I Want You To Know

Isaiah 25:8  He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

I want you to know that there’s a better day coming for all of God’s born again children. 

I want you to know that weeping and sorrow will not last forever. 

I want you to know that trials and heartaches will come to an end one of these days. 

I want you to know that one day, God’s children are going home and, when we arrive, God will take His great handkerchief of grace, and all of our tears will be wiped away. 

I want you to know that Jesus loves you. 

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Is This The Time?

What if this is the time when God answers all. your prayers — the burdens you’ve carried for people or situations for months, even years.  

But, what if this is the time when God takes those prayers and does what only He can do?  What if He just answers them for you right now? 

It‘s a possibility.  After all, the answer to prayer is His promise to His people:

Isa. 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Is this the time? Walk in faith, believing He will answer on His own time clock. Did I mention to delight yourself in the Lord? He loves that. 

Psalm 37:4-5  Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

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.

Intimacy With God

God would use the afflictions Israel faced to bring them closer to Him. They would see His power, experience His peace, and know His presence. 

Exodus 6:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

God wants intimacy with His people. The trials of life are designed to drive believers into His arms.

One of my most intimate times with God was twenty-two years ago in the recovery room as I awoke to voices from the nurses station across the hall. 

I told the Lord that if He didn’t want to take me Home, could He keep me from getting nauseous during chemotherapy. 

After a few months of regular chemotherapy, they added two high dose treatments, each involving a month in the hospital. I never got nauseous. Never. I still praise Him. 

Through it all I learned to trust in Jesus. 

It’s been said, “Great faith is shaped on the anvil of affliction”. 

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

Come Boldly

"How can Jesus know what I’m going through? He is perfect and way off, all the way up to Heaven. How can He possibly feel what I feel?" 

Have you ever heard someone say something like that?

Jesus knows what you feel and He loves you. When you hurt, He hurts. 

He knows what humans feel because He has lived life as a human and has experienced the same hardships and pain that you face. 

Hebrews 4:15-16  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

The way to God has been opened and we can come to Him anytime for the mercy, grace and help we need, Matt. 11:28; 1 Pet. 5:7.

Do you know my Jesus?  If not, seek Him for salvation.   If you do know Him, come boldly to Him with your need.

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.