I had a choice to make
- Ecclesiastes 3, a time for everything
Proverbs 12:25 NKJV Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.
- Nebo!!! I am going to hear a good word today, and it is going to make me glad
- a good word is heard
- Faith comes by hearing
Romans 10:17 (LSV) So then faith [is] by a report, and the report through a saying of God,
You hear a report of what the Lord has done in the past,
- And He will do it again
Hebrews 13:8 (LSV) Jesus Christ—the same yesterday and today and for all ages.
- And faith will rise up within you
Genesis – Hagar
Hebrews 6:10 NKJV For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
- God is not unjust to forget your work
- Nebo!!!
Genesis 15:4 NKJV And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.”
Genesis 16:1 NKJV Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:6 NKJV And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.
Genesis 16:9 NKJV The Angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.”
Genesis 16:15 NKJV So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
Genesis 21:9-10 NKJV And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, scoffing. [10] Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.”
Genesis 21:17 NKJV And God heard the voice of the lad. Then the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
- God heard the voice of the lad
Exodus – Israel
Exodus 2:24 NKJV So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- God heard their groaning
- God remembered His covenant
- God is not unjust to not hear your voice.
- Nebo!!!
Acts of the Apostles – Cornelius
Acts 10:1-2 NKJV There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, [2] a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.
Acts 10:4 NKJV And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, “What is it, lord?” So he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.
- God is not unjust to forget your prayers and alms.
- Nebo!!!
God hears your heart
1 Samuel 16:7 NKJV But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
Proverbs 17:22 NKJV A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.
John 14:1 NKJV “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
Restaurant
The word derives from the early French word restaurer ‘provide meat for’, literally ‘restore to a former state’
- Rest & Refreshing
Isaiah 28:11-12 NKJV For with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people, [12] To whom He said, “This is the rest with which You may cause the weary to rest,” And, “This is the refreshing”; Yet they would not hear.
- Yet they would not hear.
In Philippians 4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
- and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Acts 2:15 NKJV For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
Acts 3:19 NKJV Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
- God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love . Hebrews 6:10
Colossians 1:23 NKJV if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
- if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard,
Genesis 49:14-15 NKJV “Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between two burdens; [15] He saw that rest was good, And that the land was pleasant; He bowed his shoulder to bear a burden, And became a band of slaves.
- Became a bondservant of Jesus Christ, the burden to give hope of the gospel
Be anxious for nothing,
- Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression,
Psalm 23:3 NKJV He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
- He restores my soul
- For His name’s sake.`
Philippians 1:6 NKJV being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
- Our confidence is in the Lord
- Nebo, be anxious for nothing
- Nebo, be confident, trust in Jesus Christ
- Nebo, take/make the time to pray. Pray in the Spirit.