God in the Dark Unkown – When Life Deals Us a Turn in the Road

God in the Dark Unknown
When Life Deals Us A Turn in the Road
We are weak, but He is strong.
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Romans 7:14-24
Moses had to learn his own weakness…
Acts 7:25-29 For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.
Exodus 3:11 But Moses said to God,"Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

Relying on God
Ephesians 6:11-12 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the Wiles of the devil.12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places
He is Able
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,


God Really Does Help, therefore we must acknowledge Him.
God does help us…
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
He wants to give us good things…
Matthew 7:7-11 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Give Him your Cares
1 Peter 5:6-7 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Acknowledge Him
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
Live One Day at a Time
Life can change suddenly …
Ecclesiastes 9:11-12 The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong; . . . But time and chance happen to them all. 12 For man also does not know his time: Like fish taken in a cruel net, Like birds caught in a snare, So the sons of men are snared in an evil time, When it falls suddenly upon them.
Life is Uncertain
James 4:13-17 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city,…..14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.15 Instead you ought to say,"If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that."16 But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
Stay in the Present
Matthew 6:33-34 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

What a Family we Have … Lean on Them for Strength
God gives us a Family in Christ
Mark 10:29-30 "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel's,30 who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time -- houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions -- and in the age to come, eternal life.
James 5:14-16 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. … Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much
Bear One Another’s Burdens
All This and Heaven Too…
Revelation 14:13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write:'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit,"that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them."