LIFE PRINCIPLES TO LIVE BY

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Sermon Outline
Genesis 1,
Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have
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dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild
animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”
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So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
One of our greatest needs is to know we are loved. Each of us has to feel certain, deep down in our hearts,
that someone loves us, cares for us, and has our best interests at heart.
That is how God designed us. He wants us to know He loves us with a passionate intensity too deep for
words.
God created human beings with fellowship in mind, first with Himself and then with others. But we
cannot fully love one another until we have ourselves experienced the love of God. We experience His love
when we willingly surrender to His call to be our Savior, Lord, and Friend.
To do that we must recognize Jesus Christ as our redeemer, savior, healer, Lord and provider of my life,
then I must establis an intimate personal relatinoship with Him through his holy Spirit, that he sent to
indwell me and confort me.
There are at least three reasons God seeks our surrender:
 He loves us and desires our fellowship and worship.
As long as we hold something back from God, we cannot know Him completely or fully experience His
love. When we surrender to Him, we get all of Him.
 He wants our service for Him to be effective and fruitful.
The more we know and love Jesus, the more effective our service will be. The closer we draw to God, the
more impact our lives will have. The more energetically we nurture our relationship with the Lord, the
greater the positive mark we will leave behind.
 He waits for the freedom to bless us.
God is omnipotent, but He will not violate His own principles. He draws us to Himself so we can
experience His love and forgiveness. He asks for our willing surrender so that He can give us the best
blessings He has to offer.
So why do we resist? With all this in mind, why does anyone resist surrendering to God?
Pride is the key reason most people resist surrender. They think they know better than God and that they
can handle their lives better than He can, so they keep Him at a distance.
Others do not surrender because they fear what God will do (or not do) for them. They think that if they
give Him control, He’ll make them do exactly what will make them most miserable.
Still others refuse to surrender to Christ because they believe Satan’s lie, which tells them God is
judgmental and will punish them for their mistakes.
All of this is completely false! God always has our best in mind. He will refuse us no good thing when we
gladly submit to His will (Romans 8:32).
He tells us, “‘I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for
calamity to give you a future and a hope’” (Jeremiah 29:11).
It only makes sense to surrender to God, because when we do, we grow close to Him. His highest priority
for us, and we begin to have an impact on our world.
Fulfill your destiny. Anne Graham Lotz once told an interviewer about the many trials she had faced in
previous years, including her parents’ serious illnesses and her son’s battle with cancer. She finally came
to the point where all she wanted was Jesus. “Just give me Jesus,” she declared.
Anne realized that if she had a personal, intimate relationship with the Savior of this universe, then
whatever problems she faced, He would face them with her. He would bring a sweet resolve and a peace
to her heart.
Is this the cry of your heart? Do you want to know the Savior and live in the fullness of His blessing each
day? You can. David wrote, “They who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.” (Psalm
34:10).
When you accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, He not only forgave you but also made you into a new
creature. You were no longer standing at a distance from God but were then able to draw near to Him.
If you have drifted in your devotion to the Savior and feel as though you grow more distant each day in
your relationship to Him, then pray that He will draw you near once more.
He knows your weaknesses, and if you will tell Him you want Him to take control of your life, He will
come to you in a mighty way and bring hope and light to your situation, no matter how dark and hopeless
it may feel. (Isaiah 55:6, 7).
 God´s purpose for my life is to live his life with me and through me, by the indwelling presence of His
Holy Spirit, to guide, to show, to direct, to warn, to convict me in such a way that His continuous
presence is evident in my life.

 His presence in my life requires a level of relationship that is known as intimacy, because the depth,
the length, the width and the height of it grows daily forever. Forever means that it trascends our time
in this physical world.
Psalm 63, Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence
O God, you are my God, I seek you,
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my soul thirsts for you;

my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
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So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.
Because your steadfast love is better than life,
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my lips will praise you.

So I will bless you as long as I live;
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I will lift up my hands and call on your name.

My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,
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and my mouth praises you with joyful lips

when I think of you on my bed,
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and meditate on you in the watches of the night;

for you have been my help,
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and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

My soul clings to you;
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your right hand upholds me.

