(Recommended to watch the entire video -- great details on how God worked out all of human history in order for Jesus to be born at the perfect time! This includes Alexander the Great, the Roman Empire, and 200 years of peace.) | Application: #1 We have hope! 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. #2 Wait! The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; 26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord." Lamentations 3:25-26 |
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.[a]" Proverbs 3:5-6