TODAY'S LESSON: P.I.G.
(POWER IN GOD)
BUT JESUS BEHELD THEM, AND SAID UNTO THEM.
WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE;
BUT WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
Matthew 19:26
AMAZINGLY ENOUGH THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD
WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS NO GOD.
THEY BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES,
THEY BELIEVE IN MOTHER NATURE,
BUT HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD SOMEONE MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT
FATHER GOD?
ALMOST NEVER!
OH SURE, THERE ARE A FEW OF THEM OUT THERE;
BUT AS THE SAYING GOES:
MANY ARE CALLED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN.
WHY DO FOLKS REFUSE TO BELIEVE IN GOD?
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'M NOT SURE.
HIS MERE EXISTENCE IS SO EVIDENT IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES:
FROM THE SHIRT ON OUR BACK TO THE SHOES ON OUR FEET.
BACK IN GENESIS WE SEE
WHERE GOD HIMSELF
MADE CLOTHES FOR
ADAM AND EVE.
THE THING OF IT ALL IS, HE DIDN'T STOP THERE.
THE EARTH AND ALL CREATION WERE IN PLACE,
BUT DO YOU
REALLY THINK HIS WORK
WAS DONE?
NEITHER DO I!
AFTER ADAM AND EVE CAME CAIN
(HE WAS A HANDFUL.)
AND EVEN THOUGH HE KILLED HIS BROTHER
GOD PROTECTED HIM.
THEN THERE'S NOAH.
GOD DESTROYED THE EARTH WITH A GREAT FLOOD,
YET BECAUSE NOAH FOUND GRACE IN HIS EYES
HE NOT ONLY SAVED NOAH;BUT HIS WIFE,
HIS 3 SONS,
AND THEIR WIVES.
AND WHO CAN FORGET ABOUT ABRAHAM .
GOD TOLD HIM TO GO TO A STRANGE LAND,
BUT TO LEAVE HIS FAMILY BEHIND
-EXCEPT FOR HIS WIFE, SARAH.
NEVERTHELESS, ABRAHAM DIDN'T LISTEN
THUS TAKING HIS FATHER
AND NEPHEW WITH HIM.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, GOD WASN'T HAPPY WITH ABRAHAM
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK HE DID?
HE BLESSED HIM!!!
GAVE HIM A SON IN HIS OLD AGE,
MADE HIM THE FATHER OF MANY NATIONS,
DESTROYED HIS ENEMIES...
ALL THROUGH SCRIPTURE WE SEE WHERE
GOD TOOK CARE OF HIS PEOPLE
EVEN WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE THEY DIDN'T DESERVE IT.
THINGS ARE NO DIFFERENT NOW THAN THEY WERE BACK THEN.
GOD CONTINUES TO TAKE CARE OF US
EVEN WHEN IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE DESERVE IT.
HE WENT SO FAR AS TO SAY THIS IN GENESIS 12:3
ISN'T IT GOOD TO KNOW THAT THOSE WORDS WRITTEN SO MANY YEARS AGO STILL RING TRUE TODAY!
THROUGHOUT HISTORY WE CAN SEE
WHERE OVER AND OVER AGAIN
GOD HAS MADE A WAY
WHERE THERE SEEMED TO BE NO WAY.
HE MADE THE IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE!
SO,
THE NEXT TIME YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
DON'T TELL GOD HOW BIG THE PROBLEM IS
TELL THE PROBLEM HOW BIG GOD IS!