{"id":6297,"date":"2021-02-07T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=6297"},"modified":"2021-03-04T16:50:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T13:50:27","slug":"god-is-our-refuge-and-strength","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/?ctc_sermon=god-is-our-refuge-and-strength","title":{"rendered":"GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Text:<\/strong> Psalms 46:1-3,10-13<\/strong>
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 <\/sup>Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,3 <\/sup>though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 <\/sup>He says, \u201cBe still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.\u201d 11 <\/sup>The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lessons<\/strong>
I. God is Available to Help You<\/strong>
Psalms 46:1,7,11<\/strong> God is our refuge and strength,
    an ever-present help in trouble.
7. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
11. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

II. Circumstances Will Keep Changing But God is in Control<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalms 46:2-3<\/strong> Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,3 <\/sup>though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging (compare NASV)<\/strong>

2. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth shakes
And the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;
3 <\/sup>Though its waters roar and<\/em> foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalms 50:15<\/strong> Call upon Me on the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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