Michigan Conference Campmeeting 2021: How Much More?

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Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Hungering for More of HIM

Gem Castor

01 Give Him Praise

02 Powerless

03 Our Part to Play

04 Lessons in the Storm

05 Give Him Back the Throne

06 That They All May Be One

07 Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

08 No Regrets

You are about to enjoy a presentation recorded at the 2021 Michigan Conference Camp Meeting held at Cedar Lake, Michigan.

We pray that the Lord will bless you as you listen.

Our great God, our dear, loving Heavenly Father, Lord, we give you praise, we give you thanks for you deserve our praises and our thanksgiving.

And Lord, as we bow before you, dear Father, may we have a clearer picture of Jesus.

Dear Father, I ask that as you had me speak the words this morning, may you hide me behind your cross that I may not be seen nor be heard, but Jesus and Jesus alone be seen, be heard, be lifted up and exalted.

Lord, we praise and we thank you that you have gathered us all here to start this day with you.

And Lord, I pray that all throughout the day, may we be in your presence.

Oh, please anoint us with the anointing of your Holy Spirit, for we ask all this in the loving and precious name of your son Jesus all your children say.

There is this beautiful quote from the Spirit of Prophecy testimony treasures.

It says shall we be recipients of His mercies and never express our gratitude to God, never praise Him for what He has done for us?

Friends, most of the time when we come before the Lord in time of prayer, Have you noticed that most of our prayers are supplication rather than praises?

We have a lot of burden to share to God, but we lack so much on our praises.

It says here, we do not pray any too much, but we are to sparing and giving thanks.

I'd like you to remember this, this line here.

If the loving kindness of God called forth more thanksgiving and praise, we would have far more power in prayer.

We would have far more power in prayer if there are more praises and thanksgiving.

Friends, it says, when you consider His goodness and mercies, you will find that He will consider your wants." This is the beautiful God that we serve, my dear friends.

I remember 1 pastor who shared this, no, he's not even a pastor, he was a dentist, who shared this seminar.

He said that David is the only recorded king in the Bible that has not faced any defeat.

Has not faced any defeat in a battlefield.

What 1 thing that that David saw, King David saw that is important?

First Chronicles 16 verse 4, he says, He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord to record and to thank and to praise God of Israel.

A certain number, just imagine friends, if you are assigned to do this, All your work all day long is just somehow record and remember, reminisce all the good things that the Lord has done.

And you know, how many times are they doing this in a day?

1 Chronicles 23 verse 30, it says, they are also to stand every morning to thank and to praise the Lord, and likewise at evening.

And you know how many of them are doing this?

David, it says here, and said David, 4, 000 shall be gatekeepers.

4, 000 to praise the Lord, to sing praises to His name, to record about His goodness.

Friends, David saw the importance of praising God.

From the book Prayer, page 115, paragraph 3, it says, God's goodness in hearing and answering prayer places us under heavy obligation to express our thanksgiving for the prayers bestowed upon us.

Places us under heavy obligation to express our what?

Our thanksgiving for the favors that God has bestowed upon us.

Oh, my dear friends, The reason why we're here right now having a physical conference, it's only because of the goodness of God.

Friends, I wish that we have this back home in the Philippines.

For 2 years now, we did not have our national like GYC gathering or PYC because it's so strict there.

And here, I think this is 1 of the first major gathering right now.

Listen, friends, we should praise God more than we do.

We should praise Him more than we do, my dear friends.

The blessings received in answer to prayer should be promptly acknowledged.

Sometimes I even forget the things that I need to go, that I need to pick up in my room whenever I'm...

Friends, it should be promptly acknowledged.

And it says here, we often lose great blessings by neglecting to praise the giver.

We often lose not just blessings but great blessings By neglecting to praise the giver.

The soul may ascend nearer to heaven on the wings of praise.

The soul may ascend nearer to heaven and the wings of praise.

Have you noticed, friends, most of the time when we pray, it seems like It is so hard, it is so heavy.

It's like you are a plane just taxiing on the runway, but never taking off.

Oh, we have experienced that back in the Philippines.

You are there an hour early, but they will stay there taxing like an hour and a half.

Friends, the reason why we are not taking off because we lack praises in our prayers.

And then I realized that it's hard to praise someone you do not know.

It is hard to praise someone you do not know.

And that's why the Lord desires us to have a closer walk with Him, to spend time with Him early in the morning.

These are the ones who do not want to miss the blessings.

And the more we draw near to Him, the more we have a clearer picture of Him.

It's the outline of His face, the outline of His character.

And the more you see it, the more the heart rejoices in praises to the God who deserves our praises and thanksgiving.

Friends, it says here, as we thus express our gratitude, we are approximating the worship of the heavenly host.

The language in heaven is the language of praise.

If you want to practice the language of heaven, practice it now.

And friends, don't we have a lot of things to be thankful for?

Series

Hungering for More of HIM

01 Give Him Praise

Transcript

Parent Series

Parent Conference

Sponsor

Recorded

Hungering for More of HIM

04 Lessons in the Storm

50m

Evening Plenary

05 Joyful Christianity: An Attitude of Thanksgiving

1h 10m

P.R.A.Y. Like Never Before

P.R.A.Y. Like Never Before Part 1

57m

Hungering for More of HIM

06 That They All May Be One

43m

Hungering for More of HIM

02 Powerless

42m

Prayer by Gem Castor

He is Faithful

53m

Is It Time to Fast?

05 Is It Time to Fast

1h 2m

BibleRICH – Memorizing Scriptures of the Three Angels’ Message

04 Memorizing Scriptures of the Three Angels’ Message

58m

Plenary

High Time

1h 18m

Creating Joy in Everyday Life

01 Creating Joy in Everyday Life

52m

Soul Winning Hour

Soul Winning Hour - 2nd Sabbath

1h

Prayer by Gem Castor

Give Him Praise

59m

Sound Doctrine