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Genesis 37 Sermon

Genesis 37 Sermon NOTES Here’s my sermon on Genesis 37 “Painful Paths of Providence” preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. Audio here. Genesis 37 “Trusting God in Painful Providence” Intro: 2 Worldviews—Secular (no God, we’re on our own); Christian: God loves, cares, rules over all. –Providence: the outworking of God’s plan in all […]

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God’s Amazing Providence

All of reality is under your kind providence O God,Below the stars above,Come and let us behold our great God!Descriptions all fall short of your infinite greatness.Everywhere I turn, I see the marks of your hands:Falling leaves,Green fields,Hardened icicles,Invisible things.Joyful happenings and painful sorrows,Kindness I perceive and miss,Love from my great God of providence.Majestic is […]

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Ruth and the Providence of God

A big theme in the book of Ruth is the providence of God. I like how John Piper describes providence as God’s purposeful sovereignty. God is in control of all things (He is SOVEREIGN) and the exercise of His sovereignty in our lives and in the world is what we would describe as providence. Daniel […]