But in love he sent us Jesus. Afraid of his seeming absence from the world. And we want to grow in our believing it. And we can go out and get them. He is “an ever-present help in trouble.” We may still be in the trouble. Luther has captured well the psalm's image of God as a mighty fortress. We commune at the Lord’s table and we can invite others to join us.

(NKJV) Psalm 46 4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. He realized that we have a fortress and so he wanted to reform the church. Selah. What students will do to their own classmates. Safe from the world. There is danger and suffering all around us.

We’re safe in Jesus. He ate with us. There is still so much danger.

“God is our refuge AND our strength.” Defense AND offense. We offer 30,000+ outlines and 10,000+ free sermon illustrations from top Christian pastors and communicators. Description: ... SermonSpice.com is the original source for sermon illustration videos, worship backgrounds, and church countdowns. At the beginning of this service we sang a hymn that is around 500 years old. We want to be reformed in our faith; daily casting fear aside and trusting in our God. Listen to your own thoughts and your own heart. Upon rediscovering the gospel, Luther wrote his hymn. He gives us life.

How to Turn Thanksgiving into Thanksliving, CCPA - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. He faced the danger. (NKJV) Psalm 46 2 … And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; (NKJV) Psalm 46 3 Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling.

Selah. And that faith motivates faithful actions.

God forbid those sinners out there should come in here.

He cared for us enough to provide us with the holiness we lack. Nothing can harm us because of God, our Mighty Fortress. We come here, to our fortress of solitude to get away from those dangers.

Is that Luther’s legacy? Someone to keep us safely tucked away from all the danger out there. So that we could be forgiven. PSALM 46 Shift Worship. Living our faith. SermonSearch.com is an online resource for sermon outlines and preaching ideas. Christians today are afraid. A Mighty Fortress is our God.

So much suffering. He is our fortress.

Christians were afraid of God. And heaven help us if the world were to get to us. Amen. We believe that our sins are forgiven. Afraid of the sin all around them and in them and afraid of sin’s consequences. Selah, moving, slipping, tottering, sliding, and roaring. So that we wouldn’t be afraid.

He is impossible-to-please. Because it’s not just freak weather and natural disasters. And in that trust and with that faith we can also fling open the gates of our fortress and invite others in.

Today’s is Psalm 46, surely one of the best known and loved.

We hold God’s Word in our hands to preach it to the world. Because we are safe. How do we react?

And the sinless Son of God came to us. We’re afraid. Freely. (NKJV) Psalm 46 5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; (NKJV) Psalm 46 5 … God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.

God forgave our sins. An invitation to peace in the midst of trouble, (NKJV) Psalm 46 1 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.

"A Mighty Fortress" - Sermon based on Psalm 46. Fully. And every day our computers, phones, and televisions parade all of it right before our eyes. He lived among us. So I avoid ladders. Written by the Reformer, Martin Luther, we sang a hymn that rejoices in calling God our “Mighty Fortress.” Martin Luther wrote that hymn so that we could sing it, and he reformed the church so that we could believe what it says. Someone to hide behind until it all goes away. Yes, people do terrible things. Scripture: Psalm 46This content is part of a series. People are scary. We need to trust in that. Psalm 46 reminds us that when we feel unsafe, scared, or unprotected, we can run to Jesus and rest in the presence of His perfect protection.