The Faithful God

Israel is about to enter the Promised Land after forty years of wandering in the wilderness while a rebellious generation dies off. 

In the last month of his life Moses delivers a series of sermons to the people of God. 

They will face the fight of their lives, and they need divine assurance that they can depend on God to be with them. 

Deuteronomy 7:9  Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Just as Israel can believe God’s promises and depend on His power to deliver them, so can we. 

We live in days when the people of the Lord need to remember that our God is faithful to all generations. He knows where we are and what we need. 

Do you love Him and keep His commandments? Rejoice and rest in His faithfulness for He is The Faithful God. 

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit without their expressed permission. 

When Life Closes In On You

Martin Luther was prone to periods of deep depression. One day, during one of those times, he came to the breakfast table to find his wife dressed in black garments. She looked as if she were gong to a funeral. 

Luther asked his wife who had died and she replied "God." 

Luther raised his voice and said, "Woman, that is blaspheme!" 

She replied, "It is no more blaspheme to say that God is dead than it is to live as though He were dead." 

Luther got the point and repented of his foolishness.  

When life closes in on you, remember this: If you belong to Jesus, God is behind every circumstance you face (Job 1 &; 2). It had to pass across His desk and receive His approval before it came to you. 

Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord , thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit without their expressed permission. 

An Instrument Of Thanksgiving

Psalm 100:4. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

At a prayer meeting one evening, an elderly saint of God gave this prayer of thanksgiving. He said, “O Lord, we will praise Thee. We will praise Thee with an instrument of ten strings!" 

People wondered what he meant, but understood when he continued, 

"We will praise Thee with our two eyes by looking only unto Thee. We will exalt Thee with our two ears by listening only to Thy voice. 

We will extol Thee with our two hands by working in Thy service. We will honor Thee with our own two feet by walking in the way of Thy statutes. 

We will magnify Thee with our tongue by bearing testimony to Thy loving kindness. We will worship Thee with our heart by loving only Thee. 

We thank Thee for this instrument, Lord; keep it in tune. Play upon it as Thou wilt and ring out the melodies of Thy grace.  May its harmonies always express Thy glory!"

Have a Happy Thanksgiving. Give God thanks for His many blessings. 

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit without their expressed permission.

Hopeless

The brothers of Joseph sold him like he was a piece of trash. They received $98.24 in today’s money—the price of a crippled slave. 

Genesis 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Joseph is a picture of the Lord Jesus. He was hated and betrayed by His brethren who should have loved Him—betrayed for the price of a slave.  

Praise the Lord that He loved us so much that He endured such shame and hatred, yet He died on a cruel cross to save people like us. 

Joseph’s father, Jacob, is heartbroken and inconsolable. What appears to be a hopeless situation is merely setting the stage for hope in the future by God’s Sovereignty. 

There will be times in our lives when things appear hopeless. We need to understand that the Lord has a good plan for us and nothing can derail that plan.

Cling to God’s promises—Rom. 8:28; Psa. 37:23; Job 23:10.  Give Him your hopeless situation and let Him give you help in dealing with them. 

Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit without their expressed permission.