Pastor Glen's Sermon PowerPoint 2/28/21

EXPERIENCING GOD IN THE VALLEYS “The Lord is my Shepherd, I have everything I need. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in the right paths for his name’s sake. Even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me!” PSALM 23:1-4 PASTOR A. GLEN BASUEL A. TRUTHS ABOUT VALLEYS 1. VALLEYS ARE INEVITABLE “BUT THE LAND WHICH YOU CROSS OVER TO POSSESS IS A LAND OF HILLS AND VALLEYS, WHICH DRINKS WATER FROM THE RAIN OF HEAVEN…” (DEUTERONOMY 11:11) A. TRUTHS ABOUT VALLEYS 2. VALLEYS ARE IMPARTIAL “THE RIGHTEOUS PERSON MAY HAVE MANY TROUBLES, BUT THE LORD DELIVERS HIM FROM THEM ALL;” (PSALM 34:19) A. TRUTHS ABOUT VALLEYS 3. VALLEYS ARE UNPREDICTABLE “DO NOT BOAST ABOUT TOMORROW, FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT A DAY MAY BRING.” (PROVERBS 27:1) B. WHAT TO REMEMBER IN A VALLEY? 1. REMEMBER GOD’S PRESENCE “EVEN THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE DARKEST VALLEY, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, FOR YOU ARE WITH ME;” (PSALM 23:4) “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.” (ISAIAH 43:2) B. WHAT TO REMEMBER IN A VALLEY? 2. REMEMBER GOD’S PURPOSE “3 NOT ONLY SO, BUT WE ALSO GLORY IN OUR SUFFERINGS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SUFFERING PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE; 4 PERSEVERANCE, CHARACTER; AND CHARACTER, HOPE. 5 AND HOPE DOES NOT PUT US TO SHAME, BECAUSE GOD’S LOVE HAS BEEN POURED OUT INTO OUR HEARTS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US.” (ROMANS 5:3-5) B. WHAT TO REMEMBER IN A VALLEY? 3. REMEMBER GOD’S PROMISES “FOR OUR LIGHT AND MOMENTARY TROUBLES ARE ACHIEVING FOR US AN ETERNAL GLORY THAT FAR OUTWEIGHS THEM ALL.” (2 CORINTHIANS 4:17) A. TRUTHS ABOUT VALLEYS 1. VALLEYS ARE INEVITABLE (DEUTERONOMY 11:11) 2. VALLEYS ARE IMPARTIAL (PSALM 34:19) 3. VALLEYS ARE UNPREDICTABLE (PROVERBS 27:1) B. WHAT TO REMEMBER IN A VALLEY? 1. REMEMBER GOD’S PRESENCE (PSALM 23:4, ISAIAH 43:2) 2. REMEMBER GOD’S PURPOSE (ROMANS 5:3-5) 3. REMEMBER GOD’S PROMISES (2 CORINTHIANS 4:17)