Scripture: Acts 13:29-31
"And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him they took him down from the tree and laid him in a sepulchre. But God raised him from the dead: And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people."
Introduction -
God has always looked out for His own and delivered His people who put their trust in Him!
1 - They crucified our Lord.....But God. (He was raised up)
Because he rose we shall also rise.....Hallelujah!
2 - Daniel was put into the lions den.....But God.3 - Joseph was sold into slavery.....But God.
4 - Elijah was hungry.....But God. (sent ravens)
5 - The Jericho walls seemed impregnable to man.....But God.
6 - Goliath made his boast against God's people.....But God.
7 - The children of Israel trapped between the sea and Pharaoh.....But God.
8 - False prophets tried to pray down fire.....But God.
9 - The three Hebrew children were cast into the fiery furnace.....But God.
10-Moses waited 40 years on the backside of the desert.....But God. (burning bush)
11-Hezekiah was sick unto death.....But God. (God heard his prayer)
12-Abraham and Sarah were old.....But God. (God gave a son as He promised)
13-King Herod was going to kill the Christ child.....But God.
14-The disciples were told to stop praising the Lord.....But God.
15-Peter was put in prison.....But God.
16-The winds, the waves and the storm threatened the disciples.....But God.
17-Paul was out in a ship in the storm.....But God.
18-A viper latched onto Paul's hand.....But God.
19-Paul and Silas were in jail.....But God. (they had a song in the night)
20-A woman was taken in adultery.....But God.
21-Paul persecuted the church and watched while saints were murdered.....But God.
22-Many now preaching are gamblers, thieves, adulteress, liars, drunkard's.....But God.
I was lost and bound for hell.....But God.
I have been sick many times.....But God.
I got hungry for more of God, though had no talent.....But God.
Since then I have learned
it is not by might nor by power BUT by my spirit saith the Lord.
You may be sick.....But God.
You may lack power.....But God.
You may be in need.....But God.
Your troubles - your circumstances - your sickness - your sins
may seem big.....But God.