The Lord Is Faithful by Pastor Fee Soliven

2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 Wednesday Evening

May 28, 2014

1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be

glorified, just as it is with you,

2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not

all have faith.

3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil

one.

4 And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you.

5 Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the

patience of Christ.

1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be

glorified, just as it is with you,

1. Power of God!1 Corinthians 2:1-5

1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of

God. 2 For I determined not to know

anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 3 I was with you in

weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching were

not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the

Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but

in the power of God.

2. The Wisdom and Knowledge of God!Ephesians 1:15-18

15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks

for you, making mention of you in my prayers:

17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of

Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the

hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints...

3. The Will of God!Colossians 1:9-11

9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the

knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10 that you may have a walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power,

for all patience and longsuffering with joy...

2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not

all have faith.

2 Corinthians 11:24-2824 From the Jews five times I received

forty stripes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned;

three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;

26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own

countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the

wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

27 in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings

often, in cold and nakedness-- 28 besides the other things, what comes upon me

daily: my deep concern for all the churches.

Hebrews 11:6"But without faith it is impossible to

please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek

Him."

3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil

one.

1 Corinthians 1:9"God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ

our Lord."

1 Corinthians 10:13"No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it."

2 Corinthians 1:18-2318 But as God is faithful, our word to you

was not Yes and No. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached

among you by us--by me, Silvanus, and Timothy--was not Yes and No, but in Him

was Yes.

20 For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. 21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is

God, 22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

Psalm 121:1-81 I will lift up my eyes to the hills--From

whence comes my help? 2 My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and

earth. 3 He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not

slumber.

4 Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade at

your right hand. 6 The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He

shall preserve your soul.

8 The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth,

and even forevermore.

4 And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you.

Deuteronomy 11:13-1713'And it shall be that if you earnestly

obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the LORD your God and serve Him with all your

heart and with all your soul,

14 then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your

grain, your new wine, and your oil. 15 And I will send grass in your fields for your

livestock, that you may eat and be filled.‘

16 "Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other

gods and worship them, 17 lest the LORD's anger be aroused against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and you perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving

you.

1 Peter 4:17-1917 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those

who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 Now "If the righteous one is scarcely

saved, Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?" 19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God

commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.

5 Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the

patience of Christ.

Proverbs 3:5-65 Trust in the LORD with all your heart,

And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And

He shall direct your paths.

Proverbs 20:24A man's steps are of the LORD; How then

can a man understand his own way?

Psalm 32:8-118 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with

My eye. 9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and

bridle,

Else they will not come near you. 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he

who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him. 11 Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy,

all you upright in heart!

James 1:2-52 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.