But those who seek to destroy my life
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shall go down into the depths of the earth;

they shall be given over to the power of the sword,
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they shall be prey for jackals.

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But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult,
for the mouths of liars will be stopped.
 Intimacy does away with secrets, lies, half-truths, dark feelings, impure motives, human
thoughts/feelings, renewing our minds to conform to His will. We become an extension of His eternal,
holy and perfect plan for all of us. Personal intimacy is a divine tool to sanctify all those that belong to
Him.
Luke 8, A Lamp under a Jar
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“No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so
that those who enter may see the light.
 17 For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is anything secret that will not become known and
come to light.
 18 Then pay attention to how you listen; for to those who have, more will be given; and from those who do
not have, even what they seem to have will be taken away.”
 Every human being has a direct relationship with the trinitarian God of the Bible. It does not matter
if we believe in Him or not, we are related to Him because He is the creator and sustainer of the
universe. He is Holy, lovely, gracious, merciful and understanding to a point that He allows you to
reject Him. But, most important He is my judge.
 All of us who have been invited to believe with faith are entitled to a distinct relationship with Him.
We have come to the realization that we have sinned and we cannot do anything at all to escape our
sinful state. We have discovered and accepted that He so loved the world that He gave his only Son, so
that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life, John 3:16.

 Jesus Christ bought me back, He redeemed me from my sin-debt and brought me back to a
relationship with Him, by which He adopts me as His brother and so I become a son and an heir,
sealed forever as a property of my Lord, savior and redeemer. I have been justified, reconciled, no
longer guilty of my sins, because He paid the penalty for me and everybody else.

 There is a distant relationship with Him. They believe he is the creator and redeemer, but there is no
oneness with Him. They go to church mechanically, but they don’t live a Godly life, they claim to be
Christians but they do not have a prayer life. There is no intimate, personal relationship with Him.

 There is a personal intimate relationship with God. So, how can a holy, perfect God relate to a sinful
man as me?

Genesis 1, 26 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness… He
created you and me in order to have a personal and intimate relationship with us.

o It is a spiritual relationship that reaches deeper than a physical one.

o Open, honest and free. How many times do I confess half-way?
o Trusting, is the heart of our relationship.
o Loving.
Psalm 42, Longing for God and His Help in Distress
As a deer longs for flowing streams,
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    so my soul longs for you, O God.

My soul thirsts for God,
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    for the living God.

When shall I come and behold
    the face of God?
My tears have been my food
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    day and night,

while people say to me continually,
    “Where is your God?”
These things I remember,
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    as I pour out my soul:

how I went with the throng,
    and led them in procession to the house of God,
with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving,
    a multitude keeping festival.
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Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my help
 6 and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
    therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
    from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep
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    at the thunder of your cataracts;

all your waves and your billows
    have gone over me.
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
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    and at night his song is with me,

    a prayer to the God of my life.
I say to God, my rock,
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    “Why have you forgotten me?

Why must I walk about mournfully
    because the enemy oppresses me?”
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As with a deadly wound in my body,
    my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me continually,
    “Where is your God?”
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Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my help and my God.

John 14,
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They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me
will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.
 Opennes and transparency with God.
1 john 1, God Is Light
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This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is
no darkness at all.
 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what
is true;
 7 but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the
blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
 9 If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
  10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
 Two way relationship. Talking and listening. What do I ask God? Do I wait patiently for Him to speak
back to me?
Hebrews 4,
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Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides
soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
 13 And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom
we must render an account.

 Requires time and effort to develop a personal intimate relationship with my Lord.
The most important part of my life today is to know that God is more than sufficient to satisfy my hunger
of Him. A listening heart, a listening spirit. A time, a place, a program, a will to meet Him.
The cross is one and the final testimony of God´s testimony of love for me.

