PSALMS 46:1 IS A SONG OF COMFORT.
IT GIVES ASSURANCE OF DIVINE HELP.
IT GIVES ENCOURAGEMENT TO KEEP US PRESSING EVEN IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLES.
WE ARE LIVING IN TROUBLED TIMES. YOU DONT NEED TO FIND TROUBLES BECAUSE TROUBLES WILL FIND YOU OUT.
THERE ARE 3 TRUTHS ABOUT OUR GOD DURING TROUBLED TIMES:
I. GOD IS A SHELTER IN TIMES OF TROUBLE
- GOD IS OUR REFUGE
- GOD IS OUR SAFE PLACE
- HE IS OUR SHELTER EVEN AT THE TIMES OF CALAMITIES.
ILLUSTRATION: EARTHQUAKE IN THE PHILIPPINES. PH HOME WAS NOT AFFECTED
STOREY OF ISRAEL DURING WAR
II. GOD IS A STRENGHT IN TIMES OF TROUBLE
- GOD INFUSES US HIS STREGTH
(ISAIAH 41:10)
- Joshua 1:9 "FOR THE LORD IS WITH YOU!"
- HE IS OUR STRENGTH THEREFORE WE ARE ABLE TO STAND IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLES
III. GOD IS A RESCUER IN TIMES OF TROUBLE
- VERSE 46:1d.
- ILLUSTRATIONS: INTERVIEW TO LIFE GUARD IN RESORT
- MEANING GOD IS ACCESSIBLE
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