Sermon Tone Analysis

My experiences have forced me to make decisions as to the direction of my life and whether I make good or bad choices God is still good.

God has not given up on you and therefore we need to establish a relationship with the one who will never leave us.

We come to a realization that Jesus is Lord.

Then what?

There are steps approaching God beyond accepting Jesus as Lord. the steps are life lessons which mean they need to be practiced daily.

God gives you opportunities every day to practice the following:

There are steps approaching God beyond accepting Jesus as Lord

Trust

Commit your future to the LORD!7

Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.8

Trust does not begin and end with what you claim.

It is a lifestyle

1053 I. בָּטַח (bā·ṭǎḥ): v.; ≡ Str 982; TWOT 233—LN 31.82–31.101

(qal) trust, rely on, put confidence in, i.e., believe in a person or object to the point of reliance upon (2Ki 18:5); (hif) lead to believe, make trust (2Ki 18:30; Ps 22:10[EB 9]; Isa 36:15; Jer 28:15; 29:31+), note: (qal pass.)

(Ps 112:7; Isa 26:3+), see 1052

Trust leads to belief

3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to King Nebuchadnezzar,27 “We do not need to give you a reply28 concerning this.

3:17 If29 our God whom we are serving exists,30 he is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he will rescue us, O king, from your power as well.

3:18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we don’t serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected.”

27 tc In the MT this word is understood to begin the following address (“answered and said to the king, ‘O Nebuchadnezzar’ ”).

However, it seems unlikely that Nebuchadnezzar’s subordinates would address the king in such a familiar way, particularly in light of the danger that they now found themselves in.

The present translation implies moving the atnach from “king” to “Nebuchadnezzar.”

28 tn Aram “to return a word to you.”

29 tc The ancient versions typically avoid the conditional element of v. 17.

30 tn The Aramaic expression used here is very difficult to interpret.

The question concerns the meaning and syntax of אִיתַי (’itay, “is” or “exist”).

There are several possibilities.

(1) Some interpreters take this word closely with the participle later in the verse יָכִל (yakhil, “able”), understanding the two words to form a periphrastic construction (“if our God is … able”; cf.

H. Bauer and P. Leander, Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramäischen, 365, §111b).

But the separation of the two elements from one another is not an argument in favor of this understanding.

(2) Other interpreters take the first part of v. 17 to mean “If it is so, then our God will deliver us” (cf.

KJV, ASV, RSV, NASB).

However, the normal sense of ’itay is existence; on this point see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 45, §95.

The present translation maintains the sense of existence for the verb (“If our God … exists”), even though the statement is admittedly difficult to understand in this light.

The statement may be an implicit reference back to Nebuchadnezzar’s comment in v. 15, which denies the existence of a god capable of delivering from the king’s power.

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Patience

God is patient with us

The work of God in us takes time

Battling Frustration and Anger

Becoming agree and frustrated confuses us and we cannot think with a clear mind.

Suicide rates among young people in the U.S. have hit their highest levels in almost two decades, a study has revealed.

In 2017, a total of 6,241 people aged between 15 to 24 ended their lives, according to a study published in the journal JAMA.

Of those, 5,016 were male and 1,225 were female.

That year, the suicide rate for teenagers aged between 15 to 19 was 11.8 percent 100,000, versus 8 per 100,000 in 2000.

Figures on those aged between 20 to 24 showed rates had gone up from 12.5 per 100,000 in 2000 to 17 per 100,000 in 2017.

In 2017, a total of 6,241 people aged between 15 to 24 ended their lives, according to a study published in the journal JAMA.

Of those, 5,016 were male and 1,225 were female.

That year, the suicide rate for teenagers aged between 15 to 19 was 11.8 percent 100,000, versus 8 per 100,000 in 2000.

That year, the suicide rate for teenagers aged between 15 to 19 was 11.8 percent 100,000, versus 8 per 100,000 in 2000.

Figures on those aged between 20 to 24 showed rates had gone up from 12.5 per 100,000 in 2000 to 17 per 100,000 in 2017.

https://www.newsweek.com/suicide-rates-among-young-americans-have-hit-their-highest-levels-almost-20-years-1444551

Frustration and anger leads to a cave.

Caves that are absent of the voice of God are tombs in the cemetery.

Stop allowing Bad Actors define success

Who defines success?

(God)

What does success look like.

Someone who has had the faith to be healed

Someone who is thankful

4982 ἐκσῴζω, σῴζω [sozo /sode·zo/] v. From a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saoz, “safe”); TDNT 7:965; TDNTA 1132; GK 1751 and 5392; 110 occurrences; AV translates as “save” 93 times, “make whole” nine times, “heal” three times, “be whole” twice, and translated miscellaneously three times.

Someone who gives of themselves

Closing

Habakkuk is becoming depressed

Habakkuk

Little is known of the Judean prophet Habakkuk, who is credited with writing the book that bears his name.

He is the eighth of the twelve so-called “minor prophets.”1

He lived in Judah, probably in Jerusalem, at the very end of the seventh century BCE during the last days of Josiah and under the reign of Jehoiakim.

This was at the time that Judah fell to Nebuchadrezzar II and the Babylonian exile began.

We know this only because he makes reference to “the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people” (Hab.

1:6).

God answers due to what Habakkuk was experiecing

Habakkuk become assured and confident

The sovereign LORD is my source of strength.59

He gives me the agility of a deer;60

he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.

Even-though he is going through and distressed he breaks out in a psalm or praise to God!