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This is Pastor Daniel Stevenson. I'm director of the Southside Life Station and pastor of New Heights Fellowship Baptist Church of East Toledo.

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And you're receiving this message because you opted in to be encouraged.

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Today's verse, Psalms 33 verse 9. It says,

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For he spoke and it was done. He commanded and it stood fast.

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Creation is the original amazing work of God. Denying that God created everything is not even the original act of rebellion.

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In present day, it seems few who believe in his existence would separate it from his act of creation.

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Everybody sees God as the creator God. If they believe in God, the real God, the true God.

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More, many more rebel against him like the devil, knowing God exists and created.

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They believe, yeah, he's there and I believe he created everything.

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But they question God's goodness. So they go their own way, do their own thing, go after what they want outside God's moral law.

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That's all it takes to be eternally bound to hell. But of course, it is also to be utterly and completely wrong.

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If Jesus were to come again, when he comes again and he asks people to come with him, if you don't believe that God is good,

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if you don't believe that what he has in store for you is good, why would you go? Why would you get in a van with an axe murderer?

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Why would you chase after a rabid dog that might bite you?

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No, if you don't believe that God is good, then it makes perfect sense that you're not following him.

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But if you do believe and understand that God is good, then you know that you should follow him every moment of every day.

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And when he comes, be ready to go with him where he will take you to the place that he has prepared for you.

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God spoke and it was done. He commanded and it stood fast. Our God is good.

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I know you might be going through some difficulties, but know that God loves you and he's going to work it out for your good in the end.

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Love him and be called according to your purpose and you can claim that promise from Romans 8.

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God bless you as you endure whatever it is that you're going through today, hopefully encouraged. Amen.