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How To Get Your Stuff Back
Contributed by Jason Murphy on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Overcoming Loss
It was good for entertainment. It was fun to watch. You were glad you got to see it. You watch a movie but you can’t get into yourself. That’s why some people have lost all their stuff. You come for the show but you aren’t getting involved. God’s power is mighty in other people’s live but not in yours.
Paul said, “I want to know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings (Phil 3:10).” I’m glad you know him but I want to know him. If I know him maybe he can help me get my stuff back. Maybe he can help me get the material back in my life that makes me up.
You can recover all and get your stuff back. One more thing before I close. I told you about “the glory departing from Israel.” I want you to notice why the glory departed. The Bible says, “the glory is departed from Israel because the ark is taken, and because of her father in law and husband (I Sam 4:21).”
I told you we were going to place a greater emphasis on the word of God. The commandments were in the ark. If you want to keep the glory of God in your life you have to keep the commandments of God in your heart. The church needs to get back to loving the word of God. We need to get to the place where we want God to tell us what we need to hear and not what we want to hear. The Bible tells us that the word of God is powerful (Heb 4:12). When you get your stuff back you can keep it if you keep the word of God.