When God Promises God Delivers! Message 6

When God Promises God Delivers!

Message 6

Victory in Jesus

Me:

The ministry of failure

a. Deuteronomy 8:1-3

i. Israel had failed miserably

ii. The rejected God’s “promised land”

b. That failure taught them three things

Humility

The condition of their heart

Man does not live by bread alone

c. When I fail in ministry – life

i. The first question I will ask

ii. Is God angry?

iii. Am I being punished?

iv. I can become so paralyzed with fear

v. I would guess I am not alone in this kind of thinking

We:

Does God love me?

a. Too many people, even believers, feel that God does not love them

i. Just how could he love someone like me

ii. They feel unworthy of His love

iii. They feel they have come up short

iv. They are too disobedient

v. They fail too often.

vi. How could God love them when we have gone against his will so much

b. The results of such feelings are…

i. A sense of unworthiness

ii. They condemn their own lives

iii. They become discouraged

iv. They lack any confidence in their own value

v. No self-esteem

vi. They are living defeated lives

c. All of this is a total contradiction of scripture

i. I can prove it

God:

What can separate us?

a. Not even the severest of circumstances

i. Romans 8:35 (The Message) — 35 Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:

Romans 8:35 The Message

Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:

b. Just imagine a person experiencing all this.

i. What would his thoughts be?

ii. Would he feel that he had been forsaken by God?

iii. In the midst of so much dark trouble, would he believe that God loved him?

c. Do you think that Israel ever thought God had abandon them?

i. Wandered in a desert for 40 years

ii. Eating the same meal every day.

iii. I am sure there where some dark days

Overwhelming victory

a. Despite all these things

i. Romans 8:37 (NLT) — 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

Romans 8:37 NLT

No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

ii. What a passage

b. Our circumstances are our training grounds

i. Israel learned things

ii. Humility

iii. The condition of their heart

iv. We do not live on bread alone

The victory is yours

i. You can win the battle

You don’t have to live defeated lives

ii. 1 John 4:4 (GW) — 4 Dear children, you belong to God. So you have won the victory over these people, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

1 John 4:4 GW

Dear children, you belong to God. So you have won the victory over these people, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

God. Loves. You.

We:

Living victoriously

Faith

i. The rough patches come in life

ii. It’s not doing better it’s trusting more.

iii. We can have the victory

iv. Not in our own power but in the power of Christ

Oh, victory in Jesus, my Savior forever He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood He loved me 'ere I knew Him and all my love is due Him He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood