God Continues To Work Wonders Genesis 18:13-14 Isaiah 46:8-10 Mark 9:21-24 Hebrews 13:5-6 Psalms 7:9-11 Psalms 17:6-7 Acts 19:11-12 Hebrews 2:1-4 Acts 2:16-21 Acts 2:22-24 Hebrews 2:1-4 Hebrews 13:8 01.20.21

 

GOD CONTINUES TO WORK WONDERS

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¹³ Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ ¹⁴ Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son.”  Genesis 18:13-14 (NIV)

 

⁸ “Remember this, fix it in mind, take it to heart, you rebels.  ⁹ Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.  ¹⁰ I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come.  I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.”  Isaiah 46:8-10 (NIV)

 

²¹ Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?”  “From childhood,” he answered. ²² “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.”  ²³ “‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.”  ²⁴ Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”  Mark 9:21-24 (NIV)

 

⁵ Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,  “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”  ⁶ So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.  What can man do to me?” Hebrews 13:5-6 (NIV)

 

⁹ O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.  ¹⁰ My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.  ¹¹ God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.  Psalms 7:9-11 (NIV)

 

⁶ I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer.  ⁷ Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.   Psalms 17:6-7 (NIV)

 

¹¹ God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, ¹² so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them. Acts 19:11-12 (NIV)

 

¹ We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. ² For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, ³ how shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. ⁴ God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.   Hebrews 2:1-4 (NIV)

 

¹⁶ No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:  ¹⁷ “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.  ¹⁸ Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. ¹⁹ I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.  ²⁰ The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.  ²¹ And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”   Acts 2:16-21 (NIV)

 

²² “Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. ²³ This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. ²⁴ But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.”  Acts 2:22-24 (NIV)

 

¹ We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. ² For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, ³ how shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. ⁴ God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.  Hebrews 2:1-4 (NIV)

 

⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.  Hebrews 13:8 (NIV)

 

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“The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder.”    G. K. Chesterton

 

“God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea and rides upon the storm.  Deep in unfathomable mines of never-failing skill He treasures up His bright designs and works His sovereign will.  You fearful saints, fresh courage take; the clouds you so much dread are big with mercy and shall break in blessings on your head.  Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.  His purposes will ripen fast, unfolding every hour; the bud may have a bitter taste, but sweet will be the flower.  Blind unbelief is sure to err and scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, and He will make it plain.”  William Cowper

 

“At times you will feel as the Israelites did before I worked through Moses to part the Red Sea. They gazed with fear into a sea of hopelessness as their Egyptian enemies headed toward them. However, as My people discovered, hopelessness is just an illusion created by the enemy. The truth is, there is no such thing as a futile situation. I am the God of hope, even when everything you love and live for appears to be drowning. When you can’t swim any longer, I am your lifesaver. I am the author of your life who can rewrite and transform any tragedy to triumph. I am the one who will work all things together for your good even when it appears all has gone bad. When you don’t know what to do, be still long enough to allow Me to calm the storm in your heart and part the sea that seems to lie in the way of My promises for you. If you will wait on Me, you will witness My wonders!”   Sheri Rose Shepherd

“There was a majesty in the early saints, who dared to do at God's command things that human reason would condemn.  Whether it be a Noah who is to build a ship on dry land, an Abraham who is to offer up his only son, a Moses who is to despise the treasures of Egypt, or a Joshua who is to besiege Jericho for seven days, using no weapons but the blasts of trumpets, they all act upon God's command, contrary to the dictates of human reason; and the Lord gives them a rich reward as the result of their obedient faith. Would to God we had in contemporary Christianity a more potent infusion of this heroic faith in God. If we would venture more upon the naked promise of God, we would enter a world of wonders to which as yet we are strangers.”  C. H. Spurgeon revised by Alistair Begg

“God does wonders.  A soul not persuaded of this is uneven and unstable in the course of obedience.  Every threat from man dismays him.  He has eyes to behold the power of man, but lacks a spiritual eye to see God at his back.  The Christian’s comfort also increases when we trust in God’s almighty power.  Many fears like waves roll over us.  He who sees himself folded in almighty arms, O how he mounts up before the wind with his sails filled with joy and peace! Let storms arise, this one may sing merrily with the sharpest thorn at his breast.”  William Gurnall

“I never have difficulty believing in miracles, since I experienced the miracle of a change in my own heart.”  Augustine

“It is then faith in Christ – not merely works or slavish legal obedience - which releases the divine power to live the Christian life.  Flesh will ultimately fail you.  Christ does not automatically operate in a believer’s life like rubbing a jar for a genie and making a Paul out of a Pilate.  No, no…as we walk in faith, placing our trust and confidence in Him, He bestows the power to accomplish things too hard for man to do – the most amazing one is changing the bents of our broken human hearts.  He is the ultimate Transformer always from the inside out.  Trust Him with your life.”  BHY

HEART SAVOR

·         God is still in the business of working wonders.  He is the unchanging One.

·         There is nothing too hard for God.  Nothing.

·         He is the Master of making beauty out of our ashes, joy out of our mourning’s, the oil of gladness out of our of a spirits of despairs.