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HOW LIFE FEELSThe Lenten Journey | Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles | 2016
Ever found yourself in a really dark place?
Looking for Light in the DarknessPsalm 23 & Psalm 38
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;
for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
“I believe that You’re with me, Lord. So no matter how dark this gets, no matter how hard it gets, I will not be afraid of this!” The Lord is
my shepherd.
But there are other dark times where we don’t easily sense the Shepherd’s presence, where we really struggle not to be
afraid
Psalm 389 Lord, all my desire is before You, and my sighing is not hidden from You. 10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
Psalm 3813 But I, like a deaf man, did not hear; and like a dumb man, did not open my mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalm 3815 For in You, O Lord, do I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, “Lest otherwise they should rejoice over me. When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.”
Psalm 3821 Do not abandon me, O Lord; O my God, do not be far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
The Original Plan (since 2014)
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RETIRE from
Pastoring 6/16 or 6/17FULLER
AAI+FULLER
AAI
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RETIRE from
Pastoring June 2016FULLER
AAI+FULLER
AAI
The Blown Up Plan (28 January 2016)
Looking for the Light in the
Darkness๏ Lots of Questions Without Answers ๏ Lots of Competing Voices ๏ Uncertain and Disillusioned ๏ Where are you, Lord? Save me!
The New and Approved Plan (as of 12 Feb ‘16)
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RETIRE from
Pastoring June 2017FULLER
AAI+FULLER
Teach
RESIGN as Exec Dir
of AAI June 2016 EBCLA
Full-time Final Year
We are never truly alone in the dark.
Trust the Lord.
Look for the light.
Reach for the
rope.