Preparing to receive God, my joy and my delight

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SUMMARY: The sermon focuses on Psalm 43:3-4 and encourages Christians to prepare for Christmas by humbly crying out to God and realizing their dependence upon Him. The desperate state of our nation and the world is acknowledged, but the message offers hope through prayer and action by the Church. The three steps to receiving God's forgiveness and healing are accepting God's invitation to His Holy Mountain, sacrificing our lives to Him, and entering into His Presence with joy and delight. The sermon concludes with a prayer for God to speak to our hearts and apply His Word to our lives.

And in our sermon this morning we are going to briefly meditate on one of the scriptures that compose that advent time to help us prepare for christmas. That scripture is in Salm 43 verse 3 and 4: "Send forth Your light and Your Truth, let them guide me. Let them bring me to Your Holy Mountain, to the place where you dwell, then I will go to the altar of God, my joy and my delight."

The sermon might be titled: "Preparing to receive God, my joy and my delight." Brothers and sisters these verses are a gold mine. Let's go digging for gold. One precious coming after another. First let us pray.

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