February 27 -Driven by Love: Play the Flute (Matt. 11:17)
“We played the flute for you,
but you didn’t dance;
we sang a lament,
but you didn’t mourn!”
Matthew 11:17 (CSB)
I.God’s Song
for you
1. The Song of
His Love
2. The Song of Deliverance and Blessing
“1 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man against
whom the Lord counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.3 For when I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your
hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as
by the heat of summer. Selah5 I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess
my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah6 Therefore let everyone who is godly
offer prayer to you at a time
when you may be found;
surely in the rush of great waters,
they shall not reach him.7 You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah”
PSALM 32:1-7 (ESV)
“No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.”
1 Corinthians 10:13 (ESV)
3. The Song of Life
“3 We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,
5 made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!”
EPHESIANS 2:3-5 (CSB)
“1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”
Colossians 3:1–2 (ESV)
4. The Song of Purpose
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared ahead of time
for us to do.”
EPHESIANS 2:10 (CSB)
5. The Song of Home
II. Our Song
for God
1. The Song
of Our Love
A. Play the Song of Obedience
B. Play the Song of Pursuit
C. Play the Flute
1. Our actions
2. Our Words
3. Our Lives
“1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
ROMANS 12:1-2 (ESV)
III. Will you Play your Flute?
1. Outward Prayer
2. Invite to church
3. Get on His pathway
4. Serve Others