Centennial Park Baptist Church – Sunday July 5th, 2009

Centennial Park Baptist Church – Sunday July 5^th, 2009 – 10:30 am

GETTING A GLIMPSE OF GOD

MOVING FROM DISCOURAGENENT TO ENCOURAGEMENT

5 Things I Know About Discouragement

1. Everyone Gets Discouraged

2. Discouragement is CONTAGIOUS

3. Discouragement keeps us from being EFFECTIVE for God

4. The major cause of discouragement is a temporary loss of perspective.

5. Discouragement many times comes right before God’s BLESSINGS

How do we know Moses was discouraged?

The name of is 1^st son GERSHOM – A STRANGER THERE

Exodus 3: 1-8

Moses and the Burning Bush

¹ Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. ² There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. ³ So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up."

⁴ When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, "Moses! Moses!" And Moses said, "Here I am." ⁵ "Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." ⁶ Then he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

⁷ The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. ⁸ So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

As we get a glimpse of God this morning, let’s focus on God and His Adequacy For Every Issue in Your Life and Mine.

Lessons from the Burning Bush

1. God appears to the ORDINARY

2. God has to get our ATTENTION before He can present Himself to us.

3. In God’s presence the ground on which we stand is always HOLY

4. God knows what is happening in your LIFE.

5. God will act in His prefect TIMING

How do we know Moses was moving from discouragement to encouragement?

The name of his 2^nd son ELIEZER – GOD IS MY HELP

We want God to dissolve our discouragement and then we’ll go forward.

God says: As you walk forward in faith and trust, I will remove the barriers and the obstacles!

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