WHY---1
WHY DON'T I ALWAYS FEEL GOD?
* IF YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL GOD'S PRESENCE, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
But I cry to you for help, O Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you. Why, O Lord, do you reject me and hide your face from me? Psalm 88:13-14
WHY DON'T I ALWAYS FEEL GOD?
* MAYBE YOU ARE OVER SENSTONALIZING IT.
So they asked him, "What miraculous sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?" John 6:30
* MAYBE YOUR'RE SIMPLY DISTRACTED.
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. Luke 10:38-40
* MAYBE YOUR HEART HAS HARDENED.
You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people's heart had become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Matthew 13:14-15
* MAYBE YOU'VE BUILT A WALL OF SIN.
Listen! The LORD is not too weak to save you, and he is not becoming deaf. he can hear you when you call. But there is a problem -- your sins have cut you off God. Isaiah 59:1-2
* MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW GOD.
You do not know him, but I know him because I am from him and he sent me. John 7:28-29
PRESENCE PROMISES
1) YOU WILL FIND GOD WHEN YOU SEEK GOD.
"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the LORD... Jeremiah 29:13-14
2) YOU CAN DO LIFE WITH GOD'S PRESENCE.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world at large cannot receive him, because it isn't looking for him and doesn't recognize him. But you do, because he lives with you now and later will be in you. John 14:16-17
3) YOU CAN EXPERIENCE GOD NOW.
God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. Acts 17:27
WHY---2
WHY DIDN'T GOD ANSWER MY PRAYER?
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. John 14:13-14
WHY DIDN'T GOD ANSWER MY PRAYER?
* MAYBE YOU HAVE A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of lifem, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. 1 Peter 3:7
* MAYBE YOU HAVE THE WRONG MOTIVES.
When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your own pleasures. James 4:3
All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord. Proverbs 16:2
* MAYBE YOU DON'T BELIEVE GOD WILL DO IT.
"...But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us." "If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes." Mark 9:22-23
But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord.... James 1:6-7
* MAYBE GOD HAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask-we know that we have what we asked of him. 1 John 5:14-15
WHAT DO I BELIEVE ABOUT PRAYER?
- I BELIEVE GOD CAN.
- I BELIEVE GOD WILL.
- EVEN IF HE DOESN'T, I STILL BELIEVE.
WHY---3
WHY DOESN'T GOD SEEM FAIR?
WHY ARE BAD THINGS HAPPENING?
* MAYBE YOU'RE A VICTIM OF A BROKEN WORLD.
"...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." John 16:33
* MAYBE YOU BROUGHT IT ON YOURSELF.
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction... Galatians 6:7-8
* MAYBE GOD WANTS TO DO SOMETHING BIG.
"Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life..." John 9:3
* FOR SURE GOD IS DOING SOMETHING IN YOU.
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. James 1:2-3
[God] does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities... as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:10,12
GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME........ALL THE TIME GOD IS GOOD!
WHY---4
WHY WOULD GOD USE ME?
The Lord turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you?" "but Lord, Gideon asked, "how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family." Judges 6:14-15
WHO DOES GOD MOST OFTEN USE?
1) GOD USES THE INSECURE.
Moses said to the Lord, "O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue." Exodus 4:10
The Lord said to [Moses], "Who gave man his mouth?...Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." Exodus 4:11-12
2) GOD USES THE UNLIKELY.
...Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord's anointed stands here before the Lord." But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16:6-7
3) GOD USES THE BROKEN.
Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly. Luke 22:60-62
WHAT DOES GOD WANT TO DO THROUGH YOU?
YOU HAVE TO STEP OUT TO FIND OUT.
"Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water." "Come," he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. Matthew 14:28-29
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