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Ministerial Association Week of Prayer. The Little Whiles of Life. INSEPARABLE. FOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF RELATIONSHIP. FAITH. his faith in God. He could descend with the psalmist into the valley of despair to cry out, My tears have been my food day and night,
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Ministerial AssociationWeek of Prayer The Little Whiles of Life
FOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF RELATIONSHIP FAITH his faith in God He could descend with the psalmist into the valley of despair to cry out, My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long “Where is your God?” (Psalm 42:3).
He could ascend with the poet to the summit of trust and sing, “Why are you down cast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42: 11
He could say with Job the patriarch, “But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.” Job 23:10 his faith in himself Another source of strength is mind power. The human mind is the most marvelous piece of God’s creation.
What is the Lord’s assessment of the human mind? God declared, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.” Genesis 11:6
“I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.” Philippians 2:13 the faith of his family It is great to have faith, but that is never enough. Faith must move a person to ACTION.
LOYALTY She felt an obligation to honor the promise she had made to him before the accident. LOVE “Entreat me not to leave thee… for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.” Ruth 1:16
“Love is patient, love is kind… It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails… And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:4, 7, 8, 13
They are inseparable sweethearts. Accident could not alienate them, disappointment could not destroy them, paralysis could not hurt them. From each to the other came the words true and tender, “I Love You.” In love with each other and within the family of God, they are sweethearts forever. That is the POWER OF LOVE!
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38, 39
The Hand of Love • Sturdy hands made tough in the carpenter’s shop. Healing hands that touched the sick and raised the dead. • Firm hands that raised the scourge and sent the traders scampering from the temple.
Miracle hands that multiplied bread and fish to feed the multitude. • Bleeding hands with the flesh torn by cruel spikes. Calvary’s grace takes care of every past sin, each present mistake, and all future transgressions.
“The amazing truth is that whenever a man or woman is saved by grace, Christ dips His finger in His own blood, and writes His law upon the fleshy tables of that person’s mind. And the inscription is indelible!”
Let us be obedient to the LAW OF JESUS because we have been saved by the GRACE OF JESUS.
May God Be With You All