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Dependence on God: Our Ultimate Source of Encouragement

Dependence on God: Our Ultimate Source of Encouragement. “Attempt something large enough that failure is guaranteed...unless God steps in.” Roles and Responsibilities of Christian Women. DaNeil Olson. “Encourage one another… for such a time as this . ” Hebrews 10:25b & Esther 4:14b.

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Dependence on God: Our Ultimate Source of Encouragement

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  1. Dependence on God: Our Ultimate Source of Encouragement “Attempt something large enough that failure is guaranteed...unless God steps in.” Roles and Responsibilitiesof Christian Women DaNeil Olson

  2. “Encourage one another…for such a time as this.”Hebrews 10:25b & Esther 4:14b June 15, 2010 WMF Day AFLC Annual Conference AFLCBS Campus Minneapolis, MN

  3. Genesis 1:3

  4. Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light; and there was light.”

  5. Galatians 5:22-23

  6. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spiritis love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control: against such there is no law.

  7. Philippians 4:6-7

  8. Philippians 4:6-7 Have no anxiety about anything,but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your mindsin Christ Jesus.

  9. I Chronicles 2:25

  10. I Chronicles 2:25 The sons of Jerah’meel, the first-born of Hezron: Ram, his first-born, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahi’jah.

  11. I Chronicles 4:9-10 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” And Jabez called on the God if Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me and You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.

  12. Jabez’s Request • Oh that you would bless me indeed,

  13. Jabez’s Requests • Oh that you would bless me indeed, • And enlarge my territory,

  14. Our Math My abilities + experience + training + my personality and appearance + my past + the expectations of others = my assigned territory.

  15. God’s Math My willingness and weakness + God’s will and supernatural power = my expanding territory.

  16. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things Through Him who gives me strength.

  17. Jabez’s Requests • Oh that you would bless me indeed, • And enlarge my territory, • That Your hand would be with me,

  18. Jabez’s Requests • Oh that you would bless me indeed, • And enlarge my territory, • That Your hand would be with me, • And that You would keep me from evil.

  19. The Jabez PrayerAnd Jabez called on the God of Israel saying,“Oh, that you would bless me indeed,and enlarge my territory,that Your hand would be with me,and that You would keep me from evil,that I may not cause pain!”So God granted him what he requested.1 Chronicles 4:10 (NKJV)

  20. “Delight yourselves in the Lord, and He will give youthe desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4

  21. In Thy presence is fullness of Joy; in Thy right hand there are pleasures forever.Psalms 16:11 A joyful heart is good medicine! Proverbs 17:22

  22. Ephesians 5:22 - “Wives, be subject to your husband, as to the Lord.”Ephesians 5 33 - ...let the wife see that she respects her husband.”

  23. GOD’S UMBRELLA OF PROTECTION THE DIVINE ORDER

  24. GOD HUSBAND WIFE I Corinthians 11:3

  25. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16

  26. Not by might nor by powerbut by My Spirit, says theLord of hosts.Zechariah 4:6

  27. Dear Lord,Sometimes... I come to the day’s end,

  28. Tryingtobewhateveryoneexpects me to be

  29. Friend, Wife, Mother, Counselor, Strong

  30. And I wonder, why can’t I have someone

  31. To Counsel me To Befriend me To Mother me

  32. To be my strength The same way I am expected to strengthen them

  33. Then I remember Lord,I have You.

  34. The Jabez PrayerAnd Jabez called on the God of Israel saying,“Oh, that you would bless me indeed,and enlarge my territory,that Your hand would be with me,and that You would keep me from evil,that I may not cause pain!”So God granted him what he requested.1 Chronicles 4:10 (NKJV)

  35. "Attempt something large enough that failure is guaranteed…unless God steps in!”“The Prayer of Jabez,” Breaking Through to the Blessed Lifeby Bruce WIlkenson

  36. I Peter 3:15 Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.

  37. Deep and WideDeep and WideThere’s a Fountain flowingDeep and Wide;Deep and WideDeep and WideThere’s a Fountain flowingDeep and Wide.

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