“For the Joy of the Lord is your Strength”
Nehemiah 8:10
FOR WHO YOU ARE
Verse 1
Standing here In Your presence
Thinking of the good things You
have done Waiting here patiently
Just to hear Your still small voice
again
(Pre-Chorus)
Holy righteous Faithful to the end
Saviour healer Redeemer and friend
Chorus 1
I will worship You for who You are
I will worship You for who You are
I will worship You for who You are
Jesus
(Bridge)
My soul secure
Your promise sure
Your love endures always
MY REDEEMER LIVES
Verse 1
I know He rescued my soul His
blood has covered my sin I believe I
believe My shame He's taken away
My pain is healed in His name
I believe I believe
(Pre-Chorus)
I'll raise a banner 'Cause my Lord
has conquered the grave
Chorus 1
My Redeemer lives
My Redeemer lives
My Redeemer lives
My Redeemer lives
(Bridge)
You lift my burdens I'll rise with You
I'm dancing on this mountaintop
To see Your kingdom come
Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord
Verse 1
Blessed be Your name In the land
that is plentiful Where Your streams
of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name
Verse 2
Blessed be Your name When I'm
found in the desert place Though I
walk through the wilderness
Blessed be Your name
(Pre-Chorus)
Ev’ry blessing You pour out I’ll
Turn back to praise When the
darkness closes in Lord
Still I will say
Bridge
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name
Chorus 1
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name Blessed be the
name of the Lord Blessed be Your
glorious name
Verse 3
Blessed be Your name When the
sun's shining down on me When the
world's all as it should be
Blessed be Your name
HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD
Verse 1
The splendor of the King Clothed in
majesty Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice He wraps Himself
in light And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
And trembles at His voice
Chorus 1
How great is our God Sing with me
How great is our God And all will see
how great How great is our God
Verse 2
And age to age He stands And time is
in His hands Beginning and the End
Beginning and the End The Godhead
three in one Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb
(Bridge)
Name above all names
Worthy of all praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God
Holy Spirit You Aare Welcome Here
Verse 1
There's nothing worth more that
will ever come close No thing can
compare You're our living hope
Your Presence
Verse 2
I've tasted and seen of the sweetest
of loves Where my heart becomes
free and my shame is undone
In Your Presence Lord
Chorus 1
Holy Spirit You are welcome here
Come flood this place and fill the
atmosphere Your glory God is what
our hearts long for To be overcome
by Your Presence Lord
(Your Presence Lord)
(Your Presence)
(Oh God how we love Your Presence
Lord)
(Bridge)
Let us become more aware of Your
Presence Let us experience the glory
of Your goodness (Lord)
BREAK EVERY CHAIN
Chorus 1
There is power in the name of Jesus
There is power in the name of Jesus
There is power in the name of Jesus
To break every chain Break every
chain break every chain
Verse 1
All sufficient sacrifice So freely given
such a price Bought our redemption
Heaven's gates
Swing wide
Chorus 2
There's an army rising up
(REPEAT)
To break every chain
Break every chain break every chain
(REPEAT)
(Ending)
There's power in the name Jesus
Jesus Jesus
Run To Finish The Race!
by Pastor Fee Soliven
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Sunday Morning
October 25, 2015
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24 Do you not know that those
who run in a race all run, but one
receives the prize? Run in such a
way that you may obtain it. 25
And everyone who competes for
the prize is temperate in all
things. Now they do it to obtain a
perishable crown, but we for an
imperishable crown.
26 Therefore I run thus: not with
uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as
one who beats the air. 27 But I
discipline my body and bring it
into subjection, lest, when I have
preached to others, I myself
should become disqualified.
HOW IS LIFE LIKE A RACE?
