Outline: Retreat of Silence
- Read through John 13-17.
- TRUST.
- Matthew 6:8 (NASB) "So do not be like them: for your Father knows
what you need before you ask Him."
- BEING UNDERSTOOD.
- Romans 8:26,27 (NIV) In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our
weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit
himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. 27
And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because
the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
- CONFIDENCE.
- 1 John 5:14,15 (NIV) This is the confidence we have in approaching
God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15
And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have
what we asked of him.
- PEACE.
- Philippians 4:6,7 (NIV) Do not be anxious about anything, but in
everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your
requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- WISDOM FOR TODAY.
- James 1:5,6 (NIV) If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God,
who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be
given to him. 6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt,
because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by
the wind.
- WISDOM TO WORK, FIXING OUR EYES ON CHRIST.
- Hebrews 12:1,2 (NIV) Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a
great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and
the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the
race marked out for us. 2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author
and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the
cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God.
- STRENGTH.
- Psalm 119:50 (NIV) My comfort in my suffering is this: Your
promise preserves my life.
- UNDERSTANDING; PERSPECTIVE ON HIS KINGDOM
- John 16:33 (NIV) "I have told you these things, so that in me you
may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I
have overcome the world."
- Seek guidance. What are my hopes? What hindrancees might I need
to leave behind? What hopes are for my best and what am I clinging to
that I should not?
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