My Top 7 Predictions For 2024

MY TOP 7 PREDICTIONS FOR 2024

INTRODUCTION

A. HUMOR

1. Many times people will let their own cat out of the bag!

2. Alan Abercrombie was driving back to Virginia, when he saw flashing blue lights in his rearview mirror. “I handed the officer my license and made small talk while my wife dug through the glove compartment for the proof insurance.”

3. "I’m usually very careful about my speed," I told him as my wife handed me the paperwork. The officer studied it and then gave it back.

4. "Sir," he said gruffly, "this is not your proof of insurance; this is a warning ticket for speeding in South Carolina!”

B. THESIS

1. All kinds of people try to predict the future. How many of you know – that ONLY GOD CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE!

2. Yet, non-Christian prophets have tried to predict what they think will happen in 2024. Here’s some of their ideas:*

a. Extraterrestrials will make contact with Earth.

b. 2024 will be a Year of Calamity, with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

c. Vladimir Putin will be assassinated by one of his associates.

d. A nation once viewed as an emerging nation will rise to world power.

e. National currencies will begin to go down while cryptocurrencies will begin to replace them.

f. One of the world’s great cities will suffer an earthquake and will be decimated.

g. There will be a cosmic storm that will disrupt the atmosphere and destroy some of the technological infrastructure.

3. Now I’M GOING TO PREDICT 7 THINGS THAT I BELIEVE WILL HAPPEN IN 2024: “I believe...

I. THE BIBLE WILL STILL HAVE THE ANSWERS

1. Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away” Matt. 24:35. Time is irrelevant to the Bible. It's God's eternal, unchanging Word.

2. People here change their minds, their laws, and their moral standards, but God doesn't! If God said something was sin a 1000 years ago, it’s still a sin today!

3. ILLUSTRATION.

a. A friend of an atheist left a Bible in the infidel’s home, in the hope that he might begin to read it and get converted. The sight of the book made the infidel furious. He tore off the covers, ripped out the pages and flung it into the fireplace.

b. A leaf from the burning Bible flew out of the flames and landed at his feet. He picked it up as though it was poisonous, intending to throw it back into the fire. But a few words on the page went like a dagger through his heart: "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Word shall not pass away."

c. He read those words and was unable to escape its message. It wasn't long before he bowed before the Author of the Bible and became a born-again believer.

4. The Bible is God's roadmap to positive inward change and the life worth living. “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path” Ps. 119:105.

5. Thank God, the Bible will still have the answers in 2024! “NEXT, I PREDICT THAT...

II. PRAYER WILL STILL WORK

1. “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man or woman will still avail much." God will "hear all prayer."

2. We can still come boldly to the throne of grace and receive help in time of need. God's ears and eyes will be open to our prayers and Christ is interceding for us.

3. Since prayer has been working since the beginning of time, there’s no danger it’s going to quit tomorrow. The only failure is our lack of praying!

4. ILLUSTRATION.

a. A farmer once dug a well. His cattle drank from it for a long time, but one summer the well went dry. The farmer had to drive his stock to far watering holes.

b. A visitor stopped by and, hearing about his well, said "Why not dig the well deeper?" "But," declared the farmer, "the next digging must be done through a layer of rock."

c. The visitor said, "Even so, if you blast that rock, just a few more feet may give you a steady stream of water that will never stop flowing."

d. This was done and to the farmer’s amazement, a gushing stream of water not only filled the well but overflowed it -- a veritable gold mine to his homestead.

5. Isn't this true with many who may be experiencing a spiritual drought? We’ve prayed only so far, but we’ve never pressed through the obstacle. Too many Christians pray superficially.

6. Dig deeper, church! Blast through the hindrances and there will be a stream of water that will fill your hearts and lives and overflow to everyone around you! “THIRD, I BELIEVE THE...

III. HOLY SPIRIT WILL STILL MOVE in 2024