The Sovereignty of God in Our Daily Lives

David R. Rosen

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Our journey within this book is to gaze upon Christ. In love, with adoration, and with praise, blessing Him for who He is, for us to see and seek His glory through His tender words writing to the history, present, and future of His eternal reign and glory. And to know He is Sovereign!

You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.

-Psalms 139:3-5





The sovereignty of God. Actively working. Every day. In every way. And He is actively working in you - you who believe in Jesus!



The Gospel of Christ, seeing God’s sovereignty within salvation and now also within our lives, this study should help you see the glory of Christ in your daily walk of faith. Salvation is not a one-time event, and I challenge conventional wisdom -- it is not solely because of your or my efforts. For it is a gift of grace through faith given by God. For beneath our faith in Jesus is God’s active working within our hearts. Now with the Holy Spirit living within us, He works daily in us to the council of His will toward, in, and through us - giving us His grace, wisdom, and comfort each day.



This book, with the Bible in hand, highlights scriptures - with my comments as a flashlight - to showcase the glory of God and to help reveal to believers and seekers alike the high value of Jesus!

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Christian Living
• Inspirational
• Philosophie et théologie
• Heart of Stone
• Jesús de Nazaret
• Sanctified
• Holiness
• God
• King of Kings
• Jesus
• Righteousness
• Justify
• Sovereignty
• Holy Spirit
• Faith
• Savior
• Redeemer
• Father
• Glory
• Mighty
• Justified
• Lord
• Vertu
• Jésus de Nazareth

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 30 janvier 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781664290525
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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The Sovereignty of God in Our Daily Lives
 
 
REVISED EDITION
 
 
 
 
 
 
David R. Rosen
 
 
 
 

 
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WestBow Press rev. date: 01/30/2023
EIGHT LIFE VERSES
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
-Proverbs 16:9
Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”
-Jeremiah 1:12
The Lord of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.”
-Isaiah 14:24
I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.
-Isaiah 43:6-7
For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
-Philippians 2:13
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
-Ephesians 2:8-10
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might.
-Ephesians 1:17-19
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
-1 Corinthians 10:31
 
