TRUST IN THE LORD AND DONT DESPAIR .NO MATTER WHAT YOUR TROUBLES ARE ,JESUS WILL SEE YOU THROUGH
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OUTLINE
1. POWER
2. PURPOSE
3. PROMISES
4. PRAYER
5. PATRIARCHS
6. PAIN
7. PURE
THE MESSAGE
TRUST IN THE LORD AND DONT DESPAIR .NO MATTER WHAT YOUR TROUBLES ARE ,JESUS WILL SEE YOU THROUGH
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1. POWER
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We can trust in the Lord because of His great power. We can cast all our care on the Lord and trust in Him. The Lord has delivered His people from all kinds of trouble since the beginning of mankind. He knows how to deliver us . We can trust in Him and be at peace.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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1 PETER 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
PSALM 55:22
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
ISAIAH 26:3-4
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.
PSALM 41:1-3
God is our refuge and strength,an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.Selah
2 PETER 2:9
if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
1 CORINTHIANS 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
2. PURPOSE
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We can trust in the Lord because He is well able to fulfill His plan and purpose. When our lives are committed to the Lord , the Lord reigns over us and fulfills His plan in our lives. No work of the enemy can stop the plan of God from being fulfilled in our lives.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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MATTHEW 6:10
your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
JOB 42:2
"I know that you can do all things;no plan of yours can be thwarted.
ISAIAH 14:24, 27
The LORD Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.
For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
PROVERBS 19:21
Many are the plans in a man’s heart,but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.
PROVERBS 21:30-31
There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD.
The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.
3. PROMISES
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We can trust in the Lord because He is faithful to fulfill His promises in our lives. We can stand firm on the promises of God in time of trouble and see the Lord fulfill His promises in our lives. The Lord will fulfill what He revealed to us through His servants. He will grant us victory in all our battles.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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2 CORINTHIANS 1:20
For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God.
NUMBERS 23:19-23
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?
I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.
"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.
God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.
There is no sorcery against Jacob, no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, ’See what God has done!’
JOSHUA 21:45
Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.
ISAIAH 54:17
no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me," declares the LORD.
ISAIAH 41:10-13
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
"All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish.
Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all.
For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.
JEREMIAH 10:11-3
But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.
O LORD Almighty, you who examine the righteous and probe the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you I have committed my cause.
Sing to the LORD! Give praise to the LORD! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.
JOSHUA 1:5
No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
DEUTERONOMY 28:7
The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
2 CHRONICLES 20:20
Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful."
1 TIMOTHY 1:18
Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight,
4. PRAYER
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We can trust in the Lord because He answers the prayers of His people. He will grant justice to His people who cry day and night to Him. He does not despise our prayers and supplications. He invites us to call unto Him in our time of trouble and has promised to answer our cry.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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LUKE 18:7-8
And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?
I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
PSALM 34:6
This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
JOB 5:8-9
"But if it were I, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
PSALM 22:24
For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
PSALM 50:15
and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
JEREMIAH 33:3
’Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
5. PATRIARCHS
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We can trust in the Lord because He will honour the covenant He has made with our forefathers. The Lord is faithful from generation to generation. He will show His mercy to the descendants of those who love Him and keep His commands.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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1 KINGS 8:57
May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our fathers; may he never leave us nor forsake us.
DEUTERONOMY 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
PSALM 105:8-10 ,41-43
He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,
the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert.
For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
LUKE 1:68-75
"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,because he has come and has redeemed his people.
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us—
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,
the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
EXODUS 3:6
Then he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
PSALM 22:4-5
In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
6. PAIN
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We can trust in the Lord because He has promised to bless us and honour us for all the trials we have faced in our life. The Lord will grant us a promotion when we come out victoriously in an examination . He will grant us a double honour for all the shame and humiliation we have faced in our life. The Lord will bring us into a place of abundance after we have passed through great trials.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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PSALM 71:20-21
Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.
You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
PSALM 66:10-12
For you, O God, tested us; you refined us like silver.
You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs.
You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance.
PSALM 90:12-15
Teach us to number our days aright,that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Relent, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.
PSALM 30:5,11
For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
ISAIAH 61:3,7
and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.
Instead of their shame my people will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace they will rejoice in their inheritance; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.
EXODUS 3:7-8
The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.
So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
7. PURE
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We can trust in the Lord because He will deliver the pure and the upright from the hand of the wicked. He will not allow the wicked to triumph over the righteous. The Lord will thwart all the plans of the wicked. He will establish the plans of the just and the upright.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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PSALM 34:15-22
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry;
the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;
he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.
Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
The LORD redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.
PSALM 37:32-33, 37-40
The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, seeking their very lives;
but the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned when brought to trial.
Consider the blameless, observe the upright; there is a future for the man of peace.
But all sinners will be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
PSALM 7:8-10
let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
PSALM 58:10-11
The righteous will be glad when they are avenged, when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Then men will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth."
JOB 5:12-13
He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
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