Results:
 Stability.
 Security.
 Serenity.
 Sensitive.
Berriers:
 Pride.
 Rebellion and sin.
 Hurriedness.
Romans 8, God’s Love in Christ Jesus
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What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
 32 He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us
everything else?
 33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
 34 Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God,
who indeed intercedes for us.
 35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword?
 36 As it is written,
“For your sake we are being killed all day long;
    we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.”
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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to
come, nor powers,
 39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God
in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Sermon Outline
Judges 2, Israel’s Disobedience
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 Now the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, “I brought you up from Egypt, and
brought you into the land that I had promised to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant
with you.
 2 For your part, do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of this land; tear down their altars.’ But you
have not obeyed my command. See what you have done!
 3 So now I say, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall become adversaries to you, and their
gods shall be a snare to you.”
 4 When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and
wept.
 5 So they named that place Bochim, and there they sacrificed to the Lord.
Galatians 6,
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Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.
 8 If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you
will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
 9 So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.
 10 So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of
the family of faith.
Ezekiel 18,
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The person who sins shall die. A child shall not suffer for the iniquity of a parent, nor a parent suffer for
the iniquity of a child; the righteousness of the righteous shall be his own, and the wickedness of the
wicked shall be his own.
Numbers 32,
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But if you do not do this, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out. 
Galatians 5, The Works of the Flesh
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Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
  17 For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh;
for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.
 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law.
 19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery,
enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions,
 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those
who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Today is the father of tomorrow.
What we are today is the result of what we have been thinking and the way we have lived in the past.
Those who act wisely today will have wisdom in the future to make wise decisions. The same is true when
we come to the subject of finances. Those who save wisely today will have plenty tomorrow. Those who
spend everything they have today will have little or nothing in the future. It is a shortsighted person who
thinks only of the now, doing as little as possible, for on payday he will have no way to avoid the poor
quality and small quantity of his rewards. The nation of Israel had to learn this in a very personal way.
Their waywardness and failure to do what God instructed them to do often placed them in a position
where they would not have His blessings.
The Lord gives principles in Scripture to serve as warnings and as an encouragement. His Word states,
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap” (Galatians 6:7).
This is an unalterable law that affects everyone in every area of life, family, work, and pleasure.
Every farmer understands the meaning of this principle: We reap what we sow, more than we sow, and
later than we sow. Let’s look at each part of the principle to make sure we understand its full
implications.
1. The principle applies to everyone, both Christians and non-Christians.
This principle is irrevocable; there is no escape, either for the believer or for the unbeliever. It is a law of
life.
Galatians 6:7, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked.” Herein lies the root cause of the careless and
indulgent lifestyle of many people. They are deceived. They either do not believe the truth, or think they
are exceptions to God’s laws.

You reap what you sow, more than you sow, later than you sow.
To mock God is to turn up one’s nose at Him, to hope to outwit Him. A foolish thought, as 2 Corinthians
5:10 reveals: “We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be
recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.”
If you were required to appear before the judgment seat of Christ in the next five minutes, what kind of
crops would you have to show?
Sowing to the flesh is the attitude within us that desires to live and act indepently of God.
Sowing is craving, absorving, accepting, yielding.
Corruption is a form of death that happens over time.

