Created with a Purpose

Judges 6:11-22

11 Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
13 Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”
14 Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?”
15 So he said to Him, “O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”
16 And the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.”
17 Then he said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who talk with me. 18 Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You.” And He said, “I will wait until you come back.”
19 So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and presented them. 20 The Angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And he did so.
21 Then the Angel of the Lord put out the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.
22 Now Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of the Lord. So Gideon said, “Alas, O Lord God! For I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face.”

Knowing and Doing God's Will in My Life

Proverbs 3:1-8

1 My son, do not forget my law,
But let your heart keep my commands;
2 For length of days and long life
And peace they will add to you.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you;
Bind them around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart,
4 And so find favor and high esteem
In the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
8 It will be health to your flesh,
And strength to your bones.

SERMON NOTES:

Chuck Swindoll, in his book,The Mystery of God's will, writes that one of the most profound subjects n the Christian life is the will of God. When we deeply study the Bible, we realize that God wants us to know His will more than we want to and that He takes personal responsibility to see the we discover it. And never is this truer than at a time when a young person finishes school and thinks of the next step ahead. Our text, on of the most often-quoted verses in Bible, presents some truths that might help us in knowing and doing God's will in our lives.

  I. Trusting ___________________ (v.5)
 II. Total ______________________ (v.6a)
III. Thrilling ____________________ (v.6b) 

A Nation That is Blessed - Canada Day

Psalm 33:10-22

10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.
13 The Lord looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.
14 From the place of His dwelling He looks
On all the inhabitants of the earth;
15 He fashions their hearts individually;
He considers all their works.
16 No king is saved by the multitude of an army;
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
17 A horse is a vain hope for safety;
Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope in His mercy,
19 To deliver their soul from death,
And to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waits for the Lord;
He is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in Him,
Because we have trusted in His holy name.
22 Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
Just as we hope in You.

SERMON NOTES:

As we celebrate our nations's 150th birthday, we cannot but be thankful for what God has done through the years. He has blessed our land tremendously. May we who populate Canada never forget that is is the Lord our God who has seen fit to lavish on us these blessings.

The psalmist has some wonderful thoughts for us to ponder upon as we join in the special celebration today.

I. The ___________________, who blesses.
    A. He is the ____________________
    B. He is the ____________________
    C. He is the ____________________
II. The ________________ who are blessed.
    A. They show _______________ for God.
    B. They express _____________ on God.
    C. They have ______________ in God.

What we do when we celebrate the Lord's Supper

I Corinthians 11:23-26

23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is brokenfor you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.

SERMON NOTES:

When believers participate in the celebration of the Lord's Supper, we just don't eat a piece of bread and drink grape juice from a small cup, we do something more. The apostle Paul, in the passage before us, gives us a hints as to what these are.

  I. We _____________________ our Lord's life (vs.23-25)
 II. We __________________ our Lord's death (vs. 26a))
III. We ___________________ our Lord's return (vs. 26b)