As you look into the future, what is the hardest challenge you face for yourself, your family, and your church? What is your plan? When David became King of all Israel, he needed to find a place for his capital city and his palace. The best place was the one place Israel had been unable to capture from the Jebusites for hundreds of years. David’s secret is also our only hope. We can grow stronger through the presence and power of the Lord. David’s choice of Jerusalem and the price he paid reminds us of his most illustrious descendant, Jesus, our Lord, who is building the New Jerusalem to come down to earth. Message based on 2 Samuel 5:1-10.
Quotes:
Harry Emerson Fosdick: Only the preacher wakes up in the morning believing the people are desperately concerned about the destiny of the Jebusites.
Hudson Taylor: There are three stages to every great work of God: first it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.
Phillips Brooks: Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger people. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God.
Casey Brooks: Just because it is hard doesn’t mean I shouldn’t try.
Duane Brooks: The anterior mid cingulate cortex is a region within the brain that enlarges when individuals engage in tasks they inherently do not want to do.
Ann Voskamp: The world has enough women who know how to do their hair. It needs women who know how to do hard and holy things.
John Stott: Do the hard thing.
Lauren Daigle:
I keep hearing voices in my head that say I’m not enough . . . every single lie that tells me I will never measure up. Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low
Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know
Ooh-oh
You say I am loved when I can't feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
And you say I am held when I am falling short
And when I don't belong, oh You say I am Yours
And I believe
Oh, I believe
What You say of me
I believe
The only thing that matters now is everything You think of me
In You I find my worth, in You I find my identity
Ooh-oh
Michael Johnson: Those who say something can’t be done should not get in the way of those who are already doing it.
J B Tidwell: 1 + God = a majority.
Maureen Richter: There was a moment during my Covid hospitalization with 15 days on the ventilator, I cried out to God. “I’m done. I’m ready to come home!” He took me by the hand and said NOT YET! I completely surrendered my entire being to His Will for the first time in my life. He had other plans for me and now, I walk in 100% faith and without fear. I’d never walked through a moment without fear, and now I know He carries me. Whom then should I fear? I share my faith every chance I get because He called me to do just that!
Edward Everett Hale: I am only one, but I am one. I can’t do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, by the grace of God I will do.
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