DESPERATE TIMES 4 | GOD SAYS YOU CAN TRUST IN HIM (2)

1. Desperate Times

a) When everything seems to be falling in around us, when the walls seem to be closing in on us, when nothing in our world or in this world seems to hold any hope, when everything looks completely hopeless, just remember that God is not ever caught by surprise. He will save those who are His from calamity (Hebrews 7:25).  He isn’t ever going to abandon us, forsake us, or leave us.  If you are not one of His then you do not have such hope nor can you claim any of His mighty promises.   

b) We pray right now that you seek Him because anyone who seeks Him He has said He can be found. 

Isaiah 55:6 
“Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.” 

2 Corinthians 6:2
“For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.  I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.”

c) Tomorrow may be too late but it not too late right now to put your complete trust in Him, to depend on Him, to call on Him.  This is our prayer for you.   

2. God Says You Can Trust in Him

a) Our money says “In God We Trust” but it is hard to trust when everything seems to be caving in around us.  Nothing looks like it will turn out right.  At times there is no evidence that God is even with us so how can we trust in Him during calamitous times?  In reality, we can sometimes not even trust our eyes…but if there is anything in this universe you can trust, it is God Almighty.  It is the invisible hand that is placed in ours that never lets go.  Like a parent holding their child‘s hand, God is securely caring for us, never letting us slip or fall: 

Psalms 32:7 
“You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.”

Jeremiah 32:27 
“I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?”

Proverbs 3:5-6 
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Psalms 36:7 
“How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!  People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.” 

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