1. Like a race, life has a
challenging course with many
ups and downs
2. Like a race, life has a judge
who decides where we place at
the end
3. Like a race, life has a finish line
(our eternal destiny is either
death or life)
4. Like a race, life ends with the
“winners” receiving their rewards
Hebrews 12:1-2
1 Therefore we also, since we are
surrounded by so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every
weight, and the sin which so easily
ensnares us, and let us run with
endurance the race that is set
before us,
2 looking unto Jesus, the author
and finisher of our faith, who for
the joy that was set before Him
endured the cross, despising the
shame, and has sat down at the
right hand of the throne of God.
2 Timothy 4:6-8
6 For I am already being poured out
as a drink offering, and the time of
my departure is at hand. 7 I have
fought the good fight, I have finished
the race, I have kept the faith. 8
Finally, there is laid up for me the
crown of righteousness, which the
Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to
me on that Day, and not to me only
but also to all who have loved His
appearing.
From the world’s perspective,
winning is based on …
1. Intelligence – the smarter
you are the more respect you
will receive
2. Wealth – the more money
you have the happier you will
be
3. Image – the better you
appear the more popular you
will be
4. Power – the stronger you
are the more control you will
have
Ecclesiastes 9:11
(New Century Translation)
“I also saw something else here on
earth: The fastest runner does not
always win the race, the strongest
soldier does not always win the
battle, the wisest does not always
have food, the smartest does not
always become wealthy, and the
talented one does not always receive
praise. Time and chance happen to
everyone.”
LIFE ISN’T FAIR!
Matthew 5:43-45
43 "You have heard that it was
said, 'You shall love your neighbor
and hate your enemy.' 44 But I
say to you, love your enemies,
bless those who curse you, do
good to those who hate you, and
pray for those who spitefully use
you and persecute you,
45 that you may be sons of your
Father in heaven; for He makes
His sun rise on the evil and on the
good, and sends rain on the just
and on the unjust.
UNLESS WE RUN THE RACE
THE WAY GOD INTENDS US
TO!
Romans 9:14-16
14 What shall we say then? Is
there unrighteousness with God?
Certainly not! 15 For He says to
Moses, "I will have mercy on
whomever I will have mercy, and I
will have compassion on whomever
I will have compassion." 16 So
then it is not of him who wills, nor
of him who runs, but of God who
shows mercy.
“number one”
HIM
(Jesus)
number one!
At 7 P.M. on October 20, 1968, a
few thousand spectators remained
in the Mexico City Olympic
Stadium. It was cool and dark.
The last of the marathon runners,
each exhausted, were being
carried off to first-aid stations.
More than an hour earlier, Mamo
Wolde of Ethiopia – looking as
fresh as when he started the race
- crossed the finish line,
the winner of the 26 mile, 385
yard event. As the remaining
spectators prepared to leave,
those sitting near the marathon
gates suddenly heard the sound of
sirens and police whistles. All eyes
turned to the gate. A lone figure
wearing the colors of Tanzania
entered the stadium. His name
was John Stephen Akhwari.
He was the last man to finish the
marathon. His leg bloodied and
bandaged, severely injured in a
fall, he grimaced with each step.
He hobbled around the 400-meter
track. The spectators rose and
applauded him as if he were the
winner. After crossing the finish
line, Akhwari slowly walked off the
field without turning to the
cheering crowd.
In view of his injury and having no
chance of winning a medal,
someone asked him why he had
not quit. He replied, "My country
did not send me 7,000 miles to
start the race. They sent me 7,000
miles to finish it."
Hebrews 6:19
“This hope we have as an anchor
of the soul, both sure and
steadfast, and which enters the
Presence behind the veil…”
“an anchor of the soul.”
One of the Old Testament
words for hope is TIQVAH
which literally means “a cord.”
It comes from QAVAH which
means “to bind together by
twisting” (like a braid of rope).
HOPE CONNECTS US TO THE
TRHONE OF GOD!
Isaiah 40:31
“But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength; They
shall mount up with wings like
eagles, They shall run and not be
weary, They shall walk and not
faint.”
HOPE – Being connected to
God
HOPE – Brings us renewed
strength in the race of life.
