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He Is Able
by Stanley Collins
Text: 2 Timothy 1:12
Topic: How to handle worry
Big Idea: Faith in a wonderful God releases you from worry.
Keywords: Anxiety; Circumstances and Faith; Dependence on God; Faith and Feelings; Fear; God, trustworthiness of; Help from God; Providence; Purpose; Trust; Worry
Introduction:
- God's mercy veils the future from our eyes.
The promises of God give us security in life.
God gives us promises to keep us from worry.
- At the moment of worry, I am no longer trusting.
- We should be concerned about things but not anxious about the outcome.
- 2 Timothy 4:1–8
- God has not given us the spirit of fear.
- 1 John 4:18
- Paul handled his circumstances because he knew God has put him there.
We don't know how much faith we have until it's tested.
- Illustration: The prosperity gospel is invalid as a test of faith.
- Illustration: The storm on Galilee tested the faith of the disciples.
- Illustration: Man remained in bed for seven years because he was angry.
- The measure of faith isn't as important as in whom your faith is invested.
We don't need wonderful faith, we need faith in a wonderful God.
- Mustard seed faith is about speed, not size.
- God kept Paul in jail so that he could write half the New Testament.
- God doesn't give us faith to change his will but to accept it.
Our confidence that God is able, keeps us from worry.
- 2 Timothy 1:12
- Illustration: Man who used to play baseball, but his body isn't able any more.
- God has been and always will be able.
- What you hand over to God never becomes an area of worry.
Conclusion:
- Paul committed everything in his life and rested happily in God.
- When we know the one in whom we believe, we become convinced he is able.
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