The Other Side Summary

On My Way to the Other Side Summary

Main Text: Luke 8:22 22 One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out.

Definition: Other side is defined as successfully accomplishing any problem you may have: financial; family; physical; emotional, etc.

1: Set Sail.  It’s time to leave from where you are. Vs 22(b) “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.”  so they get into a boat and set out.

2. Stay Focused. You will encounter danger and opposition along the way Vs 23(b) squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped a squall came down…

3. Set your eyes on the prize.  Keep your eyes on the other side vs 23 As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.

4. Have Faith. Step up your faith. Jesus is on board vs 24 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” The disciples went and woke him up.

5. This is scheduled, not a suggestion.  Going to the other side was Jesus idea vs 22 One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” One day Jesus said to the disciples “Lets Go”

6.  When faced with trial, test, tribulation, etc. God is a very present help in the time of trouble.  Psalms 46:1 - God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

7.  When you are in the battle of your life, God goes with you to fight for you and give you the victory.  Deut. 20:4 - For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory."

8.  When you have to make a critical decision.  James 1:5 - 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

9.  When you are feeling anxious.  Philippians 4:6-7, 19 - 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

10.  When you are overwhelmed with doubt.  He who is faithful keeps his promises.  Hebrews 10:23 NLT - Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

Five Lessons Learned from a Leper

2 Kings 7:4 KJV- 4If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

11.  Don’t Just Sit There - vs 4 4 If we sit here…

12:  Don’t Just Die There – vs 4 we shall die

13:  Speak Up- vs 3  we will go into…

14: Get Up - vs 5 they rose up

15:  Line Up - vs7 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents,

Two Steps Forward and One Step Backwards

Vs. 10b - “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”

vs 9(b) Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”  

16:  Realize you can’t run away from your problems - vs 8 8 And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”.

17:  Return and Repair – vs. 9 9 Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”

18:  Receive what God has for you - vs 10 10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”

Gen 21:14,17,18 14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba. 17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. 18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

Conclusion:  

Two Steps Forward and One Step Backwards

Sermon Text:  Genesis 16: 8(a) And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”

Sermon Title:  Two Steps Forward and One Step Backwards

Vs. 10b - “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.” 

vs 9(b) Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”   

1:  Realize you can’t run away from your problems

vs 8 8 And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”. 

2:  Return and Repair – vs. 9 9 Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”

3:  Receive what God has for you - vs 10 10 The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”

Gen 21:14,17,18 14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba. 17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. 18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

Life Application:

1. To the best of your ability…clear up your past so you can focus on your future.

2. No one can… stop your progress but you

3. Operate… in the gift of goodbye and greet your future

OMW 2 the Otherside - Pt 3 - Say What God Says

Sermon title:  OMW 2 the Other Side: Pt 3 Say What God Says

Sermon Text: Luke 8: 22 One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out.

In order to go to the other side of any situation, circumstance, problem or trial, say what God says about you.

1.  When faced with trial, test, tribulation, etc. God is a very present help in the time of trouble.  Psalms 46:1 - God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

2.  When you are in the battle of your life, God goes with you to fight for you and give you the victory.  Deut. 20:4 - For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory."

3.  When you have to make a critical decision.  James 1:5 - 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

4.  When you are feeling anxious.  Philippians 4:6-7, 19 - 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

5.  When you are overwhelmed with doubt.  He who is faithful keeps his promises.  Deut. 7:9 - Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

On my way! Pt 2

Review:  Luke 8:22 One day Jesus said to his disciples let us go over to the other side of the lake.  Everybody is on their way to the other side of something.  

1. Set sail

2. Stay focused

3. Set your eyes on the prize

4. Step up your faith

5. This was scheduled by Jesus

Pericope: Job 1:6-12

Sermon Text: Job1:8 (a) Then the Lord said have you considered my servant Job?

Sermon Title: OMW 2 the Other Side Pt 2

1: You are blameless and upright. Vs 8(b)“Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright. 

• 2 Corinthians 5:21 - God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

• Jude 1:24 - Now to him who is able tokeep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,

2. You fear God and shun evil. Vs 8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” 

3.  You are unmatched – vs. 8 There is no one like him.  God said Job was head and shoulders above everyone.

God doesn’t say any less about you and I. God said you are the head and not the tail.  Deuteronomy 28:13 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. YOU ARE UNMATCHED BECAUSE GOD GAVE HIS SON FOR YOU. 

