GOD, I WAS WRONG (4)
Scripture: Job 40:1-5, Job 42:1-6
This content is part of a series.
God, I Was Wrong (4)
Series: Disappointment with God
Donald Cantrell
Job 40: 1-5, Job 42:1-6
I - The Pertinent Question (1 - 2)
II - The Perplexing Quietness (3 - 5)
III - The Perfect Qualities (1 - 2)
IV - The Personal Quandary (3)
V - The Perceptive Quest (4 - 6)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Unseen Freedom In Fleas
In her book, ''THE HIDING PLACE'', Corrie Ten Boom relates an incident that taught her to be thankful for things we normally would not be thankful for. She and her sister, Betsy, prisoners of the Nazis, had just been transferred to the worst prison camp they had seen yet, Ravensbruck. Upon entering the barracks, they found them extremely overcrowded and infested with fleas.
Their Scripture reading from their smuggled Bible that morning in 1 Thessalonians had reminded them to rejoice always, pray constantly, and give thanks in all circumstances.
Betsy told Corrie to stop and thank the Lord for every detail of their new living quarters. Corrie at first flatly refused to give thanks for the fleas, but Betsy persisted. Corrie finally agreed to somehow thank God for even the fleas.
During the months spent at that camp, they were surprised to find how openly they could hold Bible study and prayer meetings in their barrack without guard interference. Several months later they learned that the guards would not enter the barracks because of the fleas.
Unbeknownst to those in the barracks, God was using those fleas as an opportunity of relief to those on the inside of the barracks and as an obstacle of resistance to those outside the barracks.
There will be times in our lives when we face things that we do not like nor ask for but they have been allowed to come our way for a reason. God does not want us to suffer, nor does he want us to face affliction, but those are the life that man chose when he fell in the Garden of Eden.
In the midst of our suffering and our affliction, God can ...
Series: Disappointment with God
Donald Cantrell
Job 40: 1-5, Job 42:1-6
I - The Pertinent Question (1 - 2)
II - The Perplexing Quietness (3 - 5)
III - The Perfect Qualities (1 - 2)
IV - The Personal Quandary (3)
V - The Perceptive Quest (4 - 6)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Unseen Freedom In Fleas
In her book, ''THE HIDING PLACE'', Corrie Ten Boom relates an incident that taught her to be thankful for things we normally would not be thankful for. She and her sister, Betsy, prisoners of the Nazis, had just been transferred to the worst prison camp they had seen yet, Ravensbruck. Upon entering the barracks, they found them extremely overcrowded and infested with fleas.
Their Scripture reading from their smuggled Bible that morning in 1 Thessalonians had reminded them to rejoice always, pray constantly, and give thanks in all circumstances.
Betsy told Corrie to stop and thank the Lord for every detail of their new living quarters. Corrie at first flatly refused to give thanks for the fleas, but Betsy persisted. Corrie finally agreed to somehow thank God for even the fleas.
During the months spent at that camp, they were surprised to find how openly they could hold Bible study and prayer meetings in their barrack without guard interference. Several months later they learned that the guards would not enter the barracks because of the fleas.
Unbeknownst to those in the barracks, God was using those fleas as an opportunity of relief to those on the inside of the barracks and as an obstacle of resistance to those outside the barracks.
There will be times in our lives when we face things that we do not like nor ask for but they have been allowed to come our way for a reason. God does not want us to suffer, nor does he want us to face affliction, but those are the life that man chose when he fell in the Garden of Eden.
In the midst of our suffering and our affliction, God can ...
There are 20950 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
