Title: Hope/Psalm 46
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One of the most precious things for a person is hope.
A life without hope is like a dead life. because there is hope
Today's pain is no longer pain, today's pain and sorrow look to tomorrow
can be overcome because of hope.
Even in the Bible, hope is introduced to us as very important.
In 1 Corinthians, where the famous love chapter appears, faith, hope, and love are the most important.
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Jesus will also return to the hopeless people of Israel with the hope of heaven.
has given you hope. Because of that hope, the disciples were able to be bold
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If you look at the psalms, there are especially a lot of writings about hope. so you do
Many people find comfort and strength through the psalms.
Ex) Psalm 46
Today's text is also about hope.
In today's text, we confess that God is our refuge. America's
Even in the death camps of World War II, Mrs. Kolitten Boom, who was a believer, was in the Soviet Union.
A hidden example of a place where they were subjected to 7 years of forced labor just because they believed in Jesus of
Experience God as that refuge on the ship and write a bestseller called “Refugee”
I prayed.
I don't think there are many that offer such a precious hope as the word 'a refuge'
No matter what difficulties we face, it is like saying that I am never alone.
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Enemies are coming from all directions, the enemies are raising their swords to strike me, and from all directions
When scorpions and vipers come in, or in front of a lot of people, they are despised, ah
When you run into an important problem that you can never solve on your own, the word refuge
There are no words that warm us more than that.
In today's text, that refuge is said to be God.
Nor is it usually a refuge.
Text - Even if the earth changes - Has anyone ever experienced such a thing?
The mountain shakes....
Still, the psalmist confesses that he is not afraid.
A few years ago in Colorado, USA, a man named Priscilla Omen had an experience.
Priscilla drove her husband from Denver to her home, Castle Rock, on June 16.
there was. After a while, it started to rain. naturally
It was raining suddenly, so I didn't turn on the radio and kept running, thinking it was going to rain.
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But as we go further, the rain gets stronger and sharper with thick raindrops.
It was accompanied by a roaring wind. When I felt this rain was unusual
There was already a car in the middle of an unavoidable road. the rain and the wind
was a cyclone like a typhoon in Korea.
The wind was so strong that the car was pushed back and big stones the size of a clothespin were blown away by the wind.
rolled over Then, suddenly, water poured down from the hill beside the road.
started to come The rain and wind were so strong that the river next to it overflowed.
The sudden rush of water swept all nearby cars back into the river. Number
Many vehicles flowed into the muddy waters roaring like an angry bull.
Even the Ifrisillas began to pray, saying that it was over.
It was a brief prayer, but the words that came to this woman at that moment were the Psalms.
It was episode 46. He felt relieved with him, and serenity reigned over him.
At that moment, his car got caught on a pole in front of a meter in the river. all power poles
It has already been pulled out and floated away, but only the power pole remains.
I tried to get out of the car with relief, but the car door wouldn't open. washed away with water
The sand filled the car and blocked the car. The sand got my leg stuck again.
It made me unable to move. It's no use screaming for help
there was no
And the night deepened. Gradually, the water came up to my neck.
The sandy car door didn't even open the window, and even the wind-blown stones broke the windows.
couldn't
The moment I was about to give up, episode 46 came to my mind again. Priscilla wrote Psalm 46
started to sing The second was recited with my husband.
Then a small stone flew in and punctured the windshield of the car. stones in the car
never been bruised But most importantly, a small hole was made for breathing.
And on that deserted road, where there was no one, suddenly a man appeared.
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And he saved them.