Linden Road Church
Ever Wonder Why? Wk 6 - Why Don't We Always Feel God?
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Linden Rd Presbyterian Church
160 S Linden Rd, Mansfield, OH 44906, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
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March of Prayer 2022 Poster
download a copy of the 2022 March of Prayer calendar of events. Linden Road is hosting 3/29.
https://www.lindenroad.church/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MoP-22-Poster-.pdfLet No Man Separate: How to Pray for Ukraine
Here's a link to help you learn more of how to pray for Ukraine. Anton Ivanov is a 2021 M.Div. graduate of Beeson Divinity School. He is Russian and his wife is Ukrainian. Dasha is a member of Third Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Birmingham, AL, while Anton serves there as assistant pastor. The following is a testimony from Anton.
https://www.beesondivinity.com/blog/2022/pray-for-ukraineMatching Grant for Ukraine from MVP
Over the past few weeks, many have asked how we can support those suffering from war in Ukraine. Your MVP Council has set aside up to $15,000 in matching funds for NOROC to help the Ukrainian humanitarian crisis.
https://giving.parishsoft.com/App/Giving/lrpcEver Wonder Why? - Week 6
WHEN GOD FEELS FAR AWAY
I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and rejoice. ... You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.Psalm 16:8-9, 11 NLT
But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you. Why, Lord, do you reject me and hide your face from me?Psalm 88:13-14 NIV
WHY DON’T WE ALWAYS FEEL GOD?
1.Maybe you’re overstating God’s presence.
So they asked [Jesus], “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?”John 6:30 NIV
If you always felt God, you wouldn’t need faith.
2.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 has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. …’”
Matthew 13:14-15 NIV
3.Maybe God just wants to draw you closer.
“From one man [God] made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.” Acts 17:26-27 NIV
“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 NIV
Just because God feels distant doesn’t mean God is absent.
I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. Psalm 16:8 NLT
WHEN GOD FEELS FAR AWAY
I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and rejoice. ... You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.Psalm 16:8-9, 11 NLT
But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you. Why, Lord, do you reject me and hide your face from me?Psalm 88:13-14 NIV
WHY DON’T WE ALWAYS FEEL GOD?
1.Maybe you’re overstating God’s presence.
So they asked [Jesus], “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?”John 6:30 NIV
If you always felt God, you wouldn’t need faith.
2.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 has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. …’”
Matthew 13:14-15 NIV
3.Maybe God just wants to draw you closer.
“From one man [God] made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.” Acts 17:26-27 NIV
“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 NIV
Just because God feels distant doesn’t mean God is absent.
I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. Psalm 16:8 NLT
Muskingum Valley Presbytery - Church Partnership-Starting Point
Matt Skolnik–General Presbyter of MVP led a lunch (3/8/22) conversation that was designed for elders and pastors to continue a dialog to help empower elders to lead the church in this new world. Matt’s presentation can be downloaded via the link below.
https://www.lindenroad.church/church-partnership-starting-point/