2. We reap what we sow.

The fact that we reap what we sow is good news for those who sow good habits, but a frightening thought
for those currently involved in ungodly activities such as promiscuity, drug and alcohol abuse, neglect of
family, or mistreatment of others in order to climb the ladder of success. We cannot sow crabgrass and
expect to reap pineapples. We cannot sow disobedience to God and expect to reap His blessing. What we
sow, we reap. Let us not deceive ourselves: We will reap the harvest of our lives.
Sowing to the is putting the word of God and the things of God into your heart and mind .
Galatinas 6,
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If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you
will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
Eternal is length of time and quality of life.
We can say christian things, but christian living is totally living.
 9 So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.
2 Corinthians 4, Treasure in Clay Jars
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 Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. 
Living by Faith
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So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being
renewed day by day.
 17 For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,
 18 because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary,
but what cannot be seen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 11, Paul’s Sufferings as an Apostle
I repeat, let no one think that I am a fool; but if you do, then accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast
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a little.
 17 What I am saying in regard to this boastful confidence, I am saying not with the Lord’s authority, but
as a fool;
 18 since many boast according to human standards, I will also boast.
 19 For you gladly put up with fools, being wise yourselves!
 20 For you put up with it when someone makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of
you, or puts on airs, or gives you a slap in the face.
 21 To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that!
But whatever anyone dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that.
 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
 23 Are they ministers of Christ? I am talking like a madman—I am a better one: with far greater labors,
far more imprisonments, with countless floggings, and often near death.
 24 Five times I have received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked; for a
night and a day I was adrift at sea;
 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own people, danger
from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers and
sisters;
 27 in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, hungry and thirsty, often without food, cold and
naked.
 28 And, besides other things, I am under daily pressure because of my anxiety for all the churches.
 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I am not indignant?
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If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. 31 The God and Father of the Lord
Jesus (blessed be he forever!) knows that I do not lie.
 32 In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seize me,
 33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.
1 Corinthians 15,
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Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you
know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
3. We reap more than we sow.
Why do farmers plant their seed? Because they expect to harvest a great deal more than they sow. A
single seed that sprouts can yield dozens, scores, even hundreds of seeds. It is the same way with both sin
and righteousness—a small decision to do either good or bad reaps a much bigger crop, for either joy or
sorrow.
Jesus used the picture of a sprouting seed to show that when we allow God’s Word to produce good things
in us, the results multiply: “The one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears
the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty,
and some thirty” (Matthew 13:23). On the other side of the ledger, the prophet Hosea describes what
awaits those who choose to sow seeds of wickedness: “They sow the wind and they reap the whirlwind”
(Hosea 8:7).
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So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the
family of faith.
We are always sowing! And we are always reaping!
4. We reap later than we sow.
Some are deceived because their present seed does not appear to be producing an immediate crop. So
they continue down their course, mistakenly believing that there will never be a harvest. But unlike the
crops of the field, which get harvested at approximately the same time each year, there is no regular
timetable for the harvest of life. Some crops we reap quickly; others take a long time. But do not be
deceived—their season will come. And by going the second mile now and giving more than is required, we
will reap rich dividends later.
“For whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.” What a comforting and assuring thought to those who
faithfully labor under difficult circumstances. Faithfulness in such situations will produce a rich harvest
in the future, for our heavenly Father always keeps His promises.
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Hosea 3, Further Assurances of God’s Redeeming Love
3 The Lord said to me again, “Go, love a woman who has a lover and is an adulteress, just as
the Lord loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.” 2 So I bought
her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.[a] 3 And I said to her, “You
must remain as mine for many days; you shall not play the whore, you shall not have intercourse with a
man, nor I with you.” 4 For the Israelites shall remain many days without king or prince, without sacrifice
or pillar, without ephod or teraphim. 5 Afterward the Israelites shall return and seek the Lord their God,
and David their king; they shall come in awe to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.
Romans 8, Future Glory
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I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be
revealed to us.
 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God;
 20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it,
in hope
 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the
glory of the children of God.
 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now;
 23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while
we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
 24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? 25 But if
we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very
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Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.

 27 And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes
for the saints according to the will of God.
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We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his
purpose.
 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that
he might be the firstborn within a large family.
 30 And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those
whom he justified he also glorified.

Our view of the physical world, affects the view of the spiritual world.
 There is a God who created everything in this world, so there is a creation and a creator. We have a
relationship with Him.
 Monotheism.
 Pantheism.
 Materialist, no evidence of God. They want to tocuh, experiment and taste.
 Faithless. Monergism and sinergism. Chance, circumstances, no personal relationship with God.
 The Christian approach, he created everything out of nothing, he sustains and controls everything
that he created. He is in a intimate, personal realtionship with all whom realte to Him.
 The Christian perspective.
Some things I cannot understand.
My ways are higher than of your ways.
The bible is the story of the relationship with His creation.
Does god know about all these things?
Answer: the bible is the word of God and He doesn not explain us how creation was made, for what
purpose and what conditions.
Life after death.
Pepople cancel God to say that they don’t need God.
What assurances do we have, about the things that we don´t understand?
1. THE FOUNDATIONAL TRUTH IS THAT IS IN CONTROL OF OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
Psalm 103
The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
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    and his kingdom rules over all.

