ONCE AND NOW!

 

ONCE

ONCE

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” – First Peter 2:10

NOW

NOW

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THE CROSS

THE CROSS

“‘PRAISE BE TO THE NAME OF GOD FOR EVER AND EVER.'” ( in two parts )

PART ONE

“‘Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;

Daniel 2:20-22

Intr.: 

wisdom and power are his.

1.  He changes times and seasons;

2.  he sets up kings and deposes them.

3.  He gives

a.  wisdom to the wise and

b.  knowledge to the discerning.

4.  He reveals deep and hidden things;

5.  he knows what lies in darkness, and

End:

light dwells with him.'”

PART TWO

“‘I thank and praise you, 

Daniel 2:23 

Intr.:

O God of my fathers:

1.  You have given me

a.  wisdom and

b.  power,

2.  you have made known to me what we asked of you,

3.  you have made known to us the dream of the king.'”

End:

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“‘I issue a degree  

 Daniel 6:26-27

Intr.:

that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reference the God of Daniel.

For:

1.  he is the living God and

2.  he endures forever;

3.  his kingdom will not be destroyed,

4.  his dominion will never end.

5.  He rescues and saves;

6.  he performs signs and wonders

a.  in the heavens and

b.  on the earth.

End:

He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.'”

“The kind of letter you really want to get.”

Two things, which have happened to me lately, have never happened before, and I believe that they are connected.

The first thing:

I was given $100 too much by mistake at one of our banks here. I returned the money of course. 

The second thing:

Each month the ASB bank is giving away twenty $1,000 cash prizes. 

In a letter we received from the bank not many days ago was written:

“The kind of letter you really want to get. Congratulations! You’re one of the  lucky winners from this month’s PrizeSaver draw. That means you’ve won a prize – just for saving. You’ve won $1,000.”  

Long ago I read this about a coincidence. “Coincidence: When God chooses to remain anonymous.”