Jeff Mikels • Lafayette Community Church Trustworthy.Providere July 13, 2014. Message 4 A O V [ R E VIDEO BUMPER • PRAY • ACTS 17:26-27 Review ❖ God wants to be found. ❖ HOLY: God is Holy, completely different from everything else. ❖ TRINITY: God exists as one essence sustaining three co-etemal persons. ❖ ALMIGHTY: God can do anything he wants, and he chooses to give life. MORE SPACE PICTURES -» ANOTHER LESSON FROM CREATION Another Lesson from the Heavens Psalm 19 1-4A«4B-6«7-10 TRACE THE POETRY • THE GOD WHO MAKES LAWS IS TRUSTWORTHY AND GOOD God is a TRUSTWORTHY PROVIDER. DIFFERENT FROM LAST WEEK //ALMIGHTY/TRUSTWORTHY • SUSTAINER/PROVIDER James 1:17 There is an UNCHANGING , faithful, trustworthy, Heavenly Father who is the provider of EVERYTHING GOOD . SINK IN: TOTALLY TRUSTWORTHY / PROVIDER OF _ALL_ GOOD God is Trustworthy ILL: MY DAD GOT FIRED IN 1994 / SEPTEMBER MARKS 20 WONDERFUL YEARS God is unchanging but not UNINVOLVED . Exodus 32:14 ALSO ABRAHAM AND ISAAC GodistheSAME inbothTESTAMENTS Hebrews 13:8 GOD HAS ALWAYS OFFERED GRACE THROUGH THE CHOSEN FAMILY TO THE REPENTANT THE LAW DIDN'T EARN ANYTHING / TO DEMONSTRATE FAVOR AND REMAIN IN RELATIONSHIP Deuteronomy 7:7-8 God has created a world of trustworthy PRINCIPLES Psalm 19:6 Galatians 6:7 Leviticus 26:3-4 THOSE WHO WALK WITH HIM KNOW HIS ABUNDANT PROVISION. . . TRANSITION God is the Provider NOT JUST PROVIDER... BUT THE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING GOOD... WE SOOOO UNDERESTIMATE God provides FOOD and CLOTHING . Matthew 6:25-34 God provides His own SPIRIT . Luke 11:11-13 God provides WISDOM . James 1:5 God provides TESTING . James 1:2-3 GOD IS HOLY, WE CANT UNDERSTAND HIM, HE CAN DO ANYTHING HE WANTS, BUT HE HAS CHOSEN TO GIVE LIFE, AND HE IS TRUSTWORTHY TO FILL OUR LIVES WITH GOOD IF WE WALK WITH HIM. God provides S A LVAT ION . Romans 10:8-13 Take it Home 1 . Do I trust that God is unchanging? 2 . Do I trust that he will always be the source of good? 3. Will I ask for his salvation? 4. Will I allow God's Word to shape my life? 5. Will I be faithful regardless of circumstances?