Psalm 135
6 
Whatever the Lord pleases he does,
    in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
Proverbs 21
1
 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he turns it wherever he will.
Why does God allow evil in the world?
Deuteronomy 29
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The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the revealed things belong to us and to our children
forever, to observe all the words of this law.

Romans 8
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his
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purpose.
 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that
he might be the firstborn within a large family.
 30 And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those
whom he justified he also glorified.
God is uncaused!
Matthew 6, Do Not Worry
25 
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about
your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
 26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly
Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
 27 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?
 28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil
nor spin,
 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,
will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?
 31 Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’
 32 For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you
need all these things.
 33 But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you
as well.
“So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is
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enough for today.

God in control of bad things people do?
Genesis 37, Joseph Dreams of Greatness
1
 Jacob settled in the land where his father had lived as an alien, the land of Canaan.
 2 This is the story of the family of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; he was a helper to the
sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.
 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and
he had made him a long robe with sleeves.
  4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and
could not speak peaceably to him.
5 
Once Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
 6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream that I dreamed.
 7 There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright; then your
sheaves gathered around it, and bowed down to my sheaf.”
 8 His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Are you indeed to have dominion over us?”
So they hated him even more because of his dreams and his words.
He had another dream, and told it to his brothers, saying, “Look, I have had another dream: the sun, the
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moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

 10 But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him, and said to him, “What
kind of dream is this that you have had? Shall we indeed come, I and your mother and your brothers, and
bow to the ground before you?”
 11 So his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers
Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.
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 13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send
you to them.” He answered, “Here I am.”
 14 So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock; and bring word back
to me.” So he sent him from the valley of Hebron.
He came to Shechem,
 15 and a man found him wandering in the fields; the man asked him, “What are you seeking?”
 16 “I am seeking my brothers,” he said; “tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.”
 17 The man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went
after his brothers, and found them at Dothan.
 18 They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him.
 19 They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer.
 20 Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; then we shall say that a wild animal has
devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams.”
 21 But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.”
 22 Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand
on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand and restore him to his father.
 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he
wore;
 24 and they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.
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Then they sat down to eat; and looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with
their camels carrying gum, balm, and resin, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.
 26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
  27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own
flesh.” And his brothers agreed.
 28 When some Midianite traders passed by, they drew Joseph up, lifting him out of the pit, and sold him
to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes.
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 30 He returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone; and I, where can I turn?”
 31 Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood.
 32 They had the long robe with sleeves taken to their father, and they said, “This we have found; see now
whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
 33 He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s robe! A wild animal has devoured him; Joseph is without
doubt torn to pieces.”
 34 Then Jacob tore his garments, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
 35 All his sons and all his daughters sought to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and said, “No,
I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father bewailed him.
 36 Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of
the guard.
God is in every act of mankind!
The conclusive truth:
Our difficulties are God´s tool to develop us and shape us.
What the rewarding truths wrapped in His sovereignty:
We can live with a greater trust in God in our circumstances when we ackonledge He is sovereign.
We can have a far greater freedom from worry.
We can be more grateful about the good things that we have, knowing He is the source.
We have greater patience in times of adversity.
Any thing that comes my was is coming from you!
We have a greater anticipation of God´s work in my life.
As a children of a sovereign God, we are never victims of our circumstances.
John Crisosthom
There is nothing you can do to hurt me!

