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Video: “Watch Out for Quicksand”

What are you standing on? Are your Christian values easily compromised? Are you prone to sin easily and without much temptation? Are the people around you showing Godliness or are you just trying to fit in? Take a listen and be careful of the quicksand!

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Sermon Notes: https://www.heartofgraceministries.com/blog/after-the-fact/watch-quicksand/#.VfoZbtJVhHw

Watch Out For Quicksand

Matthew 7:24-27

24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

What are you standing on?

  • are your Christian values easily compromised?
  • Are you prone to sin easily and without much temptation?
  • Are the people around you showing Godliness or are you just trying to fit in?

Quicksand (Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure)

  • choices that look like easy fixes that lead to hard drama
  • words you say that make you feel better in the short-term and leave you asking for forgiveness in the long-term
  • praising at church but caught in sin in a very quick amount of time

Psalm 69:1-8

69 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

The Rock (as support and defense of his people)

  • in the rock you have stability, a constant reminder of God’s faithfulness to you by how he blesses us continually
  • a firmly planted rock is unmovable. So is firm faith standing on the stability of God
  • God wants you to stand on your faith and be stable in His promise
  • balance in your life is by standing firm on the rock when the winds of life blow around you

1 Samuel 2:2

2 There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

2 Samuel 22:32

32 For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?

Psalm 62:2

2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

1 Corinthians 16:13

13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Proverbs 10:25

25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

Philippians 1:27

27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

 

 

 

Video: Singing “Rain” And “He Knows My Name” Live @ 13th Street Church of God

 

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Lyrics To Rain (in variation):

Open the windows of Heaven, send the rain (x 4)
Let it rain on me (let it rain on me), send the rain

Lyrics to He Knows My Name:

Verse 1
He counts the stars one and all
He knows how much sand is on the shores
He sees every sparrow that falls
He made the mountains and the seas
He’s in control of everything
Of all creatures great and small

Chorus
And He knows my name
Every step that I take
Every move that I make
Every tear that I cry
He knows my name
When I’m overwhelmed by the pain
And can’t see the light of day
I know I’ll be just fine
‘Cause He knows my name

Verse 2
I don’t know what tomorrow will bring
I can’t tell you what’s in store
I don’t know a lot of things
I don’t have all the answers
To the questions of my life
But I know in Whom I have believed

Video: Singing “The Blood” Live @ Ridgeview Heights Baptist Church

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Lyrics:

The blood that Jesus shed for me
Way back on Calvary
Oh the blood that gives me strength
From day to day
It will never lose its power

For it reaches to the highest mountain
And it flows to the lowest valley
The blood that gives me strength
From day to day
It will never lose its power

Oh it soothes my doubts
And calms my fears
And it dries all my tears
Oh the blood that gives me strength
From day to day
It will never lose its power

It reaches to the highest mountain
And it flows to the lowest valley
The blood that gives me strength
From day to day
It will never lose its power

Video: Singing “I Am Blessed” Live @ Ridgeview Heights Baptist Church

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Lyrics:

Through the sunshine and rain,
Even sorrow and pain,
Jesus still is my comfort and guide.
And His love comforts me,
And His grace has set me free,
And some day I shall stand by His side.

Chorus:
I am blessed. I am blessed.
Every day that I live, I am blessed.
When I wake up in the morning
Till I lay my head to rest,
I am blessed. I am blessed.

I have shoes for my feet,
I have plenty to eat,
and a home up in Heaven bye and bye.
Brothers and Sisters on this earth;
They are mine by my New Birth,
and we’ll share in that Home beyond the sky.

I am blessed. I am blessed.
Every day that I live, I am blessed.
When I wake up in the morning
Till I lay my head to rest,
I am blessed. I am blessed.
When I wake up in the morning
Till I lay my head to rest,
I am blessed. I am blessed.

Video: Singing “Didn’t I Walk On The Water” Live @ Ridgeview Heights Baptist Church

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Lyrics:

As I kneel in the darkness in the middle of the night
I’m praying for assurance everything’s gonna be alright
Lord I see another battle out in front of me
I’m afraid I won’t be able and I’ll go down in defeat
And He said, I walked on the water and I calmed the raging sea
I spoke to the wind, it hushed and I gave you peace
Didn’t I run to your rescue didn’t I hear you when you called
I walked right beside you just so you wouldn’t fall
Didn’t I leave all of Heaven just to die for your sin
I searched until I found you and I’d do it all again
He said, do you remember where I brought you from
Just take a look behind you at how far you’ve come
And everytime you asked me, didn’t I deliver you
So why would you be thinking that I wouldn’t see you through
Now she’s talking to her father in a house that was once a home
She said my bills are coming due Lord and six days is not that long
She hears a voice so still and low
It says I’ve moved like that before
And I’ll do this little thing and I’ll give you so much more

Video: Singing “Beulah Land” Live @ Ridgeview Heights Baptist Church

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Lyrics:

I’m kind of homesick for a country
To which I’ve never, never been before
No sad goodbyes up there will be spoken
Time won’t matter anymore

Beulah Land, I’m longing for you
And some day on thee I’ll stand
And there my home shall be eternal
Beulah Land, sweet Beulah Land

I’m looking out across the river
To where my faith is gonna end in sight
There’s just a few, few more days
We’re all gonna have to labor
Then I’m gonna take my heavenly flight

Beulah Land, I’m longing for you
And some day on thee I’ll stand
And there my, my home shall be eternal
Beulah Land, sweet Beulah Land

Video: Singing “Didn’t I Walk On The Water” Live @ 13th Street Church of God

Enjoy the video!

Lyrics:

As I kneel in the darkness in the middle of the night
I’m praying for assurance everything’s gonna be alright
Lord I see another battle out in front of me
I’m afraid I won’t be able and I’ll go down in defeat
And He said, I walked on the water and I calmed the raging sea
I spoke to the wind, it hushed and I gave you peace
Didn’t I run to your rescue didn’t I hear you when you called
I walked right beside you just so you wouldn’t fall
Didn’t I leave all of Heaven just to die for your sin
I searched until I found you and I’d do it all again
He said, do you remember where I brought you from
Just take a look behind you at how far you’ve come
And everytime you asked me, didn’t I deliver you
So why would you be thinking that I wouldn’t see you through
Now she’s talking to her father in a house that was once a home
She said my bills are coming due Lord and six days is not that long
She hears a voice so still and low
It says I’ve moved like that before
And I’ll do this little thing and I’ll give you so much more