4. You are more than a conqueror. Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 

5. You are rich not poor. Philippians 4:19 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.

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6. You are loved.  

• Romans 8:39 - neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

• Ephesians 3:18 - may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,

7.  You are awesome.  

Psalm 139:14 - I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful; I know that full well.

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Life Application:

1. Believe what God says about you and act on it.

2. Reject what others say about you.

3. Proceed to the other side where God is taking you to bless you

Power Surge Pt 6 - Resurrection Power

Sermon Text:  Phil 3:10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

Sermon Title:  Power Surge – Pt 6 – Resurrection Power

Point 1: The Power to Relate – vs. 10a – I want to know Christ…

When you look at the Greek word for know “gnonai” which means to know by experience.  You now see what Paul was after.  This isn’t the word know as in intercourse as in Adam know Eve; your daddy know you momma and along came you.  That is a one time event that could or could not include a long term intimate relationship.  This know means experientially. 

Paul said I want to know Jesus in different situations.  Some of us only know Jesus for Sunday.  Some of us only know Jesus for certain situations.  That is permissible and good, but please try him for Monday situations.  Tuesday situations.  Wednesday situations.  Saturday night situations.  Family situations.  School situations.

Point 2:  The Power to Participate.  Vs. 10b  and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings

Hebrews 7:27

Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.

·        Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

·        Rom 8:17 - Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

·        1 Pet 5:10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

a)  Suffering sets you up for more – e.g. caterpillar and butterfly

b)  Suffering shapes you to focus on his Power – you cannot smell the fragrance of perfume without someone crushing some flowers.

c)   Suffering Helps to Surrender your Will - CH Spurgeon there are no crown wearers in heaven who were not cross bearers below. 

Point 3:  Rejuvenated by his Power  - vs. 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Vs. 3:7, 8 -  7But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ.

Philippians 1:6 - being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 2: 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

Life Application

1.   Receive Jesus and you will receive his resurrection power

2.   Put his resurrection power to the test in every situation and circumstance you face.

3.   Learn how to increase the resurrection power in your life by connecting to a LifeGroup.

Power Surge Part 5 - The Fear Factor

Sermon Text:  2 Timothy 1:7 - 7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Sermon Title: Power Surge Pt 5 The Fear Factor

Point 1:  Fear zaps your power and leaves you faithless. 

Mark 4:35-39 – 35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” 39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

Matthew 14:24-31 -   24 and the boat was already a considerable 

distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. 25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. 27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be 

afraid.”

Point 2:  Power in the face of fear must be invoked.  Lets look at when David faces Goliath. 

1 Sam 17:45 – Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

Life Application: 

1.   Trade your baby power

a.  Acts 2:4 – And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

b.  1 John 4:4 (KJV) 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

2.  Stop shaking and start invoking

3.  Join a LifeGroup where you can get power from the strength of others holding you up.

Power Surge Pt 3: Will Power

Sermon Text: Ephesians 1: 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength,

Sermon Title: Power Surge Pt 3: Will Power

Timothy 1: 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power…God willed us power. In other words, it’s in word which is his last will and testament. We have to receive it so we can live powerful lives.

Paul said as much to the church at Ephesus. Paul says this in his outside voice…EPHESIANS GODS POWER IS INCOMPREHENSIABLE AND HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE IT.

Point 1: Power over pain


Ephesians 1: 7


Psalms 34: 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous but God will deliver them out of them all

Point 2: Power over the past

Phil 3: 13(b) Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead (14) I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus

God knows my every move we have made and will make

· PSA 24:1 The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it.
· JER 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."
· PSA 139:13 For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.
· We see in the book of Jonah that Jonah tried to hide from God, but God knew where he was.
· PSA 69:5 O God, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You.
But he still wants you to have his power so you can overcome the bad moves you made in your past.

Point 3: Power over his promises 2 Corinthians 1: 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea and Amen Heb. 6: 12 …faith and patience inherit the promise 2 Peter 3: 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance

Life Application:
1. Stop wrestling with God for the controls over your life

2. Accept the fact he has the power to change you

3. Accept the fact God has already written you and I in his will

Come to the reading of the will…he is have given you power to live. Recharge your batteries.