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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Deliver Us From the Fear of Evil Through the Greatest Gift_Love originally posted_12_15_2013

Covenant of Hope Ministries Sunday Sermon 



Welcome to Covenant of Hope Ministries and our sermon or midweek study. You will normally see us posted on Sunday and Wednesday. I am Rev. Laura A. Neff. Our ministry was built on the truth of God’s love. It doesn’t conform to society’s wishes. This ministry shares the Word of God, the Spirit of Christ Jesus. Those who know me well will recognize that there are definitive differences in the creation of every sermon from this point forward. It is God’s will that has brought this to be. We wish only that God’s truth will be shared within His words as brought to us by the Spirit as it fills my heart, mind, and soul to be shared with my hands, but with His words alone.
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Prayer List: We have many on our prayer list. Some wish to remain anonymous, and others only wish to have their first names mentioned. Our prayer list grows or changes every week. This is our current list.
- Please pray for Elder Cal Jennings who has been suffering greatly with his health. Please also pray that his housing issues have solutions very soon. May the Lord bring his spirits up and help heal him and give him hope.
- Please pray for our family as we mourn the passing of my Uncle John. He passed on just a week ago. They are mourning him tomorrow in his memorial. May our family and friends remember him fondly.

- Please pray for relief in the trials and tribulations for Sister Theresa and myself as we have had a great many over the past year and more.

- Be thankful for each day we live as we do not know what tomorrow brings.

- Pray for our nations that the voice of God be heard through the Spirit.

- Pray for our friends and families that their tomorrows bring blessings and pray our own be the same.

- Pray for those suffering as a result of the terrors that have occurred just this past month around this world.

- Pray for our sick and wounded that they may heal.

- Pray for our homeless, that they might have shelter and food for the celebration of Christ’s birth and the hope of a home, compassion of man, and more.

Prayer: Father in heaven, our prayer today is to have the Spirit bring clarity to each of our decisions. We thank You for that gift and the many more You have brought us. May our fears be drawn out of us. Help us to see the many gifts Your love brings and the unknown locations it might be found. May our pain and sorrow be eased. May peace be brought from our hearts and shared with others. May Your gifts of love shine through us toward others. We pray for the poor, the sick, the sorrowful, the wounded, and the frightened. We pray for the soldiers, the Samaritans, the children, and the rest. We pray in thanksgiving for every gift brought us. We pray that every tomorrow bring good things. For each of these we pray in Your Holy Name, through our Savior Jesus Christ, and the gift of the Holy Spirit, Amen and so it shall be.
Opening Song: Rejoice for the Steps and Fear Not



Sermon: The title says this: To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? There are a pair of verses that go with this explanation. Those include this one.

I Samuel 23:19 KJV – Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

I Samuel 26:1 KJV – And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah. Saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachiah, which is before Jeshimon?

There are many times we pray for deliverance. That can be delivering us from all types of situations, ranging from life threatening to the torment of heart, mind, or soul. Evil and the deliverance from it would be mentioned in the Lord’s Prayer, which we share through our Savior.

Psalm 54:1-4 KJV – Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

He’s wishing and praying that God will think about listening, giving ear to the words which David shares. He is making his case by sharing that his enemies do not share the belief that the Lord God would have been set before them. God helps those who are faithful. God helps and is with us if we hold each other up, as well as ourselves.

Psalm 118:7 KJV – I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

The best part about faith is in the fact that when God shows us more than we expect, or even what we hope for, we feel as though we have come back to life. We are willing to shout for joy and say that it’s because God has given us answers. God is good. He will answer prayers, and bring blessings, if we listen, hear, and share that which we have listened to and heard. It’s not supposed to be one sided. We’re supposed to work in tandem. That is how hope, faith, peace, and more would lead us to unconditional love as shown and shared through Christ Jesus. Here we come with the words Fear Not. This is something that is often shared during this time of the year. Yet, this is far, far from the gospels. In fact, it is the prophecy that our gospels would be fulfilled.

Isaiah 41:10 KJV – Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Here it would be proven in the New Testament. 

Romans 8:31, 32 KJV – What shall we then say unto these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Sacrifice is the single most difficult consideration. We saw it with Abraham and his son. We see it again with God and His Son Jesus. It is the fact that they were willing to do so much to save others, to prove faith can exist and will indeed be shared and seen in our eyes, our hearts, our spirits, and our souls. What can David pray for next? He wants, and pleads that the enemies not see the truth, that they are cut from it. What is he willing to do for this? Well, take a look at what is shared here.

Psalm 54:5-7 KJV – He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. 
I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

God delivered him! So what does David do? He says PRAISE GOD, of course. This is what we often forget to do. When our trials and tribulations are taken from our shoulders, we often forget to praise Him for deliverance. That’s why Jesus said to remember the prayer He gave us. DELIVER US FROM EVIL, He says and we pray. Yet, still, even with this confidence, this knowledge of God’s grace and hope would dissolve in his fear that something will not be given. Faith is something we all struggle to hang on to. This just proves that fact. Psalm 89:49 KJV – Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

It makes it that much more difficult if we are afraid to see what’s right in front of us. God’s love is ALWAYS with us. In fact, it’s right in front of us. All we have to do is trust in that fact. That faith shares so much, including the deliverance of His faithful from the evils in this world. Now that’s something to think about as we pray in the prayer Jesus taught us saying: 
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13 KJV)

Closing Song: O Come, O Come Emmanuel 



~ Shalom ~
Rev. Laura A. Neff
Elder Calvin Jennings
Covenant of Hope Ministries Main Site: http://www.covenantofhopeministries.blogspot.com
Scripture Excerpts: The New Open Bible Study Edition: Copyright © 1990: Thomas Nelson Publishers, Inc.
Scripture Excerpts: Holy Bible: Copyright © 1982: E. E. Gaddy and Associates, Inc.
Scripture Excerpts: Holy Bible: Copyright ©circa 1890-1910: International Bible Press, The John C. Winston Co.; Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Our mission for Covenant of Hope Ministries is not to exploit fear, but to conquer it, and overcome all that is created through fear together as the bringers of the light of Jesus found in the midst of darkness. 

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