RESET | PART 3 – WORSHIP

RESET  | PART 3 – WORSHIP

Spring Small Group Semester

January 31 – May 1, 2021

Small Group Leadership Training

Today at 11am or next Sunday 1/24 at 11:00am

For more information or to register your small groups please visit: www.olc.church/groups

TURNING WORRY INTO WORSHIP

1 Peter 5:6–11 (TPT) If you bow low in God’s awesome presence, he will eventually exalt you as you leave the timing in his hands. Pour out all your worries and stress upon him and leave them there, for he always tenderly cares for you. 

Matthew 6:25–34 (NIV) “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

When is restored, is released.

HOW DO I TURN MY WORRY INTO WORSHIP?

1.  Redirect my towards Christ.

Matthew 6:33 (NIV) “But seek first his kingdom…”

“Worry doesn’t take away tomorrow’s trouble It takes away today’s peace.”

Psalm 34:1,2,4 (NIV) I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.  I will glory in the Lord; … I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

James 4:8–10 (TPT) Move your heart closer and closer to God, and he will come even closer to you.

2 Corinthians 3:17 (NIV). …where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Galatians 5:22–23 (NIV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Nehemiah 8:10 (NIV) …for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Romans 8:28 (NIV) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Matthew 18:20 (NIV) For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.

Hebrews 10:24–25 (TPT) Discover creative ways to encourage others and to motivate them toward acts of compassion, doing beautiful works as expressions of love. This is not the time to pull away and neglect meeting together, as some have formed the habit of doing, because we need each other! In fact, we should come together even more frequently, eager to encourage and urge each other onward as we anticipate that day dawning.

2.  Establish my in Christ.   

Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) “seek…His righteousness.”

Romans 12:1–2 (The Message) So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God.  You’ll be changed from the inside out.

Proverbs 18:21 (The Message) Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit—you choose.

• I am a child of God. (Galatians 3:26)
• I am alive. (Romans 6:1h1)
• I am a faith-filled, life-speaking, fully devoted follower of Christ.
• I am a masterpiece. (Ephesians 2:10)
• I am content in Christ alone.
• I am chosen. (Ephesians 1:4)
• I am a child of God. (John 1:12-13)
• I am joyful. (Galatians 5:22-23)
• I am gentle. (Galatians 5:22-23)
• I am not easily offended and will not hold onto bitterness.
• I am patient. (Galatians 5:22-23)
• I am faithful. (Galatians 5:22-23)
• I am self-controlled. (Galatians 5:22-23)
• I am kind. (Galatians 5:22-23)
• I am steady. (Psalm 91:1)
• I am not alone—God is with me.
• I am loved. (John 3:16)
• I am free. (John 8:32)
• I am healed. (1 Peter 2:24)
• I am unashamed. (Romans 8:1)
• I am strong. (1 John 2:14)
• I am fearless. (Isaiah 43:5)
• I am secure. (John 10:28-29)
• I am not a people-pleaser because I answer to God first and seek to please Him.
• I am a new creation. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
• I am not shaken. (Psalm 62:6)
• I am not stuck in worry because Jesus offers a peace this world cannot give.
• I am born again. (1 Peter 1:23)
• I am more than a conqueror. (Romans 8:37)
• I am named by God, not labeled by man.
• I am the light of the world. (Matthew 5:14)
• I am mighty in His power. (Ephesians 6:10)
• I am the Church and I exist for the world. (1 Corinthians 12:27)
• I am a warrior! I stand firm, even when the pain is crippling because God is my strength.
• I will fight the good fight for what matters most. (2 Timothy 4:7)
• I am the son of the King of all kings.
• Because of Jesus, I lack nothing.
• God has given me everything I need to do what He’s called me to do.
• The joy of the Lord is my strength. (Nehemiah 8:10)

3.  Enjoy my in Christ.

Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) “…and all these things shall be added to you”

John 10:10–11 (TPT) ….I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect—life in its fullness until you overflow! I am the Good Shepherd who lays down my life as a sacrifice for the sheep.

When is restored, is released.

John 3:16 (NIV) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

21 Days of Prayer and Fasting | January 3-23, 2021

Prayer gatherings: Monday – Friday from 6-7am | Saturday from 9-10am

For more information please visit: www.olc.church/21days