Topic: God

When life is hard, we are to remember that the Lord is our Strength. Those who don’t know David that well often picture him as a man of superhuman strength. He is spoken of as the young man who single-handedly slew the giant Goliath. The truth is that David was by no means strong in himself. The key to David’s strength and greatness was that he allowed the Lord to be his strength.

Our circumstances do not shape the way we view God; God shapes the way we view our circum-stances. God is active, God is sovereign, and God is personal. And because those are true, you can have peace when circumstances seem out of control.

When we break away from God’s designs for our money—whether intentionally or unintentionally—we bring stress down on ourselves.

When we face a situation out of or beyond our control but try to handle it anyway, we will inevitably feel stress, anxiety, worry. … We were never intended deal with something as harmful and corrosive as stress.

Satan tries to take the hearts of people away from the one true God & tries to get people to worship and serve false gods. Putting false gods in the place of the one true God is called idolatry. False gods promise what only the true God provides.

You don’t go out to face the giants because you’re the right stuff. Bring your memory to bear with sound thinking on the promises of God.

The power of God is clearly seen best against the background of human inadequacy.

When our beliefs about God’s power, goodness, love, and generosity clash with the awful events that occur in this world, we feel unbalanced. … Hope is … Your Savior is bigger than your suffering.

Sermon by Tracy Marsh, youth pastor Text: Luke 2:4-7