June 26 2016 Receiving Help For Our Problems

RECEIVING HELP FOR OUR PROBLEMS

2 Chronicles 20:1-30

Verse 1 – After this, the Moabites, and the Ammonites, with some of the Meunites, came to make war on Jehoshaphat.

Seven Ways to Handle Your Problem

STEP ONE Identify the problem.

Verse 2-  “Some men came to Jehoshaphat and said, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom.”

Verse 3 – He was alarmed.

STEP TWO Take your problems to the Lord.

Verse 3-4 -  “Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord. He proclaimed a fast and had all the people come together to seek help from the Lord.

• Remind yourself who God is. (vs. 6)

Are you not......?

• Remind yourself what God has done. (vs. 7)

Did you not......?

• Now ask God to do it. (vs. 12)

Will you not....?

STEP THREE Admit your inadequacy.

Verse 12 – We have no power to face this vast army.

Zechariah 4:6 – It's not y might, nor by power, but by (God's) Spirit.

STEP FOUR Learn to rely on God’s resources.

Verse 12 – But our eyes are upon you.
    
STEP FIVE You must relax in faith.

Verse 15 – Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the vast army for the battle is not yours, but God's.

Colossians 2:6– As you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him.

1 Corinthians 15:57 – Thanks be to God He gives us the victory.

2 Chronicles 20:17 – You will not have to fight this battle. Take your positions and stand firm.

HOW TO STAND FIRM

• Stand on God’s character.
• Stand on God’s truth.

STEP SIX Get some support.

Verse 13 – All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones stood before the Lord.

STEP SEVEN Thank God in advance.

Verse 21 – Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise Him as they went out at the head of the army.

THE RESULTS

Verse 22 God gave the victory.

Verses 25-26 They lived in the valley of blessing.

Verses 29-30 It was a great testimony.

October 25 2015 The Prayer Of Release

THE PRAYER OF RELEASE

Matthew 6:12 – Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtor.

How Do We Pray The Prayer Of Release?

1. I must reveal my hurt.

Psalm 39:2-3 – I kept very quiet, but I became even more upset.  I became very angry inside and as I thought about it my anger burned.

Job 18:4 – You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger.

2. I must release those who hurt me.

Romans 12:17-19 – Never pay back evil for evil.  Never avenge yourself, leave that to God.  For He has said that He will repay those that deserve it.

Psalm 56:8 – You God have kept a record of all my tears.

Hebrews 12:15 – A bitter spirit is not only bad in itself, but can also poison the life of many others.

3. I must replace old memories with God’s truth.

Romans 12:2 – Do not conform any longer to the pattern of the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Ephesians 1:4 – Through what Christ would do for us, God decided to make us holy in His eyes without a single fault we stand before Him covered with His love.

4. We must respond to God’s Grace.

Hebrews 12:15 – Be careful that none of you fails to respond to the grace of God which God gives and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.

5. I must remember the cross.

Romans 6:6 – For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be done away with