Commit your souls to a faithful Creator

Deposit Your Souls God always keeps His promises. He never lies: Hebrews 6:16-19; Titus 1:2   He always takes good care of us: I Corinthians 10:13 He will never forget our works: Hebrews 6:10

Deposit Your Souls He is faithful: 2 Timothy 2:11-13   He will never leave us or forsake us: Hebrews 13:5-6

Romans 5:6-11 God is our friend. He gave Jesus to cleanse and redeem us: John 3:16   While we were dead in our own trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1-10), he sent others out to look for us, preach to us (Mark 16:15-16), and save us.

God only gives good things: Matthew 7:7-11; James 1:17-18 Romans 5:6-11 God only gives good things: Matthew 7:7-11; James 1:17-18

1 Peter 4:19 1 Peter 4:19 - Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator. John 3:19-20 1 John 3:13 2 Timothy 3:10-12 John 15:19

1 Peter 4:19 He wants our bodies as a living sacrifice: Romans 12:1-2; I Corinthians 6:19-20   He wants complete submission and faithfulness: Luke 14:26-27 He wants us to be holy as he is holy: I Peter 1:13-15

1 Peter 4:19 He wants us to love Jesus more than our relatives and our life: Matthew 10:37-38   Jesus did this on the cross: Luke 23:46

1 Peter 4:19 Job made this commitment: Job 1:20-22; 2:9-10; James 5:10-11   Paul made such a commitment: Philippians 3:1-15; 2 Timothy 1:12 David made this commitment before Goliath: I Samuel 17

Facing Goliath: Challenges   Comfortable with an Annoying Problem?

Facing Goliath: Challenges 1 Samuel 17:8-11 1 Samuel 17:16 - And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening.

Facing Goliath: Challenges 1 Samuel 16:7-But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

Facing Goliath: Challenges   Dealing with Spiritual Eliabs

Facing Goliath: Challenges 1 Samuel 17:26...For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?" 1 Samuel 17:28-29 Hebrews 10:24-And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,

Facing Goliath: Challenges   Seeing it from The Right Perspective

Facing Goliath: Challenges 1 Samuel 17:25-So the men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father's house exemption from taxes in Israel."

Facing Goliath: Challenges Philippians 4:13-I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Facing Goliath: Challenges   Letting Our Kids Kill the Lion and The Bear

Facing Goliath: Challenges 1 Samuel 17:33-37 (37) Moreover David said, "The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine."

Facing Goliath: Challenges   Meeting The Problem with Speed and Fury

Facing Goliath: Challenges 1 Samuel 17:45-47 (47) Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord's, and He will give you into our hands."

Facing Goliath: Challenges Romans 8:37-Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

1 Peter 4:19 Shadrach Meshach & Abednego made it before Nebuchadnezzar: Daniel 3   Noah made it when he built the ark: Genesis 6 Abraham made it when leaving his home & when offering Isaac: Genesis 12; 22

1 Peter 4:19 We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses: Hebrews 12:1-2   Our labor is not in vain, because God is a faithful Creator: I Corinthians 15:58 Everything you entrust into His hands will be richly repaid: Romans 8:18