May 31, 2022

19:03:46     From  Dana’s iPhone : Praise the Lord!!!

19:11:57     From  Derrick Ford : When going through dark depression:

19:12:41     From  Derrick Ford : 1. We need to see our life from God's perspective

19:14:07     From  Derrick Ford : Jer 29:11  For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 

19:15:06     From  Derrick Ford : 2. We need to know that God has  purpose for everything He allows in our life

19:15:36     From  Derrick Ford : We must look for God's purpose in everything

19:16:34     From  Derrick Ford : God is Sovereign

19:17:05     From  Derrick Ford : Rom 8:28  And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 

19:18:43     From  Derrick Ford : 3. We need to know that there will be times when our heart is pressed down, but there will be times of restoration as well

19:19:20     From  Derrick Ford : Psa 147:3  He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 

19:20:07     From  Derrick Ford : 4. We need to know no matter how great our despondency, God will open our eyes to His unique sign for our lives

19:20:36     From  Derrick Ford : Psa 119:67  Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word. 

19:25:10     From  Derrick Ford : 2Co 4:16  Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 

2Co 4:17  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 

2Co 4:18  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 

19:27:27     From  Errick : Thank you God

19:32:23     From  Derrick Ford : 1Jn 2:15  Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 

1Jn 2:16  For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 

1Jn 2:17  The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever. 

19:33:44     From  Derrick Ford : Often when people are in despair, they are focusing on the world, and their focus leads to despondency

19:35:02     From  Derrick Ford : God's purpose for depression - God can use all of what we go through to show His purpose

19:35:30     From  Derrick Ford : What is God's purpose for depression

19:35:45     From  Derrick Ford : 1. To develop obedience

19:36:14     From  Derrick Ford : Psa 119:67  Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word. 

19:36:37     From  Derrick Ford : 2. To reveal our weakness and Christ's power

19:37:10     From  Derrick Ford : 2Co 12:9  But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 

19:39:08     From  Derrick Ford : 3. To develop perseverance, character, and hope

19:39:32     From  Derrick Ford : Rom 5:3  Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 

Rom 5:4  perseverance, character; and character, hope. 

Rom 5:5  And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. 

19:40:31     From  Derrick Ford : Our sufferings come to develop, perseverance, character, and hope

19:40:54     From  Derrick Ford : 3. They come to make us more teachable

19:41:38     From  Derrick Ford : Psa 119:71  It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees. 

19:42:30     From  Derrick Ford : 4. They come to give us a desire for eternal glory rather than temporal pleasures

19:42:57     From  Derrick Ford : Rom 8:18  I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 

19:43:33     From  Derrick Ford : When suffering comes, we need to quickly compare to the eternal glory given to us at the revelation of Jesus Christ

19:44:55     From  Derrick Ford : 5. They come to test the genuineness of our faith

19:45:25     From  Derrick Ford : 1Pe 1:6  In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 

1Pe 1:7  These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 

19:46:27     From  Derrick Ford : 6. To develop maturity

19:46:56     From  Derrick Ford : Jas 1:2  Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 

Jas 1:3  because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 

Jas 1:4  Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 

19:47:47     From  Derrick Ford : 7. They come to cause us to rely on God instead our own strength and resources

19:48:17     From  Derrick Ford : 2Co 1:8  We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 

2Co 1:9  Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 

19:50:39     From  Derrick Ford : 8. To increase our compassion and understanding for others

19:51:01     From  Derrick Ford : 2Co 1:3  Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 

2Co 1:4  who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 

19:56:43     From  Cornell : THERE IS NO TESTIMONY WITHOUT A TEST FIRST

20:02:23     From  Derrick Ford : Amen brother Cornell

20:03:18     From  Derrick Ford : We must bring God's truth into darkness

20:03:24     From  Derrick Ford : Psa 119:105  Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. 

20:04:26     From  Derrick Ford : Write the darkness down, then statement of light, and God's word that confirm statement of light

20:04:44     From  Derrick Ford : Darkness Statement:  I cannot escape this darkness

20:05:00     From  Derrick Ford : The statement of light: the Lord will replace the darkness with his light

20:06:18     From  Derrick Ford : Scripture to support the statement of light light: Psa 18:28  You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. 

20:11:33     From  Derrick Ford : God has a purpose for suffering in my life, it causes me to rely and depend on God.