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Sequim Community Church, 98382 WA
Dr. Scott E. Koenigsaecker
October 23, 2011
I Chronicles 29:10-14
A. "Everything in the heavens and earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your
kingdom. We adore you as being in control of everything."
I Chronicles 29:11
* Sovereignty simply means that God is in control of
everything.
B. God is sovereign over:
* Nature (Psalm 148:8)
* History (Isaiah 14:2627)
* Our lives: when we were born (Acts 17:26); how long we will live (Job
14:5); our natural talents (Exodus 31:13)
.
I. GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY AFFECTS OUR PLANS.
A. Our plans have a limit.
"Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose
that prevails." Proverbs 19:21
"We may make our plans, but God has the last word."
Proverbs 16:1 (Good News Bible)
B. We need to be flexible with our plans.
"Now listen, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to this or
that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make money.
Why, you don't even know what will happen tomorrow!' Instead, you
ought to say, 'If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.'"
James 4:1315
"We should make plans counting on God to direct us."
Proverbs 16:9 (Living Bible)
II. IT IMPACTS OUR PROBLEMS, THEY HAVE A PURPOSE.
"At present, you may be temporarily harassed by all kinds of trials.
This is no accident it happens to prove your faith, which is infinitely
more valuable than gold..." I Peter 1:67
(Phillips)
* Job is an example (the wealthiest man in the world).
"The Lord gave me everything I had, and they were His to take away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord."
Job 1:21
* Joseph is an example (his family rejected him).
"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to
accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."
Genesis 50:20
* Our response to problems:
"This is the reason we never lose heart. These troubles (which are
temporary) are winning for us a permanent, glorious, and solid
reward out of proportion to our pain." 2 Corinthians 4:1617
III. GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY MEANS OUR PRAYERS ARE POWERFUL.
A. Praying is not a waste of time.
"(God)...is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or
even dream of infinitely
beyond our highest prayers, desire,
thoughts or hopes." Ephesians 3:20
(Living Bible)
B. Prayer will accomplish whatever God wants to accomplish.
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