…Strong as You Go!”
KEY
VERSE: v. 62
“And Peter went out and wept bitterly.”
FOCUS: God’s awesome resources can refuel your spirit for life’s journey.
INTRODUCTION:
“One sin
makes many. The devil’s hounds
hunt in packs. Consistency requires
the denier to stick to his lie. Once
the tiniest wing tip is in the spider’s web, before long the whole body will
be wrapped round by its filthy, sticky threads.
Over-reliance on self leads us to put ourselves in the way of temptation
which it were wiser to avoid. Had
he forgotten Christ’s warnings? Apparently
so. Christ predicts the fall that
it may not happen, and if we listen to Him, we shall not fall.”
~ Alexander Maclaren
I.
GOD WANTS HIS FOLLOWERS STRONG FOR THE JOURNEY
II.
GOD WARNS HIS FOLLOWERS OF TESTING TIMES
III.
GOD PATIENTLY GIVES
STRENGTH WHEN WE FALTER
CONCLUSION:
“I marvel to see how the Lord is intermingling sorrows with joys, for
this is the straight path along which his plans are brought about.”
~ Teresa of Avila in LETTERS
PREACHING: Pastor Holland Lewis