God’s Verse for God’s people…

Pray for those you want to win:

Isaiah 66:8  

Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.

Philippians 1:4  

In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy

Colossians 1:3  

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

None of you will be lost

Acts 27:11

But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship.

Isaiah 43:1-2

1 But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

2 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.

Psalms 112:7

He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

Job 22:29-30

29 When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast.

30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”

Job 2:4

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life.

Ezra 10:2 

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel.

1 Samuel 30:6

David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

About Guilt

About Guilt

2 Corinthians 5:17  

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

Romans 8:1  

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

Isaiah 43:25  

“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.

About Worry

1 Peter 5:7  

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

John 4:1  

The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John,

Isaiah 26:3-4  

3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.

4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.

About Hope

 Psalms 33:16  

No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength.

Psalms 33:18-20  

18 But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,

19 to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

20 We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

Romans 8:31-33

31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

32  He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.

 Lamentations 3:22-25  

22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.

23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”

25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

Kingdom of Heaven

Matthew 5:3  

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:10  

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 7:21  

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 8:11  

I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14  

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Matthew 25:34  

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

Mark 10:14  

When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Luke 6:20  

Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 12:32  

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.

Luke 13:29  

People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.

Luke 18:16  

But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

James 2:5  

Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?

Man’s search for God.

Man’s Need for of God – What is evident from: 

That there is a time of opportunity to seek God, but this opportunity is limited:

Isaiah 55:6  

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

God will be found by seeking man when God takes first place in his heart:

Jeremiah 29:13  

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Seeking God involves a response in deed as a necessary consequence of a response in heart:

Proverbs 1:23-27 

23 If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.

24 But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,

25 since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,

26 I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—

27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

Refusal to respond to God in time of opportunity may bring a consequent silence of God in time of need:

Proverbs 1:28-30

28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.

29 Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,

30 since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,

God might give to others the opportunity which we reject:

Isaiah 65:1-2

1 “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’

2  All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations—

Promises in Revelation

Blessings by reading

Revelation 1:3  

Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

The tree of life

Revelation 2:7 

He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

Revelation 22:2  

Down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

Escape from hell

Revelation 2:11  

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.

A white stone/A new name

Revelation 2:17  

He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.

Power to rule nations

Revelation 2:26-27  

26 To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—

27 ‘He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery’—just as I have received authority from my Father.

Revelation 3:21  

To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 5:9-10  

9 And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”

Revelation 22:4-5  

4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.

God’s Verse for God’s people…

And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth

Revelation 21:3-4  

3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus

John 17:23  

I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

Seek the will of God

Matthew 7:21  

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

John 4:34  

“My food,” said Jesus “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

John 5:30  

By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

Hebrews 13:20  

May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

2 Timothy 1:8  

So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God,

Acts 13:22  

After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’

1 Samuel 2:35  

I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his house, and he will minister before my anointed one always.

The Book of Isaiah with New Testament Books…Part 10

Feet

Isaiah 52:7  

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

Romans 10:15  

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

Borne sickness

Isaiah 53:4  

Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.

Matthew 8:17  

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

Healed by sickness

Isaiah 53:5  

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

1 Peter 2:24  

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

Gone astray

Isaiah 53:6  

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

1 Peter 2:25

For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Lamb slaughter / Lamb dumb

Isaiah 53:7 

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

Acts 8:32 

The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

A human ministry subject to human fears and discouragements

1 Corinthians 2:3

 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

2 Corinthians 11:3

 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

Philippians 2:12  

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,

2 Timothy 1:15  

You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 4:10  

For Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

2 Timothy 4:16  

At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.

Using the Common

 “When Moses reached out and took hold of the snake, it again became a stick in his hand.” 

Exodus 4:4

Just as Moses’ hand touched the squirmy scales of the snake, it hardened. And Moses lifted up the rod . . . The same rod he would lift up to divide the water and guide two million people through a desert. The rod that would remind Moses that if God can make a stick become a snake, then become a stick again—then perhaps he can do something with stubborn hearts and a stiff-necked people.

Perhaps be he can do something with the common. - Max Lucado

Unchanging

Unchanging

 “Walk out into the daylight sober, dressed up in faith, love, and the hope of salvation.”  I Thessalonians 5:8, the Message

Don’t put your hope into things that change—relationships, money, talents, beauty, even health. Set your sights on the one thing that can never change: trust in your heavenly Father…Max Lucado

Patience

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. ..Mother Teresa

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given…Mother Teresa

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go…Mother Teresa

Thought

Faith unites the soul with Christ as a bride is united with her bridegroom. Everything that they have is held in common, whether good or evil. So the believer can boast of and glory in whatever Christ possesses, as though it were his or her own; and whatever the believer has, Christ claims as his own. Christ is full of grace, life and salvation. The human soul is full of sins, death and damnation. Now let faith come between them. Sins, death and damnation will be Christ’s. And grace, life and salvation will be the believer’s…Martin Luther

From the Bible

You may not know me, but I know everything about you

Psalms 139:1  

O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.

I know when you sit down and when you rise up

Psalms 139:2  

You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.

Prayer Quotations

"It is necessary to iterate and reiterate that prayer, as a mere habit, as a performance gone through by routine or in a professional way, is a dead and rotten thing."  E.M. Bounds

 "Satan trembles when he sees the weakest Christian on his knees."  William Cowper

"If the church wants a better pastor, it only needs to pray for the one it has."

God’s Verse for God’s people…

 I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me

John 8:41-44 

41 You are doing the things your own father does.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.

43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.

44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Put your trust in the Lord

Psalms 4:5

Offer right sacrifices and trust in the LORD.

Many place their trust in the wrong things.

Do not place your trust in weapons.

Ps 20:7

This world is full of people who place their confidence in guided missiles, fighter planes, bombs, automatic rifles, knives and spears.

Matthew 26:52

“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

Revelation 13:9

He, who has an ear, let him hear.

Do not place your trust in riches.

Proverbs 11:28

Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.

Psalms 49:6-9

6 those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?

7 No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him—

8 the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough—

9 that he should live on forever and not see decay.

Maybe you think, "Well that doesn't apply to me. I'm not rich." But even a poor man is placing his trust in riches if he thinks money would solve his problems.

Mark 10:24

The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.