‘In Weakness.’
a) Hebrews 11:34. Our
Faith can make us strong.
b) Psalm 34:2-3. We
should take heart and tell of the Lord’s Greatness.
c) Psalm 34:6 & 17.
We should pray and the Lord will save us from all of our troubles.
d) Psalm 34:18. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; He
rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
e) Psalm 147:3. The
Lord heals the broken hearted and bandages their wounds.
f) 1 Corinthians 11:24.
Christ’s Body was broken for us.
(Through this QT I
understand that God wants to help us when we are In Weakness)
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‘God Does Everything
Well.’
a) James 1:17. Every
good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the
Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
b) Acts 9:32-35. Now as
Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to the saints
who lived at Lydda. There he found a man
named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years, for he was paralyzed. Peter
said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your
bed." Immediately he got up. And all who lived at Lydda and Sharon saw
him, and they turned to the Lord.
c) Acts 9:36. He makes
good people too! Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which
translated in Greek is called Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of
kindness and charity which she continually did.
d) Acts 9:37-43. And it
happened at that time that she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her
body, they laid it in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples,
having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, "Do
not delay in coming to us." So Peter arose and went with them. When he
arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside
him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make
while she was with them. But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed,
and turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened
her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. And he gave her his hand and
raised her up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive. It
became known all over Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. And Peter stayed
many days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
e) Matthew 28:19-20.
His Plan for Mission, “Go”. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age.
f) Acts 10:1-2. He puts
good people in positions of authority. Now there was a man at Caesarea named
Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort (leader of 100
soldiers), a devout man and one who feared God with all his household and gave
many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.
g) Acts 10:3-6. He
leads us by the Holy Spirit. About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in
a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him,
"Cornelius!" And fixing his
gaze on him and being much alarmed, he said, "What is it, Lord?" And
he said to him, "Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before
God. Now dispatch some men to Joppa and send for a man named Simon, who is also
called Peter; he is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the
sea.”
h) Acts 10:7-23. He works everything out. When the angel who
was speaking to him had left, he summoned two of his servants and a devout
soldier of those who were his personal attendants, and after he had explained
everything to them, he sent them to Joppa. On the next day, as they were on
their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the
sixth hour to pray. But he became hungry and was desiring to eat; but while
they were making preparations, he fell into a trance; and he saw the sky opened
up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to
the ground, and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling
creatures of the earth and birds of the air. A voice came to him, "get up,
Peter, kill and eat!" but Peter said, "by no means, Lord, for I have
never eaten anything unholy and unclean." Again a voice came to him a
second time, "what God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy." This happened three times, and immediately
the object was taken up into the sky. Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in
mind as to what the vision which he had seen might be, behold, the men who had
been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon's house, appeared at
the gate; and calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who was also called
Peter, was staying there. While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit
said to him, "behold, three men are looking for you, but get up, go
downstairs and accompany them without misgivings, for i have sent them
myself." Peter went down to the men
and said, "Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason
for which you have come?" They
said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well spoken
of by the entire nation of the Jews, was divinely directed by a Holy Angel to
send for you to come to his house and hear a message from you." So he invited them in and gave them lodging.
And on the next day he got up and went away with them, and some of the brethren
from Joppa accompanied him.
(This Second one reminds me that God
Does Everything Well)
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Chris.
There are times that God calls us to
exercise bold Faith. For most of us those times are quite infrequent. Yet, if
God gives us such a call, we should be willing to obey Him. Without Faith, the
Bible says, it is impossible to please God, and sometimes the calling is for us
to exercise bold Faith. As we respond to the Lord in this way we discover that
our Faith actually grows.
(Typed by Priscilla and Copied from Reverend Chris Harrison's Bible Study Notes)
