Developing A Support System (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places)
February 13, 2022
Believers can tend to get caught up with everyone else when economic and social calamities strike. How should we as believers act and live when the going gets tough? Let’s take some guidance from the prophet Jeremiah who saw times like ours coming. To endure times of hardship, we need to have a support system in place cultivated in the soil of our inner devotional life with God. We’ll explore five choices that cultivate intimacy with God where He can revive our souls even in the middle of a dry and dusty land.
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Like Christians in ancient Rome, believers around the world today experience persecution meant to destroy their faith. We Christians in the Western church should ask ourselves honestly, “What would it take for us to deny our faith?” Christians in the end times of Revelation will neither submit to the Antichrist nor deny Christ—and many will be martyred because of it. How can we overcome like that when we’re under pressure for our faith?
February 6, 2022
One day, everything that gives you any false sense of security will vanish. On the day of final judgment, your relationship with God will be all that matters. The ultimate day of calamity will come when you’re standing before God and watching all you’ve achieved – your status, your wealth – go up in smoke. In this message from James 5, you’ll hear five graphic warnings about the false security of wealth and the coming judgment of God. But if you’ve trusted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, you have no reason to fear that day. You need only to be true to Him.
January 30, 2022
Sometimes you can go directly from great blessing to times of great trial. That’s what happened to Jesus when the Spirit led Him into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. When He was most vulnerable, Jesus stood firm against Satan by using the Word of God. The devil can use people, events, health, wealth, guilt, injustice, and even the Word of God to bring out the worst in you. In this message, you’ll be prepared for temptation. When the devil comes to remind you of your past, you can use the Word of God and the work of Jesus to remind him of his future.
January 23, 2022
Imagine you’ve gone through incredible personal loss in the midst of a nation-wide famine. That’s what happened to two widows in Scripture: Naomi and Ruth. Even if you can only see the immediate crisis, God is working during such times. In this message, you’ll see God moving forward with His plan of redemption in the four chapters of the book of Ruth. You’ll discover the lasting value of family, community, and the opportunity to witness to a watching world. Even in your darkest days, God is still there, and He’s still in control.
January 16, 2022
Where do you turn when hardship hits? When God wants to deepen your spiritual maturity, He sometimes takes away all the comforts to which you’re accustomed. It’s possible for God to lead His people into the wilderness. That’s what happened to Abraham. In this message, you’ll journey with him through an unexpected famine to face his doubts and failures. In fact, every “famine” you go through tests your trust in God.
January 9, 2022
The days ahead may well be days of more uncertainty and financial instability. How do you handle deprivation when all you’ve known is abundance? In this message, Pastor Lutzer compares the 3 kinds of judgments in the book of Jeremiah to what is happening in the U.S. today—moral, economic, and religious. You were born in these times to prove God’s faithfulness in the midst of a nation that is under judgment. He’s the One you can trust.
January 2, 2022
It’s time; time to turn your burdens and your troubled conscience over to the only worthy King. Two thousand years ago, at just the right time, a procession of Magi from the east came to Jerusalem in search of a new King of the Jews. It was prophesied long ago that Jesus would be King, our King came with humility, victory, and authority. As we still await the fullness of His reign in the coming Millennium, you’ll learn to lay your daily troubles and pains down before the King of Kings.
December 26, 2021
There are many ways you can be mired in darkness: philosophically, morally, or even spiritually. An old Jewish man had served in the temple in Jerusalem all his life. Yet when he met the child Jesus, he knew he was witnessing the hope not only of his nation but also for all the nations: a light has come. This light would not only expose your sins but also heal your sinfulness. When you come to the light, you, like Simeon, can live and die in peace.
December 19, 2021
No one is exempt from the need for the Savior. On the night of the first Christmas, the night sky over Bethlehem was suddenly ablaze with light. A host of angels appeared, announcing that Jesus is the Savior, Christ the Lord. When you heed the Good News of the angels, it confronts the deception of your own heart to count on your own goodness. If you consider how good God is, it will rattle your conception of how good you are. There’s only one Savior qualified to save you. Imagine what a difference the “good news of great joy” will have in your own life!
December 12, 2021
In a world of increasing chaos, people yearn to hold onto what is sure. The Christmas season reminds us that Jesus was born in Bethlehem to save the world. His entrance was announced through an angel to a young Jewish maiden over two thousand years ago. But you may have experienced a cynicism in yourself or others about the claim that Jesus is the “Son of God.” Yet even Jesus Himself claimed this unique and lofty title. In this message, you’ll unpack the phrase that gives the world a sure hope.
December 5, 2021
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