How To Sing Gods Song In A Strange Land

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How To Sing Gods Song In A Strange Land
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• By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea,
  we wept When we remembered Zion. 2 We hung our
  harps Upon the willows in the midst of it. Psalms
  1371-2 (NKJV)

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• For there those who carried us away captive asked
  of us a song, And those who plundered us
  requested mirth, Saying, "Sing us one of the
  songs of Zion!" 4 How shall we sing the Lord's
  song In a foreign land? Psalms 1373-4 (NKJV)

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• 1. If I will sing Gods song in a strange land I
  must learn to cry
• Vs1 sat down and cried

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• Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry
  out They cry out for help because of the arm of
  the mighty. Job 359 (NKJV)
• Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with
  those who weep. Romans 1215 (NKJV)

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• A. The way things used to be
• Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble My
  eye wastes away with grief, Yes, my soul and my
  body! 10 For my life is spent with grief, And my
  years with sighing My strength fails because of
  my iniquity, And my bones waste away. Psalms
  319-10 (NKJV)

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• And when he thought about it, he wept. Mark 1472
  (NKJV)
• I remembered God, and was troubled I complained,
  and my spirit was overwhelmed. Psalms 773 (NKJV)

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• B. When we hit a dry spot
• As they pass through the Valley of Baca, They
  make it a spring The rain also covers it with
  pools. Psalms 846 (NKJV)

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• I am weary with my groaning All night I make my
  bed swim I drench my couch with my tears. 7 My
  eye wastes away because of grief It grows old
  because of all my enemies. 8 Depart from me, all
  you workers of iniquity For the Lord has heard
  the voice of my weeping. Psalms 66-8 (NKJV)

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• My tears have been my food day and night, While
  they continually say to me, "Where is your God?"
  Psalms 423 (NKJV)

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• C. When the enemy is winning
•  But if you will not hear it, My soul will weep
  in secret for your pride My eyes will weep
  bitterly And run down with tears, Because the
  Lord's flock has been taken captive. Jer 1317
  (NKJV)

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• Now it happened, when David and his men came to
  Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites had
  invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and
  burned it with fire, 2 and had taken captive the
  women and those who were there, from small to
  great they did not kill anyone, but carried them
  away and went their way 1 Sam 301-2 (NKJV)

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• 2. If I Will Sing Gods Song In A Strange Land I
  Must Learn To Sing During The Tough Times
• But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and
  singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were
  listening to them. Acts 1625 (NKJV)

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• Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be
  on the vines Though the labor of the olive may
  fail, And the fields yield no food Though the
  flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be
  no herd in the stalls-- 18 Yet I will rejoice in
  the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
  Hab 317-18 (NKJV)

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• Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his
  head and he fell to the ground and worshiped.
  21 And he said "Naked I came from my mother's
  womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord
  gave, and the Lord has taken away Blessed be the
  name of the Lord." Job 120-21 (NKJV)

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• 3. If I Will Sing Gods Song In A Strange land I
  Must Learn To Dream Again
• When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion,
  We were like those who dream. Psalms 1261 (NKJV)

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• People lose hope when they stop dreaming.
• For thus says the Lord After seventy years are
  completed at Babylon, I will visit you and
  perform My good word toward you, and cause you to
  return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts
  that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts
  of peace and not of evil, to give you a future
  and a hope. Jer 2910-11 (NKJV)

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• Ask God to give you a dream
• Walt Disney had a dream the rest is history

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• The future is not fixed go ahead and dream, even
  if things are rough right now
• And we know that all things work together for
  good to those who love God, to those who are the
  called according to His purpose. Romans 828
  (NKJV)

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• Keys To Achieve your spiritual dreams
• A. You must continually see your dream in your
  heart
• Hab 22 Write the vision , and make it plain on
  tables that he may run that reads it

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• B. You will need a whole lot of patience
• For the vision is yet for an appointed time But
  at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
  Though it tarries, wait for it Because it will
  surely come, It will not tarry. Hab 23 (NKJV)

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• C. You will need to realize that God is committed
  to the dream that has been birthed
• But I have prayed for you, that your faith should
  not fail and when you have returned to Me,
  strengthen your brethren." Luke 2232 (NKJV)

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• D. You may discover that your dream was birthed
  out of past pain
•  These things I have spoken to you, that in Me
  you may have peace. In the world you will have
  tribulation but be of good cheer, I have
  overcome the world." John 1633 (NKJV)

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• E. You will need to realize that big dreams will
  require a big faith
• So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith
  in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever
  says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast
  into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart,
  but believes that those things he says will be
  done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore
  I say to you, whatever things you ask when you
  pray, believe that you receive them, and you will
  have them. Mark 1122-24 (NKJV)

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• F. You must be an original dreamer not a copy
• Joseph had nobody to encourage him to hold on

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• G. You will need each of these focus, passion
  and favor.
• H. You will need to prepare for your dream
• Jesus prepared 30 years for 3 years of ministry

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• I. You will need the power of God to reach your
  dream
• J. You will need the help of others
• Jesus used 12 disciples to launch the church

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• K. You will need to stay determined to finish the
  race.
• L. You will need to use your time wisely

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