Father-heart: Saturday Session 3 by King's Church Hastings

We read in 1 Samuel 30 that when David faced the worst of circumstances, he strengthened himself in the Lord his God. He went from weeping until he had no strength left to weep, to leading himself out of his inner turmoil and changing his external situation. Three things we need to know to strengthen ourselves in God are: the truth; that God sets us up not to fail but to grow; and that we have a responsibility to strengthen ourselves.

We read in 1 Samuel 30 that when David faced the worst of circumstances, he strengthened himself in the Lord his God. He went from weeping until he had no strength left to weep, to leading himself out of his inner turmoil and changing his external situation. Three things we need to know to strengthen ourselves in God are: the truth; that God sets us up not to fail but to grow; and that we have a responsibility to strengthen ourselves.

We read in 1 Samuel 30 that when David faced the worst of circumstances, he strengthened himself in the Lord his God. He went from weeping until he had no strength left to weep, to leading himself out of his inner turmoil and changing his external situation. Three things we need to know to strengthen ourselves in God are: the truth; that God sets us up not to fail but to grow; and that we have a responsibility to strengthen ourselves.

Humility isn’t something we generally pursue with great vigour! But it’s the very thing that Peter encourages us to do in chapter five of his first letter. Counting others as better than ourselves is not necessarily something that comes naturally to us. Humility is an attitude, but it is usually expressed in what we say and what we do.

Humility isn’t something we generally pursue with great vigour! But it’s the very thing that Peter encourages us to do in chapter five of his first letter. Counting others as better than ourselves is not necessarily something that comes naturally to us. Humility is an attitude, but it is usually expressed in what we say and what we do.

Humility isn’t something we generally pursue with great vigour! But it’s the very thing that Peter encourages us to do in chapter five of his first letter. Counting others as better than ourselves is not necessarily something that comes naturally to us. Humility is an attitude, but it is usually expressed in what we say and what we do.

Persecution shouldn’t come as a surprise to Christians – we should expect it. But there is a way to handle it, and it involves fixing our eyes on Jesus and radically blessing those who persecute us! Christians are called to be just like Jesus, loving our enemies and praying for those who persecute us or show us hostility. We are to show love to those around us regardless of how they treat us, asking God to bless those who would want to do us harm.

Persecution shouldn’t come as a surprise to Christians – we should expect it. But there is a way to handle it, and it involves fixing our eyes on Jesus and radically blessing those who persecute us! Christians are called to be just like Jesus, loving our enemies and praying for those who persecute us or show us hostility. We are to show love to those around us regardless of how they treat us, asking God to bless those who would want to do us harm.

There are three steps that any follower of Jesus should take in their life. One is a one-off step of obedience. The other two are ongoing things we do for our whole lives...