I. HEAVENLY COMFORT PROVIDED
1. "Comfort ye, my people." Isa. 40:1.
2. "The Lord raiseth them that are bowed down." Ps. 146:8.
3. "Fear thou not for I am with thee." Isa. 41:10.
II. HAVE FAITH IN GOD—How?
1. By receiving the kingdom as a little child. Mark 10:15.
2. In simplicity of belief. The wisdom of Christ and not of the world, i Cor. 3: 18-23.
3. In Christ "are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Col. 2:3.
4. "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Rom. 10:17.
5. The truth shall set you free, if you continue in My Word. John 8:31, 32.
6. "Without faith it is impossible to please him." Heb. 11:6.
III. TRUST IN THE LORD
1. "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord." Jer. 17:7.
2. "Turn again to the Lord." Lam. 3:40.
IV. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD
1. "Then will I hear from heaven." (Conditions: humility, prayer, repentance.) 2 Chron. 7:14.
2. "Who then is willing to consecrate his service?" I Chron. 29:5.
3. "All things, . . . believing, ye shall receive." Matt. 21:22.
4. "My God shall supply all your need." Phil. 4:19.
V. OUR HELPFUL JESUS
1. "And this is life eternal." (To know God.) John 17:3.
2. "I pray for them." Verse 9.
3. "Neither pray I for these alone." (Jesus included each of us today.) Verse 20.
4. "Believe also in me." John 14:1.
VI. HOW WE SHOULD LOVE HIM!
1. "Behold, what manner of love." i John3:1
2. "The Lord hath done great things for us." Ps. 126:3.
"By looking constantly to Jesus with the eye of faith, we shall be strengthened. God will make the most precious revelations to His hungering, thirsting people. They will find that Christ is a personal Saviour. As they feed upon His word, they find that it is spirit and life. The word destroys the natural, earthly nature, and imparts a new life in Christ Jesus."—The Desire of Ages, p. 391.
