Scriptures that have spoken to us

– Luke, Hlengiwe & Doug

 
 
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• Luke, Hlengiwe & Doug – Mar 18, 2012

Job 23:8-17

8. “Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;
9. on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
10. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
11. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
12. I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
13. But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does.

Suffering

• Suffering is not a curse, it is a blessing
• because God is showing himself in a deeper way
• and developing us into what he wants us to be.

John 14:1

1. “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.”

• Jer 29:11

11. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Numbers 23:19-21

19. God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind.
    Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise and not fulfill?
20. I have received a command to bless;
    he has blessed, and I cannot change it.
21. No misfortune is seen in Jacob,
    no misery observed in Israel.
    The Lord their God is with them;
    the shout of the King is among them.

Romans 8:28

• And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Summary

• Even in difficult circumstances, “let not your heart be troubled”, because God is who he says he is.

Summary

• Some of our struggles are self-inflicted because we don’t understand the true character of who God is.