Calvary Grace Assembly of God
Dec 2 – 9, 2018
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GOD WITH US IN THE VALLEY – CHRISTMAS 2018
A message series designed to welcome those who are hurt and alone. He will teach that God is with us in every moment. He’s with us through the pain. He comforts us in the waiting. He gives us courage when we feel anxious. Perfectly suited for the Christmas season, “God With Us” provides an inspirational reminder of the impact of Christ’s birth.
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Series: God With Us
Message: In the Valley
Text: Matthew 1:23
Pastor Tom Cogle
December 2, 2018
1.WE MAY ENJOY GOD ON THE MOUNTAINTOPS, BUT WE GET TO KNOW HIM INTIMATELY IN THE VALLEYS.
To get to the City of Refuge, you had to travel through the Valley of Tears
2.WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT WHOLE YOU’RE IN THE VALLEY MATTERS SO MUCH.
Your current situation may be in the valley, but your mind can still be set upon God.
3.GOD MAY SHOW YOU THAT THE WAY IS THROUGH THE VALLEY, NOT OUT OF THE VALLEY.
When you’re dry and when you’re hurting, you’re making room for the presence and provision of God.
God rarely reveals Himself to people who are rushed.
We enjoy Him so much on the mountains. But we get to know Him intimately in the valleys.
He is Immanuel – God with us!
Matthew 1:23
“Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”
Psalms 84:5-7
What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings. They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.
Psalms 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.