God’s Promises to me

That God examine Humility

Matthew 23:12  

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Ephesians 4:2  

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

James 4:6  

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud ¶but gives grace to the humble.”

Matthew 18:3-4 

3 And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 

4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

That God blesses Contentment

Psalms 37:7  

7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.

Matthew 6:19-21 

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 

20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

1 Timothy 6:17-18  

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. 

18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.

Anointing in the New Testament

Ephesians 1:17-18

17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 

18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

1 John 2:18-23 

18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many Antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. 

19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.

20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 

21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. 

22 Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the Antichrist—he denies the Father and the Son. 

23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

Romans 12:7 

If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

Ephesians 4:11 

It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

John 16:13 

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

Familiar Verse from the Bible…

Matthew 28:19 

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. And teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

Evidences for the Humanity of Christ

His human genealogy

Romans 1:3 

Regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David,

His human appearance

John 4:9 

The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

His human personality

1. He had a body

Matthew 26:12 

When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

2. He had a soul

Matthew 26:38 

Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”

3. He had a spirit

John 11:33 

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

His human fame

Luke 2:48 

When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”
His human needs

Mark 11:12 

The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.

His human limitations

Mark 13:32 

“No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

His human suffering

Hebrews 5:8 

Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered

Anointing in the New Testament

Charisma

1 John 2:20

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth

1 John 2:27 

As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.

John 4:16-17 

16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17 “I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband.

John 4:26 

Then Jesus declared, “I who speak to you am he.”

1 Corinthians 2:10-16 

10 but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 

11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 

12 We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. 

13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 

14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

15 The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:

16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Familiar Verse from the Bible…

John 14:6 

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Common Testimonies of the Redeemed

Psalms 40:-1-3 

1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.

2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

John 3:20-21

20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 

21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.”

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Truth is seen in what it does and whom it seeks. Let's live as children of light and seek after the Father who dwells in inapproachable and glorious light so we might be the light of the world.

Faith Quotes

Martin Luther – “Faith is a living and unshakable confidence, a belief in the grace of God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.”

Martin Luther – “Peace if possible, truth at all costs.”

Unknown – Don’t believe in miracles, rely on them!

Daily Thoughts

. When you’re weary in life’s struggles, find your rest in the Lord.

. If we take care of our character, our reputation will take care of itself!

. If we depend on Christ for everything, we can endure anything.

. Christ, the Rock, is our sure hope.

. Do my choices bring glory to God or draw attention to me?

. God can use you at any age--if you are willing.

. It’s what’s in the heart that matters.

. A small step of obedience is a giant step to blessing.

Anointing in the New Testament

Aleipho

Mark 6:13 

They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

Luke 7:38 

and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.

Luke 7:46 

You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet.

James 5:14 

Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 

16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice 
of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 

17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 

18 Therefore encourage each other with these words.

Chrio

Luke 4:18 

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,

Acts 10:38 

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

2 Corinthians 1:21 

Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us,

Hebrews 1:9 

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.”

Familiar Verse from the Bible…

John 14:6 

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Areas of His Lordship

~ The earth is the Lord’s

Psalms 24:1 

The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;

~ The heaven belong to the Lord

Psalms 115:6 

They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but they cannot smell;

~ The dominion belongs 

Psalms 22:28 

For dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.

~ The Lord’s Day

Revelation 1:10 

On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
~ We belong to the Lord

Matthew 22:43-44 

43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,

44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”’

Fear 

Deuteronomy 6:13 

Fear the LORD your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.

Deuteronomy 6:24  

The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.

Deuteronomy 8:6  

Observe the commands of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and revering him.

Lessons from a Life Well Lived

Paul struggled as believers often do. But he kept the faith, and you can, too. Fight the good fight, friend. Battle your enemies by choosing to trust, obey, and rely upon the Lord. You will bring honor to Him and store up treasures in heaven for yourself.

The book of MATTHEW -6

What we can learn from the book of Matthew from its 28 chapters?

24

Jesus teaches about God’s coming kingdom

The temple will be destroyed

Warning about trouble

The horrible thing

When the Son of Man appears

A lesson from a fig tree

No one knows the day or time

Faithful and unfaithful servants

25

A story about ten girls

A story about three servants

The final judgment

26

Jesus dies and is raised to life to fulfill God’s plan:

The plot to kill Jesus

At Bethany

Judas and the chief priests

Jesus eats the Passover meal with His disciples

The Lord’s Supper

Peter’s promise

Jesus prays

Jesus is arrested


Jesus is questioned by the council
Peter says he doesn’t know Jesus

27

Jesus is taken to Pilate

The death of Judas

Pilate questions Jesus

The death sentence

Soldiers make fun of Jesus

Jesus is nailed to a Cross

The death of Jesus

Jesus is buried

28 - Last chapter of the book.

Jesus is alive

Report of the guard

What Jesus’ followers must do?