Pastor Glen's Sermon PowerPoint 4/25/21

WHERE DO WE TURN IN TIMES OF DANGER THERE, BY THE AHAVA CANAL, I PROCLAIMED A FAST, SO THAT WE MIGHT HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE OUR GOD AND ASK HIM FOR A SAFE JOURNEY FOR US AND OUR CHILDREN, WITH ALL OUR POSSESSIONS. 22 I WAS ASHAMED TO ASK THE KING FOR SOLDIERS AND HORSEMEN TO PROTECT US FROM ENEMIES ON THE ROAD, BECAUSE WE HAD TOLD THE KING, “THE GRACIOUS HAND OF OUR GOD IS ON EVERYONE WHO LOOKS TO HIM, BUT HIS GREAT ANGER IS AGAINST ALL WHO FORSAKE HIM.” 23 SO WE FASTED AND PETITIONED OUR GOD ABOUT THIS, AND HE ANSWERED OUR PRAYER. (EZRA 8:21-23) 21 PASTOR A. GLEN BASUEL A. WE SEEK GOD IN TIMES OF DANGER “21 THERE, BY THE AHAVA CANAL, I PROCLAIMED A FAST, SO THAT WE MIGHT HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE OUR GOD AND ASK HIM FOR A SAFE JOURNEY FOR US AND OUR CHILDREN, WITH ALL OUR POSSESSIONS.” (EZRA 8:21) “YOU WILL SEEK ME AND FIND ME WHEN YOU SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART.” (JEREMIAH 29:13) \ B. WE SURRENDER TO GOD IN TIMES OF DANGER “I WAS ASHAMED TO ASK THE KING FOR SOLDIERS AND HORSEMEN TO PROTECT US FROM ENEMIES ON THE ROAD, BECAUSE WE HAD TOLD THE KING, ‘THE GRACIOUS HAND OF OUR GOD IS ON EVERYONE WHO LOOKS TO HIM, BUT HIS GREAT ANGER IS AGAINST ALL WHO FORSAKE HIM.’” (EZRA 8:22) “16 SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO REPLIED TO HIM, “KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, WE DO NOT NEED TO DEFEND OURSELVES BEFORE YOU IN THIS MATTER. 17 IF WE ARE THROWN INTO THE BLAZING FURNACE, THE GOD WE SERVE IS ABLE TO DELIVER US FROM IT, AND HE WILL DELIVER US FROM YOUR MAJESTY’S HAND. 18 BUT EVEN IF HE DOES NOT, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW, YOUR MAJESTY, THAT WE WILL NOT SERVE YOUR GODS OR WORSHIP THE IMAGE OF GOLD YOU HAVE SET UP.” (DANIEL 3:16-18) C. GOD SAVES HIS PEOPLE IN TIMES OF DANGER “SO WE FASTED AND PETITIONED OUR GOD ABOUT THIS, AND HE ANSWERED OUR PRAYER.” (EZRA 8:23) “CALL TO ME AND I WILL ANSWER YOU AND TELL YOU GREAT AND UNSEARCHABLE THINGS YOU DO NOT KNOW.” (JEREMIAH 33:3) A. WE SEEK GOD IN TIMES OF DANGER (EZRA 8:21, JEREMIAH 29:13) B. WE SURRENDER TO GOD IN TIMES OF DANGER (EZRA 8:22, DANIEL 3:16-18) C. GOD SAVES HIS PEOPLE IN TIMES OF DANGER (EZRA 8:23, JEREMIAH 33:3)