I challenged and exhorted the ones in attendance in our morning worship service at Fellowship Baptist Church, Hernando, Mississippi, to praise God instead every time this week they were about to criticize someone, complain about something, or say something negative. The sermon outline is below.
“BE STILL”
2 CHRON. 20:15-17
I. YOU WILL NEVER SHOW HOW MUCH FAITH YOU HAVE UNTIL YOU SHOW HOW YOU CAN BE STILL AND BE SILENT
1. WE HAVE ASSOCIATED GODLINESS WITH ACTIVITY
2. MANY TEND TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOING THINGS FOR GOD BUT NOT SPENDING TIME WITH THE LORD
3. GOD IS MORE CONCERNED WITH OUR BEING (WHAT WE TRULY ARE SPIRITUALLY) THAN OUR DOING
II. TO DO NOTHING AND SAY NOTHING SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR CHRISTIANS
1. THIS WILL BE REVOLUTIONARY FOR SOME WHO ARE ALWAYS COMPELLED TO GIVE THEIR OPINION
2. FOR SOME, SPRINGING INTO ACTION MAKES THEM FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES IN THAT THEY HAVE AT LEAST MADE AN EFFORT TO DO SOMETHING, BUT SOMETIMES THEIR DOING COMPOUNDS THE PROBLEM
3. OFTEN YOU CAN’T HEAR GOD BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO BUSY DOING SOMETHING OR SAYING SOMETHING AND YOU ARE NOT UP TO DATE ON HOW GOD’S UNCHANGING WORD CAN MORE EFFECTIVELY IMPACT AN EVERCHANGING WORLD
III. WHEN YOU ARE ABOUT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING, CRITICIZE SOMEONE, OR MURMUR IN SOME WAY, PRAISE GOD INSTEAD
1. SOME OF YOU WILL BE PRAISING GOD MORE IN ONE DAY THAN YOU EVER HAVE BEFORE
2. SOME PEOPLE THINK SO LITTLE OF THEMSELVES THAT TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES THEY BELITTLE OTHERS
3. IT’S AMAZING WHAT PRAISING GOD CAN DO FOR ONE PERSONALLY; TURN YOUR NEGATIVE NATURE INTO A POSITIVE
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IV. IF YOU FEEL SOMEONE IS WRONG AND YOU FEEL LIKE LETTING THEM KNOW IT OR TELLING OTHERS ABOUT IT, DON’T; ASK GOD TO DEAL WITH THEM IF THEY ARE WRONG AND ASK GOD TO DEAL ACCORDINGLY WITH YOU IF YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT IT
1. TOO OFTEN WHAT SOMEONE CRITICIZES SOMEONE ABOUT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE MORE GUILTY OF BUT DON’T REALIZE IT
2. I FEEL THAT 95% OF THE SITUATIONS THAT CAUSE PROBLEMS IN CHURCHES WOULD CEASE IF CHURCH MEMBERS FOLLOWED THIS PRACTICE
3. GOD SAID THAT HE WILL TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO WRONG YOU OR OTHERS, IF IT IS NOT A SUCH A SERIOUS OFFENSE THAT IT MUST BE DEALT WITH PUBLICLY; WHEN GOD DEALS WITH THEM HE USUALLY DEALS MUCH MORE HARSHLY THAN YOU WOULD HAVE
Fellowship Baptist Church, Hernando
Sunday AM Sermon March 15, 2015
Dr. Bobby Mullins, Pastor