WRONG WAYS TO RUN
RUNNING RELIGIOUSLY
WITHOUT POWER
2 Timothy 3:5
having a form of godliness but
denying its power. And from such
people turn away!
Matthew 22:29
“Jesus answered and said to them,
"You are mistaken, not knowing
the Scriptures nor the power of
God.”
Revelation 3:1-3
1 “Write this to the angel of the
church in Sardis: “The One who has
the seven spirits and the seven stars
says this: I know what you do.
People say that you are alive, but
really you are dead. 2 Wake up!
Strengthen what you have left
before it dies completely. I have
found that what you are doing is
less than what my God wants.
3 So do not forget what you have
received and heard. Obey it, and
change your hearts and lives. So
you must wake up, or I will come
like a thief, and you will not know
when I will come to you.
RUNNING FROM YOUR
ENEMIES
2 Corinthians 6:17-18
17 Therefore "Come out from
among them And be separate,
says the Lord. Do not touch what
is unclean, And I will receive you."
18 "I will be a Father to you, And
you shall be My sons and
daughters, Says the LORD
Almighty."
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
3 For though we walk in the flesh,
we do not war according to the
flesh. 4 For the weapons of our
warfare are not carnal but mighty in
God for pulling down strongholds, 5
casting down arguments and every
high thing that exalts itself against
the knowledge of God, bringing
every thought into captivity to the
obedience of Christ,.
6 and being ready to punish all
disobedience when your obedience
is fulfilled
RUNNING WITH YOUR
ENEMIES
Galatians 5:7-9
7 You ran well. Who hindered you
from obeying the truth? 8 This
persuasion does not come from
Him who calls you. 9 A little
leaven leavens the whole lump.
RUNNING AWAY FROM GOD
2 Timothy 4:7-10
7 I have fought the good fight, I
have finished the race, I have kept
the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up
for me the crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, will give to me
on that Day, and not to me only
but also to all who have loved His
appearing.
9 Be diligent to come to me
quickly; 10 for Demas has
forsaken me, having loved this
present world, and has departed
for Thessalonica…
John 21:3
“Simon Peter said to them, "I am
going fishing." They said to him,
"We are going with you also."
They went out and immediately
got into the boat, and that night
they caught nothing.”
“I will not allow you to
prosper in running away from
Me back to your old life; I am
too committed to your
destiny!”
John 21:4-13
4 But when the morning had now
come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet
the disciples did not know that it was
Jesus. 5 Then Jesus said to them,
"Children, have you any food?" They
answered Him, "No." 6 And He said
to them, "Cast the net on the right
side of the boat, and you will find
some." So they cast, and now they
were not able to draw it in because of
the multitude of fish.
7 Therefore that disciple whom
Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the
Lord!" Now when Simon Peter
heard that it was the Lord, he put
on his outer garment (for he had
removed it), and plunged into the
sea. 8 But the other disciples
came in the little boat (for they
were not far from land, but about
two hundred cubits), dragging the
net with fish.
9 Then, as soon as they had come
to land, they saw a fire of coals
there, and fish laid on it, and
bread. 10 Jesus said to them,
"Bring some of the fish which you
have just caught." 11 Simon Peter
went up and dragged the net to
land, full of large fish, one
hundred and fifty-three; and
although there were so many, the
net was not broken.
12 Jesus said to them, "Come and
eat breakfast." Yet none of the
disciples dared ask Him, "Who are
You?"--knowing that it was the
Lord.
Finish The Race!
Philippians 3:12-14
12 Not that I have already
attained, or am already perfected;
but I press on, that I may lay hold
of that for which Christ Jesus has
also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren,
I do not count myself to have
apprehended; but one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are
behind and reaching forward to
those things which are ahead,
14 I press toward the goal for the
prize of the upward call of God in
Christ Jesus.
RUN TO WIN!
RUN WITH HOPE!
RUN TO FINISH THE RACE!
“For the Joy of the Lord is your Strength”
Nehemiah 8:10