Wednesday, June 5, 2013

TWO MINUTE MESSAGE - GOT TROUBLES?

WATCH THE TWO MINUTE MESSAGE HERE:


We may not actually be in what the Bible calls, “The Great Tribulation,” but there certainly are a lot of people who are facing great tribulations.

What’s a Christian to do?

Hi, I’m Pastor Rick Jones, and I have about a Three Minute Message I’d like you to think about!

FIRST I HOPE YOU WILL NOT FORGET THIS,
GOD LOVES YOU!   Others may not love you. Those who you once depended on may turn on you.  You may not love you.  But GOD LOVES YOU!  He loves you with an everlasting love.  I love the way Moses puts it,

There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. 
Deuteronomy 33:26-28 

GOD LOVES YOU, AND UNDERNEATH ARE HIS EVERLASTING ARMS!

SECOND,  DON’T LET YOUR TROUBLES DRIVE YOU AWAY FROM THE LORD, RATHER TAKE YOUR TROUBLES TO THE LORD!

King David knew something about troubles.  He had troubles that were not his fault.  He had troubles that were completely his fault.  And yet, through it all he learned this great truth, GOD WAS NOT HIS ENEMY, GOD WAS HIS BEST FRIEND.  OVER AND OVER HE TESTIFIED, “GOD IS MY REFUGE.”
In the 91st Psalm He affirms, “I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.”  Psalm 91:2

Keep talking to the Lord!  He’s listening.  He cares.  He will guide.
AND REMEMBER, GOD LOVES YOU!

THIRD, LISTEN TO THE LORD!
God is trying to get us to pay attention to Him!  He has answers.

He has answers in His Word—Read the Bible!
He has answers in Prayer—Get alone with God!
He has answers in Worship—Get to a Bible preaching church with sincere Christians who love the Lord Jesus! 
He has answers in Godly Counsel—Get together with godly and good people!  I know that if it were not for some great and godly friends who have helped me think straight, and then make wise choices, I would have been overwhelmed.

AND REMEMBER, GOD LOVES YOU!

LAST, IF YOU’RE GOING THROUGH A TRYING TIME RIGHT NOW,  DON’T GIVE UP, AND DON’T QUIT!  That is exactly what the enemy wants you to do. 

Of course we need to take care of ourselves physically—be sure we eat healthy and get enough rest—but then we must get moving!  Get up.  Ours is a faith that works by love.  Do something.  Do something for the Lord.  Do something for someone that needs help.  Do something to improve your circumstances.  But don’t sit around staring at mindless idiocy on a screen!

AND REMEMBER, GOD LOVES YOU!

CONCLUSION:

So whether our tribulations are the result of our mistakes or misdeeds, or if they are the result of our godly commitments or good deeds, we as God’s people can count them all joy!

REMEMBER GOD LOVES YOU!  And He will work all things together for good to them who love HIM!  

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