6/23 Life Group

Your Will Be Done
CityAlight
 
Your will be done, my God and Father
As in Heaven, so on Earth
My heart is drawn to self-exalting
Help me seek Your kingdom first
 
As Jesus walked, so I shall walk
Held by Your same unchanging love
Be still my soul, O lift your voice and pray
"Father, not my will but Yours be done"
 
How in that Garden He persisted
I may never fully know
The fearful weight of true obedience
It was held by Him alone
 
What wondrous faith to bear that cross
To bear my sin, what wondrous love
My hope was sure, when there my Saviour prayed
"Father, not my will but Yours be done"
 
When I am lost, when I am broken
In the night of fear and doubt
Still, I will trust in my good Father
Yes, to one great King I bow
 
As Jesus rose, so I shall rise
In ransomed glory at the throne
My heart restored
With all Your saints, I sing
"Father, not my will but Yours be done"
 
As we go forth, our God and Father
Lead us daily in the fight
That all the world might see Your glory
And Your Name be lifted high
 
And in this Name we overcome
For You shall see us safely home
Now as Your church, we lift our voice and pray
"Father, not my will but Yours be done"
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​Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me
CityAlight
 
What gift of grace is Jesus my redeemer
There is no more for heaven now to give
He is my joy, my righteousness, and freedom
My steadfast love, my deep and boundless peace
 
To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus
For my life is wholly bound to His
Oh how strange and divine, I can sing, "All is mine"
Yet not I, but through Christ in me
 
The night is dark but I am not forsaken
For by my side, the Saviour He will stay
I labour on in weakness and rejoicing
For in my need, His power is displayed
 
To this I hold, my Shepherd will defend me
Through the deepest valley He will lead
Oh the night has been won, and I shall overcome
Yet not I, but through Christ in me
 
No fate I dread, I know I am forgiven
The future sure, the price it has been paid
For Jesus bled and suffered for my pardon
And He was raised to overthrow the grave
 
To this I hold, my sin has been defeated
Jesus now and ever is my plea
Oh the chains are released, I can sing, "I am free"
Yet not I, but through Christ in me
 
With every breath I long to follow Jesus
For He has said that He will bring me home
And day by day I know He will renew me
Until I stand with joy before the throne
 
To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus
All the glory evermore to Him
When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat
Yet not I, but through Christ in me
 
 
 
 

​Life-Sharing

1. What has God been teaching you through last week’s message – “He Gives Power to the Faint” – from ISAIAH 40:12-31? Read the texts once more and discern what the holy Spirit is desiring to say through it.

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12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? 13 Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel? 14 Whom did he consult, and who made him understand?
Who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust. 16 Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering. 17 All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
 

1. [v.12-17] God not only desires to – but also carries the ability to – comfort His afflicted people (v.1-11). What abilities does the Lord declare about Himself?
2. *The biblical principle – Comfort comes from the Creator – not from creation. What abilities & qualifications does God have to bring you comfort? How far can a word/gesture/action from someone be of comfort? Is God able to give far above that?

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18 To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him? 19 An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains. 20 He who is too impoverished for an offering chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an idol that will not move. 21 Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; 23 who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness. 24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows on them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble. 25 To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing.
 

1. [v.18-26] God’s people at the time had doubts about His comfort, so they began comparing and seeking counterfeit comforts on the earth. Yet, how foolish is it to compare something or someone with God?

 
 

1. *The biblical principle – Comfort from God is incomparable to the comfort in creation. When have you experienced your heart starting to compare – with others and other things against God? How is God’s comfort incomparable to creation?

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27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God”? 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. 29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. 30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
 

1. [v.27-31] Although His people doubted and wearied in their doubt against Him, what does God promise them if they wait in hope upon Him?
2. *The biblical principle – God’s comfort is the power to wait for Him and run with Him without growing weary. How does God’s comfort come in a time of waiting? When has waiting and hoping upon the Lord resulted in renewed strength to rise up with wings like eagles? Where is God comforting you to spread out your wings to soar with Him courageously over fall weary?

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The central truth of this word was – You have access to incredible power because of your God of all power. Look up! Wait for Him, be comforted by Him, run with Him. Look in! Be convicted. Look around! Creation is calling forth the comfort from its Creator. Comfort comes from the Creator – look up to Him before towards another. Comfort from God is incomparable – nothing is worthy enough to be compared in creation, because it is the power from Him to wait for Him and run with Him in this life without growing weary. For the power of Christ Jesus that is at work within us, be comforted and live to bring His comfort to each other! – *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)