‘Groaning.’
a)
Romans 8:22.
All Creation is groaning in the pains of child birth until now. (That is
positive groaning)
b)
Exodus 2:24.
God heard the groaning of His People and helped them.
c)
Psalm 5:1.
David asked the Lord to pay attention to his groaning.
d)
Psalm 102:5.
David’s groaning made him sick.
e)
Isaiah 21:2.
Babylon caused groaning amongst God’s People.
f)
Ezekiel 21:7.
We sometimes groan because of hearing bad news.
g)
Ezekiel 30:24.
Sometimes non-believers groan as they die in pain.
h)
Malachi 2:13.
Sometimes we groan when we think that the Lord pays no attention to us.
(Because of this QT I do not want to be Groaning)
‘Faith Is Practical.’
James 2:17.
a)
Faith, if it does
not include works, is dead.
b)
Faith by itself
is not enough.
c)
Faith needs to
include good deeds.
d)
If not it is
dead ‘faith’.
(This
Second one reminds me that Faith Is Practical)
Chris.
There
are times when those people who are giving God’s People a difficult time cause
them to groan. Groaning is not a sin - it is a manifestation during a season of
frustration or pain. When we groan we need to do as David did and ask the Lord
to pay attention to us and to our situation.
