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We need to be a shelter for people in this life.

We need to be a shelter for people in this life. The local church will never function as it should until we really get to know each other and love each other in spite of that knowledge!. We need to be a shelter for people in this life.

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We need to be a shelter for people in this life.

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  1. We need to be a shelter for people in this life. • The local church will never function as it should until we really get to know each other and love each other in spite of that knowledge!

  2. We need to be a shelter for people in this life. • The local church will never function as it should until we really get to know each other and love each other in spite of that knowledge! • When we have the love of Christ we will manifest that patient love that sees both the weakness and the good in another.

  3. We need to be a shelter for people in this life. • The local church will never function as it should until we really get to know each other and love each other in spite of that knowledge! • When we have the love of Christ we will manifest that patient love that sees both the weakness and the good in another. • We need each other to help us overcome sin! (Jas 5:16)

  4. We need to be a shelter for people in this life. • (James 5:16 NKJV) “Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”

  5. We need to be a shelter for people in this life. • Without a close relationship it is rare to see this practiced.

  6. We need to be a shelter for people in this life. • Each of us needs someone spiritual to confide in, lean upon, and to trust when you are simply being yourself.

  7. We need to be a shelter for people in this life. • Each of us needs someone spiritual to confide in, lean upon, and to trust when you are simply being yourself. • It is these people who we will turn to during times of stress and anxiety.

  8. We need to be a shelter for people in this life. • Each of us needs someone spiritual to confide in, lean upon, and to trust when you are simply being yourself. • It is these people who we will turn to during times of stress and anxiety. • Do you have those who will lift you up? (Heb 12:12-13)

  9. We need to be a shelter for people in this life. • (Hebrews 12:12-13 NKJV) “Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, {13} and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.”

  10. We need to be a shelter for people in this life. • Are you such a person another can turn to?

  11. We need to be a shelter for people in this life. • Are you such a person another can turn to? • Ultimately we will point to God, the only certain refuge for our lives.

  12. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • What is a refuge? King David knew this need well! (Psalms 31:1 NASB)

  13. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • What is a refuge? King David knew this need well! (Psalms 31:1 NASB) • "In Thee, O LORD, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Thy righteousness deliver me.”

  14. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • What is a refuge? King David knew this need well! (Psalms 31:1 NASB) • "In Thee, O LORD, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Thy righteousness deliver me.” • Here David needed a high place of shelter, a place for a fugitive needing somewhere to hide and gain strength.

  15. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • Even though alone, David knew the Lord who would always provide for him.

  16. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • Even though alone, David knew the Lord who would always provide for him. • Why do we need a refuge? (Psa 31:9-13)

  17. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • (Psalms 31:9-13 NKJV) “Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble; My eye wastes away with grief, Yes, my soul and my body! {10} For my life is spent with grief, And my years with sighing; My strength fails because of my iniquity, And my bones waste away.

  18. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • {11} I am a reproach among all my enemies, But especially among my neighbors, And am repulsive to my acquaintances; Those who see me outside flee from me. {12} I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel. {13} For I hear the slander of many; Fear is on every side; While they take counsel together against me, They scheme to take away my life.”

  19. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • Because trouble will in time come upon all of us.

  20. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • Because trouble will in time come upon all of us. • We may look good on the outside, but there are likely those here today dealing with terrible stresses and trouble.

  21. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • Because trouble will in time come upon all of us. • We may look good on the outside, but there are likely those here today dealing with terrible stresses and trouble. • There are times we have adversaries, like David did. How many have trusted someone only to have them turn on you and do much harm?

  22. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • David experienced the shunning of those who saw him in need! It is sad fact but true, that when we are hurt and in need is the time people are most likely to turn away from us.

  23. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • David experienced the shunning of those who saw him in need! It is sad fact but true, that when we are hurt and in need is the time people are most likely to turn away from us. • Have you ever felt like a broken vessel that has no use? This one needs refuge!

  24. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • "Take away my capacity for pain and you rob me of the possibility for joy. Take away my ability to fail and I would not know the meaning of success. Let me be immune to rejection and heartbreak and I could not know the glory of living.“

  25. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • Consider how God provided for David. (Psa 31:19-24)

  26. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • (Psalms 31:19-24 NKJV) “Oh, how great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You, Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men! {20} You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence From the plots of man; You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion From the strife of tongues.

  27. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • {21} Blessed be the LORD, For He has shown me His marvelous kindness in a strong city! {22} For I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried out to You. {23} Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints! For the LORD preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person.

  28. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • {24} Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the LORD.”

  29. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • God keeps secrets and also keeps us away from the slanderous tongues.

  30. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • In a time of trouble we do not necessarily want agreement as much as we need an arm around us in comfort and support. Our God will always tell us the truth but also provide a rest in repentance and righteousness!

  31. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • In a time of trouble we do not necessarily want agreement as much as we need an arm around us in comfort and support. Our God will always tell us the truth but also provide a rest in repentance and righteousness! • Even when David doubted God, He was faithful and delivered him.

  32. Will a child of God have need of refuge? • “Thank you, Father, for these tears that have carried me to the depth of your love. How could I have known your fullness without the emptiness, your acceptance without the rejection, your forgiveness without my failure, our togetherness without that dreadful loneliness. You have brought me to Gethsemane, and oh, the joy of finding you already there! Amen.”

  33. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • God made provision for cities of refuge for those who killed another unintentionally.

  34. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • God made provision for cities of refuge for those who killed another unintentionally. • This was the action of a merciful God. (Josh 20:1-2)

  35. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • (Joshua 20:1-2 NKJV) “The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying, {2} “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Appoint for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,”

  36. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • There were three cities in the east and three cities in the west. (Num 35:6-7, 9-14)

  37. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • (Numbers 35:6-7 NKJV) “”Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites you shall appoint six cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. And to these you shall add forty-two cities. {7} “So all the cities you will give to the Levites shall be forty-eight; these you shall give with their common-land.”

  38. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • (Numbers 35:9-14 NKJV) “Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, {10} “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, {11} ‘then you shall appoint cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

  39. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • {12} ‘They shall be cities of refuge for you from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation in judgment. {13} ‘And of the cities which you give, you shall have six cities of refuge. {14} ‘You shall appoint three cities on this side of the Jordan, and three cities you shall appoint in the land of Canaan, which will be cities of refuge.”

  40. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • These cities were for people in real trouble! (Josh 20:3)

  41. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • (Joshua 20:3 NKJV) “’that the slayer who kills a person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.”

  42. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • Could you imagine having an "avenger of blood" coming after you?

  43. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • These cities were not obscure, hard to get to. No they were well marked.

  44. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • These cities were not obscure, hard to get to. No they were well marked. • There was a righteous procedure for entering these cities. (Josh 20:4)

  45. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • (Joshua 20:4 NKJV) “’And when he flees to one of those cities, and stands at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declares his case in the hearing of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city as one of them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.”

  46. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • They declared their case to the elders of that city. Refuge was only to be provided for certain people!

  47. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • Could you imagine the relief of finally having mature men listen to your story?

  48. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • Could you imagine the relief of finally having mature men listen to your story? • How many have been falsely accused only to face emotional people who will not listen? We must display this basic sense of fairness! (Acts 25:16)

  49. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • (Acts 25:16 NKJV) “”To them I answered, ‘It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man to destruction before the accused meets the accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself concerning the charge against him.’”

  50. God expected His people to provide a refuge in the Old Testament • This one now has the protection from the avenger. (Josh 20:5-6)

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