"To rejoice is a choice"
THE PROBLEMS BEFORE PALM SUNDAY (JOHN 12:12-19)
Politically...
Luke 13:1
Matthew 5:41
Luke 3:14
Religiously...
John 11:47-48, 53, 57
Publicly...
Phil. 4:4
THE PRAISE OF PSALM 118
Five reasons to rejoice in bad times:
1) Doors are open in difficult days (19-20)
2) Prayers are answered & people are getting saved (21)
Ps. 85:6
3) God is working His plan out (22-24)
Rev. 19:7
Ps. 20:5
Romans 5:3-5
James 1:2-4
1 Peter 1:6-8
4) Christians are drawing closer to God (24-26,28)
Ps. 5:11
5) His presence is revealed in that troubling time (27)
Ps. 46:1