04/10/2024
Following up from Sunday’s message titled “In our trouble God is with us”
Pastor explained that sometimes when we go through a troubling situation we can sometimes act as though God has abandoned us. This is not the time to lose your faith, for God himself may be allowing you to go through a test to see where your heart is. God wants to know that He is your Lord no matter what the circumstances. Pastor reminded us that it is critically important that we pour out the right kind of prayer, remember we walk by faith and not by sight. It is important that we maintain a prayer life not just in troubling the times. Remember, prayer is not a monologue it is a dialogue between you and the Lord.
Isaiah 26:13-21 13. O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14. They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. 15. Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou has increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. 16. LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. 17. Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD. 18. We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19. Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. 20. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Questions: 1. Have you ever had one of those moments that made you want to lose your religion; did you keep your faith? 2. Read James 4:7…In your own words why it necessary stay submitted to the Lord event in times of trouble? 3. Read James 3:10…How do you interpret this scripture?
Points from Sunday’s message:
1. Trouble has a way of bringing us back into the presence of the Lord.
2. The worst thing you can do is go to another god in your trouble.
3. The thing that you’re going through is not what you’re going to.
4. Be careful what you say when you’re in times of trouble.
5. Pour out the right kind of prayer when you’re in trouble.
6. Watch your mouth.
