This sermon came at the perfect time for me...I have been praying hard for a couple of my friends who have challenging things they are facing. I pray and I pray and I know God hears and is answering, but they are not always the answers I had hoped for or in the time I wanted them to be. BUT, God is sovereign and He knows what He is doing and I can trust Him in it all.
Sovereignty: The supreme authority of God over all things.
2 Chronicles 20:6; 1 Chronicles 29:11-12; Psalm 103:19; Psalm 135:6
Premise:
God is either actively causing or purposefully permitting everything that comes into my life.
Everything has a purpose.
Job; 2 Corinthians 12:7; Luke 22:31-32
All people are not independent agents, but are instruments of God in my life.
Genesis 50:20
Personal Application
1. Work through negative emotions.
2. View every situation through eyes of faith.
2 Corinthians 4:18
3. Worship God in everything!
4. Be thankful and rejoice in everything!
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Be honest with God and choose to rejoice and celebrate God in it.
I am so thankful that God spoke these words through my pastor. They have ministered to me every day and every moment since hearing them. To know that God has it all under His control and in His hands truly is, as my pastor says, "My pillow to rest upon"!
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