Have you ever thought about how we use certain words or phrases to express how we feel about something?

I told awhile back that the word groovy (which I hated) changed to cool

dig it!! changed to “thats hip & then changed to dude!

Give me some grease = oil for your cooking or car, changed to shaking hands

here comes the fuzz was something we took out of our belly buttons, that changed to here comes the police

Remember when gay = happy, jovial, or bright

what comes to your mind when someone says Gay today?

Something, degrading, sinful, immoral & filthy

however, many of those words that were once used has all gave way on the most part to one word that covers it all & that is;

Awesome

today the meaning of awesome is; great, terrific or just wow

hear people who are eating something as this is awesome

double dark chocolate is double awesome

but the fact is, Americans have ruined another word 1.

the real meaning of awesome is producing awe, promoting fear or terror, dread or fright, now thats a far cry from what it means today

- fact is, there is only one thing that is awesome in and above this world and that is our God

Heb. 10:31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God

As I told you last week, God is extremely patient with us, but he will only put up with so much for so long & then he acts

But on the flip side of that, as a believer when we fall in love with our Lord & walk with him in obedience

we will begin to understand the greatness of our God

When we realize that God created us for his pleasure,

he wanted to create a human being in order to have a relationship with him for eternity

that knowledge will change your life

Is. 1:4

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters, they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward

Isaiah learned about Gods awesomeness & he proclaimed it without apology to an apathetic & wicked generation

We have some very popular & publicly recognizable religious leaders who have had the ears of our politicians as well as the American people

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And I have not once heard these big time preachers ever call our nation wicked and needs to repent

We do in our small local churches but we don’t have a big platform like they do

I would love it, if we had a president that claimed he was a Christian, would stand up for the Lord & say America needs to return to the Lord

We’ve had some who said they had accepted Christ & yet they have been very quiet about their relationship with Christ

We have a president now that says he’s a Christian, & yet I don’t recognize his brand of Christianity

Everything he has stated what his beliefs are, doesn’t line up with scripture

We have enough phony believers, what we need is more men like Isaiah, Paul, Peter, Barnabus & Stephen

Leaders who claim they are believers & their beliefs line up with scripture

God had given these men a clear vision of his glory, he cleared away every obstacle in their lives so that they could hear the words of God

Everyone here has obstacles that prevents us from hearing God

the Lord doesn’t want anything in our lives that hinders us from receiving truth from Gods Word

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Is. 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a Shepard, he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young

Many people might say they don’t know whats hindering them from seeing Gods greatness

maybe its because their not letting God feed them

We have to open up Gods Word and be willing to accept the truth from God

Some people have a hard time accepting truth

this wk I talked with a guy who immigrated from Russia in 1983

We were talking about the elections & it became apparent that he has accepted the liberal ideology

You can always tell when they start screaming & blaming Bush

I asked him why he came to America? He said to be free,

I asked, why would you leave socialism & come here & accept people who want to enslave us to our government?

Seems like a contradiction of interest

He got very angry with me and said I need to find another country to live in

Needless to say, he really doesn’t understand what he believes 5

Whats the obstacle that hinders you in your life of accepting Gods Word?

Perhaps you had a bad childhood? the way you were treated, you have a hard time accepting the love of a heavenly Father

Perhaps you have financial problems & you have a hard time believing that God cares about everything in your life

Perhaps Perhaps you battle addictions & you have a hard time believing God can clean you up

Perhaps you struggle with hate & you have a hard time that God loves you

whatever it is, when you have a difficult time seeing the greatness of God, theres something in your heart that keeps you from seeing it

& you need to find out what it is, deal with it truthfully, get it cleared out of the way so that you can see Gods greatness

Have you ever thought about how our God can hold the entire universe in the palm of his hand?

I can’t even picture that in my puny mind just how awesome God is that he can hold the universe in one hand

Doesn’t that make you feel very small & inadequate to the power & might of a great and holy God? 6

Is. 40:23

God brings the princes to nothing & judges of the earth as useless

This past week, history was made, there has never been a turnover of over 60 seats in the house from one party to the other

I believe God sent us a message, he can stop or slow down princes (presidents) whenever he wants

he can remove ungodly judges, the three judges on the supreme court of Iowa that brought us the legalization of homosexual marriage were thrown out of office

after this week, I have to believe that God isn’t finished with America just yet

But remember what I said in last weeks message about Samson, there came a time Samsons sinfulness & rebellion against God

brought judgment against him

& I believe God is saying to America, I’ve had it with your sinfulness & rebellion

I’ll give you two more yrs, choose this day whom you will serve

we need to come back to the awesomeness of our great God