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This weeks announcements: 

 

  1.  Ladies, join us for appetizers and a devotion on Saturday, February 1st from 6 -7:30.  Bring an appetizer to share and come be encouraged!
  2. There will be a KidCity volunteer ZOOM meeting tonight at 8 pm.  The link is in your email. Please plan on attending if you are part of the KidCity Team.
  3. The CHCC Shirt Shop is open.  Check it out HERE!  Please place any orders by January 31st and they will be delivered to City on a Hill in February.
  4. We are participating in the Sanctity of Life Sunday baby bottle fundraiser.  Take a bottle home today and return it to the church by Sunday, February 2nd.

Faithful & True - Lesson 3, "A Partner in God’s Faithfulness"

1 Corinthians 1:9 (NLT), “God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”

LIFEPOINT: Remembering God’s faithfulness in the past can be a great source of courage in the present and hope for the future. Our faithfulness to God is fueled by His faithfulness to us!
 
In last week’s message we focused on the importance of setting time aside regularly to remember God’s faithfulness in the past. This is a discipline that can really strengthen your faith and empower your walk with the Lord. As we remember His faithfulness in our lives, it begins to fill us with faith so we can live faithfully for Him. Today I want to shift our focus to the present. How do I learn to embrace the truth that God is faithful to me right now in this present moment? How can I partner with God so that His faithfulness becomes the source of my faithfulness to Him and the people He has placed in my life? 

The answer is really very simple. But that doesn’t mean it’s always easy. It requires us to slow down long enough to develop the practice of resting in God’s faithfulness. But this is difficult because we live in a high-paced information based culture. All day every day we are being inundated with new information. Our senses are being overloaded with data. We have thousands of new images flowing through our minds that come to us from our constant exposure to screens. And a large part of what we are taking in is negative, divisive, and anxiety producing. 

This vicious cycle is why we have to learn to break free from all the cultural traps that are designed to keep us constantly plugged into technology. Through today’s message we will discover an important truth: The path to freedom starts by regularly making time to sit in God’s presence and experience His faithfulness in the present moment. It starts with developing the discipline of resting in God’s faithfulness!

In His Service,
Pastor Steve

Sermon Notes

LIFEPOINT: Remembering God’s faithfulness in the past can be a great source of courage in the present and hope for the future. Our faithfulness to God is fueled by His faithfulness to us!

1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (NLT), “This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes. 2 I am writing to God’s church in Corinth, to you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did for all people everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. 3 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. 4 I always thank my God for you and for the gracious gifts he has given you, now that you belong to Christ Jesus. 5 Through him, God has enriched your church in every way—with all of your eloquent words and all of your knowledge. 6 This confirms that what I told you about Christ is true.7 Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 He will keep you strong to the end so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns. 9 God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”


2 Chronicles 16:9 (NLT), “The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.”


Proverbs 16:9 (NLT), “We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.”


Psalm 37:23 (NLT), “The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.”


Joshua 1:1-3 (ESV), “After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.”

Five attributes of God:
  1. He is Omniscient - He knows everything there is to know about the world, including about me and you. He knows what is going to happen before it happens. He knows the past, the present and the future. 

John 16:29-31 (NLT), “Then his disciples said, “At last you are speaking plainly and not figuratively. 30 Now we understand that you know everything, and there’s no need to question you. From this we believe that you came from God.” 31 Jesus asked, “Do you finally believe? 32 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when you will be scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me. 33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

  1. He is Omnipotent - He is all powerful. If Jesus was not all powerful, He could not promise us that He would be faithful in every circumstance. It would mean that a circumstance could arise where He would not be able to protect us and to meet all of our needs. 

Mark 4:39-41 (NLT), “When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. 40 Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” 41 The disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Even the wind and waves obey him!”

  1. He is Omnipresent - He is always here with us. He is always within our reach and we are always within His reach. This means we will never face a situation where He is not present, able, and ready to do what is needed in our lives. 

Matthew 28:20b (NLT), “And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

  1. He is Always Truthful - Truth is at the very essence of God's character and Nature. He is Truthful in Every Circumstance. 

Titus 1:2 (NLT), “This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began.”

John 18:37 (NLT), “Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”

  1. He is Immutable - He cannot change. 

Hebrews 13:8 (NLT), “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

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