Independent – free from outside control, not depending on another’s authority, self-governing, not influenced or affected by others, impartial, capable of thinking or acting for oneself, not connected with each other, separate, not depending on something or someone else for strength or effectiveness, freestanding
Norm Wakefield – definition of a real man is one who is DEPENDENT on God.
Interdependent – (of two or more people), dependent on each other
Dependent – requiring someone or something for financial, emotional, or other support. Unable to do without.
John 8:25-30 Hearing the Father
John 5:19-20 Seeing the Father
Isaiah 55:3, 8-9
Incline – to lean or a bend in a particular direction
Can You Hear It? by William Lach
(Art: Avenue du Bois, Kees van Dongen, Dutch, 1877-1968, Oil on canvas; Music: An American in Paris (excerpt), George Gershwin, American, 1898-1937 {Music played on recording})
Can you hear the passing cars, honking as they rush through crowded city streets? French horns and actual car horns make these noises.
Now…can you hear horses, clomping in and around traffic, played by the woodblock? people, rushing by on the sidewalk, played by the xylophone?
(Art: My Little White Kitties into Mischief, published by Currier and Ives, American, active 1852-1907; Hand-colored lithograph. Music: Comic Duet for Two Cats, attributed to Gioachino Rossini, Italian, 1792-1868. {Music played on recording})
Can you hear one cat meowing when it sees the spilled milk? A female opera singer known as a mezzo-soprano sings the first cat.
Now….can you hear a second cat joining in with the first, sung by a soprano opera singer (slightly higher than the first)?
the cats hissing when they get too close, also sung by the opera singers
the cats purring when their bellies are full, again sung by the opera singers?
Jesus – interdependent – How Jesus, the man, came to know who He was and His purpose
(Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, wise men, Herod, Shepherds, Anna, Simon, John the Baptist, Holy Spirit)
Luke 1:26-45
Matthew 1:18-24
Matthew 2
Matthew 3;13-17
John 1:32-33
Luke 4:1-4, 14-22
Jesus moved in power out of the secret place with his Father.
Luke 5:12-15 – often withdrew and prayed
Mark 1:35-37 – Arose early to a solitary place to pray
Matthew 14:23 – Sent the multitudes away and was alone by Himself to pray
“Any athlete who expects to excel in sports without adequate preparation is no more ridiculous than a Christian who hopes to act in a Christlike manner when a test comes up but hasn’t yet exercised Godly living.” – P.R.
“It was out of His private preparation that Jesus performed His public service.” – P.R.
Scott Peck – “The Road Less Traveled”
“The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed but a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is getting His way with us.” – Oswald Chambers
Psalm 91:14-15 – Faith is not a thought process. It’s an act! I set my love on Him in faith. – He sets me on high!
Psalm 91:16 [READ TOGETHER] “With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Psalm 31:19-20 — The “Secret Place”: God’s Presence
Psalm 23:5 — God hides us in plain sight.
Psalm 32:7(AMP) – “YOU are my hiding place…”
Psalm 25:14(AMP) – [READ TOGETHER]
“The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear, revere and worship Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them it’s deep, inner meaning.”
The Secret of Getting Into the Secret Place: You don’t get in; you’re ALREADY IN.
Romans 5:1-2(AMP)
Romans 5:2 (AMP) [READ TOGETHER] “Through Him also we have access by faith into this grace in which we firmly and safely stand…”
1 Corinthians 1:30 – You are IN Christ Jesus!
Ephesians 5:30 – members of His Body; flesh and bone
Ephesians 2:6 – He made us to sit there – so SIT and Stay there!!
Romans 8:9
John 5:44
John 5:41
Psalm 91:1-2(AMP) – [READ TOGETHER]
“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty – whose power no foe can withstand.
I will continually say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely;
Psalm 91:9-10 – “Because you have made the Lord your refuge and the Most High your dwelling place, therefore, NO EVIL shall befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.”
John 1:36 – Jesus, the “Lamb of God”
Revelation 5:6-8:1
Revelation 5:6,12
Revelation 7:10
Jesus dealt with evil by absorbing it in God instead of attacking it with violence.
Exodus 14:10;13-14 – “Stand still and see…”
Judges 7:2
Psalm 46:4
Ezekiel 47:1-12
Ezekiel 47:9 – “And it shall be that every living thing that moves wherever the River goes, will live.”
Psalm 34:8 – “Taste and see…”
Revelation 22:17
Revelation 4:1
Revelation 4:2 – “Immediately…”
Revelation 21:5-7
Psalm 91:9-10 – “Because you have made the Lord your refuge and the Most High your dwelling place, therefore, NO EVIL shall befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.”
Psalm 91:14 – “BECAUSE he has set his love upon Me, therefore, I will deliver him: I will set him on high, BECAUSE he knows and understands MY name, with a personal knowledge of My mercy, love and kindness, and BECAUSE he relies on Me knowing (this) I will NEVER FORSAKE him, no Never!”
Psalm 91:1-2 (AMP) ” He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty – Whose power no foe can withstand.
I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I confidently trust.”
El Elyon – The Most High – The Pinnacle – The Most Powerful
El Shaddai – The Almighty – The All-Sufficient One – The Totality of all things
Elohim – The Lord – The Ultimate Source
Yahweh – God – The Holy One (so holy His name cannot be spoken
Proverbs 18:10
Psalm 91:3-16
Matthew 16:19
Psalm 91:2 – “I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I confidently trust.”
Psalm 34:3 – “Come magnify —“
Psalm 22:3 – God dwells in our praise
Psalm 91:2 – “I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I confidently trust.”
Hebrews 2:12-13
Psalm 91:3 – “Surely, he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.”
Psalm 91:4 – Then He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His Truth and His Faithfulness are a shield and buckler.
John 4:4-26 – woman at the well
Confession – Admission of guilt
Repentance – admission, turning and taking proper responsibility
Metanoia – to reverse a decision; to change your mind or thoughts
Epistrepho – a change in direction – speaks of actions
John 8:22 – truth sets you free
Psalm 91:5 – “You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrows (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that fly by the day”
Psalm 91:6 – Nor of the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.
Psalm 91:7 – A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you
Hebrews 8:6 – a better covenant
Psalm 91:8 – Only as a spectator shall you be (yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High) as you witness the reward of the wicked.
Psalm 91:9 – Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
Psalm 91:10 – There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near you tent.
