Difficult Times In Life-
2 Timothy 3:1 (NLT)
1 You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times.
Problem today-
Isaiah 1:4 (NLT)
4 Oh, what a sinful nation they are— loaded down with a burden of guilt. They are evil people, corrupt children who have rejected the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.
Hosea 10:13 (NLT)
13 “But you have cultivated wickedness and harvested a thriving crop of sins. You have eaten the fruit of lies— trusting in your military might, believing that great armies could make your nation safe.
Psalm 11:3 (NLT)
3 The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?”
Why does God allow trouble to come?
Psalm 78:32-34 (NLT)
32 But in spite of this, the people kept sinning. Despite his wonders, they refused to trust him.
33 So he ended their lives in failure, their years in terror.
34 When God began killing them, they finally sought him. They repented and took God seriously.
Romans 2:9 (NLT)
9 There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing what is evil—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.
Psalm 9:17 (NLT)
17 The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.
Do we have a foundation problem today?
Luke 6:46-49 (MSG)
46 “Why are you so polite with me, always saying ‘Yes, sir,’ and ‘That’s right, sir,’ but never doing a thing I tell you?
47 These words I speak to you are not mere additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundation words, words to build a life on.
48 “If you work the words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who dug deep and laid the foundation of his house on bedrock. When the river burst its banks and crashed against the house, nothing could shake it; it was built to last.
49 But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don’t work them into your life, you are like a dumb carpenter who built a house but skipped the foundation. When the swollen river came crashing in, it collapsed like a house of cards. It was a total loss.”
Psalm 146:3 (NLT)
3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.
Answer for today-
- Repent- turn to God; to change the attitude toward sin;
Acts 3:19-20 (NLT)
19 Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.
20 Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah.
- Rejoice, don’t miss the opportunity that God is giving us-
Psalm 118:19-24 (NLT)
19 Open for me the gates where the righteous enter, and I will go in and thank the LORD.
20 These gates lead to the presence of the LORD, and the godly enter there.
21 I thank you for answering my prayer and giving me victory!
22 The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.
23 This is the LORD’s doing, and it is wonderful to see.
24 This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.
- Believe, that no matter what happens-
Psalm 16:8-11 (NLT)
8 I know the LORD is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
9 No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice. My body rests in safety.
10 For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave.
11 You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.
Psalm 34:19 (NLT)
19 The righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD comes to the rescue each time.
Psalm 40:2 (NLT)
2 He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along.
1 Corinthians 15:2 (NLT)
2 It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.