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When I was writting, I remembered a song by Louis Armstrong " Nobody knows the trouble I've seen!"
NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN
NOBODY KNOWS BUT JESUS
NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN
GLORY, HALLELUJAH
SOMETIMES I'M UP
AND SOMETIMES I'M DOWN
YES, LORD, YOU KNOW SOMETIMES I'M ALMOST TO THE GROUND
OH , YES,, LORD, STILL
IF YOU GET THERE BEFORE I DO
OH, YES, LORD, DON'T FORGET TO
TELL ALL MY FRIENDS I'M COMING TO
OH, YES, LORD, STILL
ALTHOUGH YOU SEE ME
GOING 'ON SO, OH YES
I HAVE MY TRIALS HERE BELOW
OH, YES, LORD! ( www.rhapsody.com)
This is the reality in our lives, because the trouble we face in everyday life: sometimes we're up, sometimes we're down, Nobody knows, but Jesus knows better than anyone!
" Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts." Psalms 139:23(NLT)
1) JESUS KNOWS OUR PAST
" You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed." Psalms 139: 13-16
" This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! " 2 Co 5:17( NLT)
" But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy , now you have received God’s mercy." 1 Pe 2:9-10(NLT)
2) JESUS KNOWS OUR PRESENT
"My dear son, be strong through the grace that God gives you in Christ Jesus. You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others. Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus......Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.....But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his, and “All who belong to the Lord must turn away from evil.” 2 Timothy 2: 1-3 , 15, 19 (NLT)
" For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you,” says the Lord. “I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.” Jer 29:11-14 (NLT)
3) JESUS KNOWS OUR FUTURE
"But if you remain faithful even when facing death, I will give you the crown of life." Rev2:10b(NLT)
" Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. Whoever is victorious will not be harmed by the second death." Rev 2:11 (NLT)
" Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. To everyone who is victorious I will give some of the manna that has been hidden away in heaven. And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one understands except the one who receives it." Rev 2:17 ( NLT)
"All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.......All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write on them the name of my God, and they will be citizens in the city of my God—the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And I will also write on them my new name......Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne. " Rev 3: 5, 12, 21 ( NLT)
" Who is born once, die twice; who is born twice, die once!"
Who is the triumphant church? These are:
" And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb , and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die." Rev 12:11 (NLT)
a) they won by the blood of the Lamb.
b) They won by the word of their testimony.
c) They won because their Love to Christ and not themselves.
Pra. Eni A.S.Cruz Devidé
