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From a Distance
Our Text today: Psalms 10:1-14 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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"FROM A DISTANCE" (Written by Julie Gold, performed by Bette Midler) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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It has been a short 17 yrs since this song was popularized by Bette Miller. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Let’s Compare the lyrics with the current situation in the Mid-east  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Why does God seem distant from us?  ,[object Object],[object Object]
Exodus 20:18-21 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
More often we stay away because we want to go our own way. ,[object Object],[object Object]
God cannot be close if we push him away. ,[object Object],[object Object]
David Henderson writes  this article ,[object Object],[object Object]
Recipe for Failure!: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Sometimes God seems distant because we are distressed.  ,[object Object],[object Object]
Some Passages from the Psalms ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Other times God seems distant because he really is.  ,[object Object],[object Object]
God can even be far from "religious" people, whether they  sense it or not. ,[object Object],[object Object]
It can help to humbly recognize this before God:  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
God the Father was even distant from his Son, Jesus.  ,[object Object],[object Object]
Distance can give us a different perspective on things.  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Other problems we have will never be solved in this life. ,[object Object],[object Object]
The "Heros of Faith" in Hebrews 11 had this "far-sighted“ perspective. ,[object Object],[object Object]
This life is not meant to be Heaven… ,[object Object],[object Object]
"God is watching from a distance." ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Bible clearly teaches that God can be close to us. ,[object Object],[object Object]
Sometimes he even draws near when we don't seek him, because he loves us so much. ,[object Object],[object Object]
How close does God seem to you? ,[object Object],[object Object]

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