MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THE 46# OF PSALMS IS A SONG OF HOLY COMFORT
THAT IT GIVES ASSURANCE OF DIVINE HELP WHEN IT IS NEEDED THE MOST
IT`S A PSALM THAT COMFORTS TROUBLED HEARTS
AND GIVES US ENCOURAGEMENT TO KEEP PRESSING ON WHEN WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE MIDIST OF TROUBLE
AND YOU DO KNOW THAT WE ARE LIVING IN TROUBLED TIMES
A TIME WHERE YOU DON`T HAVE TO GO FIND TROUBLE
BECAUSE TROUBLE WILL COME FIND YOU
AND AIN`T IT AMAZING HOW YOU CAN BE MINDING YOUR OWN BUSSINESS
AND TROUBLE WILL RIDE DOWN YOUR STREET AND BACK UP IN YOUR DRIVEWAY
AND WALK RIGHT IN YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT KNOCKING AND HIT YOU RIGHT UP SIDE OF YOUR HEAD BEFORE YOU KNOW IT
YOU DON`T HAVE TO FIND TROUBLE BECAUSE TROUBLE WILL FIND YOU
ALL IT TAKES -----ALL IT TAKES
IS A PHONE CALL IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT
ALL IT TAKE ---ALL IT TAKES
IS LOOKING AT THE 10:00 NEWS
ALL IT TAKE ---ALL IT TAKE
IS THE DOCTOR WALKING AWAY SHAKING HIS HEAD
AND YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF A TROUBLING SITUATION
AND I DON`T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I`M GLAD THAT
GOD IS ----I SAY GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGHT AND A VERY PRESENT HELP IN A TIME OF TROUBLE
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IN TEXT
IN THE TEXT BEFORE US THE PSALMIST PRESENT US WITH 3 FUNDEMENTAL ISSUES
THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHY GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGHT AND A VERY PRESENT HELP IN A TIME OF TROUBLE
AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO WHEN TROUBLE SHOWS UP AT OUR DOOR STEPS
WELL 1ST THING THE TEXT REVEALS IS THE SHELTER OF GOD`S HELP
FOR THE PSALMIST SAYS ---GOD IS OUR REFUGE
IN OTHER WORDS ----GOD IS OUR SAFE PLACE
HE `S A SAFETY ZONE
A SHELTER FROM DANGER
THAT WHY THE OLD CHURCH USE TO SAY
HE`S A SHELTER IN THE MIDIST OF THE STORM
AND I DON` KNOW ABOUT YOU
BUT IN MY LIFETIME TROUBLE HAS VISIT ME ON A REGULAR BASES
IT WAS SOMETIMES WHEN I DID`NT KNOW IF I WAS COMING OR GOING
OR WHICH WAY WAS UP OR DOWN
BUT I`M GLAD I KNEW JESUS AS A REFUGE IN THE MIDIST OF TROUBLE
IN OTHER WORDS WE HAVE A SAFE PLACE
WHO IS THE APPLE OF GOD`S EYE WHO IS FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH
WHOM WE CAN GO TO IN A TIME OF TROUBLE
HE IS OUR PROTECTER
OUR JOY IN SORRY AND OUR HOPE FOR TOMORROW
A ROCK IN A WEARY LAND AND A SHELTER IN THE TIME OF A STORM
HE IS OUR REFUGE
AND HE DOSE`NT SHELTER US TO PAMPER US
BUT HE SHELTER US TO PREPARE US AND HELP US FACE THE TROUBLES OF LIFE
THE PSALMIST LETS US KNOW
NO MATTER HOW BAD YOUR TROUBLED SITUATION MAY SEEM TO YOU THAT GOD IS -----OUR REFUGE
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BUT NOT ONLY DOES THE TEXT REVEALS TO US THE SHELTER OF GOD`S HELP
BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS THE STRENGHT OF GOD`S HELP
FOR THE PSALMIST SAYS THAT GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGHT
YOU SEE MY BROTHER AND SISTERS
IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORD AND IS A CONJUNCTION WORD
THAT CONNECTS 2 OR MORE PHRASES TOGETHER
AND IN ORDER TO GET THE PROPER CONNOTATION OF WHAT THE PSALMIST IS TRYING TO TELL US WE HAVE
TO CONNECT REFUGE AND STRENGHT TOGETHER
AND WHAT THE PSALMIST IS TELLING US THAT GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGHT
IN OTHER WORDS NOT ONLY IS GOD OUR REFUGE
