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stable

Said 41 times, in 20 of 378 sermons, across 6 Sundays.

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Romans 7 6
Let Us 1 1

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ttering fence, leaning wall, tottering fence. Don't seem like stable things, right? Leaning wall. You're like, when is this thing
me I pray. Amen. Let me ask you, would you say that you are a stable , stable person? Yes. Okay, would the people around you say yo
y. Amen. Let me ask you, would you say that you are a stable, stable person? Yes. Okay, would the people around you say you are a
person? Yes. Okay, would the people around you say you are a stable person? It's an interesting thing to think about, right? But
ed and all of these various things that can happen or are you stable , right? And by that we would mean, are you sure? Are you rest
But there's also a stability. So you're safe, but you're also stable . Because listen, the rock isn't going to move. The Lord is no
o. You're moved, you're shaken. The opposite of that is to be stable , firmly planted. What does that look like? Well, that looks l
control. So it's stability. So I would ask you again, are you stable ? Are you anchored? What can you trust in? I would ask you thi
g that's, that's leaning over, right? That is not strong, not stable , close to falling down. You need to hear that. The people tha
ply broken inside of them. You need to hear this. They're not stable people. They might be projecting stability. They're not stabl
table people. They might be projecting stability. They're not stable people. They're not strong people. They are internally very w
ot to understand this. They're not strong people. They're not stable people or they wouldn't be doing it. They are weak and broken
a fence that the wind could knock over, real easily. Not very stable , not very strong. And that's kind of the imagery that David i
successful or fulfilled. When that finally happens, I'll feel stable . When this happens in my life, I'll finally feel... safe. May
promotion, I'll feel content. I'll feel successful. I'll feel stable and safe. Maybe it's when we finally get the house that we're
en. I'm not going to quiver, move, shake, move one inch. I am stable because of who the Lord is to me. He only is my rock and my s
what's going on. Now, my dad is typically the pillar and the stable one in my family. And so there was immediately a sense of bei
y is that? Because sometimes what we feel is shifty. It's not stable . It changes from one thing to another, maybe depending on you
to that the Lord or God is our true home, our safe home, our stable home, place to belong, to love, a shelter from the storm, a p
He is my dwelling place. He is there. They may not have felt stable as they wandered from place to place in the wilderness, but w
the most, the one that is blessed, that is confident, that is stable , even in the midst of hardship or bad news or difficulty. We
before him if indeed you continue in the faith. Look at this, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that
o the idea here is, right, to be moved means that you are not stable , right? So it's the opposite of being planted and stable in a
not stable, right? So it's the opposite of being planted and stable in a position, right? So it means you're moved from your plac
to others, as you look to him for your help, he will make you stable . Now you can't just know that, you've got to actually do that
've got to actually do that. As you look to him, he makes you stable . The classic picture that always comes to mind for me in this
boat and he's walking on water. Waves are crashing. Peter is stable as he looks at Jesus. He keeps his eyes on Jesus. Waves are c
sus. He keeps his eyes on Jesus. Waves are crashing. Peter is stable as he looks at Jesus. He keeps his eyes on Jesus. Waves are c
Everything he could be afraid of is there. He's on top. He's stable . He's walking. Well, while Peter's eyes were on Jesus looking
ough, if we look to him, we keep our eyes on him. He makes us stable . And practically, this is going to look like, instead of bein
it looks like being happy being healthy and being financially stable enough that your worries and anxieties melt away that's just
he term be moved that's used here means to move without being stable or to totter, like a teeter-totter. I think of someone on a b
we give her a little bit of time to become a little bit more stable ? Are you sure I should be holding her? I'm not, I can be real

let-us

earts that what Jesus has given to you and I is permanent, is stable , is dependable, is reliable, is not going anywhere. That's wh

romans

2:17-3:8 The NEED
hey have, there's biblical values in the home and, and it's a stable home and, and they have Bibles and, and, and God's work in th
o like born into Herod's house somewhere rich. No, he chose a stable . He chose to be born into poverty and then live 33 years of t
ripture, what it says is true is always true. So here is this stable truth in our lives. But then circumstances change. Or as C.S.
nces inside of us and around us. And here is God's word being stable . Faith is saying, this is how I feel, but this is true. A few
is difficulty in my life is going to produce a sound faith, a stable faith. So I'm not tossed all over the place anymore. I have s
as Paul. You know what I mean? Like just doctrinally, like so stable , so solid. I would have said if anybody had it figured out, i
You need the group. To be locked in arms. Because then you're stable . You have an anchor. You have an ability to withstand as thos

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