Life is not simple. We face many bumps and turns along the way. The race is real, the battle continuous,
and the painful experiences may pierce our hearts. However, our circumstances should not define who we
are or how we react. Rather, as believers our behavior in every situation should honor the Lord Jesus,
and our identity should always be based on the salvation He has provided for us.
Hebrews 11 is populated with men and women who endured despite adverse circumstances. You may say,
“Of course they persevered—God worked so powerfully in their situations. Look how their stories turned
out!” Yet understand, just like you, the saints of old did not know how their stories would end, nor
whether God would keep His promises to them. 1 Kings 8:56 reports, “Not one word has failed of all His
good promise.”
So how did they demonstrate such strong faith in God? They did so because they trusted in the fact that
the Lord was able to help them and work everything out for their good (Romans 8:28; Hebrews 11:1).
Even when nothing else made sense to them, they placed their hope in their sovereign Lord—and He
rewarded them for their confidence (Hebrews 11:6).
In the fifth grade a young man, who is now a pastor, had to memorize the inspiring list of godly people in
Hebrews 11—the faithful servants of the Lord who persevered in their great trials by trusting God. It was
one of the most transformative lessons of his life. When he went through a rough time in the ministry, the
Lord reminded him of these great people of faith, and gave him the confidence to endure as they did.
When thinking about the Bible’s unseen cloud of witnesses (Hebrews 12:1), we should likewise be
encouraged by their testimonies. We should be heartened by the story of Joseph, who endured though life
seemed so unfair (Gen. 45:4–8; Genesis 50:20). Or David, who obeyed God even though, at times,
everything seemed to work against him becoming king of Israel as the Lord had promised (1 Samuel
23:14). Or Moses, who “endured, as seeing Him who is unseen” (Hebrews 11:27) and led the people of
Israel to the Promised Land. Or the disciples, who were desolated at the crucifixion of Christ, only to be
strengthened, heartened, and filled with purpose at His resurrection.
Had any of them considered themselves victims of their circumstances, they would have begun their
journeys with God in defeat and discouragement. Instead, they focused on the almighty hand of the Lord
and triumphed with Him.
Likewise, we can say, “God, if they endured, so can I, because You are sovereign just as You were then,
and You love me as You loved them. Therefore, I will not consider myself a victim of my circumstances.
Rather, I will view every situation as an opportunity for Your glory to shine forth in victory.”
God knows the Christian life is not easy. When you received the Lord Jesus as your Savior, He set you on
your course. As your sovereign Lord, He mapped out all the bumps, turns, detours, hills, and valleys. He
knew all the difficulties you would face. He understood that you would continually clash with the world,
the flesh, and the devil until you were home with Him. Yet He didn’t merely set you on the path, hoping
you would find your way. He sent the Holy Spirit to indwell you, guide you, and encourage you.
Endurance requires something that doesn’t come easily—and that is trust in your unseen, sovereign God.
However, with the Holy Spirit to remind you of His faithfulness and power (John 14:26), you can remain
committed to Him.
When the going gets rough—and it will—you can’t run away. You can’t quit. The longer you faithfully
obey the Lord, regardless of the circumstances, the stronger your faith becomes. You are prepared for
greater service and expanded ministry. You become strong, stalwart, and steadfast.
The One who endured the cross lives in you, so that you are fully equipped for anything He calls you to
do. If you stumble, He is there to pick you up. Just remember to always keep your eyes on Jesus. Don’t
quit. Persevere.
You aren’t alone—your sovereign Lord is with you in every situation. Therefore, call upon Him to infuse
you with His power and wisdom, and obey anything He calls you to do. And remember that you
are never a victim of your circumstances, for your sovereign God can use everything that happens to you
for your blessing and His glory.
 https://www.intouch.org/watch/sermons/life-principle-19-holding-too-tightly
https://www.intouch.org/watch/sermons/life-principle-20-overcoming-discouragement
https://www.intouch.org/watch/sermons/life-principle-21-obedience-always-brings-blessings
https://www.intouch.org/watch/sermons/life-principle-22-walking-in-the-holy-spirit
https://www.intouch.org/watch/sermons/life-principle-23-you-can-never-outgive-god
https://www.intouch.org/watch/sermons/life-principle-24-the-key-to-the-christian-life
https://www.intouch.org/watch/sermons/life-principle-25-passing-on-gods-blessings
https://www.intouch.org/watch/sermons/life-principle-26-burden-or-bridge
https://www.intouch.org/watch/sermons/life-principle-27-prayer-our-time-saver
https://www.intouch.org/watch/sermons/life-principle-28-together-in-the-christian-life
https://www.intouch.org/watch/sermons/life-principle-29-the-valley-experiences-in-our-life
https://www.intouch.org/watch/sermons/life-principle-30-anticipating-the-lords-return
 The Seven Habits of a Godly Life
https://youtu.be/IyNtFn3TyO4

