High Places
Fred Michaux
Luke 24:36-53
Opening
-How many of you grew up with Easter baskets...favorite candies...what I remember most was that feeling as I fell asleep...expectation!
-that feeling of expectation the night before Easter, that capacity of the human heart, especially children, to feel something wonderful when waiting for a moment...it's a powerful emotion!
Introduction
-whenever people in the Bible were invited by God to join Him atop a mountain...that same emotion filled their heart, expectation, there is nothing sweeter than knowing God wants to speak to me.
-It is no coincidence that God chose a mountain to be the capstone moment of the Easter story...Jesus' ascension to Heaven, let's look at it together.
-Luke 24:36-53
-I want us to look at several other mountain top moments in Scripture, each one with a unique message for us, then coming back to this one in Luke 24 at the end...
-pray...(how God has many of us here tonight at these mountains...)
Sinai...Mountain of Invitation
-Exodus 19:3-6
1. He's willing to give a resume!
2. His promises are not exaggerations!
3. He is always honest about our cost!
-Deuteronomy 30:11-15, 19-20
-We miss out on the fullness of the favor of God because we bristle at the fullness of the demands of God!
-I love this picture of the crowd at Sinai...people were there because they loved God deeply, others were there because their parents said they had to be, others were there because they were curious (Egyptians), and others were there because they felt obligated...
-It doesn't matter why you are here, the question is what are you going to do with the invitation that is before you tonight...will you yield your life to God at this mountain, the Mountain of your Invitation?
-(have people stand and pray for them)
Genesis 13...Mountain of Declaration
-Genesis 13:14-17 (give a little background)
-(tell a story of when you were disappointed by something that d ...
Fred Michaux
Luke 24:36-53
Opening
-How many of you grew up with Easter baskets...favorite candies...what I remember most was that feeling as I fell asleep...expectation!
-that feeling of expectation the night before Easter, that capacity of the human heart, especially children, to feel something wonderful when waiting for a moment...it's a powerful emotion!
Introduction
-whenever people in the Bible were invited by God to join Him atop a mountain...that same emotion filled their heart, expectation, there is nothing sweeter than knowing God wants to speak to me.
-It is no coincidence that God chose a mountain to be the capstone moment of the Easter story...Jesus' ascension to Heaven, let's look at it together.
-Luke 24:36-53
-I want us to look at several other mountain top moments in Scripture, each one with a unique message for us, then coming back to this one in Luke 24 at the end...
-pray...(how God has many of us here tonight at these mountains...)
Sinai...Mountain of Invitation
-Exodus 19:3-6
1. He's willing to give a resume!
2. His promises are not exaggerations!
3. He is always honest about our cost!
-Deuteronomy 30:11-15, 19-20
-We miss out on the fullness of the favor of God because we bristle at the fullness of the demands of God!
-I love this picture of the crowd at Sinai...people were there because they loved God deeply, others were there because their parents said they had to be, others were there because they were curious (Egyptians), and others were there because they felt obligated...
-It doesn't matter why you are here, the question is what are you going to do with the invitation that is before you tonight...will you yield your life to God at this mountain, the Mountain of your Invitation?
-(have people stand and pray for them)
Genesis 13...Mountain of Declaration
-Genesis 13:14-17 (give a little background)
-(tell a story of when you were disappointed by something that d ...
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