Dorcas What’s In Your Hands

Acts 9:36-43
She served the Apostles and the body of Christ.
Tabitha was a disciple who lived in Joppa, which was the ancient seaport of Jerusalem. Her Hebrew name is Tabitha, but she is also called Dorcas in Greek.

Tabitha ministered to widows, it’s a testimony not only to her godliness and compassion, but to her importance for the community.

1. She was a Disciple - A disciple is someone who accepted God’s authority and rulership in their life.

2. She Left a Legacy to remember - her legacy was so amazing that her record of good works is put into the Bible for everyone to read.

3. She teaches us that Faith Without Works Is Dead.

“Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in, it is what God gave you time for.” —Rachel JanKovic
“There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.” —Boyd K. Packer

Luk 19:8-10 - I’m Saved

What does it mean when someone says I’m Saved.
To save, preserve safe from danger, loss, or destruction. To save from the penalty of death and destruction, (not merely to make happy) but to bestow everlasting life as of the result of Jesus resurrection. It refers to helping or saving from danger.

Salvation is a general term, denoting deliverance.

* Jesus came looking for Zac
* Jesus transforms Zac
* Jesus looks beyond the opinions of the crowd to get to Zac

Zac – was saved because he was willing to receive Jesus into his heart and home

Zac – was saved because he turned from his corrupt lifestyle to do the will of God.

Zac – was saved because he was willing to make restitution to those he ripped off.
Thank you, Lord, for saving us from our self.

Fear Not

The presence of fear does not mean you have no faith. Fear visits everyone. But make your fear a visitor and not a resident. ~ Max Lucado
We could allow fear to control our will and emotions, or instead, let the peace of God rule our hearts and minds.

Col 3:15 And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ's] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always].

Only he who can say, "The Lord is the strength of my life" can say, "Of whom shall I be afraid?" Alexander MacLaren
I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4

God’s Presence and People

Luke 21:26 Jesus warns that there will be difficult days, and the hearts of many will be intimidated and that fright will overtake them. The Word of God gives us the answer to those days because we are the called-out ones, God’s assembly, and His presence overcomes the spirit of the antichrist. Let’s not forget His promise to us in Matt 18:20 “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” David says it this way in Ps 27:4 where he describes how Yahweh will provide victory against his enemies and his desire was to dwell in Yahweh’s presence in the temple. “One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.”

When God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was - he only saw the brightness of the Lord. - Author: George Eliot

The Bible and the Correlation of Mind and Body, Medical science has come to understand that there is a strong relationship between a person’s mental and physical health. Medical science says our mood tends to affect our health.

The Bible revealed this to us with these statements (written around 950 B.C.
“A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones” (Pro 14:30). “The light of the eyes rejoices the heart: and a good report makes the bones fat [healthy]” (Pro 15:30). "Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones" (Pro 16:24). “A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones” (Pro 17:22).

Jesus told us in this world we will have tribulation distress and suffering but be courageous confident, undaunted, be filled with joy; I have overcome the world.” AMPC. It's time to live the abundant life Jesus told us about, it's time to make a difference in this world.

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear - 1 Jn. 4:18

Fear can be defined as a distressing emotion aroused by impending pain or danger. The trigger for this emotion can be real or imaginary, and it may or may not be rational.

Ps 27:1-3 This Psalm is teaching us of the paralyzing effects of fear. V.3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. A siege in ancient Near Eastern warfare involved blocking off any route in or out of a city, often resulting in famine. If we take in negativity and speak negativity the end results many times is to be paralyzed by fear.

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.” ― Corrie Ten Boom

God’s unconditional love stops the paralyzing effects of fear. Jesus was wounded, bruised, opposed, afflicted for us on the cross destroying the power of fear.

God’s Love Has Everything to Do With It - 1 Jn 4:18

John explains to be confident of God’s love on the day of judgment because God’s wrath is reserved for those who are unrepentant. We are complete in God’s Love.
Franklin D. Roosevelt at his first Inaugural Address, which occurred in 1933, in the middle of the Great Depression: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”
I can move forward because I’m motivated by God’s unconditional love. I’m not afraid of God’s wrath, because I’m complete in God’s Love.
Amplified:
There is no fear in love [dread does not exist]. But perfect (complete, full-grown) love drives out fear, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is afraid [of God’s judgment] is not perfected in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love]. God’s love has everything to do with it.

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