9-3-23
God in the Valley
Psalms 23:1-4
I. Introduction
a. Kumustahay
b. Review last Sunday
c. God is the God of mountain tops and valley low
i. God is with you
1. The most comforting promises
2. Dali kau ta mo too nga ubn nato ang Ginoo kung ang atong life ok
kay
a. Promotion, maung lawas, dghan tag kwarta
3. But difficult to claim kung naa ta sa difficult time
ii. Valley
1. Metaphor sa mga difficult time in life
2. We are experiencing bad times
3. Trouble, sadness, depreciation, disappointment etc
4. Its necessary, God did not promise nga mountain top always
a. Naay times nga lunog pero dili lubog, numagsak pero d
wasak
b. David- valley of Ella
i. D xa ma recognize nga ubn niya ang Ginoo
ii. David and goliath story
1. Na insult c Goliath
2. David- this day God will deliver u in to my
hands
iii. What you confess in the valley is important
1. Goliath- how big he is
2. David- how Big his God is
3. When you talk defeat,sickness you will
experience it
c. It is very important that wherever we are believed that God
is with us
II. V4- shadow of death
a. Even though I walk
i. Dili if, dili maybe mo agi gyud ta pero d ta mahadlok kay uban nato ang
Ginoo
ii. Valleys are unpredictable
1. Wala naka schedule, walay appointment
2. Will come out of nowhere
3. Unpredictable
iii. When you are in the valley
1. Don’t be afraid because God is with you
2. Even when you are in your darkest valley
a. Picture before- 36 shots, e develop pa sa dark rum- Kodak,
or fuji
b. Dili pwd naa hayag, madaot if ma expose sa hayag
c. God allows you to be in the dark because your are in your
developing stage
i. Kung ma pre mature ka ma daot ka
d. You are not buried you are planted
iv. We are scared but we are prepared
1. John 16:33- Jesus overcome the world
a. Be strong, be confident
b. Though I walk
i. Keep moving
1. Continue until you see the light at the end of the tunnel
ii. Valley are uncertain but There is certainty in Jesus
1. We have confidence
iii. Gusto nato perme mountain tops
1. Overwhelmed na kau ta sa mountain tops
2. Gusto nato e presereve
3. But it is not permanent
a. Albatros bird ( pakita ang picture
i. Can fly for years
ii. Kaya nila matulog while flying
4. Dili ta albatross- mo agi gyd tag valleys
iv. Valleys are important and necessary
1. True life is in the valley
c. Inevitable
i. Part sa sa life
ii. Wala pa gyud book nga gahatag ug how to have a free valley life
iii. Even when- its just a matter of time mo agi naka
1. maski unsa k aka ok karon moa bot gyud ang time dili ta ok
2. maski unsa k aka righteous
a. Psalms 34:19- the Lord rescues you altimes
i. maski naa ka sa circumtances nga d ka ganahan
ii. d man gyud nato malikayan ang valleys, pero d pud
nato ma wala ag presensya sa Ginoo
3. naa man ta s atong valleys
a. valley of dis appointment
b. valley of sickness
c. valleys of financial crisis
III. through the Valley
a. dili ka niya I butang sa valley, ipa agi ka pero maka gawas raka
b. sometimes ato thinking basta naa sa valley spiritual atak na daun
i. ngsakit – maski ng abuser d I to
ii. na late- dugay man d I natug
c. sometimes it is the holy spirit that will lead us through the valley
i. for u to realized that you don’t need to be afraid because God is with you
1. to put your trust sa Ginoo
ii. Jesus was led by the spirit into the wilderness
1. Sometimes the testing in our life is not satan base
a. Gusto na gyud ma Christian ni satan pero perm era ninyo
pasanginlan
2. God has the power to stop the storm, but God chose not to stop the
storm
a. He will allow you to go through the storm for you to know
who God is
d. Valleys are temporary
i. Its not your destination it is your promotion
1. Sickness- healing
2. Lack- abundance
ii. It is not a dead end
iii. When you are in the valley you are between two mountains
1. You think you are in the middle of the problem but in reality you are
between two miracles
2. Jesus feed 5k- go to the other side ( na bagyohan)-
a. U are exactly where you are needed to be, gusto sa ginoo e
test imong faith
3. When you are in the problem, think you are between two miracles
a. The best is yet to come
b. This is not where I live
c. Smell the blessings!
4. It Is not permanent
a. God will use the valey
i. Hos. 2:15- I will make you Achor a door of hope
ii. Your valley is a gateway
IV. Conclusion
a. Kanang Makita nimo ang hayag at the end
b. Naaman- trsut theprocess- God restored iya leporcy
c. Jericho wall- 7 days after the wall fall
d. In the valley there is intimacy
i. He is developing you right now
ii. He is leading you through it
e. Don’t stop! U will see the light at the end
f. Bless are those whose strength is in you
g. He is not a God that will make a way but a God that knows the way
h. Our God is the God of the mountains and the God of the Valley
i. We want a change life but God wants a change heart
1. A change heart will always produce a change life
i. Ahab and Benhadad story
i. Amo na imong mga anak ug asawa
ii. Cge inyo na
iii. Nangayo pa gyud dugang
iv. 1 kings 20:23- God of Valley
1. Atak nato sila in their valley
v. 1 kings 20:28- I am the God of the Valley and I am your God
vi. In the midst of your pain, sickness, lack praise Jesus, beavsue he is with you
