Oakwood Church
Redeeming Love - Psalm 107
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Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’”
Mark 4:37-38
Mark 4:37-38
“And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.”
Mark 4:39
Mark 4:39
“And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’”
Mark 4:41
Mark 4:41
“Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.”
Psalm 107:28-29
Psalm 107:28-29
“Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble.”
Psalm 107:1-2
Psalm 107:1-2
“Whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.”
Psalm 107:2-3
Psalm 107:2-3
The Eastern Desert of Emptiness
“Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in; hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.”
Psalm 107:4-5
“Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in; hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.”
Psalm 107:4-5
The Eastern Desert of Emptiness
• We wander in the barren wilderness of stubborn self-reliance
“Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in.”
Psalm 107:4
• We wander in the barren wilderness of stubborn self-reliance
“Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in.”
Psalm 107:4
“Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.”
Psalm 107:6, 13, 19, 28
Psalm 107:6, 13, 19, 28
The Western Stronghold of Slavery
“Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons.”
Psalm 107:10
“Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons.”
Psalm 107:10
The Western Stronghold of Slavery
• We hide in the dark cell of secret Self-indulgence
“For they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.”
Psalm 107:11
• We hide in the dark cell of secret Self-indulgence
“For they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.”
Psalm 107:11
The Western Stronghold of Slavery
• We hide in the dark cell of secret Self-indulgence
“So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help.”
Psalm 107:12
• We hide in the dark cell of secret Self-indulgence
“So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help.”
Psalm 107:12
The Northern City of Temptation
• We struggle with the consequences of refusal to Repent
“Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction.”
Psalm 107:17
• We struggle with the consequences of refusal to Repent
“Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction.”
Psalm 107:17
The Northern City of Temptation
• We struggle with the consequences of refusal to Repent
“That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some of you have died.”
1 Corinthians 11:30
• We struggle with the consequences of refusal to Repent
“That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some of you have died.”
1 Corinthians 11:30
The Southern Sea of Chaos
• We stagger, gripped by fear of surrendering Control
“Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters.”
Psalm 107:23
• We stagger, gripped by fear of surrendering Control
“Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters.”
Psalm 107:23
The Southern Sea of Chaos
• We stagger, gripped by fear of surrendering Control
“For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.”
Psalm 107:25
• We stagger, gripped by fear of surrendering Control
“For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.”
Psalm 107:25
The Southern Sea of Chaos
• We stagger, gripped by fear of surrendering Control
“The reeled and staggered like drunken men, and were at their wits’ end.”
Psalm 107:27
• We stagger, gripped by fear of surrendering Control
“The reeled and staggered like drunken men, and were at their wits’ end.”
Psalm 107:27
“Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.”
Psalm 107:28
Psalm 107:28
Are you ready to come home?
“He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.”
Psalm 107:33-34
“He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.”
Psalm 107:33-34
Are you ready to come home?
“He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.”
Psalm 107:35
“He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.”
Psalm 107:35
The Promised Land of Blessing in Christ
• Emptiness → Fullness
“For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.”
Psalm 107:9
• Emptiness → Fullness
“For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.”
Psalm 107:9
The Promised Land of Blessing in Christ
• Slavery → Freedom
“For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron.”
Psalm 107:16
• Slavery → Freedom
“For he shatters the doors of bronze and cuts in two the bars of iron.”
Psalm 107:16
The Promised Land of Blessing in Christ
• Weakness → Power
“He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.”
Psalm 107:20
• Weakness → Power
“He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.”
Psalm 107:20
The Promised Land of Blessing in Christ
• Fear → Peace
“Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.”
Psalm 107:30
• Fear → Peace
“Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.”
Psalm 107:30
“Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.”
Psalm 107:28
Psalm 107:28
“Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!”
Psalm 107:31
Psalm 107:31