Thursday, 19 February 2009
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A Night of Extravagant Worship
By Paul Wilbur
out of Zion
see relatedWild Goose Chase part 2 (The Cage Of Guilt)
The following are sermon notes from a message that my Pastor gave last month(January 11,2009) the message is based on a book called Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God by: Mark Batterson. I believe this needs to be heard now more than ever. so I guess you can say that these notes are from the author, the pastor and myself I filled in the gaps between the two with help from the Holy Spirit.another good book by this author is In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day
The 1st three cages that can keep us as believers from Chasing the Wild Goose(Holy Spirit) were (1) Responsibilities, (2)Routines, and the last one was (3)Assumptions. Still you may find that you do not struggle with these 1st three this next one effects a lot of people the next cage that can keep you from chasing the wild goose is GUILT
The Cage Of Guilt
We become so fixated on our past mistakes that we forfeit our future opportunities!
Before we find out what this cage is all about I bet you can already think of five things you feel guilty about this week. Come on its so easy to have this feeling we feel guilty about not spending enough time with family,missing our kids games, having that extra piece of cake, not praying enough for the lost, or not doing what we know honors God. I've got some news for you and its news that can help you feel not guilty!!! Daily I have to remind myself of this:
"What I've done is not who I am!!
I am not my past mistakesI am child of the King!
I do not belong to my situations,
I belong to Jesus"
Two things you need to know about the Cage of guilt:
Gulit v.s.Grace
(1) Guilt S h r i n k s - guilt shrinks passions, dreams, reationships,goal,vision
(2) Grace E x p a n d s- everything in our lives!! passions, dreams, relationships, goal, vision...
Peter is a great example of some one who was bound by the cage of guilt in Luke 22:54-62 we see the simple truth that Peter woke up to the sound daily of how he has betrayed Jesus. {see the following link to read the passage:http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2022:54-62&version=65}
*The sound of the rooster = the sound of the devil. The devil will always remind you of your past mistakes and failures.
*If you focus all your energy on the past you will never have energy to chase the goose!
In the first passage we saw what brought on the guilt in this next passage we see how Jesus forgives Peter.John 21:3;15-17 Peter went back to what He did before he followed Jesus because of his guilt. You see guilt will always shrink everything in our lives, Peter felt that he was no longer worthy to live up to the calling that Jesus had spoken into his life. He went fishing...{see the following link to read the passagehttp://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2021:3-17;&version=51;)
*Jesus re-comfirmed his love for Peter... He asked him three times if he loved him. He asked him more than once because he had denied him more than once by doing this he was calling him back unto himself.
*Jesus wanted to turn the rooster crow from guilt to grace!
The grace of God is more than enough to cover our past mistakes and failuer. Failure does not have to be fatal you can move on Life can change for you today all you need to do is give it over to God asking him to cover it in the blood of his son Jesus Christ.
What are the rooster crows that are keeping you in the cage of guilt every day?
what past experiences are keeping you locked in this cage?
the next cage is the cage of Failures
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