anxious

• With thanksgiving….peace of God…….that’s what I want!....

• A peace the economy can’t take away……

• How many of you want v. 7 first have to have v. 6

• Be anxious for nothing. Tell someone.

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All of God’s children have some irrational anxiety Paul says.

• He wants/correct that in Phil. 4

• He says/some things you’re afraid/make no sense from heaven’s perspective

• Things causing you to shut down/paralyzing you

• senseless when you put it/context who God is in you

• He says I want you/train your heart/be anxious for nothing.

Come on get real Paul/preacher talk/watch CNN/world news…

• Paul says I’m prison bro/writing/after they beat/flogged me

• If your following after God’s purpose/got no reason anxious

• Anxious for nothing…..repeat.

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Greek word….anxious…Merimnate 17 times…..marinate…

• If/marinate/wrong thoughts/going/filled with fear…

• Merim(knot)te you get so knotted up with anxiety….

• Paul says do not be Merimate for anything….

• Don’t get tied up in knots about stuff.

But your saying, don’t we need to worry about some things concerned about some things. Yes, be concerned, no don’t worry

• That’s what Paul is saying/same word Merimate

• uses Phil. 2 Philippians letter to particular church

• Phil. 2 sent/ministry assoc. Timothy check/church/he can’t

• He describes timothy Phil 2:20…Genuine concern/Merimnate

Situations you deal with determines whether or not it is a genuine concern or a needless anxiety. Come on church

• Learn/discern/between a genuine concern/needless anxiety

• sometimes you can interpret/same event/both of those ways

• turn/genuine concern into/needless anxiety/way you approach it/Cause it’s the same word

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Sometimes you go thru a situation:

• deal with and handle it with strength/brave about it that’s/genuine concern

• All tied up in knots about something you can’t do much about anyway that’s a needless anxiety

• Here’s how you can do it…..be anxious for NOTHING…

• ain’t nothing but a thing…broken car.

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Be concerned about the state of your soul/your children’s soul/ God’s work in the world.

• Learn to look/things in your life….nothing but a thing

• Look what Paul says in Rom. 8:31…….things…..

• say it out loud…things

• If God is for us who…..gives me courage sometimes.

• When I feel opposed….God is on my side…

• If He’s not I’m in trouble.

Doesn’t matter what their saying about me it’s a matter of what God sees in me

• If He’s for me, who is against me doesn’t matter

• take a number I’ll still be standing

• You can have that confidence. It’s not cocky, it’s confidence.

• Next verse 32…..all things….skip 37…things

• v. 38-39….bankruptcy, joblessness, homelessness, addiction

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Be anxious for nothing……Do that this week….

• Shift over from needless anxiety to genuine concern.

• Another way to look at it……I’m anxious for nothing….

• That’s a good goal to have.

• But isn’t it also a statement of reality.

• How many times have we’ve been anxious for nothing.

• Don’t you wish we could have all those moments back…..

• Of worrying about something that never happened?

Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have.

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How many times have you said, “All that was for nothing”

• When I Go away……

• So one day Jesus wants to go on a trip. Mark 4:35-36

• …..other side…Jesus been preaching all day

• Parable sower/soils…mustard seed….

• Jesus preached all day tired tells Peter let’s get out of here.

In the boat, other boats, don’t hear about them, but Mark is giving us an eyewitness account

Mark/way he wrote his gospel writes down what Peter says/why Mark’s gospel reads a little faster

• peter gets right to the point all about action

• eyewitness account/disciples being anxious for nothing.

v. 37….notorious for storms….You ever felt nearly swamped?

• I’m still showing up but barely.

• I’m making it and smiling/nobody knows what’s behind smile