Showing posts with label God's faithfulness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God's faithfulness. Show all posts

Friday, July 12, 2013

When The Going Gets Tough


Four Things To Remember  When The Going Gets Tough
 
Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread. (Ps 37:25)

1. God is faithful...


But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. (2 Cor 4:7-12)

2.    The things that happen that seem to cause death in us are actually uncovering life...


Even though I walk  through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;
your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (Ps 23:4)


3.    God is with us in the valley...

 
“Who is this coming up from the wilderness leaning on her beloved?” (SOS 8:5)

 4.  God has purpose, even in the wilderness...