Pastor Phil Pringle - 29.08.09

Pastor Phil Pringle
29th August 2009

on

Jeremiah 1:4-12

• Everyone has a “then God” moment – and it’s usually when there is a problem.
• "Then God did / said / showed something" for example.

• God gives his promises from Heaven, so why do we look around 'horizontally' for how He’s going to provide for us?

• Whatever God plans for us, it will always cost us something that we might not want.
o It can happen financially, with relationships, time, opportunities etc
o There is a price for following Jesus
o But the reward is worth it!

• Jeremiah said he was too young and did not know how to speak.
• But God said: “Do not say…”
• Our mouths create things
• Depend on the Bible. Speak, not just think/read, the scriptures.

• Jeremiah 1:11
o Almond trees bud two months before other trees
o What God is saying is that He will accelerate all the promises he has said to Jeremiah.

• Before we build up, we sometimes have to root out some problems.
o Farmland needs to be tilled before crops can be planted for example.



- Zexun :D