Where Is God When I Suffer?

How Can I Be Sure That God is With Me? 

Richard Burton 

1 King 18-19 

3 Places you can always find God & e ways we can be assured of His presence: 

1.Past places 

1.V.36-39 

2.Providential Places  

3.Private places  

1.19:11-13 

Our tendency is to look for the miracle. If you only look for God in the big things sometimes you may miss Him. Sometimes He is in the small things.  

What Are You Doing Here?

1 Kings 18-19 

What are you doing in your life?  

Three ways to interpret the question:

      What Are You Doing Here? 

Three decisions that Elijah made to put him in the wrong place:

      He listened to the wrong voices. 

      Who's voice are you listening to? 

       The voice of the Devil? 

        The voice of other people?

He went to the wrong places.

      When we are in the wrong places, it negatively effects our testimony.  

He separated himself from the right places.  

Let It Start In Me

Acts 8:1-8 

God Using Me 

1. The Man 

                                    Revival can start with just ONE person who is 

                                    willing to pay the price, hi get for God to do 

                                    something awesome. 

                                    Not only can revival begin with just one                     

                                    person, revival can be held back by just one

                                    person. 

1.The Message 

                                    The entire Gospel  

1.The Miracles 

Is Your Heart the Heart of A Worshipper?

Hebrews 13:15 

  1. •(Worship is) "to quicken the conscience by the holyness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open up the heart to give the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God. " 

  1. •"The immense tragedy of the contemporary church is that most people worship their work, work at their play, and play at their worship". 

Reference:  

Ezra 3:10-13 

Praisers & Appraisers 

Spiritual & Sentimental 

  1. 1.Praise 

    1. 1.To joyfully boast in God for his acts and greatness.  

      1. 1.To joyfully- Psalm 63:5 

      2. 2.Boast in God- Psalm 34:2 

      3. 3.Praise Him according for His mighty acts- Psalm 150:2 

    2. 2.Revelation 19:6 

  2. 2.Shout 

    1. 1.The enthusiastic expression of joy and triumph in the Lord.  

      1. 1.Ezra 3:11,13 

    2. 2.Literally- to shout in triumph, to shout for Joy.  

      1. 1.... Shout to God with a voice of triumph -Psalm 47:1 

Remember: We Must Be Like The Servant King

Luke 22 24-27 

Don't use your limitations as excuses.  

You do not have to wait until you are "perfect" to start serving the Lord.  

Become a team player.  

Be willing to get your hands dirty.  

Turn your job into a ministry.  

Be driven by the example of Christ.