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Sermon
from April 2022
MAINTAINING YOUR CONFESSION IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIPS
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Life may be challenging and stressful at times, and we can get soByoTsaone Makverwhelmed ulaby the hardships that we begin to wonder if God truly cares and whether He exists. I'm sure many of us have, at some point, felt trapped and overwhelmed by life's troubles and struggles. A circumstance in which you question if God listens or responds to your prayers. Many folks are on the verge of quitting because they feel overwhelmed. Please hear me out if you are that person before you throw in the towel. God loves you and cares for you, and He still listens and answers prayer. I know you're feeling overwhelmed but I want to encourage you to shift your attention for a while and see if God doesn't come through.
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I would like to challenge you to change your perspective and make your prayers one of worship and appreciation. Prayers that acknowledge who God is and what He has done in the past. Prayers that extol His grandeur, magnificence, and goodness. I want us to challenge ourselves and say, “God, I will praise you from the valleys of life! I will give a shout of praise in the midst of a gloomy situation because you do not change like shifting shadows, and no situation changes you.
As you begin to shout your praise, courage to stand firm in your faith will begin to rise within you and the lie that the enemy has been trying to tell you, that God does not answer prayer, will begin to fade like smoke in the wind. For as long as we live in this world, we will face problems of varying degrees; some will be more difficult to endure than others, but in any event, refuse to magnify the problem. Rather, choose to magnify the problem solver. Nothing is too difficult for God, whether it's altars or devils.
God has the power to raise you to triumph. A roar of praise or a whisper of devotion will bring about change. Maintain your faith confession and fight the good fight of faith. We are hardpressed on every side but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed(2 Corinthians 4:8-9).
