Title: What’s Important To God’s Heart?
Series: In God We Trust
The sons of Issachar (who) had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do… —1 Chronicles 12:32 (NKJV)
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. —Psalm 20:7
Why do I trust in God?
God can be trusted…
Offer right sacrifices and put your trust in the Lord. —Psalm 4:5
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. —Proverbs 3:5
Those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. —Psalm 9:10
Important Issues to God’s Heart:
1)
The LORD called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. —Isaiah 49:1 (ESV)
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. —Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV)
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2)
“Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” —Joshua 24:14-15 (NKJV)
“The first amendment of the U. S. Constitution says that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Ever since the Bill of Rights was ratified, Americans have enjoyed religious freedom. Our Constitution guarantees the free observance of religion and prevents the government from ever establishing a state church. Thomas Jefferson called religious freedom “the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights.”
We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined… Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!” —Acts 5:28-29 (NIV)
Additional Read: Religious Liberty Comments
3) Strong support for
I will bless those who bless you (Israel), and whoever curses you (Israel) I will curse; all peoples on earth will be blessed through you (Israel). —Genesis 12:3 (NIV)
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Additional Resource: Support For Israel Information
4) Biblical, godly
He created them from the beginning male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” —-Matthew 19:5-6
Additional Read: Marriage & Family
5)
So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. —Genesis 1:27
Additional Resource: The transgender issue at hand…
Quick Read: Current U.S. Administrations agenda
Additional Video: What does the Bible say about transgenderism? (Preston Sprinkle)
So what can we trust?
1) Trust
I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your Word. —Psalm 119:42
2) Trust
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. —Psalm 118:8-9