RED DOT GREEN DOT

IN THIS LIFE YOU WILL ENCOUNTER TROUBLE

John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

WE WILL APPLY OUR HISTORY WITH GOD TO PREDICT THE FUTURE

God has a bag of life events, each year at the end you see if it was green = good or bad = red.

How many have had some red dot moments in life? I JUST DID!

Once you see a pattern, your ACTUAL FAITH will begin to expect disasters.

You have what your mouth says… and what your heart believes.

HOW DO WE BE OF GOOD CHEER? AND FIX THIS?

OPTION 1 - WE BEG GOD TO SEE ALL THE DOTS IN THE BAG

If I know what’s coming, I can be of good cheer.

Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil

Gen 3:4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

My girl’s trust falls.

Trust fall with a peak, is NOT FAITH. It’s the temptation to eat from the wrong tree and control the things you don’t have faith for.

OPTION 2 - WE BLINDLY DECLARE THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE AND DON’T THINK ABOUT THE PAST

Denial and avoidance.

James 1:6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

Holding your breath, eventually you will fail.

You need a GIFT OF FAITH in order to believe and not doubt… not saying is just deny reality.

OPTION 3 - WE PRETEND THE BAD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO US WERE GOOD FOR US.

It’s not your role to protect Gods reputation… You don’t know his reputation anyway.

2 Sam 6

3 They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart

4 with the ark of God on it, [3] and Ahio was walking in front of it.

5 David and the whole house of Israel were celebrating with all their might before the LORD, with songs [4] and with harps, lyres, tambourines, sistrums and cymbals.

6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.

7 The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down and he died there beside the ark of God.

GODS OPTION - LET GOD WALK WITH US THROUGH THE PAIN AND ALLOW HIM TO HEAL OUR HEARTS.

ONLY GOD HAS THE POWER TO TRANSFORM WHAT YOU CONSIDERED RED DOT MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE FOR MOMENTS THAT PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT

Romans 5:3-5

3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

ITS HIS LOVE THAT TRANSFORMS US, NOT OUR STRIVING. WALKING WITH HIM IN THE GARDEN.

God, we surrender our craving for KNOWLEDGE

God, we admit our faith is weak

God, we ask for you to walk with us through our pains and show us YOUR LOVE!