Firm Foundation with Bryan Hudson
2014-11
Episodes
Sunday Nov 23, 2014
How to Be Strong: Ingredients for Strength
Sunday Nov 23, 2014
Sunday Nov 23, 2014
Ingredients of strength
If you’re taking notes, write down the letter “M”
1. Message (Word) Doers of the Word and not only Hearers (not deceiving ourselves)
2. Mindset: As a man thinks, so is he. “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind).
a. Being strong requires a mindset and a transformation of resources.
b. When the country was preparing to enter World War Two. Items like aluminum were used to build airplance. Because men were going off to war, women working in factories.
c. Joel 3:9 Proclaim this among the nations:“Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up. 10 Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’”
3. Material: There is something for us to do or to bring to God. In about 2 1/3 years, we are going to own this building free and clear) Matt 14:28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” 29 “Come,” he said. Acts 3:6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”
4. Mouth: So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. Doers of the Word Faith come by hearing
Manifestation: God reveals what was done when we asked by faith
Sunday Nov 16, 2014
How to Be Strong: Defy the Odds. Renew Your Strength.
Sunday Nov 16, 2014
Sunday Nov 16, 2014
How to Be Strong in Times of Weakness
Part 2 | Defy the Odds. Renew Your Strength.
Isaiah 40:28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
What David Teaches Us About Strength.
David has a lot to say about life. David had many experiences in his life. He was a man of unusual gifting and ability. He served as a Prophet, priest, king, warrior, and musician. David gained extraordinary confidence of his accomplishments. From this, you would think he was strong. Gifting and ability does not necessarily equal strength.
But he also suffered tremendous setbacks and made horrible mistakes. Like the old ABC show, “The Wide World of Sports” David experienced the thrill of victory and the of agony of defeat.
David’s most important accomplishment is that he was considered to be “A man after God’s own heart.” This is what we remember about David more than anything else, because he learned how to embrace weakness in a manner that enabled him to become strong.
David experienced both weakness and strength. He learned how to walk in strength by embracing his weakness in a very unique way.
We’re all shaped by the circumstances that impact our lives. This shape will be constructive if we let grace or destructive depending upon the grace of God in our lives and how we respond to God.
What shaped David’s life was how the handle weakness or being assigned a lesser status. Time and time again, David embraced his weakness only to find great strength in God, and in himself.