4. Jeremiah 23:24 Can a man hide
himself in secret places so that I
cannot see him? Do I not fill heaven
and earth?”
5. When I’m Abandoned, God
is My StrengthStrength
2 Timothy 4:16-17 “At my first
defense, no one came to my support,
but everyone deserted me. May it not
be held against them. But the Lord
stood at my side and gave me
strength, so that through me the
message might be fully proclaimed…”
6. When I’m Discontent, God
is My ContentmentContentment
Hebrews 13:5 Keep your lives free
from the love of money and be
content with what you have, because
God has said, “Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”
7. When I’m Overwhelmed,
God is My SustainerSustainer
Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through
the waters, I will be with you; and
when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you. When
you walk through the fire, you will not
be burned; the flames will not set you
ablaze.
8. When I’m Brokenhearted,
God is My ComforterComforter
Psalm 34:18 The Lord is near the
brokenhearted and saves the crushed
in spirit.
9. When I’m Brokenhearted,
God is My ComforterComforter
John 14:26 “But the Counselor, the
Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send
in my name , will teach you all things
and will remind you of everything I
have said to you.”
10. When I’m Tempted, God is
My DelivererDeliverer
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has
overtaken you that is not common to
man. God is faithful, and will not let
you be tempted beyond what you are
able, but will provide a way out so
that you can stand up under it.
11. When I’m Doubting, God is
My AssuranceAssurance
John 10:28 “I give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish; no one
can snatch them out of my hand.”
12. When I’m Fearful, God is
My HelperHelper
Jonah 1:17 But the Lord provided a
great fish to swallow Jonah, and
Jonah was inside the fish three days
and three nights.
13. When I’m Fearful, God is
My HelperHelper
Jonah 2:4 “I said, ‘I have been
banished from your sight…”
14. When I’m Fearful, God is
My HelperHelper
Jonah 2:6 “To the roots of the
mountains I sank down; the earth
beneath barred me in forever. But you
brought my life up from the pit.”
15. When I’m Inadequate, God
is My Fruit-bearerFruit-bearer
John 15:4 “Remain in me, and I will
remain in you. No branch can bear
fruit by itself; it must remain in the
vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless
you remain in me.”
16. When I’m Inadequate, God
is My Fruit-bearerFruit-bearer
Galatians 5:22 but the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, faithfulness, gentleness,
and self-control.
17. When I’m Deluged, God is
My RockRock
Romans 8:38 For I am convinced that
neither death nor life, neither angels
nor demons, neither the present nor
the future nor any powers…
18. When I’m Deluged, God is
My RockRock
Romans 8:39 …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.
19. What Keeps Up From
Experiencing His Presence?
Isaiah 59:2 “our sin separates us from
God.”
20. What Keeps Up From
Experiencing His Presence?
Ephesians 2:12 remember that in
those days you were living utterlyliving utterly
apart from Christapart from Christ; you were enemies
of God’s children and he had
promised you no help. You were lost,You were lost,
without God, without hopewithout God, without hope.
21. They will be punished with everlasting
destruction and shut out from theshut out from the
presence of the Lordpresence of the Lord and from the
majesty of his power…
2 Thessalonians 1:9
22. …on the day he comes to be glorified
in his holy people and to be marveled
at among all those who have believed.
2 Thessalonians 1:10