CONSIDER THE LORD

Deuteronomy 4:39-40, 8:5-6, 1 Samuel 12:23-24

I. CONSIDER GOD'S PERFECT TIMING

1. It prepares us (Ps. 37:23, message prepared me for cultists that came by later)

2. It protects us (I Sam. 23:24-29)

3. It prefers us (Gal. 4:4ff, Eph. 1:6-10ff.)

II. CONSIDER GOD'S PROVEN TRUTH

1. It builds us (Acts 20:32, Jude 17-20)

2. It blesses us (Matthew 13:10-17)

3. It binds us (Ps. 147:2-5, 15-20, Is. 61:1)

III. CONSIDER GOD'S PROPHETIC TRIUMPH

1. It emboldens us (Heb. 13:6)

2. It involves us (Titus 2:11-15)

3. It includes us (Rm. 8:31-39)