pray that this sermon message will lift you and have you to understand that while our God is an awesome God.
He is in control. Thanks for allowing me to share my sermon thoughts with you today. Please fill free to comment
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While the things God did for us was covenant connected, It was done because He loved us and He is God.
Thought:Covenant Partners who blatantly (deliberately) unshamely, transparently obey God’s Word are rewarded the
promise of (Abraham increase, without delay.)
Through out life we will experience in some way, a level of pain, hurt and sorrow, It may be a crises , a loss that brings
us to our knees, a mistake we made, that have us living with it for some time, a comment we made, all of these introduces
a level of pain. Such pain can be short lived if we ask God for his relieving comfort. God came that we might come to live
beyond the pain. Jesus declares in:
Now let’s read the latter portion of St. John 10:10
I came that you might have life and have it more abundantly.
(Not to help you just get by, but help you to get through it all.)
One of the benefits of following Christ, is that, when we covenant with Him, we open ourselves up to God’s manifold
blessings, (assorted increases) Those in covenant agreement are cloth with the favor of God in that He will increase yo
u diversely. God’s main purpose is to continuously without interruption, grant you in large quantities life. That’s abundantly.
Amen, Amen.
Now let’s read: St. Luke 11: 9
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
When we are in covenant agreement with God, we can comment, make a request, or petition God on the things that
are pressing us at that moment. Praise God we can have consolation in knowing he hears us and he finds us at the place
we summons him. This scripture clearly states pain is no exception to the principle of believing. Asking in pain breaks the
potential spirit of depression and restores a longing to speak to God.
Now let’s read: 2 Peter 3:9 T
he Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing
that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
In spite of how you fill right now, God never changes, His Word has the same effect on our lives spite the trials and
tribulation we encounter. The scripture implies that he patiently waits on us, while at the same time, pushes us along when
it appears we are stuck in that pain, in that hurt, in that sorrow. Praise God…
Question: Are you getting it?
Now let’s read Numbers 23: 19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath
he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Wow: If His Word declares that He came to heal the sick, relieve the oppress, then it is true, mainly because His Word said it.
I look at increase as what I need for the next journey, the next assignment, the next test.
You can make it beyond the struggle, beyond the test, beyond the hurt, beyond the lost, because when we covenant with
Christ, He goes ahead of us, with His love pushing us forward to the place we need to be in Him. The person that meditates
on God’s Word and become a doer, will remember those words and began to sore above every circumstance, every test.
Now let’s read: Romans 8:28
All things work together for the good to them that love God, and to them that are called according to his purpose.
No one likes pain, it is a distraction of what we call normalcy. If we are to follow the principles of life, like right is opposite
of wrong, pain is the opposite of relief. As I quoted earlier we will experience pain in this life, but what comes also is relief
or deliverance in that pain.
The Apostle Paul is mentioning the results of a covenant partner who loves God unconditionally, especially those who are
walking in their divine assignment. Simply put, God has is it all worked out.
God’s relief is far different from the medicated relief we receive when we hurt. For example: Tylenol, Percocet, Advil,
and other pain medicines as they call them; actually undercoats the pain. God touches us where we hurt, and heals us
of all of our infirmities. Praise God.
Additional Scripture: How do these apply to you?
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
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Psalms 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold
from them that walk uprightly.
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Power Scripture text: Psalms 121: 1-8
A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
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While life’s seems so uncertain, we can expect God to sustain us through those times of uncertainty in our life.
My thoughts: we all have cares (worry, fear, alarm and a sense of uneasiness,
That’s why we need the love of God to embrace us all day long.
1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you
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Isaiah 26: 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
verse 4. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:.
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This is a bonus lesson: Read these passages, and write down your thoughts of these scriptures above and b elow.
Acts 20: 20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you publicly,
and from house to house,
21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy,
and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
My final thoughts: God has taken great effort to turn our tears of sorrow to tears of joy. At the end of the morning, the
evening, the week, we are able to live beyond the pain. Crying often has been related to sorrow and pain, but in Christ
crying is a way we summons God. The peace of God heals and comforts us while we are experiencing pain.
God gives us reassurance that he cares for us all. God greatest assignment is loving us unconditionally. Since God create
you and I, we can ask him to sustain us, keep us calm, and help us to keep it together.
Conclusion: you can summons God right now to comfort you during those unexpected moments of pain; because He cares.
Let’s pray.
Father God In The name of Jesus, I summons your help; to arrive in my life to bring comfort and strength. I long for
your presence to permeate my life and render peace in times like these. Rest upon my life daily that I might breathe
immediate relief knowing you are with me every step of the way. Remove those thoughts that bring much pain and
replace it with the thoughts that release unspeakable joy. I forever put my trust in you. Amen.
