The Throne of Grace in Every Trial
September 17, 2023 · 2:09:06 · Watch on YouTube ↗
These notes - summary, key points, and highlighted thoughts - were generated by AI from the recording and are not the preacher’s exact words.
Summary
The pastor opened three passages. In Daniel 3 the three young men told the king their God was able to save them from the furnace, and even if He did not, they still would not bow to the idol. In Acts 16 Paul and Silas prayed and sang at midnight until an earthquake shook the prison and their chains fell off. In Hebrews 4 believers are urged to come boldly to the throne of grace. He retold a wartime rescue in flooded Ukraine, where ordinary believers risked everything to save a mother and her children, as a picture of how God reaches us in our worst trouble.
The key, he said, is that in any trap or trial we run to the throne of grace and call God our Father. Like the address on an envelope, the words "Our Father in heaven" send our prayer straight to the One who answers. A person may be good, generous, and kind, yet the Kingdom belongs only to God's children, so we must first receive Him as our Father.
A visiting sister from Korea then shared her testimony from Jeremiah 1. Unwanted and nearly aborted as an infant, and haunted for years by thoughts of death, she found in Christ the Father who provides and protects. Called to serve in Ukraine, she learned to pray morning and night, trusting that God always answers, even when the answer is no. Her warning was clear: do not build your own kingdom in your own strength, but seek God Himself, for whoever finds Him finds everything.
Key Points
- In any trouble, run first to the throne of grace and call on God as your Father.
- Like Daniel's friends, trust that God can deliver, and stay faithful even if He chooses not to.
- Prayer and praise in the darkest hour can shake prison doors open, as they did for Paul and Silas.
- The Kingdom of heaven belongs to God's children, so we must receive Him as our Father.
- God always answers prayer, and even His no is a loving answer.
- Serve in God's strength, not your own, or you only build your own kingdom.
- Seek God Himself above His gifts, because whoever finds Him finds everything.
Devotional
When life sets a trap and every door seems shut, the believer still has one sure move: come to the throne of grace and say, "Our Father." That single word changes the address of your prayer and places it in the hands of the One who shaped you before you were born. He may answer yes, He may answer no, but He always answers in love. Today, stop straining in your own strength and simply seek Him, for the One who holds you will give you everything you truly need.
Our God is able to deliver us, and even if He does not, we still will not bow.
Come boldly to the throne of grace and find mercy and help in your time of need.
If you find God, you find everything.
