Unconditional Love

༺𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 7༻

"𝘽𝙮 𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙙'𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣."

𝙃𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙨 11:3

༺𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙖'𝙨 𝙋.𝙊.𝙑. ༻

"God is Faithful, even when life is hard. Some of us are so concerned and so focused on the season of pain, that we forget about the years of God's faithfulness." Pastor Samuel professed.

"Can I tell you about a God who is Faithful? And I know it seems like it is a difficult season right now but there is a God who is Faithful. There is a God who loves you. There is a God who cares for you. And you can trust him." Everyone clapped loudly.

Pastor Samuel smiled and roamed around his altar.
"Walking by faith can be frustrating sometimes because there's gonna be twists and turns where we look to God and we're like: what is the point of this?" I nodded my head in agreement with his proclamations.

"Moses had to feel this when he kept going to Pharaoh and kept getting rejected
I imagine Joseph felt that way when he got thrown in prison for a couple of years, and I'm sure Mary felt confused when she was seeing her son be crucified." Pastor Samuel flipped the pages of his book and continued preaching. "But if we truly believe that God is the Alpha and Omega the first and the last then we have to understand that while our perspective is straightforward God has a perspective that sees everything. And while we're navigating in the wilderness it might seem inconvenient when God pulls us to the left but it's because we didn't even see the cliff we were about to walk off of. When he tells us to camp out and stay where we are it can be frustrating because we want to press onward but we don't even see the storm in front that we wouldn't have survived."

His right... God knows what's best for us. He gives us what we need not what we want.

"Walking by faith isn't about understanding why things are happening but it's about understanding who is leading the way and trusting that that's the best course for us." Pastor Samuel clarified.

"Our hope is in an All-powerful, Ever-present, All-knowing God who spoke and created the very universe. Our hope is in God. 𝑰𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙖𝙝 40: 31 says:
"𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙, 𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩."

"My hope is in You.
Those who know God's Name, Those who trust in him, can put their faith in God.
God, who are you?
Scripture says, "God, you are my Strength.
God, you are always faithful.
God, when everything else seems hopeless, you, God, Are always my hope." Pastor Samuel declared his arms stretched out in surrender.

"If you've been struggling with having disciplined and consistent faith. I wanna share with you a word real quick that I believe will help encourage and strengthen your faith." Pastor Samuel commenced, opening a book that was at his altar.

"There is a book I've read called "Don't give the enemy a seat at your table" by Louie Giglio. And the book talks about having an, "𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝" kind of faith. Louie (the author) beings to mention figures in the Bible who demonstrated this "𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝" kind of faith. He speaks about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and how King Nebuchadnezzar commanded everyone in their city to bow down to this Idol and this god and of course Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused, they said they would serve their one true God only. Of course, they were threatened to be thrown in a fiery furnace if they didn't. This is where they demonstrated that "𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝" kind of faith. It says in 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙡 chapter 3 verses 17-18." He opened and flipped pages from his bible.