Father, I praise You! For who You are. For Your will be done, and for the glory You deserve. For Your name is above all names and is to be highly exalted! May You be glorified in our studies, and that You would open our hearts to the truth of Your word. In Jesus’s name, I ask, amen.
Contents
Preface
To God the Father
To God the Son - Jesus Christ.
To God the Spirit, the Giver of Life.
To the physical.
To the spiritual.
He is our comforter and witness of truth.
He is our teacher.
He is our surety.
He is power and hope.
Who facilitates God’s love into our hearts.
And He is our wisdom.
Disciples, Apostles, and Pharisees.
Without God’s Enablement, Scriptures Are Just Words.
The Wisdom of God, the Wisdom from God.
For Salvation Is of The Lord.
God’s Perspective--A Treasure to Hold.
The Purpose of This Study
My Purpose in Writing.
Acknowledgments
To My Lord and Savior.
To My Wife and Family, for Whom The Lord Has Blessed Me
To Those for Whom I Sat Under Throughout My Life That God Used to Teach Me His Word and to Instruct Me in Application
Pastors, Teachers, and Friends
About the Word of God.
About love.
About grace.
About sound doctrine.
To Those Who Have Helped Me Pull This Book Together in Edits, Grammar, Content, and Theological Validation.
For the First Edition.
For the Revised Edition.
Introduction
Finding Rest in the Glory and Sovereignty of Our Lord.
God’s glory!
My pre-testimony.
The call to believe.
There is nothing to hold you back, for if you…
Tribute
My Testimony
The Sovereignty of God in Our Daily Lives through the Field of Scripture.
Ascribe to the LORD Glory.
The Last Days.
Chapter 1 God Messes with “Our Hearts.”
“The Building Is on Fire” Analogy.
Chapter 2 Does God Then Work within the Hearts of All Men?
Abraham and Abimelech.
King Cyrus.
Pontius Pilate.
And Then There Is Pharaoh.
God Gives Words and Wisdom to a Donkey!
Chapter 3 The Mild Tension to Understand the Differences Between God’s Will and His Desires.
Doesn’t God Put the Desire to Believe into All People?
Adding Another Dimension to the “Building Is on Fire” Analogy.
Why Prayer Is So Important!
Ransom for All vs. for the Many.
My Will and My Desire for My Children Compared.
Chapter 4 Free Will = Willing Choices?
A.W. Pink God’s Sovereignty and the Human Will.
Either Slave to Sin or Slave to Righteousness - John 8:34 | Romans 6:17
Rabbit trail #1.
Choice Making.
Order of Salvation: Does Believing First Make You “Born Again” or Does Being Born Again Precede Believing?
God miraculously spiritually births a believer to the wisdom of God in salvation.
Does God Limit Himself to Man Choosing Him First?
But Some May Ask, ‘‘What About Resisting the Holy Spirit?”
A journey back into Romans 9.
But who would believe?
So What Is Fair to Your Standards? - A Parenting Analogy.
Chapter 5 For God, of God, by God, in God, Through God, Because of God, and for the Glory of God, Lest Any Man Would Boast.
God Works within Us for His Glory - God’s Sanctification in Us.
Chapter 6 God Reveals I God Enables.
Open Call - Reveals to Everyone Everywhere.
Private Call - Reveals with Enablement.
Taking a Closer Look to “This Is He Who Came by Water and Blood - Jesus Christ.”
Recapping.
Paul’s Letters to the Churches.
The Lives of Peter, Paul, and Mary.
God’s declared roles of His choice for their lives.
Peter - what about John?
What about Paul?
“Mary, did you know?”
Working Where God Has Placed You.
God Saves, but God Also Hardens.
God also hardens hearts.
To the self-centered, self-consumed.
Last days - the wrath of God to come.
Chapter 7 Prophesy of Jesus‘s Coming - Foreknowledge or Predestined?
Biblical Foreknowledge Defined.
About Jesus‘s Coming, Foreknowledge or Prophecy?
Foreknowledge or Predestination?
He Foreknew, He Predestined, He Conformed, He Called, He Justified, and He Glorified Us - Those Who Love God.
Chapter 8 The Glory of God, the Glory of Jesus Christ - Righteousness, Holiness, Wisdom, and Grace.
Chapter 9 The Power of Prayer.
Jesus Prayed.
Sidebar: My grandmother.
Chapter 10 Praise, Glory, and Honor in God’s Sovereignty Gives Comfort, Peace, Grace, Love, and Joy.
Chapter 11 Enduring the Storms of Life.
Faith.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
God-Breathed Faith.
The Always Filled Water Glass.
Not Everyone Accesses Faith the Same From Day One.
When Life Hurts.
Rabbit Trail #3:
Faith Walking.
To the Obedience of Faith.
Chapter 12 Birds Fly, Flowers Will Bloom - What, Me Worry?
And Now a Word about Fear.
Chapter 13 The Sovereignty of God in Our Daily Lives.
Closing encouragement, understandings, and application.
Walking Faith.
Good works that God has prepared
In our birth and in our death.
God’s Working in the World Around Us.
And what about “acts of God?”
Calamities too?
How We Should Interact With God’s Enablement.
Pressure relief value
God knows us, even our thoughts and our prayers
To the order of life we live.
Chapter 14 The Body of Christ as the Church.
The Body of Christ and Individual Members.
God has appointed
Worship, Pray, Give, Teach, Preach, and Fellowship.
And the Lord‘s Supper, Baptisms.
Church Leadership.
Church Divisions and Church Discipline.
Chapter 15 The Church: The Holy Spirit – Gifts.
A Walk through 1 Corinthians 12.
Different water glass analogy.
Chapter 16 The Gifts of the Spirit Transforming Into the Fruits of the Spirit
Is Love, Then, Both a Gift and a Fruit of the Spirit?
Chapter 17 Afterthoughts
The Days in Which I live.
COVID-19 2020.
Shut ‘er down!
Even Our Churches.
What happens next?
So what does one do?
Be encouraged! Be prepared and get ready!
To Tell the Truth.
“Fake news,” biases, and lies.
Are Things, All Events, All within the Will of God?
All things created.
By Him and for Him
The Topics I Did Not Cover in Detail.
The many wills of God.
Knowing the will of God.
The origin of sin.
The wheat and the tares.
Calvinism vs. Arminianism.
What I Want to See Someday.
Chapter 18 Come, Lord Jes