Isaiah 3:1-12

I. Reject Passivity

II. Accept Responsibility

“The ability to accept responsibility is always the measure of a man.”

- Roy Smith

A will to obey.

A work to do.

A woman to love.

III. Lead Courageously

Direction

Protection

Provision

“You will be as small as your controlling desire or as great as your dominant aspiration.”

- Fred Smith

“Nothing can bring a man peace but the triumph of principles.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

IV. Expect A Greater Reward

Psalm 46:1-11

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of

Jacob is our fortress. Come and see what the LORD has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth. He makes

wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire. He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be

exalted in the earth.” The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear…”

Psalm 46:1

THREE TYPES OF TROUBLE

1. FINALITY OF AN EARTHQUAKE

2. FURY OF A STORM

3. FORCE OF A FLOOD

THREE PROMISES IN TIMES OF TROUBLE

1. GOD IS A REFUGE FOR HIS PEOPLE.

A. CONTINUALLY AVAILABLE

B. THOROUGHLY ADEQUATE

C. READILY ACCESSIBLE

2. GOD IS RESIDENT AMONG HIS PEOPLE.

A. GOD IS RESIDENT IN ME

B. GOD IS ALIVE IN HIS PEOPLE

3. GOD SENDS A RIVER OF BLESSING TO HIS PEOPLE.

A. REFLECT ON WHAT THIS MEANS

B. REVIEW WHAT GOD HAS DONE

C. REJOICE IN WHAT GOD PROMISES

D. RELAX AND BE STILL

Acts 2: 1-12

I. The Church birthed (a Spirit filled church)

The present tense experience of the Holy Spirit is the defining reality for the Church.

II. The Church birthed in power

The Holy Spirit in the Church is not about making everyone preachers and missionaries, it is about making us all powerful.

III. The perfect work of God inside imperfect people

Being filled with the Holy Spirit is about allowing God to have full access to our lives.