*NEW CREATION REALITIES*
*UNDERSTANDING WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST*
*SPIRITUAL TRUTHS*
Sunday 9th of October 2016.
*WELCOME TO GOD'S FAMILY*
*(Ephesians 2:19 GNB)*
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Topic:-
(KNOWING YOUR FATHER Pt. 1)
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Good day friends. A child knows his father. we shall be studying the veracity that your Father, God the Father is a compassionate Father.
Bible text: "in all their AFFLICTIONS, HE (GOD) was AFFLICTED and the Angel of His Presence saved them, in His love and in His pity, He redeemed them.."
Isaiah 63:9 (NKJV)
The word "AFFLICTIONS" means "PAINS", it means "SUFFERINGS". The Scripture tells us that our sufferings and afflictions are also God's sufferings and afflictions. GOD is moved by the challenges we go through in the world. That means whatever pain or tribulation you are going through, they are also hurting JESUS and JESUS loves to help you. A compassionate person is someone who feels sympathy, he sympathizes with someone else's troubles and doesn't delight in it and that is Jesus Christ!
He feels exactly the same way you feel because He came as a human being and He went through tribulations also, so there is no challenge Jesus cannot identify with, neither is there a challenge that Jesus doesn't understand. He carried the nature of man, so He knows what it means to go through sufferings too and He cannot afford to see you overwhelmed by those troubles.
You may ask, "what about God the Father? He didn't come as a man, you know..."
GOD and JESUS are ONE. If Jesus feels sympathy and doesn't delight in your sufferings, God must feel the same way. Their feelings concerning you are no different. So BE STILL and KNOW that HE is GOD, trust him and HE will deliver you because:
"Many are the AFFLICTIONS of the righteous but the LORD delivers him out of them all" - Psalms 34:19(NKJV).
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Thought: the LORD, your Father is not far away from you in times of troubles and challenges, remember that the Teacher is always silent during the test.
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Further Bible Reading:
Mark 1:40-41
Psalms 103:13
Hebrews 4:15
NOTE: Tribulations in today's message simply means challenges and troubles and not "The Great Tribulation".
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Thank you eternal Father because not even tribulations(challenges) can separate me from your love (Romans 8:35)
2. Thank you LORD JESUS because you identify with all my afflictions and WILL always help me go through them victoriously.
3. HOLY SPIRIT I pray that during the times of challenges, you will always fill my heart with the PEACE OF JESUS so that I can easily trust God to be exalted in the situation.
ACTION...Read, Meditate and Understand this message; also share with friends and families on social networks(WhatsApp, Facebook etc) world wide.
GOD BLESS YOU EXCEEDINGLY.😘
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