WHEN GOD GOES SILENT (5 OF 6)
Scripture: Job 23:1-3, Job 23:8-10
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Title: When God Goes Silent (5 of 6)
Series: Learning to Lean
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Job 23:1-3, 8-10
Pro 3:5 KJV - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Pro 3:6 KJV - In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
I - The Perplexities That We Fear (1 - 2)
II - The Perspectives That We Face (3, 8 - 9)
III - The Platitudes That We Fight (Job 16: 1 - 5)
IV - The Promises That We Forget (Hebrews 13: 5)
V - The Peace That We Find (10)
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When God Seems Silent
Psa 42:11 KJV - Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
As minutes turned to hours of waiting in the emergency room, I desperately desired to hear from God. With excruciating pain radiating from my neck all the way down my arm, I prayed to God for relief and expected direction, encouragement, or any sign to let me know I wasn't as alone as I felt.
Instead, I was met with silence.
Confused as to why God would choose now, of all times, not to respond - while I was in the hospital alone due to COVID-19 restrictions - I began to wonder if He was with me at all. The thought of rejection and abandonment pierced deeper than any physical wound I was experiencing at the time.
As a busy mom, I often crave quiet, but I'd argue there is no worse feeling than when it feels like the silence comes from God Himself. What are we to do when we pray to God - especially when we're in desperate need - and we're met with silence?
Do we conclude God didn't hear us? Do we think He's not there or, worse, He doesn't care? The writer of Psalm 42 knew what it's like to cry out to God only to be greeted with silence.
Proverbs 31 Devotions "Christina Patterson"
In this sermon series we are "Learning to Lean" on Jes ...
Series: Learning to Lean
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Job 23:1-3, 8-10
Pro 3:5 KJV - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Pro 3:6 KJV - In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
I - The Perplexities That We Fear (1 - 2)
II - The Perspectives That We Face (3, 8 - 9)
III - The Platitudes That We Fight (Job 16: 1 - 5)
IV - The Promises That We Forget (Hebrews 13: 5)
V - The Peace That We Find (10)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
When God Seems Silent
Psa 42:11 KJV - Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
As minutes turned to hours of waiting in the emergency room, I desperately desired to hear from God. With excruciating pain radiating from my neck all the way down my arm, I prayed to God for relief and expected direction, encouragement, or any sign to let me know I wasn't as alone as I felt.
Instead, I was met with silence.
Confused as to why God would choose now, of all times, not to respond - while I was in the hospital alone due to COVID-19 restrictions - I began to wonder if He was with me at all. The thought of rejection and abandonment pierced deeper than any physical wound I was experiencing at the time.
As a busy mom, I often crave quiet, but I'd argue there is no worse feeling than when it feels like the silence comes from God Himself. What are we to do when we pray to God - especially when we're in desperate need - and we're met with silence?
Do we conclude God didn't hear us? Do we think He's not there or, worse, He doesn't care? The writer of Psalm 42 knew what it's like to cry out to God only to be greeted with silence.
Proverbs 31 Devotions "Christina Patterson"
In this sermon series we are "Learning to Lean" on Jes ...
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