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Ulmer, Ken - Through the Valley

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Through the Valley
by Ken Ulmer
Text: Psalm 23
Topic: Why we should persevere through difficulty
Big Idea: When we are in the valley, God is preparing a blessing for us on the other side.
Keywords: Adversity; Circumstances and Faith; Difficulty; Disappointments; Endurance; Enemies; Experiencing God; Faith and Feelings; God, faithfulness of; God, goodness of; God, trustworthiness of; Ministers; Ministry; Perseverance; Protection; Rest; Trust


Introduction:
  • David walked with the Lord while caring for a flock of sheep.
  • Pastors face the dilemma of being both sheep and shepherd.
The Lord sometimes has to make us rest.
  • God is so committed to blessing me that he will force me to lie down.
  • My obsession with being a shepherd causes me to forget I'm a sheep.
When you are in a valley, remember a mountaintop is ahead.
  • A valley means I left one mountaintop and I'm on my way to another.
  • The key is to walk through the valley because the journey is not complete.
God blesses us even in the valley.
  • In the midst of depression, failure, and challenges, God moves.
  • He prepares a table before me is a preposition of location or an adverb of time.
  • Illustration: Benihana's restaurant prepares the food in front of you.
  • Sometimes God positions you to see that he is up to something.
  • Illustration: The shepherd would put his sheep down for the night and then prepare a place for them to eat the next day.
  • We must learn to follow, even if we don't see where God is leading us.
God blesses us as the enemy is watching.
  • The enemy can see us, but cannot get to us because of the shepherd is there.
God protects us on every side.
  • The devil and hell cannot stop you from receiving what God has ordained if you'll walk on by faith and not by sight.
  • Illustration: Ulmer describes all the protections offered by the shepherd.
Praise God as he leads you out of the valley.
  • Illustration: In cowboy movies, when the bad guys are surrounded they must come out with their hands up.
  • God surrounds you, so come out of that problem with your hands up.
Conclusion:
  • God is so committed to you that he'll meet you in your valleys.


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