God: Refuge for His People, Exalted Among the Nations

Messages by Desiring God

Desiring God

Christianity, Messages, Sermons, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Preaching, Desiring God, 163859, Religion & Spirituality, John Piper

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 1991

⏱️ 38 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

One of the reasons we invest our lives in some insignificant ways is that we never become still enough to let the great realities hit us.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Psalm 46 is the text for this morning's message
0:04.0	Pastor John will be giving.
0:06.0	If you'd like to turn in your Bibles and follow along,
0:10.0	God is our refuge and strength,
0:12.0	a very present help in trouble.
0:15.0	Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change.
0:18.0	And though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble
0:27.0	with its tumult, there is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the most high.
0:36.7	God is in the midst of her. She shall not be moved. God will help her right early. The nation's rage and the kingdoms taught her.
0:47.0	He utters his voice and the earth melts. The Lord of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.
0:57.0	Come! Behold the works of the Lord how he has wrought desolations in the earth. He makes the wars cease to the end of the earth.
1:07.0	He breaks the bow and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots with fire.
1:12.0	Be still. He burns the chariots with fire.
1:12.8	Be still.
1:15.2	And know that I am God.
1:17.5	I am exalted among the nations.
1:20.1	I am exalted in the earth. The Lord of Host is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.
1:29.7	Almost everywhere Jesus went, crowds gathered. They wanted to hear him. They wanted to touch him or
1:37.5	have him touch them. And one time he looked out over this big crowd and he saw them and they turned and he said to his disciples,
1:55.0	They are like sheep without a shepherd.
1:58.2	They are harassed and helpless. The harvest is plentiful, the laborers are few. Pray to the Lord of the
2:09.2	harvest that he might send forth laborers into his harvest.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Desiring God, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Desiring God and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.