Am I Godly person?
A habit is a recurring often unconscious pattern of behavior, that is acquired by frequent repetition.
What is Godly life, is a life no longer seeking satisfaction through a sinful lifestyle but a life fully
surrender to God for spiritual satisfaction.
1- LIFE OF PRAYER
Mark 1, A Preaching Tour in Galilee
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In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he
prayed.
 36 And Simon and his companions hunted for him.
 37 When they found him, they said to him, “Everyone is searching for you.”
 38 He answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also;
for that is what I came out to do.”
 39 And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons.
Luke 4, Jesus Preaches in the Synagogues
42 
At daybreak he departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowds were looking for him; and
when they reached him, they wanted to prevent him from leaving them.
 43 But he said to them, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; for
I was sent for this purpose.”
 44 So he continued proclaiming the message in the synagogues of Judea.
Luke 11, The Lord’s Prayer
1
 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord,
teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”
 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.
    Give us each day our daily bread.
3 

And forgive us our sins,

4 

for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.

And do not bring us to the time of trial.”

Perseverance in Prayer
 And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him,
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‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;

 6 for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.’
 7 And he answers from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are
with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’
 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because
of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
9 
“So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be
opened for you.
 10 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the
door will be opened.
 11 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for[e] a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish?
 12 Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion?
 13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
If you have a life of prayer, you will have a Godly life.
2- Trust or Faith
Intimate relationship with God
Psalm 103,
The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
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    and his kingdom rules over all.

Bless the Lord, O you his angels,
20 

    you mighty ones who do his bidding,

    obedient to his spoken word.
Bless the Lord, all his hosts,
21 

    his ministers that do his will.

22 
Bless the Lord, all his works,
    in all places of his dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
3- Meditation of the word of God
Psalm 63,
5 
My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,
    and my mouth praises you with joyful lips
when I think of you on my bed,
6 

    and meditate on you in the watches of the night;

for you have been my help,
7 

    and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

My soul clings to you;
8 

    your right hand upholds me.

 4- Obey God and live all the consequences to God
Deuteronomy 27,
9 
Then Moses and the levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying: Keep silence and hear, O Israel! This
very day you have become the people of the Lord your God.
 10 Therefore obey the Lord your God, observing his commandments and his statutes that I am
commanding you today.
Deuteronomy 28, Blessings for Obedience
1
 If you will only obey the Lord your God, by diligently observing all his commandments that I am
commanding you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth;
all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the Lord your God:
2 

Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
3 

4 
Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb, the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your livestock, both the
increase of your cattle and the issue of your flock.
Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
5 

6 
Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
7 
The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you; they shall come out
against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.
 8 The Lord will command the blessing upon you in your barns, and in all that you undertake; he will
bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
 9 The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments
of the Lord your God and walk in his ways.
 10 All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be
afraid of you.
 11 The Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb, in the fruit of your livestock,
and in the fruit of your ground in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give you.
 12 The Lord will open for you his rich storehouse, the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season
and to bless all your undertakings. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
 13 The Lord will make you the head, and not the tail; you shall be only at the top, and not at the bottom—
if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today, by diligently
observing them,
 14 and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I am commanding you today, either to the right
or to the left, following other gods to serve them.
5- Dependence upon the Holy Spirit
Surrender my life to the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 5,
15 
Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise,
 16 making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
 17 So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
  18 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
 19 as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the
Lord in your hearts,
 20 giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
6- Giving to God and to others
Luke 6, Judging Others
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive,
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and you will be forgiven;

 38 give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be
put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”
You cannot outgive God.
God loves a cheerful giver.
7- Forgiving other people
Ephesians 4, Rules for the New Life
25 
So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of
one another.
 26 Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
 27 and do not make room for the devil.
 28 Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to
have something to share with the needy.
 29 Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so
that your words may give grace to those who hear.
 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of
redemption.
 31 Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all
malice,
 32 and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.