When All Hope Is Taken Away

Acts 27:20 (KJV)

[20] And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

When Hope Is In The Natural Things Around Us-

It Can Become Disastrous!

. No Sun

. No Stars

. No Let Up from The Storm

*And MANY DAYS Have Passed!

As With Paul and All Those With Him Were Delivered from Death-

If You'll Trust God Today-

Then The Storm Doesn't Really Matter!

"Natural Hope"

May Have Been Taken Away

But Supernatural Hope Is On The Way!

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1 Peter 4:11

When It's Not Instant

Mark 9:24 (KJV)

[24] And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Difficulty is actually the atmosphere surrounding a miracle, or a miracle in its initial stage.

Not Every Miracle Is Instant

Sometimes It Comes In Stages!

Don't Despair Too Quickly

The Stage May Be About To Arrive!

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1 Peter 4:11

What If There's No Strongman?

Mark 3:27 (KJV)

[27] No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

An Unprotected

Unguarded Home Is A Thief's Paradise!

What If There's No Strongman?

Rejection of Authority Has Become Vogue Until Your Personal Safety Is At Stake...

Being Denied Produces Anger

But Denying A Burglar is Applauded...

You Can't Have Both!

Remove The Strongman and You're Defenseless!

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1 Peter 4:11

Be Unmovable

Galatians 5:1 (KJV)

[1] Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Stand Fast-(be unmovable)

To Be A Prisoner One Only Needs To Be Led and Do Nothing...

To Be Free and Have Liberty

One Must Fight and Defend...

Liberty Comes at A Price-

To Remain Free- It Will Take Everything-

Never Never Be Seduced, Enticed and or Pulled From The Free Ground of Liberty!

Do Not Re-Entangle Yourself With The Things of This World...

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1 Peter 4:11

Once Free Stay Free

2 Peter 2:20 (KJV)

[20] For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are (again entangled) therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

Being Drawn Back To Misery

Is Suicidal...

Don't Be Fooled-

Familiarity Is Not Better Than Freedom!

What Is Known Is Not Always Better Than The Unknown...

Don't Become A Prisoner To Depression and Pain Because It's What You've Always Know and are Familiar With...

Going Back To What God Delivered You From Only Makes Life (More) Miserable...

The Jungle(the world) Will Entangle You Again...

Stay Free!

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1 Peter 4:11

Entangle

2 Timothy 2:4 (KJV)

[4] No man that warreth (entangleth) himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

Entanglement-

To intertwine with other elements-

To involve in a perplexing or troublesome situations…

We Are In A Battle…

Against Sin and Against the Devil!

Distracted, Will Leave You Vulnerable to The Enemy!

When You Become (Entangled)

You Become Limited In Your Mobility to Fight!

Don’t Let Your Life and The Pursuit of Happiness- Entangle You…

We’re Fighting For Our Eternity and The Stakes Are Eternal-

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1 Peter 4:11

Don’t Blur The Line

John 18:36 (KJV)

[36] Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

To Not Distinguish Boarders and Lines Leaves One Without Definition…

Of (Who)We Are and/or (What) We Are!

As A Nation and As Personal Space, Makes Us Who We Are!

It Defines Us!

Without Lines and Boarders We Fade Into The Environment Around Us!

Christians Were Never Meant To Blend In-

But Quite The Contrary…

Light Causes a Blatant Separation from Darkness…

Don’t Blur The Line-

Know Whose Kingdom You’re A Part Of!

When A Christian Is No Longer Seen-

He Is No Longer A Christian…rdf

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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier

1 Peter 4:11