Message from Renee Trapp, Business Manager

GOD’S STRENGTH THROUGH STRESS

A Psalm for the Stressed
Psalm 46: 1-11
1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7 The LORD Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
8 Come and see what the LORD has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
11 The LORD Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.

3 Thoughts on God’s Strength through Stress:
1) God’s Strength is immediately available.
Our trials are not superficial or irrelevant. These trials are vehicles of grace that God uses to bring us growth.
2) God’s Power is overpowering!
God’s power is a tent that can stretch over any stress. Nothing is bigger than the power of God.
3) God’s Power is not dependent on our help.
The stresses of life are designed to make us climb into His arms and to force us to depend on Him.

The LORD Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.

May you seek God’s strength to help you through the stresses of your life.

(Excerpts taken from Three Steps Forward Two Steps Back: Persevering through Pressure by Charles R. Swindoll)