April 12 th, 2015 Pastor David Kobelin How Big Is God?

Living It – How have you lived His peace, power, and purpose?

II.How Big Is God?  Created the Universe  Flooded the earth and dried it up again  Baby for Abraham and Sarah at the respective ages of 100 and 90  10 plagues in Egypt  Parting of the Red Sea  Sun stopped and went backwards  Etc.

III.He is Big Enough to Handle Our Struggles o Relational Struggles  Keys to Relational Health  Love John 13:34-35 (NIV) 34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV) 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. John 3:16 (NIV) 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

 Talk to One Another Matthew 18:15 The Message (MSG) 15 “If a fellow believer hurts you, go and tell him—work it out between the two of you. If he listens, you’ve made a friend.

 Forgive Luke 6:37-38 (NCV) 37 “Don’t judge others, and you will not be judged. Don’t accuse others of being guilty, and you will not be accused of being guilty. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and you will receive. You will be given much. Pressed down, shaken together, and running over, it will spill into your lap. The way you give to others is the way God will give to you.” Matthew 6:14-15 (NCV) 14 Yes, if you forgive others for their sins, your Father in heaven will also forgive you for your sins. 15 But if you don’t forgive others, your Father in heaven will not forgive your sins.

o Spiritual Struggles  Keys to Spiritual Health  The Word of God Romans 12:2 (NIV) 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is— his good, pleasing and perfect will

 Prayer

 Community

 Financial Struggles  Keys to Financial Health o Trust Luke 16:10-13 (NIV) 10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? 13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

Start Embracing:  His Word  His Will  His Ways