Be Still and Know God

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Be Still and Know God
Pastor Dave Martin Cross Creek Community Church
August 27, 2006
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• If there is one thing that we have a hard time
  enduring,
• its...

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Silence

• Psalms 4610 "Be still, and know that I am God I
  will be exalted among the nations, I will be
  exalted in the earth."

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• 1 Kings 1911-13 The LORD said, "Go out and stand
  on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for
  the LORD is about to pass by." Then a great and
  powerful wind tore the mountains apart and
  shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD
  was not in the wind. After the wind there was an
  earthquake, but the LORD was not in the
  earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire,
  but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the
  fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard
  it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went
  out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a
  voice said to him, "What are you doing here,
  Elijah?"

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To Intimately Know God...

• 1. Be Still before Him.
• Habakkuk 220 But the LORD is in his holy temple
  let all the earth be silent before him."
• Psalms 377a Be still before the LORD and wait
  patiently for him...

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To Intimately Know God...
2. Be Smashing Barriers...

• Sin (Self - Deception)
• Hebrews 121 Therefore, since we are surrounded
  by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw
  off everything that hinders and the sin that so
  easily entangles, and let us run with
  perseverance the race marked out for us.

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To Intimately Know God...
2. Be Smashing Barriers...

• Sin (Self - Deception)
• Snares (Devil - Devices)
• 2 Timothy 225-26 Those who oppose him he must
  gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant
  them repentance leading them to a knowledge of
  the truth, 26 and that they will come to their
  senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who
  has taken them captive to do his will.

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To Intimately Know God...
2. Be Smashing Barriers...

• Sin (Self - Deception)
• Snares (Devil - Devices)
• Shackles (Worlds - Enticements)
• James 44 You adulterous people, don't you know
  that friendship with the world is hatred toward
  God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the
  world becomes an enemy of God.

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• Feel like you cant get a handle on your time?

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• Feel like youre carrying around a ball chain?

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• Feel like youre living in a fog where God
  seems so distant?

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Like Elijah, God loving asks...

• What are you doing here?

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To Intimately Know God...

• 3. Be Passionately Seeking Him...

Jeremiah 2913 You will seek me and find me when
you seek me with all your heart.
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• Proverbs 27-8 7 He holds victory in store for
  the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk
  is blameless, 8 for he guards the course of the
  just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

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• Break Free!

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Bowing Before God...

• Refocuses my Thoughts
• Clarifies my Priorities
• Opens up Communication

Ephesians 117 I keep asking that the God of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give
you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that
you may know him better.
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• Jeremiah 333 'Call to me and I will answer you
  and tell you great and unsearchable things you do
  not know.'

M51 The Cross Galaxy
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There is nothing sweeter...

• Then intimately Knowing God!

Better is one day with the Lord than a thousand
elsewhere!