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Nov '20
Trading Worry for Worship Sermon Notes
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Nov '20
“Trading Worry for Worship”
Habakkuk 3:1-19
A Prayer/Song
“A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk, according to Shigionoth” (Hab. 3:1a, CSB).
“For the choir director: on stringed instruments” (Hab. 3:19b, CSB).
“Lord, I have heard the report about You; Lord, I stand in awe of your deeds. Revive your work in these years; make it known in these years. In your wrath remember mercy!” (Hab. 3:2, CSB).
3 God comes from Teman,
the Holy One from Mount Paran.Selah
His splendor covers the heavens,
and the earth is full of his praise.
4 His brilliance is like light;
rays are flashing from his hand.
This is where his power is hidden.
5 Plague goes before him,
and pestilence follows in his steps.
6 He stands and shakes the earth;
he looks and startles the nations.
The age-old mountains break apart;
the ancient hills sink down.
His pathways are ancient.
7 I see the tents of Cushian in distress;
the tent curtains of the land of Midian tremble.
Habakkuk 3:3-7, CSB
8 Are you angry at the rivers, Lord?
Is your wrath against the rivers?
Or is your fury against the sea
when you ride on your horses,
your victorious chariot?
9 You took the sheath from your bow;
the arrows are ready to be used with an oath. Selah
You split the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains see you and shudder;
a downpour of water sweeps by.
The deep roars with its voice
and lifts its waves high.
11 Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence,
at the flash of your flying arrows,
at the brightness of your shining spear.
12 You march across the earth with indignation;
you trample down the nations in wrath.
13 You come out to save your people,
to save your anointed.
You crush the leader of the house of the wicked
and strip him from foot to neck. Selah
14 You pierce his head
with his own spears;
his warriors storm out to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.
15 You tread the sea with your horses,
stirring up the vast water.
Habakkuk 3:8-15, CSB
“I heard and I trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Rottenness entered my bones; I trembled where I stood” (Hab. 3:16, CSB).
“Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no fruit on the vines, though the olive crop fails, and the fields produce no food, though the flocks disappear from the pen and there are no herds in the stall” (Hab. 3:17, CSB).
“Yet I will celebrate in the Lord; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!” (Hab. 3:18, CSB).
“The Lord my Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer and enables me to walk on mountain heights!” (Hab. 3:19, CSB).
“The righteous one will live by his/her faith” (Hab. 2:4).
To live by faith, we must –
1. Remember who God is in Scripture (Hab. 3:2-15).
2. Accept our reality (Hab. 3:16).
“For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Him (Jesus Christ) but also to suffer for Him, since you are engaged in the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I have” (Phil. 1:29-30, CSB).
3. Pursue spiritual joy so that we may live the Christian life well (Hab. 3:18).
“The joy of the Lord is your strength” (Neh. 8:10, CSB).
“But not only does the pursuit of joy in God give strength to endure, it is the key to breaking the power of sin on our way to heaven.” – John Piper
“I know of no other way to triumph over sin long term, than to gain a distaste for it, because of superior satisfaction in God.” – John Piper
“May the living God, who is the portion and rest of the saints, make these our carnal minds so spiritual, and our earthly hearts so heavenly, that loving Him, and delighting in Him, may be the work of our lives.” – Richard Baxter
“The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies and put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits our hooks.” – Matthew Henry
4. Rely on God to see us through it safely (Hab. 3:19)
“The Lord my Lord is my strength.”
“He makes my feet like those of a deer and enables me to walk on mountain heights!”
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Nov '20
11-22-20 Weekly Bulletin
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Nov '20
New Hope Baptist Church exists to make disciples who:
Know God– through weekly worship and teaching
Find Community– in weekly LifeGroup gatherings
Make Disciples– in yearly Discipleship Groups (D-Groups)
Change the World– through missions, evangelism, and volunteering.
Church Office Closed
The church office will be closed Thursday, November 26 for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Your church staff would like to wish you a blessed Thanksgiving.
Sunday Afternoon Prayer
The Pastor Search Team would like to invite you to join them to pray for our church and the call of our new pastor. We know this is the most important part of the process and we can’t do it without you. We have changed our prayer time from Wednesday nights to Sunday after worship in order to better accommodate our members’ schedules. Let’s join together to pray as the body of Christ on Sundays after worship.
New Hope Kids
New Wednesday Night Curriculum-The Gospel Project starting Wednesday, December 2 at 6:30pm
There will be no classes on Wednesday, November 25 due to the holiday.
Mark your calendar for our Children’s Ministry Christmas Party on Sunday, December 13 at 3:00pm
Women’s Bible Study
Wednesday night Bible study- “28 Day Prayer Journey- A Daily Guide to Conversations with God” by Chrystal Evans Hurst. If you have any questions, contact the church office at (615) 883-6709.
Altitude
Sunday morning Life Groups at 9am
Altitude meets on Wednesday nights at 6:30pm
Youth Lock-in – December 4th and 5th.
All students grades 7th-12th are invited to our New Hope Student Lock-in on Friday December 4th at 7:00pm. All parents will need to pick up their student by 7:00am on Saturday, December 5th.
Pastor Search Team
Please be in prayer for our Pastor Search Team members: Terry Dawson, Jim Ezell, Kasey Greene, Patricia Murphy, Beth Pulley, Pat Scales, and Jason Thomas.
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