Friday, 23 May 2008

My Mouth shall Speak the Praise of the Lord

Psalms 145:8

Psalms 145:1-4

To orientate your mind to extol God and bless him is a good thing to do. What are you going to convey to the people around you and to the next generation.

Psalms 145:5-8

These verses are an incredible positive outlook of who God is.

Psalms 145:8

If you wanted to describe to someone who God is, that is a good reference point. He is gracious and full of compassion. The fact that he is gracious is the reason why I’m here and you’re here. The fact that we’re not outside of here, totally unaware of God, and we’re pleased to be in here, showed that he is gracious. He is slow to anger.

Ephesians 4:25-32

There are three words in the Greek for ‘anger’, and they are all in these verses. The one in verse 26, where is says: ‘Be ye angry and sin not’, is the word ‘orge’. It means, I want to love what is good and hate what is evil. In other words, to detest what is contrary to God. I’m going God’s way and I want to cut out anything that hinders that.

The second word in verse 26, ‘wrath’, is ‘parorgisimos’, which is all to do with something which you can become totally exasperated with and become embittered.

The third is in verse 31, which is ‘humos’, which is anger that boils up and then disappears. It isn’t bitterness and it doesn’t linger in your heart.

In a situation where rumours are flying around, are you allowing information that’s coming to you to compound the anger in your heart, or are you keeping that clear in your heart so that you can react as a Christian in the right way? Some people allow information to build on that thing that’s in their heart, and they don’t let it be dealt with or sorted. What we’re meant to do is be angry and sin not. That means we’re angry against what’s wrong. We’re angry against evil, and we want to do something about it, because we want good and righteousness. But we’re not sinning by letting this other thing take root in our heart so there is anger in our hearts. That might be against a person, or a situation. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

Psalms 145:9-22

Your mouth needs to speak the praise of the Lord. Make a note of what God has done for you, of what he means to you, of who he is. When you communicate with other people, don’t let this anger be in your heart. Sort it out. My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord. The nature of God is to reveal more and more of his love for you.

Psalms 145:8

Psalms 145:1-4

To orientate your mind to extol God and bless him is a good thing to do. What are you going to convey to the people around you and to the next generation.

Psalms 145:5-8

These verses are an incredible positive outlook of who God is.

Psalms 145:8

If you wanted to describe to someone who God is, that is a good reference point. He is gracious and full of compassion. The fact that he is gracious is the reason why I’m here and you’re here. The fact that we’re not outside of here, totally unaware of God, and we’re pleased to be in here, showed that he is gracious. He is slow to anger.

Ephesians 4:25-33

There are three words in the Greek for ‘anger’, and they are all in these verses. The one in verse 26, where is says: ‘Be ye angry and sin not’, is the word ‘orge’. It means, I want to love what is good and hate what is evil. In other words, to detest what is contrary to God. I’m going God’s way and I want to cut out anything that hinders that.

The second word in verse 26, ‘wrath’, is ‘parorgisimos’, which is all to do with something which you can become totally exasperated with and become embittered.

The third is in verse 31, which is ‘humos’, which is anger that boils up and then disappears. It isn’t bitterness and it doesn’t linger in your heart.

In a situation where rumours are flying around, are you allowing information that’s coming to you to compound the anger in your heart, or are you keeping that clear in your heart so that you can react as a Christian in the right way? Some people allow information to build on that thing that’s in their heart, and they don’t let it be dealt with or sorted. What we’re meant to do is be angry and sin not. That means we’re angry against what’s wrong. We’re angry against evil, and we want to do something about it, because we want good and righteousness. But we’re not sinning by letting this other thing take root in our heart so there is anger in our hearts. That might be against a person, or a situation. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

Psalms 145:9-22

Your mouth needs to speak the praise of the Lord. Make a note of what God has done for you, of what he means to you, of who he is. When you communicate with other people, don’t let this anger be in your heart. Sort it out. My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord. The nature of God is to reveal more and more of his love for you.

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