Eastern Bible Conference 2023 - Thursday Ministry

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Who do we trust in times of trouble? The Lord is our help! Br. Steve Campbell shares with us how King Hezekiah in 2 Kings 18 leaned on the Lord not on any resources from the world (pictured in Egypt). The enemy is always trying to make us doubt the effectiveness of this trust, but it is never misplaced! But we must be warned that after deliverance, we need to continue to lean on Him alone and not on any of our own personal or material resources, as we read in 2 Kings 20. Watch to find out how Hezekiah did on the second test! Br. Rickie Pringle reminds us from 2 Corinthians 4 that it is only through trials that God refines and transforms the Christian. The glory of God shines through our earthen vessels of weakness. But in order for the life of Christ to be displayed through the life of the believers, brokenness is required, just like it was with Gideon and his army. As always, Christ is our example, whose pathway was always marked with suffering, but what did He do? He looked to the glory that was beyond suffering! So what are we supposed to do? Another example in the Old Testament of the man of God trusting the word of God and the God of the word is in 2 Chronicles 20. Jehoshaphat faced a great multitude of enemies. But he set himself to seek God, and brought all of Judah together to seek Him with him. How did God respond to these prayers? And how did Jehoshaphat and Judah do in turn? We can find a pattern of how to pray in this passage. Watch Br. Chuck Berry's message to trace it and replicate it in your prayer life!

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