² And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

³ And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

⁴ And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

⁵ And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

⁶ Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

⁷ And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

⁸ And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

¹⁰ Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

¹¹ And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

¹² And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

¹³ And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?

¹⁴ And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

Why are we living in fear today?

COVID-19,
Uncertainty of America’s future;

Racial Tension,
Financial difficulties.

Certainly these are all things that cause anxiety, but why fear?

Let me tell you about the Good Shepherd

The Lord is my Shepherd

The Shepherd’s job is to take care of the Sheep, right?

Scripture also tells us that we all like sheep have gone astray Isaiah 53:6

Look what He does vs 3

For His name’s sake.
When He takes care of you, people see Him

We hang out here basically our whole lives

Look at the rest of vs 4
I fear no evil!

Because You are with me!

Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me

Understand that this seems very strange to some people

The rod was used to punish the sheep when it got out of line

Not most people’s idea of comfort right?

The staff could be used to nudge and to rescue

He anoints us for healing and for a mission to reach people

Do you know the Good Shepherd?

All Things for Good

The third most searched scripture on Bible Gateway - Romans 8:28

God causes all things to work together for good

be careful to see that God didn’t say all things are good

Sometimes things that aren’t very good

can work together to make things good

A shot hurts. Ask any child and they will tell you a shot isn’t good

However, the medicines that are administered are good

The quick delivery method through a shot is good

So two good things come together through one bad thing

making it work together for good

Happy Father’s Day to all you Fathers out there

Dads – we are called by God to be the leader of our families

to be the spiritual and physical leader of our families

Sometimes the decisions we have to make aren’t good

but we make them for the overall good

Our Heavenly Father does the same thing

sometimes He allows us things that aren’t good

But He causes even these things to work together

for good for those that love the Lord

SO Purpose?

This is a series on Purpose right?

Look at the rest of that verse it says according to His purpose

So the purpose, is in everything that we do,

it is for Him and not for us

He works all things together for good for His purpose

Right now in our tiny little world there are bad things happening

We see the things that are happening as bad

God is certainly using them to work together for a greater good.

His good purpose

Fathers, we all make mistakes with our children

You have to trust God

that He will use even our mistakes to come together for good

The biggest question is:

Do you trust God to work all things together for good?

Do you know Jesus? Have you given your life to Him?
All things for good to those who love God.

Do
You
Love God?