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03/13/2022 Church service
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Comfort
Zone
Psalm
118:13-17
comfort
zone:
The
range
of
circumstances
in
which
a
person
feels
relaxed
or
able
to
cope
the
level
at
which
one
functions
with
ease
and
familiarity
Everyone
has
some
sort
of
comfort
zone
–
whether
they
realize
if
or
not
It
acts
the
same
way
a
thermostat
does.
It
adjusts
quickly
to
bring
things
back
to
that
comfort
level
if
things
get
too
hot
or
too
cold
– or
even
too
good
or
too
bad.
We
know
we
have
to
be
blessed
to
be a
blessing,
and
Jesus
told
us
“ask
and
you
shall
receive.”
In
James
it
says
“You
do
not
have
because
you
do
not
ask
God.”
From
Your
Body
is
God’s
Temple:
“Hope
for
the
believers
is
not
an
illusion.
It
is
the
assurance
that
good
things
are
going
to
happen
based
upon
the
promises
in
God’s
Word.”
Heb
11:1
–
“Faith
is
the
assurance
of
things
you
have
hoped
for,
the
absolute
conviction
that
there
are
realities
you’ve
never
seen.”
Our
prayers
and
our
confessions
must
be
mixed
with
real
faith.
Open-hearted
expectation
of
the
good
God
has
planned
for
us.
When
Jabez
prayed,
“Lord,
that
you
would
bless
me
indeed,
that
you
would
enlarge
my
territory”
the
Word
tells
us
in 1
Chron
4:10,
“And
God
granted
him
his
request.”
“And
God
gave
him
what
he
asked
for.”
If
Jabez
did
not
enlarge
the
borders
of
his
heart
to
receive
this,
he
would
have
found
a
way
to
offset
these
new
blessings
and
his
life
would
have
quickly
reverted
back
to
his
former
state.
He
had
to
be
transformed
in
the
inner
man.
He
needed
his
mind
(heart)
renewed.
He
had
to
get
beyond
his
comfort
zone.
Jim
Rohn:
"You
must
take
personal
responsibility.
You
cannot
change
the
circumstances,
the
seasons,
or
the
wind,
but
you
can
change
yourself.
That
is
something
you
have
charge
of."
God
says,
(Isaiah
54:2)
“Make
your
tent
bigger.
Open
your
doors
wide.
Don’t
think
small!
Make
your
tent
large
and
strong…”
In
other
words,
“It’s
time
to
break
out
of
your
comfort
zone
and
start
to
believe
for
more”
Marcus
Aurelius:
The
things
you
think
about
determine
the
quality
of
your
mind.
Are
we
feeding
our
faith
– or
our
doubts?
Are
we
watering
the
seed
of
God’s
higher
calling,
purpose
and
plans
for
our
lives,
or
are
we
letting
our
comfort
zone
limit
us
to
the
all-too
familiar
past?
What
is
our
heart’s
thermostat
set
for?
“We
are
either
moving
in
the
direction
of
our
memories
or
our
inspiration.”
“This
is
the
confidence
we
have
in
Him…”
David
declared
his
confidence
in
his
God:
David
proclaimed:
“I
will
not
die;
instead,
I
will
live
to
tell
what
the
LORD
has
done.”
That
is
the
voice
of
forward-looking
faith.
“Faith
is
the
assurance
of
things
you
have
hoped
for”
We’ve
got
to
learn
to
operate
from
that
Blessed
Assurance
Thoughts
create
feelings,
and
feelings
create
corresponding
actions
“We
are
either
moving
in
the
direction
of
our
memories
or
our
inspiration.”
We’ve
got
to
assume
the
“posture
of
faith.”
If
we
want
things
to
change…
if
we
are
ready
for
a
“season
of
change”
-
we’ve
got
to
plant
the
seeds
for
change.
It
means
breaking
out
of
our
history
–
out
of
our
comfort
zones
–
enlarging
the
borders
of
our
tents
“We
are
either
moving
in
the
direction
of
our
memories
or
our
inspiration.”
Heb
10:39
-
But
we
do
not
belong
to
those
who
shrink
back
and
are
destroyed,
but
to
those
who
have
faith
and
are
saved.
Eph
2:8
– “
…by
grace
you
have
been
saved,
through
faith”
We
cannot
stand
still
any
longer
? Do
we
shrink
back
in
fear
like
so
much
of
the
world
…or
are
we
ready
to
step
out
in
faith?
Do
you
dare
ask
and
believe
for
more?
– so
you
can
be
more
–
and
do
more?
A
bigger
blessing
to
more
people?
Matt
21:22
–
“If
you
believe,
you
will
receive
whatever
you
ask
for
in
prayer."
God
says,
(Isaiah
54:2)
“Make
your
tent
bigger.
Open
your
doors
wide.
Don’t
think
small!
Make
your
tent
large
and
strong…”
?
What
are
a
few
ways
we
can
begin
to
do
that
starting
right
now?
Expand
your
comfort
zone
regarding
overcoming
your
weaknesses:
Philippians
2:13:
For
God
is
working
in
you,
giving
you
the
desire
and
the
power
to
do
what
pleases
him.
Expand
your
comfort
zone
regarding
regaining
your
vitality:
Romans
8:11
-
The
Spirit
of
God,
who
raised
Jesus
from
the
dead,
lives
in
you.
And
just
as
God
raised
Christ
Jesus
from
the
dead,
he
will
give
life
to
your
mortal
bodies
by
this
same
Spirit
living
within
you.
Expand
your
comfort
zone
regarding
Aging:
Joshua
14:10,
11:
(Caleb)
"Now
then,
just
as
the
LORD
promised,
he
has
kept
me
alive
for
forty-five
years
since
the
time
he
said
this
to
Moses,
while
Israel
moved
about
in
the
wilderness.
So
here
I am
today,
eighty-five
years
old!
I am
still
as
strong
today
as
the
day
Moses
sent
me
out;
I'm
just
as
vigorous
to
go
out
to
battle
now
as I
was
then."
If
we
want
a
different
crop
we
have
to
plant
new
seeds
Jesus
taught
us
the
Kingdom
principle:
“The
sower
sows
the
Word”
We
need
to
sow
it
into
our
hearts
and
sow
it
from
our
mouths
Heb
10:23:
Let
us
hold
strong
to
the
confession
of
our
hope,
never
wavering,
since
the
One
who
promised
it
to
us
is
faithful.
Psalm
107:
20-22:
He
sent
out
his
word
and
healed
them;
he
rescued
them
from
the
grave.
Let
them
give
thanks
to
the
LORD
for
his
unfailing
love
and
his
wonderful
deeds
for
mankind.
Let
them
sacrifice
thank
offerings
and
tell
of
his
works
with
songs
of
joy.
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