The eWORD – Present Help
31 July 2011 @ S T C / Galilee
Dr Stanley L Scott
Introduction: Today I want to issue a clarion call to you and declare that ” God is here” and available to help you in any and every circumstance of your life!!!
Trust Him, take refuge in Him!!!
Main Text:
Psalm 46:1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.>> God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. {for: or, of}
(KJV)
Support Texts:
Deuteronomy 4:7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Psalm 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Psalm 145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Definitions:
Webster’s 1828 Dictionary Definitions:
PRES’ENT, a. s as z. [L. proesens; proe and sum, esse, to be.]
1. Being in a certain place; opposed to absent.
2. Being before the face or near; being in company.
3. Being now in view or under consideration.
4. Now existing, or being at this time; not past or future;
5. Ready at hand; quick in emergency;
HELP, v.t. A regular verb; the old past tense and participle holp and holpen being obsolete.
1. To aid; to assist; to lend strength or means towards effecting a purpose;
2. To assist; to succor; to lend means of deliverance;
3. To relieve; to cure, or to mitigate pain or disease.
4. To remedy; to change for the better.
Teaching Point: We MUST build up our confidence in God to the place where we can boldly say that He is OUR present help.
Action Point: Put God to the test, try Him so that you can discover the TRUTH of His presence for yourself! That is when you can declare it and see it in your situations.
Determination Point: EVERYDAY, EVERYDAY, develope and work through times of seeing, knowing, and experiencing the Help of God.