BUT GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND OUR STRENGHT
HE IS OUR STRENGHT BECAUSE HE INFUSES US WITH HIS STRENGHT
THEREFORE WE ARE ABLE TO STAND IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE
IN OTHER WORDS GOD HAS TO VACCINATE US WITH HIS POWER
CAN I BORROW A SKINNY MINUTE AND TELL YOU WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT
IF YOU WAS A NEMIC AND WHEN YOUR BLOOD GETS LOW
AND IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET TO FEELING BETTER YOU HAVE TO GET A BLOOD INFUSION
AND THAT’S A WORD FOR SOMEBODY HERE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY WEAK VOICE
BECAUSE IT`S SOMEBODY HERE SITTING ON THE SAME ROW YOU ARE SITTING IN
JUST MIGHT BE SITTING IN THE SAME SEAT YOU ARE SEATING IN
AND YOU ARE IN THE MIDIST OF A TROUBLING SITUATION
AND YOUR SITUATION DON`T SEEMS LIKE IT`S GETTING ANY BETTER
AND THE REASON WHY IS
BECAUSE YOU ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH YOUR SITUATION IN YOUR OWN STRENGHT
AND YOUR SITUATION IS GETTING WORSER
BUT I STOP BY TO ENCOURAGE YOU
THAT GOD IS
OUR REFUGE AND OUR STRENGHT
AND SINCE GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND OUR STRENGHT
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TRUST HIM AND LEAN ON HIS EVERLASTINGT ARMS
WALK IN HIS AMAZING GRACE AND GET AND INFUSION OF HIS STRENGHT
AND THEREFORE WE WILL BE ABLE TO STAND IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE AND LOOK TO THE HILLS FROM WHENCE COMETH OUR HELP
AND KNOW THAT IN THE MIDIST OF YOUR TROUBLE THAT IF YOU GOT JESUS YOU GOT ALL YOU NEED
BECAUSE WHEN YOU GOT JESUS
YOU GOT AN ENGINEER WHO CAN MAKE A FREEWAY IN THE MIDST OF YOUR RED SEA
I SAY WHEN YOU GOT JESUS
YOU HAVE A FIRE FIGHTER WHO CAN TAKE THE HEAT OUT OF THE FLAMES WHILE YOU ARE IN THE FIREY FURNACE
YOU GOT A LOIN TAMER –WHO CAN PUT HUNGRY LION ON A FAST WHILE YOU ARE IN YOUR LION DEN
THAT HOW I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GOT JESUS YOU GOT ALL THE STRENGHT YOU NEED
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WELL NOT ONLY DOES THE TEXT REVEALS TO US THE SHELTER AND THE STRENGHT OF GOD
BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEAL THE STEADFASTNESS OF GOD IN A TIME OF TROUBLE
THE PSALMIST REVEALS TO US THAT GOD IS
DEPENDABLE AND HE ALWAYS SHOWS UP RIGHT ON TIME
AND THE REASON HE ALWAYS SHOWS UP RIGHT ON TIME IS BECAUSE
EVEN BEFORE TROUBLE SHOWS UP HE IS ALREADY THERE
AND THE REASON WHY I KNOW IS BECAUSE EVEN BEFORE TROUBLE CAN SHOW UP AT YOUR HOUSE
TROUBLE HAS TO HAVE A PERMISSION SLIP SIGN BY GOD EVEN BEFORE IT CAN RIDE DOWN YOUR STREET
THAT’S WHY THE PSALMIST SAYS THAT GOD IS A PRESENT HELP IN A TIME OF TROUBLE
AND THE WORD PRESENT AFFIRMS TO US THE FACT THAT WE SERVE A RIGHT NOW GOD
WHAT YOU TRYING TO SAY WHITE
WHAT I`M TELLING YOU MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IS THE LORDS HELP IS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO US IN A TIME OF TROUBLE
IN OTHER WORDS GOD IS ACCESSABLE
AND THERES NO TROUBLING SITUATION TO BIG FOR OUR GOD
BECAUSE GOD IS
I SAY GOD IS -----MY REFUGE ---MY SHELTER
I WONDER IS THERE ANYBODY HERE KNOWS THAT GOD IS A SAFE PLACE
I SAY GOD IS-------MY REFUGE AND STRENGHT
AND I WONDER IF ANYBODY HERE KNOW THAT GOD IS OMNIPOTENT
THAT IS ALL POWERFUL
AND THE REASON WHY I KNOW THAT GOD IS ALL POWERFUL
BECAUSE STEP OUT ON A PLATFORM OF NOTHING
AND REACH BACK IN NOTHING CAUGHT SOMETHING WHILE STANDING ON NOTHING
AND TOOK SOMETHING AND MADE EVERYTHING
AIN`T GOD ALRIGHT
GOD IS
