Our Perspective Spiritual Well-being Second Posting: Spiritual Words of Encouragement
| Second Posting: Spiritual Words of Encouragement |
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| Written by Nancy Vandermeer |
| Tuesday, 09 August 2011 07:26 |
Spiritual Well-being Article for the Week by Pastor Ray Bentley
GP- For some of us the market freefall was anticipated. For some, sadly, it was not. Others have greater concerns for physical and spritiual health for self, family or friends.Thus says the Lord, "Be Still and Know that I am God" may be what we need to take a moment and do right now. We need to focus on the important and not the urgent for a moment. We cannot give away what we do not have ourselves. Sometimes life is tough. The One God is a God of relationships and He yearns for one with you and me. What ever you are dealing with or facing, I want to encourage you this week the way a friend encouraged me with God’s Word: God is sovereign. All authority and all power is His. —Matthew 28:18 Nothing takes Him by surprise. All circumstances are His servants. He knows the end from the beginning. —Psalm 119:91, Isaiah 46:9-10 His word is forever settled in heaven. —Psalm 119:89 Romans 8:28-29 is still in our Bible. He does all things for our good and His glory is to conform us to the likeness of Jesus. There is no circumstance, person, place, or time that the blood of Jesus does not cover. The one who spared not His own Son will freely give us all His best things. —Romans 8:31-32 He promises that He is for us and nothing can separate us from His love. That was settled on the cross. —Romans 8:35-39 God’s loving-kindness never ceases. His compassions and great faithfulness never fail. They are new every morning. —Lamentations 3:22-23 He supplies all our needs by His riches in Christ Jesus.— Philippians 4:19. He knows and cares. The very hairs of our head are numbered. —Matthew 10:30. He promises that He is God of all comfort, Father of mercies. —2 Corinthians 1:3-4 He is able to supply His abundant grace to us in any situation, so that in all things, at all times, we have all of His sufficient grace we need for encouragement and hope. —2 Corinthians 9:8 He is able to show His perfect power in our weakness. —2 Corinthians 12:9-10 We can know with certainty that He is able to guard what we have entrusted to Him. —2 Timothy 1:12 He promises that He is our strength, our shield, our strong tower, our refuge, our hope, our joy, our peace, our everything, our all. —Psalm 18:1-3, Colossians 3:11 He promises to renew our strength as we wait on Him. —Isaiah 40:31. He promises that He never leaves us nor forsakes us. He is with us, a very present help. Hebrews 13:5-6. He never goes back on a promise. Joshua 21:45 He has a heart that tears can touch and invites us to climb up in the Father’s lap and just cry. —Hebrews 4:15, Psalm 56:8 He gives gladness instead of mourning and praise instead of fainting. Weeping endures for a night, but He gives the joy that comes in the morning. —Isaiah 61:3, Psalm 30:5. He is enthroned on the praises of His children. —Psalm 22:3 When we lift Him up continually in a sacrifice of praise, we glorify Him in this situation in the here, and now. —John 12:28           |
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