Pea Patch
About this sermon
In “Pea Patch,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the condition of the church, David’s example, spiritual leadership. Drawing especially from Psalm 103, Psalm 68, John 3, Psalm 51, the teaching emphasizes that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that David’s choices are used to examine leadership, testing, repentance, and renewed dependence on God.
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Odle focuses on David’s example while working through Psalm 103, Psalm 68. The message argues that David’s choices are used to examine leadership, testing, repentance, and renewed dependence on God. It connects this with the conviction that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on grace and mercy while working through Psalm 103, John 3, Psalm 51. The message argues that God’s grace forgives and also trains believers to leave sin and live in obedience. It connects this with the conviction that David’s choices are used to examine leadership, testing, repentance, and renewed dependence on God. The practical emphasis is to respond with honest repentance and concrete obedience.
Odle focuses on David’s example. The message argues that David’s choices are used to examine leadership, testing, repentance, and renewed dependence on God. It connects this with the conviction that leaders are accountable to teach faithfully, serve the flock, and model the character they proclaim. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that leaders are accountable to teach faithfully, serve the flock, and model the character they proclaim. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church while working through Revelation 3. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church while working through Revelation 3. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that material stewardship reveals priorities and should be governed by generosity, integrity, and obedience to God. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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Jesus you are truly God With Us Lord the New Testament and the Old Testament both reveal that you are God manifested In the Flesh the son given the government upon your shoulders you are called wonderful counselor the Mighty God the Everlasting father and the prince of peace Lord the Apostle Paul said in Colossians that you are the fullness of the godhead bodily in the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God and Lord we thank you you are the Living Word Jesus you are God manifested In the Flesh you are fully the Creator all things were made by you and without you nothing was made we worship the King of Kings and the Lord of lords and you're willing to take on a human body die on the cross for our sins and that while we were yet sinners Lord you showed your love to us taking our sins in your body suffering on the cross dying for us the sinless Spotless Lamb of God God In the Flesh he rose from the dead the third day and you say believe me just believe in me come to me walk with me obey me and I'll give you Heaven and Earth and all eternity Lord you just want us to walk away from loving the evil the lust the perversion the greed the things that are in this world you don't want us to love the things that are in this world you just want us to turn loose and to love you and Obey you I pray that people watching and listening that we all do that or we'll turn loose not sin Idols distractions the Love of Money the cares in this world the deceitfulness of riches sexual immorality drugs alcohol nothing is worth missing out on first a relationship with you and your presence and missing out on eternity with you Lord I pray you help us make that real today in Jesus name amen you may be seated you gotta something to share there okay just a quick little word this morning this is Psalm 103 and this is for I know I've been dealing with this and I know there's got to be people out there that are dealing with not feeling like
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you're living up to the expectations that God has for you and this Psalm 103 1-6 really spoke to me this morning just to to reaffirm that God loves us and that he is not forsaking us and he's not leaving us and he's not pushing us to the side it's bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless His holy name the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits so all have his benefits don't forget it then goes on to say who forgives all thine iniquities who heals all that infirmities or diseases says who redeems thy life from destruction who crowns thee with loving kindness and Tender Mercies who satisfies thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagles the Lord executes righteousness and judgment for all that oppressed and that's that spoke to me this morning and I know somebody else out there needed to hear it this morning too because the Lord really put it on my heart to share that so just remember all the benefits of God are ours yeah and not forget them amen amen Hallelujah yeah it is a wonderful thing to know that your sins are forgiven I'm telling you people out there that's never been born again they've never truly known Jesus as their lord and savior and felt that burden of all that sin and evil and wickedness and lift off of you you're missing out you're just missing out it's true peace it's true Joy it's true freedom marijuana will give it to you alcohol won't give it to you all that stuff wears off and then you feel worse Jesus is real the presence of God is real and he manifested yes sir read it loud all right I'll come up here come up here confirmation of what Kevin just shared with us this morning I was in psalm 68. and the one verse that I chose to write down out of all of the chapter right there was verse 19. like Kevin was saying uh you know God loads us up with benefits and that's what this verse says it says blessed be the Lord who daily loads us with benefits the god of our Salvation exclamation point on the end of that
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I mean I just had to just had to come up here and share that is directly in line with what Kevin just shared and that's what God gave me this morning be in Bank praise God I like that I like to hear when the Lord's sharing things with each of you I want you this morning everybody to turn to second Samuel chapter 23. second Samuel chapter 23. the lord has laid a word on my heart this morning and uh hopefully this is not something that I read last night or studied out or prayed about I just uh I was studying something else and preparing something else but this morning the Lord just kind of laid this on me about the P patch and the word AWOL we're going to talk about that in just a second but this is David's last words you know David King David was known as the man after God's Own Heart what a perfect man by any mean we know his Falls we know his stumbles we know the times when he was obeying God in the times that he was not he had his ups and downs as a man of God he had his struggles but for the most part and the majority of his life he lived fully in love with God I mean fully there was no holding back he worshiped God he was a musician he worshiped god with his stringed instrument he was faithful as a young man with the Sheep pending the Sheep he was faithful in little things and we know what happens and a man loves God and worships God and the man of prayer and he's faithful in Little Things what happened God makes him ruler over much and David Little David the youngest of eight Brothers God picks him out to be king of Israel and not only to be king of Israel not only to anoint him but also to make him king and a prophet and a priest David was a priest after the order of Melchizedek and David fulfilled those three offices and then God spoke of David and even though he wasn't a perfect man even though he committed adultery he didn't discipline his children correctly at times he fell into an adulterous Affair had a child that died ended up killing a man to try to cover up his sin I mean he did some bad things but who
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hasn't there's not one of us alive that can say that we haven't sinned and broken God's law and we can't say that we haven't you say well I never I never committed adultery or I never murdered anyone but the Bible says if you hate your brother in your heart You're a murderer and eternal life is not in you First John 3 15. very clear right so we've all done things that really we deserve punishment we deserve judgment we deserve wrath we deserve ultimately to go to hell because we have broken God's law and I'm going to say to you also one of the greatest things that we're warned about is not to be an offense or a stumbling block especially to younger ones young people or young people who are young Christians or new Christians we're not to do things and live a bad example as a Christian to cause people to stumble Jesus said it'd be better for you if a millstone were hung about your neck and you were drowned in the depths of the sea then for you to offend or cause to stumble and to sin one of these little ones so uh I look at that sometimes and I go you know when we as Christians do stumble and fall when we are a bad example to whether it be our children little ones or new Believers or even the unsaved world out there when I look at that you know it ought to Humble us to go oh God you know if if my life or my actions or my mistakes or my sins my fault my stumbles has caused someone else to stumble and fall boy Lord please forgive me please forgive me you know that's why really I'm going to tell you the truth one of the reasons that we should endeavor to obey God as best as we can to live the Christian life according to the scriptures to live holy and righteous and obedient more than anything more than just for us people are watching people are watching what we do actions speak louder than words I'm telling you all the time you know my dad told a story the other day and I'd forgotten this he told me before but you know he was unsaved back in the in the 70s you know drinking and just living his life and you know had us little kids and me and my brother my sister and my mom and at the time and just not going to church nobody saved you know and my brothers you know we played football and baseball mainly were the sports we played and my brother's baseball team coach uh my dad would go and watch their practice you know and they'd pick it you know pick us up and so he saw these guys coaches of this my brother's little little league baseball team and he said he told us this the other day he said he saw them he said there was just something different about him
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