RECESSION PROOF

IN HIS SERMON TITLED .." WHAT IS THE RECESSION FOR ? PASTOR JOHN PIPER SUGGESTS THAT WHEN THE ECONOMY PLUMMETTS , GOD HAS HIS OWN PURPOSES . A COUPLE OF THE RESONS MIGHT BE :.....................TO RELOCATED THE ROOTS OF OUR JOY IN HIS GRACE RATHER THAN IN OUR GOODS , IN HIS MERCY RATHER THAN IN OUR MONEY , IN HIS WORTH RATHER THAN IN OUR WEALTH.............................. ALSO TO BRING ( HIS SO CALLED CHURCH ) TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF COMPASSION FOR ITS HURTING MEMBERS AND TO THE WORLD AT LARGE..... TOO GROW IN THE GIFT OF LOVE........ WHAT DOES GOD WANT TO TEACH US IN DIFFICULT TIMES ? THAT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH HIM ( LUKE 1:37 ) ... THAT HE WHO OWNS ' THE CATTLE ON A THOUSAND HILL ( PS 50 : 10 ) IS NOT LIMITED BY AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN . THAT GOD HASN'T PLACED A MORATORIUM ON THE GREAT COMMISSION NOR ABANDONED US ( MATT. 28 : 20) LET US NOT PUT OUR HOPES ON WORDLY PROSPERITY , BUT ON THE ONE WHO OWNS IT ALL ..!!!! CINDY HESS KASPER