Scriptures and Key Points:
How do we keep our moral compass in the noise of the world?
- “Find Me in the stillness.”
Psalm 46:10 NKJV Be still, and know that I am God…
Jeremiah 29:7 NKJV And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will have peace.
- Honor the foundations.
Genesis 17:4 NKJV As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.
- When God touches the local church, it impacts the nations.
- The Church needs to cross racial, denominational, and generational lines and meet at the Cross of Christ.
- Our first commitment is to the party of the Lion and the Lamb.
Matthew 6:33 NKJV But seek first the kingdom of God …
Ephesians 6:20 NKJV For which I am an ambassador in chains…
Hebrews 12:2 NKJV Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him…
- Bushido code – “The Way of the Warrior”
- Rectitude – a place of moral compass
Colossians 1:16-18 NKJV For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Compassion – compass and passion
- God can give us His compassion.
- Courage, Benevolence, Respect, Honor, Honesty, Loyalty
2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 NKJV And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Hebrews 11:1-3 NKJV Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
- There has been a corporate attack on the Word of God and His Church. Therefore there must be a corporate response with agreement in prayer and worship.
- Authentic worship brings His anointing which breaks the yoke of bondage.
- Faith is trusting in God’s promises even when circumstances are overwhelming.
Matthew 17:20 NKJV …If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
Hebrews 11:6-7 NKJV But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
To Keep Our Moral Compass, We Need to be Tethered
- Be connected with something greater than yourself.
- Things that hinder our compass of faith:
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- A failure to hate sin (Hebrews 1:9; 12:1; 13:18)
- Negligence (Hebrews 2:1–3)
- Hardening of heart (Hebrews 3:7–15)
- Unbelief (Hebrews 3:12, 19; 10:38–39; 11:6)
- Prayerlessness (Hebrews 4:16; 5:7–8)
- Dullness of hearing (Hebrews 5:11–14)
- Insulting the Spirit of grace (Hebrews 10:26–29)
- Discouragement (Hebrews 6:11–12, 19–20; 10:23, 35–36; 12:12–13)
- Harboring unforgiveness and bitterness (Hebrews 12:14–15)
- Refusing the Lord when He speaks (Hebrews 12:25–27)
Proverbs 4:23 NKJV Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.
- It’s what we do in private that determines the power of God, or the lack of it, in public.
Hebrews 10:26–29 NKJV For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment…Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
1 Samuel 15:23 NKJV For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft…
- God hates all sins, but the consequences are different.
- Discouragement is a powerful drug.
“It’s always the wrong person on the cross.” – David Wilkerson, Have You Felt Like Giving Up Lately
- God doesn’t owe us anything; He’s done everything.
- By harboring unforgiveness, you don’t become better, you become bitter.
- Have you predetermined what you want God to say?
Psalm 110:2-3 NKJV …Your people shall be volunteers in the day of Your power…
Links:
Books:
- Have You Felt Like Giving Up Lately by David Wilkerson
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