Oakwood Community Church
Trust God to Do More! - Acts 16:16-40
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
Ways to trust God to work in our lives:
1. Trust God to work a solution out of your setback.
2. Trust God to work a song out of your silence.
3. Trust God to work salvation out of your skepticism.
1. Trust God to work a solution out of your setback.
2. Trust God to work a song out of your silence.
3. Trust God to work salvation out of your skepticism.
1. Trust God to work a solution out of your setback.
Acts 16:16
“As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.”
Acts 16:16
“As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.”
• Our pain is God’s way of positioning us for Gospel impact.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
• We must learn to focus on God’s promises, not our problems.
Romans 8:28
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
2. Trust God to work a song out of your silence.
Acts 16:25
“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.”
Acts 16:25
“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.”
Psalm 33:1
“Praise befits the upright.”
“Praise befits the upright.”
• God gives us new songs to sing for each of our new circumstances.
Psalm 40:3
“He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.”
Psalm 96:1
“Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth! Sing to the Lord, bless his name.”
“He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.”
Psalm 96:1
“Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth! Sing to the Lord, bless his name.”
• Singing allows our discouraging emotions we feel in our heart to be persuaded by the encouraging truths we know in our minds.
3. Trust God to work salvation out of your skepticism.
~ The key to this story is Paul’s willingness to be God’s conduit of salvation.
~ The key to this story is Paul’s willingness to be God’s conduit of salvation.
• We must believe God can save the most unlikely of sinners.
• If God was willing to sacrifice His only Son, then surely He is more than willing to work salvation for anyone.
What belief barrier do you need to break through today?
1. Trust God to work a solution out of your setback.
2. Trust God to work a song out of your silence.
3. Trust God to work salvation out of your skepticism.
1. Trust God to work a solution out of your setback.
2. Trust God to work a song out of your silence.
3. Trust God to work salvation out of your skepticism.