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From Despair to Hope Daily Sabbath School Lesson Quarter 1 2024
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# • THE BEST GIFT EVER | IntoThe Bible Verse • #https://youtube.com/live/9ZeRhpOYWHQ • Dr. Carrolla Ellis, Elder Leslie Ellis, Edson Joseph • “How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?” (Ps. 13:1, NKJV). Again, who cannot relate to these sentiments, as wrong as they might be? (Does God ever forget any of us?) Psalm 13, then, points to the way to avoid another common mistake—focusing on ourselves and our problems when praying. This psalm can transform our prayer by leading us to reaffirm the faithful and unchanging nature of God’s dealings with His people. Sure, though the psalm does begin with laments and complaints, it does not end there. And that’s the crucial point. The psalm leads us to deliberately choose to trust God’s redemptive power (Ps. 13:5), so that our fear and anxiety (Ps. 13:1–4) can gradually give way to God’s salvation, and we begin experiencing change from lament to praise, from despair to hope (Ps. 13:5, 6). However, a mere repetition of the words of the Psalms with only a slight comprehension of their meaning will not produce the authentic transformation intended by their use. When praying the Psalms, we should seek the Holy Spirit to enable us to act in the way demanded by the psalm. The Psalms are the Word of God by which believers’ characters and actions are transformed, not simply informed. By God’s grace, the promises of the Psalms are made manifest in the lives of believers. This means that we allow God’s Word to shape us according to God’s will and to unite us with Christ, who demonstrated God’s will perfectly and, as the incarnate Son of God, prayed the Psalms, as well. • Please note no copyright infringement is intended and we do not own or claim to own any of the original recordings in this Video. • • Feel Free to email me: [email protected] • You can WhatsApp: 1-268-464 7508
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