tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87316525480057634022023-11-15T06:52:41.308-08:00EnjoyYourLordSteve L Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05307710101153464637noreply@blogger.comBlogger883125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731652548005763402.post-75520349658685383282021-12-29T06:00:00.000-08:002021-12-29T06:00:00.156-08:00God's Greatness Job 40: 7-14<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal;">
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(My soul doth magnify the Lord.)</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(For He hath regarded the low estate of His handmaiden:)</div>
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14. Hope leads to a great story to be told to others of the power of the Lord Jesus Christ. (<b>15 </b>And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.<b>16 </b>And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.<b>17 </b>And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.<b>18 </b>And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.<b>19 </b>But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.</div>
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1) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>As God declares so follows the course of man’s experience. </div>
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<b>34 </b>And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:</div>
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<b>36 </b>At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.<b>37 </b>Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.</div>
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31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. </div>
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5) Jesus is King of Kings and the Lord of glory; He alone is the wisdom of time and the predictor of human events and the one to whom all men be they great or small must bow and give account to for their sin; images of men pass away, the true God lives forever. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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v.1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>God’s word arrives on time. His people may not even be aware of it.</div>
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<b>31 </b>And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.</div>
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v.9<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>No lack of knowing God's will.</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Read the passage Genesis 27</span></div>
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<b>24 </b>Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.</div>
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<b>25 </b>He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.</div>
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<b>26 </b>Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.<b>27 </b>And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.</div>
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<b>28 </b>Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.</div>
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<b>28 </b>Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.</div>
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7)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A swift change presents new opportunities to further know God. </div>
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<b>29 </b>Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. </div>
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1) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>God specializes in the impossibilities in life, where man has no influence. </div>
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<b>24 </b>Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.</div>
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2) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The impossibilities God removes may not be explained away. </div>
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<b>23 </b>And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.</div>
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<b>25 </b>He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.</div>
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4) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>God’s path casts a long shadow across mans rebellious nature and man’s heart must yield. </div>
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5) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Unbelievers have no authority over believers.<b> </b></div>
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<b>26 </b>Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.<b>27 </b>And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.</div>
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6) <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Truth demands a response; a correct response amplifies God’s position and place as God.</div>
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<b>28 </b>Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.</div>
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7)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Truth brings the unbeliever into acknowledgement of its veracity preparing the heart to trust in God for salvation. </div>
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<b>29 </b>Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. </div>
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v.13<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Order and blessing are not the enemy’s possession.</div>
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Steve L Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05307710101153464637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8731652548005763402.post-20462300688476407722021-10-09T06:00:00.000-07:002021-10-09T06:00:00.214-07:00What Your Problems Reveal Exodus 14: 4-29<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal;">
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v.4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>His greatness.</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>fathers by the hand of Moses.)</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.)</div>
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