12-16-51 encouragement in the lord

8/6/2019 12-16-51 Encouragement in the Lord

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Scri~tv~e Lesson:- I Sanuel 30: 1~6.?ext: - I '::'2.1:':uel 30(.'/3. IrEnt Davt d encourat:~ed h Im-

D7.~~f i, n~tl1e I).O~~~ ,- ~ ~ f J j "~2t ; : f~~~u_ . . J_~ ' : ,pP~"Yt, ,~~ r . ~t)UA..- I~_~!-~ cIlltroUuct Ol-l:':.WlIfJ1S lJrareuen is tho adversrrytr;!'shre-.-:dcst s t.rotce of satategy. '..._'hedevil!s fiI'st.linu. of _attaclc is d Lscour agemszrt , _...18 d iscourceec:t1D21 is Lnce pac it.at.ed [IS achan-:.el t.nr-ough ""hiChnod can r".8f:J_feet his rl:[lCe arid Do""'e1". Let us lookfor ali ttLe t,'hiLe E't s one of t.he nen who wer-e discounage d and wbat uod did for them to cur-e then oft.he discouraf.er:tent.

_ 0 I. .7l.;;'"Follor,'insthe death of .t.oses , Joshua ras t.er.rpt.ed . Ito dLs cour-ar-emen t, In hLs hour of sor-r-ow ana lone-liness, God enc our-ar-ed Joshua wi th t.hese v.'oros:-"only be t.ho u s t.r onr- arid ver-:/ cour-age ous , for Ithe Lor-d thy God am \7i th thee r,hi thersoever thou

F;oes~.~...J., '" i ~ / h !. 1 4 1 , . ( . . . " "~lud /1t.. I jt:/~:~ nas tetlpteo to dis com:'n_genent wnen ovcrbaker;1 5 ; ; - c : r G f ' l . t af f1i.ot ion. aLoric r:ith the 10s:3 of '11 e - .:..child::,'c:'1 and all of .ri s eart:'.ly poe se.e al crre , Inthe hOU1' of his ~l~eatest losses, Job 811COlUc.red In~1.i:m.s61fwith stl'O::;'''lG a:'fi:."wltion of faith in Godexpne saed in these wor-ds , "1 lc:ofl tha t r,:y ~_edeerr- Ler livet.h . 11ile Job cI d :!.10t know or under-at.anor:hy such af':-lictiolJ.s hcd 0ge,:..,t1?l;e::'1 t:.in, ne did ...,.::,1,t- ... ' . t A lOll tl .dsi fl';::"10'., _w u 10 11.2.0 ne pre s0 ice In 18 ru S :. O 11Saf_I.'lictions. ',hile Job could no t, explain the ~~lH:'-~of :lis sl1#ferir-Es, he could be t.r-Lumphant in hissnf ...e:_1in[;s :-nul [':11d .:.i128 r:'82"e t.ernpt.ed to discouI'o..eer~ent,nhe n , beaten ',itl: i.1W."lJ7 stt~.!)BS and )'Jith ble'3dil1~b2_ C ~ct! the;; \'j8 re cas tint 0 trie i11128 r d \ .11:11'e on 0 fthe 'l1ili~)pian jail, and fastened imnov8bly Lns toc:m. j~o.'/evel', tl1e:r enc o ur-aged tner-se lves in'=-thlI..or-d 0.1:.0ber-an to s inc hyrms of praise arid ~ave "1tha~::~s unt.o ~O. ':'11ei1" v tc t.or Lous foith e;-;:peess-cd in ti:.cir trit:n:phant testimony, prava tIed overthe :-:lili~):-Jiml jaile~ Y,'110,alone -.':ith nis entireho uacho Ld ~.JaS conver-ted unto the :::"0:.,,(1.


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.:-om~ \'8S t.empt.e d to c Lsc our-ar-ement, when baniEhocJupon tb.c lonely isle of ::-atnos. ~:e TI.?


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led t!16 cr-e n and the pas sen-je r-s t.og e thcr-, consistir..of 2lC~-pe r s ons , and saLd unt.o the!':!:; 'Sire, be of'good cheer, for I believe God, that it shall beeven a.s it \70.8 told ne ~paul turned to God i::1 the midst of the s t.or-n, = -::erecei ved a fresh touch of God upon ::.is own soul,' 1 ' 1 1 1 . 1 0 1 1 Bave hlrn enc ounar-einerrt that he dared to sayto t:1e 06 s pond en t cr-ew end pas s6!"'_.ger s ,'17111 Le the xxstar:": was still spen~ing its fury, oIS1r8, be of g.mE

-...J cood cheerI.... -t, 7j*-u,,~~ #~ Iv ' i : ! t r . J ' " ~ Fh~ ~ o;)~ ~ ~ .d- ( j 4 { , _ ~ dJ u oiiIJ ~ ~ ~

TI1.e e t.cr-ns of unrest and diss.errtLon are raE'in[ over'the earth today, beyond c.n,ything ever 1010wn Ln.. hn-rzan :liE tory. ,ie hear abou t on every hand , Over ther-adi,o , thru the press, and in the comnon oonver-s a c I,of m on , Only those rrno ilavetonched God, believedGael, and are obedient to 1:18 will, can have anywor-d of trustworthy enc our-cgenen t to ('ive to nenanid the the pr-caen t s torns of \7[(1", unr-est, con-fusion and uncernainty that are now sTIeepinr, overthe TIhole earth. U/M/: t . ; t : f P t J . ' - ' , ) ~-


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clot-led" i th T'lsGon tha t, is bey ond that \7hic~'1isn:e:':"e 1:- hunan. 1':1.ey are ullder~ird.ed 1" ith stren_gth\,,1-: ; 0'11 l"lQkes t"s'' suf~'~C1ent' ,pOI' the C1-1"1"1en

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