READ: Isaiah 7:1-2 CHALLENGE: Stand Strong in Faith A.FACE YOUR PROBLEMS BRAVELY Vv1-2 - When Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it. 2 Now the house of David was told, “Aram has allied itself with[a] Ephraim”; B.KEEP CALM Vv3-4 - Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub,[b] to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field. 4 Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood—because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah. 1.Be Careful 2 Chronicles 28:20-21 - Tiglath-Pileser[c] king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help. 21 Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him. 2.Keep Calm 2 Peter 2:23 - When they hurled their insults at him,. 3.Don’t Be Afraid Isaiah 40:29 - He gives strength to the wearyand increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary,. 4.Don’t Lose Heart C. FACE FEARS WITH FAITH Vv6-8 - Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have plotted your ruin, saying, 6 “Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.” Within sixty-five years. 1.Don’t Fear What People Are Saying People say a lot of things and they may want to trip you up. But God is sovereign. I love God saying “It will not take place, it will not happen”. People say a lot of things, what does God say? · People might say you’re not beautiful enough, God says you’re wonderfully and fearfully made! · People might say you’re not good – God says you’re forgiven! · People might say give up but God says, don’t grow weary in well doing! · People might say you’re SO LOST, Jesus says, Follow Me · Some might say you have no future and you’ll never succeed! God says, “I know the plans I have for you”! 2.Stand in Faith V9 - The head of Ephraim is Samaria,and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son. If you do not stand firm in your faith,.’” Isaiah 7:14 - Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign:will conceive and give birth to a son,will call him Immanuel.