I Will Not Doubt
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Promise #2 - God is always in control - I will not doubt.
Promise #2 - God is always in control - I will not doubt.
“I have never, not one time in my life, trusted God and regretted it. But I could fill pages with stories of times when I’ve doubted God and made bad choices. God has never let me down! His sovereignty has always been at work. You don’t have to be worried about whether you can rust Him. God will be faithful to Himself and His promises.” James MacDonald “Always True”
“I have never, not one time in my life, trusted God and regretted it. But I could fill pages with stories of times when I’ve doubted God and made bad choices. God has never let me down! His sovereignty has always been at work. You don’t have to be worried about whether you can rust Him. God will be faithful to Himself and His promises.” James MacDonald “Always True”
6 But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
Doubt is a lack of confidence or assurance that God will keep His promises.
Doubt is a lack of confidence or assurance that God will keep His promises.
Faith is an active confidence that God’s promises are always true.
Faith is an active confidence that God’s promises are always true.
26 When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and they cried out in fear.
27 Immediately Jesus spoke to them. “Have courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter answered him, “command me to come to you on the water.”
29 He said, “Come.” And climbing out of the boat, Peter started walking on the water and came toward Jesus.
30 But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me!”
31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand, caught hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight.
14 Is anything impossible for the Lord? At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son.”
The Sovereignty of God
The Sovereignty of God
God is in control - of what?
God is sovereign over the universe
God is sovereign over the universe
24 The God who made the world and everything in it—he is Lord of heaven and earth—does not live in shrines made by hands.
25 Neither is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.
God is sovereign over humanity
God is sovereign over humanity
26 From one man he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.
27 He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
28 For in him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
Because He is sovereign God is able to listen to all our prayers at the same time.
God is sovereign over our rebellion
God is sovereign over our rebellion
4 But the Lord threw a great wind onto the sea, and such a great storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart.
17 The Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
6 Then the Lord God appointed a plant, and it grew over Jonah to provide shade for his head to rescue him from his trouble. Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
God is sovereign over sin
God is sovereign over sin
20 You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.
God is sovereign over world events
God is sovereign over world events
13 Mordecai told the messenger to reply to Esther, “Don’t think that you will escape the fate of all the Jews because you are in the king’s palace.
14 If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father’s family will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”
18 so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.
19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.
6 But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.
Memorize Proverbs 3:5-6
Memorize Proverbs 3:5-6
Next Week: Promise #3 God is Always Good
Next Week: Promise #3 God is Always Good