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READ Text: John 14:16-20 esp vs. 18
I don’t know all of what your year was like.
Maybe some of you had a fairly normal year.
I know some of you went through extraordinarily DIFFICULT THINGS.
And then there were some of you had a very BLESSED year.
Whatever kind of year you faced, please know this with certainty, Jesus was walking with you.
He did not abandon you.
He is true to His Word in Hebrews 13:5 (NASB95) [where the scripture tells us that] ....
He Himself has said, “I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,”
He did not, as our text emphatically says,
Abandon us to be orphans.
He DID NOT!
We are NOT orphans — we are children of the King
Romans 8:15–17 (NLT) So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves.
Instead, you received God’s Spirit when He adopted you as His own children.
Now we call Him, “Abba, Father.”
16 For His Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.
17 And since we are His children, we are His heirs.
In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory.
But if we are to share His glory, we must also share His suffering.
NOT orphans — children of the Most High God.
Complete Biblical Library:
Tells us that the Greek word, Or-phan-OH-is, occurs [only] twice in the New Testament: John 14:18 and James 1:27.
James continues the Old Testament motif of widows and orphans when he defines the essence of religion in terms of visiting orphans and widows.
[But] John 14:18 [the focus of my message this morning] uses the term figuratively.
Jesus promised He would not leave the disciples [or US] “orphans” (that is “desolate, alone”).
Here the term indicates that the disciples will not be left without guidance, care, or protection.
Elllicott believes Jesus is saying:
He will not leave them [the disciples] [or us!] destitute and bereaved.
I pray that this Thanksgiving season 2022 we are thankful for Jesus not abandoning us.
He has not abandoned us.
He has not left us destitute or bereaved.
Oh, that we would recognize that all throughout this past year He has been there guiding us.
He has been there caring for us.
That He has been protecting us.
If you don’t see that, I pray that right now the Holy Spirit, the One Jesus speaks about in our text.
Will open your spiritual eyes to see the presence of Jesus.
The Holy Spirit is …
The One Jesus said He is giving us to be with us forever.
The One whom ONLY BELIEVERS can receive.
The One who abides WITH you and will be IN you.
HE reveals the truth of the Presence of Jesus in our lives.
And we give thanks for His constant presence!
Every moment of every day, Jesus is with us.
As we prepare for Thanksgiving Day 2022, I hope that we have been living all year according to ...
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NASB95)
… in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 5:20 (NASB95)
… always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
Thankful IN all things.
Thankful FOR all things
Thankful in the Valleys
Thankful IN and FOR the valleys.
Last year I encouraged us to:
… not only see God’s glory and goodness, but also to give thanks to Him.
To give thanks EVEN for and in the valleys of life.
Last year many went through terrible valleys.
Including the valley of the shadow of death.
BUT, ALL the valleys we face ...
We would rather NOT walk through them.
They seem like huge, deep hindrances to us seeing the glory of God.
But God will lift them up in our understanding — in our sight.
No longer barriers to Jesus, they become bridges to a closer relationship with Him.
So maybe we just need the Lord’s help to see valleys as they REALLY are.
Places that God raises up in our understanding.
Places to which we point and say:
“God did a miraculous work there.
It was ONLY in the valley that I could seen Him like I do now.
“It’s only in the valley, that I would have grown in my faith.
“I love the mountains, but I can’t live there.
“It’s in the valley that the Lord restores my soul.
There is no “IF,” we WILL face valleys in our life.
We can choose to complain about them, curse them, resent them, get angry at God about them — none of that will make valleys go away.
Just maybe God is trying to raise up valleys in our understanding this morning.
Even though it may not seem pleasant, maybe God is using that valley to do a good work in our life.
We may not get to choose whether or not we go through a valley.
But we do get to choose what we think about them.
We get to choose our attitude.
Valleys are places of decision.
Joel 3:14 “Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.”
So, I pray that during the valleys of 2022 you decided:
I don’t want to be here, but I am not alone — Jesus is ...
Guiding Me
During some hard times of my life the Lord has spoken to me through:
Isaiah 30:20–21 (NASB95)
Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher.
21 Your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left.
Even in the hard times, Jesus is there.
He guides us, telling us go right, go left.
THIS is the way — now, keep walking.
Don’t give up!
I am here, not just speaking, but HOLDING you, embracing you with my love.
Receive His presence by faith.
Thursday night, Sandra and I rewatched the video Monumental by Kirk Cameron.
It tells the story behind the 81 foot tall monument located a few blocks inland from Plymouth Rock.
Thanksgiving 2022 will be the first (and probably only) time that I will celebrate Thanksgiving after having just gone to the birthplace of Thanksgiving, Plymouth, MA.
If you ever get the chance to go to Provincetown, Cape Cod where the pilgrims first landed and then, on to Plymouth where they settled, I urge you to do so.
But I do encourage you to watch the documentary by Kirk Cameron first.
(Sorry it isn’t on RightNow Media or Faithlife TV.
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