Grace Community Church
Worship Service August 21, 2016
Psalm 129:1-8 ESV
Today's Sermon:
Psalm 129: Furrows Plowed Upon Our Backs
I. As Believers We Should Expect Persecution- vs. 1-4
John 15:18-21 ESV
II. When Persecution Comes:
A. Be Confident God Will Strengthen Us- vs. 2
2 Corinthians 4:8-15 ESV
B. Be Confident God Will Deliver Us- vs. 4
Zephaniah 3:5 ESV
Psalm 23:3 ESV
1 Peter 2:23 ESV
“That the ‘Lord is righteous’ is the reason that Christians can look back over a long life, crisscrossed with cruelties, unannounced tragedies, unexpected setbacks, sufferings, disappointments, depressions- look back across all of that and see it as a road of blessing and make a song out of what we see…The central reality for Christians is the personal, unalterable, persevering commitment that God makes to us. Perseverance is not the result of our determination, it is the result of God’s faithfulness.”
-Eugene Peterson
C. Be Confident God Will Vindicate Us- vs. 5-8
Revelation 19:1-3 ESV
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ESV
2 Thessalonians 1:3-10 ESV
John 16:33 ESV