6/16 Life Group

​Through It All
Hillsong Worship
 
You are forever in my life
You see me through the seasons
Cover me with Your hand
And lead me in Your righteousness
And I look to You
And I wait on You
 
I'll sing to You, Lord
A hymn of love
For Your faithfulness to me
I'm carried in everlasting arms
You'll never let me go
Through it all
 
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah

What Love, My God
CityAlight
 
What love, my God, would bring You down to earth
What king would take a low and lonely birth
Yet to this dark and broken place You came
To sleep beneath the stars that You had made
 
What love my God, would send the way of life
To walk the road, rejected and despised
That You might know the weakness I possess
And be my rock of strength and righteousness
 
O Your love, my God like a flood
As heaven opened up pouring out on us
O praise the King who came to the world
In His love like a mighty flood
 
What love, my God, could hold You to the tree
To bear that overwhelming debt for me
The Son of heaven leaves the Father's side
The Healer bleeds, the life was made to die
 
What love my God, so gracious and extreme
Was strong enough to come and fight for me
To go through hell and down into the grave
And raise me up to see You face to face
You raise me up to see You face to face


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​Life-Sharing

1. What has God been teaching you through last week’s message – “Comfort, Comfort My People” – from ISAIAH 40:1-11? Read the texts once more and discern what the holy Spirit is desiring to say through it.

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1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
    and cry to her
that her warfare is ended,
    that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
    double for all her sins.
 

1. [v.1-2] For the last 39 chapters, God’s message through Isaiah had been largely one of judgment and discipline. But this isn’t the end of His words. What message does the LORD tenderly say, and why ought they embrace it?
2. *The biblical principle – Comfort is not in becoming comfortable, but in being forgiven. Where is your comfort today? How does forgiveness from God through Jesus Christ leave you in comfort?

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3 A voice cries:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
    make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be lifted up,
    and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
    and the rough places a plain.
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
    and all flesh shall see it together,
    for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
6 A voice says, “Cry!”
    And I said, “What shall I cry?”
All flesh is grass,
    and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades
    when the breath of the Lord blows on it;
    surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
    but the word of our God will stand forever.
 

1. [v.3-8] What does the “voice” cry out and say?
2. *The biblical principle – To receive comfort, the way of the LORD must be prepared and the word of God must be heard. How are you preparing to receive comfort? How are you preparing to hear the word of comfort?

 
 
9 Go on up to a high mountain,
    O Zion, herald of good news;
lift up your voice with strength,
    O Jerusalem, herald of good news;
    lift it up, fear not;
say to the cities of Judah,
    “Behold your God!”
10 Behold, the Lord God comes with might,
    and his arm rules for him;
behold, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense before him.
11 He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
    he will gather the lambs in his arms;
he will carry them in his bosom,
    and gently lead those that are with young.
 

1. [v.9-11] God’s people are called to go to a high mountain, lift up their voice, and behold who?
2. *The biblical principle – Behold your Comforter – the LORD God your Shepherd-King. Who are you going to? Who are your eyes lifted up to see as your Comforter? Are you letting the Comforter carry you in His arms and gently lead you today?

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The central truth of this word was – There is a voice in the wilderness of life crying out to offer you comfort. Will you listen and receive it? The comfort that God’s people needed was not relief from ancient warfare, but spiritual warfare from their sins. Comfort is not in becoming comfortable, but in being forgiven. This prepares the way of the LORD for the word of God to be heard and truly comfort our hearts. Our Comforter is none other than our Shepherd-King, who carries us and gently leads us through all our afflictions in His arms. Behold, Your Comforter!
 – *How has the LORD spoken to you today through this?
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Life-Praying
Spend a moment with the holy Spirit. Pray for one another.
 
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18)
 
…do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7)