Sunday, 24 January 2010

24th January 2010

Promises of God
Today we looked at promises of God and how we see God's faithfulness in our lives. If you want to hear some amazing testimonies then please listen to the podcast for today and hear Gill, Rachel & Karl as they share. The link to the podcast is listed above.
BELIEF
" I have come into the world as light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." John 12:46
" Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12
COMFORT
" God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble." Psalm 46:1
" I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart ! I have overcome the world ! " John 16:33
" Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matt. 11:28
COURAGE
" He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak " Isaiah 40:29
" Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine" Isaiah 43:1
ETERNAL LIFE
" I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life." John 6:47
" Jesus said: 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies'....." John 11:25
FAITH
"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" Heb.11:1
"We live by faith, not by sight" 2 Cor. 5:7
FAITHFULNESS
"Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands." Deut.7:9
"Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be moved, yet my unfailing love
for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed." Isaiah 54:10
GUIDANCE
" I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you." Psalm 32:8
" I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them, I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them." Isaiah 42:16
JOY
" I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy maybe complete" John 15:11
"...but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy." John 16:22
LOVE
" I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness." Jeremiah 31:3
" I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me." Proverbs 8:17
"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him." 1 Cor. 2:9
PEACE
" Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you. I do not give as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27
" And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Phil. 4:7
PRAYER
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Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you." Jeremiah 29:12
" This is the assurance we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us." 1 John 5:14
PROTECTION
"The Lord will keep you from all harm--he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore." Psalm 121:7, 8
" When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze." Isaiah 43:1,2

SALVATION
" But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Saviour. " Titus 3:4-6
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Cor 5:17
WISDOM
"For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding." Proverbs 2:5".....He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths...." Isaiah 2:3
Please watch this clip from "Pay it forward." When you think you can't change your world just remember it is not in our own strength but in the power of The Holy Spirit and also that most of us don't get to see God change the whole world but just the little bit around us.

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