6-11-23 Setlist: You've Already Won Great Is Thy Faithfulness I Speak Jesus El Shaddai/You Are My Hiding Place Sermon Notes: Key Passage: The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words. I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss. Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!” Lamentations 3:19-24 The first was he cried out. Key Passage: The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words. I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss. Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: Lamentations 3:19-21 The second was he remembered. Key Passage: The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day. I say to myself, "The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!" Lamentations 3:22-24 5 Promises to Remember in a Hopeless Situations 1. God is with me. Key Passage: Who will protect me from the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Unless the Lord had helped me, I would soon have died. I cried out, "I'm slipping!" and your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. Psalms 94:16-19 5 Promises to Remember in a Hopeless Situations 2. God cares about me. Key Passage: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. Romans 5:7-8 5 Promises to Remember in a Hopeless Situations 3. He knows my situation. Key Passage: And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don't even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8:26-28 Key Passage: I am overcome with joy because of your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul. You have not handed me over to my enemy but have set me in a safe place. Psalms 31:7-8 5 Promises to Remember in a Hopeless Situations 4. He has power that I don’t have. Key Verse: He replied, "What is impossible from a human perspective is possible with God." Luke 18:27 Key Verse: For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey him and the power to do what pleases him. Philippians 2:13 Key Verse: For the weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have the power to demolish strongholds. 2 Corinthians 10:4 5 Promises to Remember in a Hopeless Situations 5. He has promised to help me. The third was he relinquished control.