- “In times of suffering appeal to God for deliverance and seek God’s intervention and help.”
- SPEAK TO GOD BOLDY AND CONFIDENT THAT YOU FEEL ABANDONED AND FORSAKEN
- Psalm 22:1-8
- IN AN ATTITUDE OF PRAISE CONFESS YOUR TRUST IN THE LORD
- Psalm 22:9-11
- REMEMBER THE INCOMPARABLE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST
- Psalm 22:12-18
- Philippians 3:10
- PRAY FOR GOD’S PRESENCE AND HELP
- Psalm 22:19-21
- Acknowledge that God alone is your strength.
- Psalm 22:19
- Ask God to save you from death.
- Psalm 22:20-21
- Luke 23:46
- Luke 24:25-26
- Application:
- 2 Corinthians 4:17
- Job 13:15
- Jeremiah 33:3
- Conclusion:
- Question: “Is my faith in God, my sure foundation, in the good times and in the bad times?”
How Firm A Foundation
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
‘Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.
‘When thro’ fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
‘The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
I will not, I will not desert to his foes;
That soul, tho’ all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake!’