Cornerstone Community Church
Speaker: Pastor Nate Herrlin www.kutztownchurch.com
No Such Thing As Random
I Samuel 9
Psalms 139:16 NIV
Ephesians 1:4-5 NIV
There is no such thing as random.
1 Samuel 9:1-27 NIV
1 Samuel 10:1-7 NIV
1. Mindless Donkeys on an unknown mission
2. Children of God on a mission from God
As a child of God, nothing about your life is random.
5 truths to encourage you in the seeming randomness of life:
1. God knows you better than you can imagine.
Matthew 10:29-31
Psalm 139:1-4
2. God is taking care of you in ways you can't see.
Matthew 6:25-30
3. God loves you more than any of us deserve.
Romans 5:6-8
4. God chose you to be His before humanity even existed.
Ephesians 1:4-5
5. God has a detailed plan for your life that is good and fits into a much bigger plan.
Psalm 139:16
Ephesians 2:10
John 10:27-30 NIV
What will believing these 5 truths do for me?
1. It brings me back to a GOD-ORIENTED PERSPECTIVE.
2. It eliminates my reasons to WORRY.
3. It fills me with HOPE.
4. It gives me ENDURANCE.
1 Samuel 15:35 NIV
How can God be "grieved" in choosing Saul?
It doesn't mean God is SURPRISED in how things turned out; it is simply means He is SAD about it.
Next Steps:
- Choose one of the five truths that is hardest for me to really believe and memorize a Bible verse that speaks to that truth.
- Look for the potential in the seemingly random things that come up this week.
- Identify a specific worry of mine and process it through the five truths.