The Good And Bad Times

What about God’s power, His Sovereignty, and His ability to meet our needs? 

Well, I believe if we immerse ourselves in God through prayer, worship and the study of His Word in the good times, we will not be so easily blown off course in the bad times. 

And if we can learn His sweet promises, they will help us and comfort us when the winds howl against us. 

It’s a tactic that works wonders. The God on the mountain is still God in the valley. 

Psalm 18:2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

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 permission.

God Knows You

When Israel went to Babylon as prisoners, the nation was guilty of idolatry. God reminds them that in spite of their pain and suffering, they are on His mind. 

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. 

When they came out, they never resorted to that sin again. God used a time when they thought they were forgotten to make them stronger and better for His glory.

What does God think about you?

Of all the people in this vast human race, God has specific thoughts — good thoughts — about you. 

The knowledge of God is a comforting thing. 

Sometimes there are storms that darken the way. 

Sometimes there are burdens that are hard to carry. 

Other times, there are sorrows and troubles that seem to hide the face of the Lord from us. 

But don’t be deceived into thinking that the Lord doesn’t know or that He doesn’t care. 

God knows everything that you are into today, and He will get you through it. 

Jeremiah 29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

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 permission. 

Submitting To God’s Will

The Apostle Paul spent some time encouraging the Philippian Church to be humble and submissive to the Father and to the Lord Jesus. We need to take this to heart. 

Philippians 2:12. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

God doesn’t save us and leave us to sort out His will. He moves in our lives and through His Spirit works His will for His good pleasure. 

It’s a challenge to make our Christian life all it can be by submitting our will to God’s will.

Submission is the key.

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 permission. 

Hurricane Ike

A few years ago furious winds burst from the gulf coast, whipping our house and others with the sound of a freight train. My husband watched TV past midnight, tracing the havoc of Hurricane Ike in Southeast Texas. 

Unable to stay awake, I went to bed singing “Keep Me Safe Till The Storm Passes By”. 

In spite of windows over the head of the bed, I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face. It was the darkest (black dark) I had ever experienced. 

Mid the scary noise outside, I went to sleep, trusting the Lord to keep us safe and He did. 

Whether the weather or problems, the best we can do when storms rage about us is run to Jesus for refuge and cling to Him until the storm passes. 

Isaiah 25:4.  For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall

Since then, when we sing “Till The Storm Passes By” at church, and I am playing the piano, I bang the keys with passion, remembering Hurricane Ike.  

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 permission.