UNCHANGING: “When Perspectives Change…”

<p>SERMON NOTES — Sunday, August 2, 2020</p> <p> UNCHANGING: “When Perspectives Change…”</p> <p>Romans 8:28 and Philippians 2:12-16 NIV</p> <p> “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28 NIV)</p> <p> “Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose…So that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’ Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky 16 as you hold firmly to the word of life. (Philippians 2:12-16)</p> <p> “Although we live in a world that is always changing, We worship and serve a God that is UNCHANGING.”</p> <p> “When everything around you is uncertain, the key to stability is to focus on unchangeable truth.” - Rick Warren</p> <p> UNCHANGEABLE TRUTH #3: “God Is Working In and Through Us”</p> <p> “God doesn’t will everything to happen, But God doesn’t waste anything that happens.”</p> <p> 1. Where is God at work in you? 2. How do you need to work out your salvation? 3. Where is God calling us to shine the light of Christ?</p> <p> “Jesus Christ is the same - yesterday, today, and forever.” - Hebrews 13:8 NIV</p> <p> </p> <p>DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS Week of August 3-8</p> <p> “UNCHANGING” (The Character and Nature of God)</p> <p> MONDAY Isaiah 64:4 </p> <p>TUESDAY John 14:12 </p> <p>WEDNESDAY John 15:4 THURSDAY Galatians 2:20</p> <p>FRIDAY Ephesians 2:10</p> <p>SATURDAY 1 John 4:12</p> <p> </p> <p>PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK: “Gracious and Loving God, I give thanks that You are with me, I give thanks that You are for me, I give thanks that You are working in and through me, For my good and for Your glory (which is our greatest good). Help me to work out what You are working in, So that You might work through me, To be who