They’re His children. “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home,…
[Matthew 14:27] Straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
The cobra effect… “O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.” – Jeremiah 10:23 NKJV
[2.Corinthians 4:7], Phillips. This priceless treasure we hold, so to speak, in a common earthenware jar – to show that the splendid power of it belongs to God and not to us.
A rough patch does not mean God isn’t with you. “And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.” – Genesis 26:1 KJV
[Mark 3:14] And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach.
Some people will be lost. “But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.” – Revelation 22:15 NKJV
[Matthew 20:26,27] Whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.
They were about to kill him! “And the people thirsted there for water, and the people complained against Moses, and said, ‘Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?’” – Exodus 17:3 NKJV
[1.Timothy 6:10] For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
That’s very human… “Let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” – Genesis 11:4 KJV
[John 6:64] But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
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