James 1:2-4
"Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing."
Deut 31:6-8
"So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. he will neither fail you nor abandon you."
Psalm 91:9-10
"Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling."
Isaiah 54:17
"No weapon formed against you shall prosper. You will silence every voice raised up to accuse you. These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the Lord; their vindication will comfe from me. I, the Lord, have spoken!"
Isaiah 43:2
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flames scorch you."
Psalm 91:4-7
"He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler (protection). You shall not be afraid of the terror at night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you."
Friday, November 23, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Enlightening Scriptures today
Jeremiah 10:23
"I know, Oh Lord, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps."
Hebrews 10:36
"You need to preservere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised."
"I know, Oh Lord, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps."
Hebrews 10:36
"You need to preservere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised."
Saturday, November 17, 2007
More confirmations
Praise God!!! He's an awesome and mighty God, who helps confirm us in our weakness of mind! More scripture was sent to me today as a confirmation!!!
Genesis 12:1-3
"The Lord had said to Abram, leave your country, your people, and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed thru you."
Genesis 12:1-3
"The Lord had said to Abram, leave your country, your people, and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed thru you."
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Choices
From "The Handbook of Bible Application"
CHOICES
Matthew 9:9-13 (reference scriptures)
"We can remember that right choices are sometimes difficult" When Jesus called Matthew to be one of his disciples, Matthew got up and followed leaving behind a lucrative career. When God calls you to follow or obey Him, do you do it with as much abandon as Matthew? Sometimes the decision to follow Christ requires difficult or painful choices. Like Matthew, we must decide to leave behind those things that would keep us from following Christ."
CHOICES
Matthew 9:9-13 (reference scriptures)
"We can remember that right choices are sometimes difficult" When Jesus called Matthew to be one of his disciples, Matthew got up and followed leaving behind a lucrative career. When God calls you to follow or obey Him, do you do it with as much abandon as Matthew? Sometimes the decision to follow Christ requires difficult or painful choices. Like Matthew, we must decide to leave behind those things that would keep us from following Christ."
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
When God asks you to do something difficult
11/13/07
I am called to obey God, no matter how much it hurts or how much it costs.
When trying to figure out a difficult situation and what God was truly calling me to do, I sought counsel from God warriors, however I was still getting conflicting messages. I knew I would have to seek God directly. A phrase kept coming to my mind while I waas praying about this..."If you fail to carry out my command, I will send upon you a wasting disease." So I went online and did a search on that phrase to find where it was in scripture...here it was!...
Leviticus 26:14-17
"But if you will not listen to Me and carry out all these commands, and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant, then I will do this to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting diseases, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain away your life; you will plant your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you."
God also gave me more confirmations thru scriptures, and thru the preaching of His Word.
James 2:17
"In the same waay faith, by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead."
Mark 9:5
"Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make 3 tabernacles, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
Peter is speaking of being on the mountaintop with Jesus and His Glory came down upon them. It was so glorious up there on the moutnaintop, that Peter never wanted to leave God's prescence or go back down to what was in the world, he wanted to sit and bask in that forever and ever, however we are not called to stay on the mountaintop...
From the notes on the sermon:
A. The temptation is to stay in the glory and forget the people waiting below (in the valley)
1. As soon as Jesus got into the valley from the mountaintop experience, there was a father needing prayer and healing for his son.
2. The disciples who did not go up on the mountain could not do anything for the father, or his son.
3. This world needs us to come down out of powerful worship and minister to those in the world (those who are in the valley and have never experienced the glory on the mountaintop)
If we keep ourselves only up on the mountaintop and away from the valley, we could miss out on blessing someone who is in desperate need of help.
Sometimes God calls us out of our comfort zones, our "mountaintops" so that He can bless us even more, by being a blessing to others.
I am called to obey God, no matter how much it hurts or how much it costs.
When trying to figure out a difficult situation and what God was truly calling me to do, I sought counsel from God warriors, however I was still getting conflicting messages. I knew I would have to seek God directly. A phrase kept coming to my mind while I waas praying about this..."If you fail to carry out my command, I will send upon you a wasting disease." So I went online and did a search on that phrase to find where it was in scripture...here it was!...
Leviticus 26:14-17
"But if you will not listen to Me and carry out all these commands, and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant, then I will do this to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting diseases, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain away your life; you will plant your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you."
God also gave me more confirmations thru scriptures, and thru the preaching of His Word.
James 2:17
"In the same waay faith, by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead."
Mark 9:5
"Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make 3 tabernacles, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
Peter is speaking of being on the mountaintop with Jesus and His Glory came down upon them. It was so glorious up there on the moutnaintop, that Peter never wanted to leave God's prescence or go back down to what was in the world, he wanted to sit and bask in that forever and ever, however we are not called to stay on the mountaintop...
From the notes on the sermon:
A. The temptation is to stay in the glory and forget the people waiting below (in the valley)
1. As soon as Jesus got into the valley from the mountaintop experience, there was a father needing prayer and healing for his son.
2. The disciples who did not go up on the mountain could not do anything for the father, or his son.
3. This world needs us to come down out of powerful worship and minister to those in the world (those who are in the valley and have never experienced the glory on the mountaintop)
If we keep ourselves only up on the mountaintop and away from the valley, we could miss out on blessing someone who is in desperate need of help.
Sometimes God calls us out of our comfort zones, our "mountaintops" so that He can bless us even more, by being a blessing to others.
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