February 5, 2023
Pastor Graham Cathers
In the kingdom of God your problem can become your solution.
1 Corinthians 4:20 God's kingdom isn't just a lot of words. It is power. Contemporary English Version
Nothing is impossible for God!
2 Samuel 5:17 Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. 18 The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. New King James Version
2 Samuel 5:19 So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go upagainst the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?" And the LORD said to David, "Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand." 20 So David went to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, "The LORD has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water." Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim. New King James Version
2 Samuel 5:20 …"GOD exploded on my enemies like a gush of water." That's why David named the place Baal Perazim (The-Master-Who-Explodes). The Message
2 Samuel 5:20 …“The LORD did it!” David exclaimed. “He burst through my enemies like a raging flood!” …(which means “the Lord who bursts through”). New Living Translation
“A deeper understanding of faith can help you gain a greater peace and confidence about your own faith and how you are growing in it. Faith, however, is not a mystery. We experience it every day of our lives. In its most basic aspect, faith is simply reliance upon something in both attitude and action. It may or may not involve reliance upon God. There is a family of words in the New Testament that are variously translated as belief, faith, and hope, and what they all have in common is this idea of reliance, confidence, and trust. It is trust that puts you in contact with God so you can draw upon his unlimited and inexhaustible resources.” – Dallas Willard
Luke 5:1 One day Jesus was standing beside Lake Gennesaret when the crowd pressed in around him to hear God's word. 2 Jesus saw two boats sitting by the lake. The fishermen had gone ashore and were washing their nets. 3 Jesus boarded one of the boats, the one that belonged to Simon, then asked him to row out a little distance from the shore. Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. Common English Bible
Luke 5:4 When he finished speaking to the crowds, he said to Simon, "Row out farther, into the deep water, and drop your nets for a catch." 5 Simon replied, "Master, we've worked hard all night and caught nothing. But because you say so, I'll drop the nets." 6 So they dropped the nets and their catch was so huge that their nets were splitting. 7 They signaled for their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They filled both boats so full that they were about to sink. Common English Bible
John 13:7 Jesus replied, "You don't understand what I'm doing now, but you will understand later." Common English Bible
Genesis 50:20 Don't you see, you planned evil against me but God used those same plans for my good, as you see all around you right now—life for many people. The Message
Romans 8:28 So we are convinced that every detail of our lives is continually woven together for good, for we are his lovers who have been called to fulfill his designed purpose. The Passion Translation
“This is how we see our lives.” Then she’d turn it over to reveal the design, saying, “This is how God views your life, and someday we will have the privilege of viewing it from His point of view.” Corrie ten Boom
1 Corinthians 15:1 Brothers and sisters, I'm making known to you the Good News which I already told you, which you received, and on which your faith is based. 2 In addition, you are saved by this Good News if you hold on to the doctrine I taught you, unless you believed it without thinking it over. 3 I passed on to you the most important points of doctrine that I had received: Christ died to take away our sins as the Scriptures predicted. 4 He was placed in a tomb. He was brought back to life on the third day as the Scriptures predicted. GOD’S WORD Translation
John 17:3 Eternal life means to know and experience you as the only true God, and to know and experience Jesus Christ, as the Son whom you have sent. The Passion Translation