Many things are out of our control and we need to trust God in them even as we focus on what God would have us do.

2. Isaiah 43:14-16
This is what the Lord says—Your Redeemer,
the Holy One of Israel: ‘For your sake I will
send to Babylon and bring down as
fugitives all the Babylonians, in the ships in
which they took pride. I am the Lord, your
Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.’ This
is what the Lord says—he who made a way
through the sea, a path through the mighty
waters,
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3. Isaiah 43:17-19
who drew out the chariots and horses, the
army and reinforcements together, and
they lay there, never to rise again,
extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:
‘Forget the former things; do not dwell on
the past. See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I
am making a way in the desert and streams
in the wasteland.
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4. Isaiah 43:20-21
The wild animals honor me, the jackals and
the owls, because I provide water in the
desert and streams in the wasteland, to
give drink to my people, my chosen, the
people I formed for myself that they may
proclaim my praise.
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5. Isaiah 43:22-23
‘Yet you have not called upon me, O Jacob,
you have not wearied yourselves for me, O
Israel. You have not brought me sheep for
burnt offerings, nor honored me with your
sacrifices. I have not burdened you with
grain offerings nor wearied you with
demands for incense.
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6. Isaiah 43:24-25
You have not bought any fragrant calamus
for me, or lavished on me the fat of your
sacrifices. But you have burdened me with
your sins and wearied me with your
offenses. ‘I, even I, am he who blots out
your transgressions, for my own sake, and
remembers your sins no more.
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7. Isaiah 43:26-28
Review the past for me, let us argue the
matter together; state the case for your
innocence. Your first father sinned; your
spokesmen rebelled against me. So I will
disgrace the dignitaries of your temple, and
I will consign Jacob to destruction and
Israel to scorn.
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9. When we are not intentional
in our spiritual growth we will
drift into COMPLACENCY and
see no reason to CHANGE.

10. When we are not intentional
in our spiritual growth we will
drift into COMPLACENCY and
see no reason to CHANGE.
Hardship, in God’s design, is to REFINE us,
not DEFINE us.

11. When we are not intentional
in our spiritual growth we will
drift into COMPLACENCY and
see no reason to CHANGE.
Hardship, in God’s design, is to REFINE us,
not DEFINE us.
Realize where your HELP comes from.

12. When we are not intentional
in our spiritual growth we will
drift into COMPLACENCY and
see no reason to CHANGE.
Hardship, in God’s design, is to REFINE us,
not DEFINE us.
Realize where your HELP comes from.
Is our focus on WHAT we are going through
or WHO walks with us through it?

13. Remembering where our
HELP comes from
reminds us of where our
HOPE lies.

14. Remembering where our
HELP comes from
reminds us of where our
HOPE lies.
Remember HOW God has helped in the
PAST.

15. Remembering where our
HELP comes from
reminds us of where our
HOPE lies.
Remember HOW God has helped in the
PAST.
Past EXPERIENCES with God builds PRESENT
confidence.

16. Remembering where our
HELP comes from
reminds us of where our
HOPE lies.
Remember HOW God has helped in the
PAST.
Past EXPERIENCES with God builds PRESENT
confidence.
LEARN from the past but don’t DWELL on it.

17. Refocus our
FAITH on God

18. Refocus our
FAITH on God
Part of the reason our PROBLEMS appear
too BIG is because our GOD is too SMALL.

19. Refocus our
FAITH on God
Part of the reason our PROBLEMS appear
too BIG is because our GOD is too SMALL.
Many things are out of our CONTROL and we
need to TRUST God in them even as we
FOCUS on what God would have us do.

20. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Evaluate if I have become complacent in
my walk with God
( ) Reflect on what God’s goals for me may be
( ) Spend time praising God for what He has
done (even in the midst of adversity)
( ) Identify where I need to refocus
( ) Other________________________