Bible Rhythm (2 of 9)
Series: Rhythm
Steve Jones
Isaiah 55:2
SERIES SUMMARY: We all want to live an abundant life and a holy life but sometimes we struggle. To struggle less we must stay in “rhythm” with the Holy Spirit. This series is about how to stay in “rhythm” with the Holy Spirit by practicing what are traditionally known as the spiritual disciplines.
SERMON SUMMARY: In this sermon we look at the spiritual rhythm of Bible reading. There are three reasons to read the Bible. 1) The Bible is INSPIRED. 2) The Bible TRANSFORMS. 3) The Bible SUSTAINS.
INTRODUCTION: I was out at South County Park last week. It was around 6:30am. No one else in the park but me when I noticed this rat-tat-tat metallic sound. I followed the noise with my eyes until I noticed the source. Can you guess what it was? It was a woodpecker. He was pecking on the metal bleachers in the park. Although he was investing time, working hard, and expending energy. He wasn’t getting any real return on his investment. He was looking for bugs in all the wrong places.
Sometimes we’re a little like that wrong-headed (not red-headed) woodpecker. We have a ‘‘hunger,’’ but we seek to satisfy it in the wrong places with the wrong things.
Is.55:2 ‘‘Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?’’
Jn.4:14 ‘‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.’’
Jn.4:32 ‘‘I have food to eat that you know nothing about.’’
Mt.4:4 ‘‘Man does not live on bread alone.’’
In the introduction to this sermon series, Rhythm, I contrasted Romans 7 and 8 and said less 7 more 8. First, we have
Rom.7:15 ‘‘I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.’’
Why do we experience that Romans 7:15 effect? Why do we do what we hate and what is wrong, while failing to do what is right and what we want?
I think it is because we are spiritually hungry and thirsty. And instead of satisfy ...
Series: Rhythm
Steve Jones
Isaiah 55:2
SERIES SUMMARY: We all want to live an abundant life and a holy life but sometimes we struggle. To struggle less we must stay in “rhythm” with the Holy Spirit. This series is about how to stay in “rhythm” with the Holy Spirit by practicing what are traditionally known as the spiritual disciplines.
SERMON SUMMARY: In this sermon we look at the spiritual rhythm of Bible reading. There are three reasons to read the Bible. 1) The Bible is INSPIRED. 2) The Bible TRANSFORMS. 3) The Bible SUSTAINS.
INTRODUCTION: I was out at South County Park last week. It was around 6:30am. No one else in the park but me when I noticed this rat-tat-tat metallic sound. I followed the noise with my eyes until I noticed the source. Can you guess what it was? It was a woodpecker. He was pecking on the metal bleachers in the park. Although he was investing time, working hard, and expending energy. He wasn’t getting any real return on his investment. He was looking for bugs in all the wrong places.
Sometimes we’re a little like that wrong-headed (not red-headed) woodpecker. We have a ‘‘hunger,’’ but we seek to satisfy it in the wrong places with the wrong things.
Is.55:2 ‘‘Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?’’
Jn.4:14 ‘‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.’’
Jn.4:32 ‘‘I have food to eat that you know nothing about.’’
Mt.4:4 ‘‘Man does not live on bread alone.’’
In the introduction to this sermon series, Rhythm, I contrasted Romans 7 and 8 and said less 7 more 8. First, we have
Rom.7:15 ‘‘I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.’’
Why do we experience that Romans 7:15 effect? Why do we do what we hate and what is wrong, while failing to do what is right and what we want?
I think it is because we are spiritually hungry and thirsty. And instead of satisfy ...
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