Our Firm Foundation - God often lets the foundations of our personal world be shaken - whether through financial difficulties, family crises or difficult diagnoses. If we’ve built our life on human wisdom, pride, conditional love, or the like, things may look good for a while but will collapse when storms hit. Adversity affects everyone, yet we can have peace in knowing that God always has a greater purpose when He allows it into our life. There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry us through anything. No matter what storms are raging all around us, we’ll have a solid footing if we stand on His love

Those who find their security in Christ can stand firm and be at peace when troubles come.

The Lord has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. 

He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross (Matthew 27:51).

And Hebrews 12:26 describes a time to come when the earth will undergo a similar display of His power and presence.

Likewise, God often lets the foundations of our personal world be shaken — whether through financial difficulties, family crises, or difficult diagnoses. 

If we’ve built our life on human wisdom, pride, conditional love, or the like, things may look good for a while but will collapse when storms hit.

Adversity affects everyone, yet we can have peace in knowing that God always has a greater purpose when He allows it into our life. 

Hard times can shake believers out of apathy and self-focus, reminding us not to trust in ourselves or the temporary structures of this world. 

There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry us through anything. 

No matter what storms are raging all around us, we’ll have a solid footing if we stand on His love.

Though our trials are challenging, we as believers are blessed with the security of a firm foundation. 

We also have the responsibility and honor of helping others to become strong in God’s grace (2 Timothy 2:1).

Be a living message of hope to those around you today.

Luke 6:46-49

Bible in One Year: Jeremiah 12-14 

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Charles Stanley

Charles Frazier Stanley Jr. (September 25, 1932 – April 18, 2023) was an American Southern Baptist pastor and writer. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020. He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries which widely broadcasts his sermons through television and radio. He also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, from 1984 to 1986.

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On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand - Michael W. Smith

lyrics

My hope is built on nothing less

Than Jesus' blood and righteousness

I dare not trust the sweetest frame

But wholly lean on Jesus' name

On Christ the solid rock I stand

All other ground is sinking sand

All other ground is sinking sand

When darkness

When darkness veils His lovely face

I'll rest on His unchanging grace

In every high and stormy day

My anchor holds within the veil

On Christ the solid rock I stand

All other ground is sinking sand

All other ground is sinking sand

And His oath

His oath, His covenant, His blood

Support me in the whelming flood

When all around my soul gives way

He then is all my hope and stay

On Christ the solid rock I stand

All other ground is sinking sand

All other ground is sinking sand

Let's just revisit and visualise it

Just think about what that is gonna look like

When we hear that trunpet sound

When He shall come

When He shall come with trumpet sound

Oh, may I then in Him be found

Dressed in His righteousness alone

Faultless to stand before the throne

On Christ the solid rock I stand

All other ground is sinking sand

All other ground is sinking sand

Songwriter: Terry Butler

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The Rock that Protects and Saves - we can always find refuge, comfort, peace, and hope in our Lord. We can depend on our Rock to lift us out of pits of discouragement, confusion, and self-pity. Take some time to ponder these passages and ask God to give you insights into Christ's character as our Rock. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress

Christ Is a Rock, Not a Sandy Beach - Christ is called our Rock and our Foundation. He talks about a house built on rock and a house built on sand. He says that those who hear His words and put them into practice are building on rock, and those who hear His words and don’t put them into practice are building on sand. Remnant believers' faith is built on the Rock of Christ. We still feel the wind and the rain, but our foundation stands secure

The Storms of Life - all of us will go through various storms. Some can be turbulent and might cause us to quake and tremble. We can call on God in any situation and trust Him to take care of us, even in the midst of violent storms. With this personal relationship, we know that He “is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble.” We can “take refuge in Him.” When you experience the storms of life, don’t give in to fear or panic. Call on God. Rest in Him