1. Welcome

2. Encouraging
Facts

3. Avoid Worry, Bitterness and Despondency
Galatians 6:9 “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
“Give up” ~ “lose heart”
Encouraging
Facts
Avoid Worry, Bitterness and Despondency

4. “There is a God in Heaven”
Fact # 1
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
Daniel 2:28 “But there is a God in heaven”
Hebrews 11:6 “But without faith it is impossible to please him:”

5. “There is a God in Heaven” Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
Fact # 1
“God is and all is well” by John Greenleaf Whittier
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
Somewhere the sun is shining,
Somewhere the songbirds dwell;
Hush, then, thy sad repining,
God lives, and all is well.

6. For those who are his children
Pippa’s Song
For those who are his children

7. “The most high ruleth in
the Kingdom of men ”
Fact # 2
Daniel 4:17 “This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.”

8. “The most high ruleth in
the Kingdom of men ”
Fact # 2
Proverbs 14:34 “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.”
Psalms 33:12 “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.”

9. “The most high ruleth in
the Kingdom of men ”
Fact # 2
God has blessed America
Effort to eliminate God and His influence
For the welfare of our nation we need citizens who believe in and obey God !
Because the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men!

10. “ The Lord thy God is A Merciful God ”
Fact # 3
Deuteronomy 4:31 “(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.”

11. “ The Lord thy God is A Merciful God ”
Fact # 3
II Chronicles 7:14 “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

12. Mercy Merciless Compassion shown to an offender
Eph. 2:4 “rich in mercy”
Offers salvation to all
Merciless
Having or showing no mercy – pitiless
Cruel, harsh

13. “ The Lord thy God is A Merciful God ”
Fact # 3
Isaiah 55:6-7 “Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”

14. “ God will never leave nor
forsake his children ”
Fact # 4
Hebrews 13:5 NKJV “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

15. “ God will never leave nor
forsake his children ”
Fact # 4
Matthew 6:33 “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Philippians 4:19 “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

16. “ God will never leave nor
forsake his children ”
Fact # 4
Ephesians 3:20-21 “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.”

17. Encouraging Facts “There is a God in Heaven” “The most high ruleth in
the Kingdom of men ”
“ The Lord thy God
is A Merciful God ”
“ God will never leave nor
forsake his children ”

18. “And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works.” Hebrews 10:24
Provoke = stimulate, arouse
Give encouragement to one another
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:” Pr.17:22
The “God of all comfort” 2 Cor. 1:3

21. Nelson Chapel Church of Christ
5039 Six Mile Road
Maryville, Tn
Dec. 11, 2016
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
2705 Druid Hill Dr.
Maryville, Tn