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Today Pastor Dan continues this series on Psalm 23.
God’s Antidote for Dark Valleys
Life is a mixture of pain and pleasure, of victory and defeat,
of success and failure, of mountain tops and valleys.
“Even 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.”
—–Psalm 23:4
How do I handle the dark valleys of life?
- What to remember in Dark Valleys
- Valleys are inevitable.
- John 16:33
- Valleys are unpredictable.
- Jer. 4:20
- Valleys are impartial.
- Matt. 5: 45 (LB)
- Valleys are temporary.
- 1 Peter 1:6 (LB); 2 Cor. 4:17
- Valleys are purposeful.
- 1 Peter 1:6b-7 (PH)
- Every problem has a purpose. Faith is bulit in the valleys of life.
- Valleys are inevitable.
- What to remember in Dark Valleys
- Refuse to be discouraged.
- Col. 1:11
- Remember that God is with me.
- Is. 43:2
- Rely on God’s protection and guidance.
- Is. 43:2
- Rely on God’s protection and guidance.
- Refuse to be discouraged.
“…I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…Your rod and staff, they comfort me…”
Ps. 34:19
Believers and non- believers go through the same valleys of life,
the difference for the Christian is not the absence of the shadow
but the presence of the Shepherd. God is with you!