We must have some serious separation issues, or we just feel lonely often.
I am checking and hope to deeply investigate the claim that there are over 100 verses quoting God’s promise to never leave us.
We receive it in the Bible directly from God’s words or from the evidence or testimony of those of faith.
I’m not sure if this number is correct, but i know these words are repeated often. When something is repeated over and over again, there is great value to those words.
Praying to God should not be complicated.
Right?
God loves to hear our voices as we call on Him.
Keeping things simple yet relevant is important. We don’t have to make a fuss.
Ask and it shall be given unto you.
Easy.
For example, if you were on board a sinking ship and you need help. You scream…”Help.” There is no time to beat around the bush.
So, when you come to God in prayer, just tell him what you are in need of, and He promises to answer.
Isaiah 41 verse 10
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea I will help thee…
He will always be there to hear whatever you have to say.
I call Him Jehovah Rapha; the Lord my healer.
My relationship with God began before I was born. He knew me. I was not an afterthought. None of us are afterthought in God’s mind.
Going back to the blog entry before.
God was not alone in the beginning. He took counsel and said, “Let us make man.”
In the Old Testament book of Genesis chapter 1 verse 26, Jehovah is called Elohim, meaning God. There is more it in the Hebrew language wbut simply put here, it is a plural noun followed by a plural verb.
Some say he took counsel with his angels.
Really???
Let me get this straight:
The Creator needed to tell his other creatures who were his ministers doing his will, what he planned as if asking permission?
If you believe that, then you bring God down to your level.
He is the almighty
The One who formed the world’s at his our will. Who planted the stars in the heavens, who made all creatures great and small. At his will, everything subsist.
Again, think about who we serve.
Ask, and it shall be given you, seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Matt 7 verse 7
We can approach the throne of grace with all boldness.
We can call on the name of the Lord.
We can come before God and ask anything in the name of his son, Jesus Christ, and it will be given unto us.
Psalm 37 verses 1 to 5
Don’t worry about people who are not for you. People who pull you down. Those who discredit you. People who speak badly about you. Maybe at work there is a co-worker who is getting everything: the promotion, more money, the accolades. You do the same job, and yet no one notices you, but management gives that coworker the upper hand.
Maybe a friend is getting married and then another and another and you look around and there is no one for you.
Maybe a relative is just so ungrateful after you helped them financially, and they don’t remember your good deeds. Now, look at you with all those bills plying up, and you have no way out.
Don’t worry.
Let all of these people do what they do, but you stay close to the Lord and enjoy His word.
Those people will not last with their joy because it is only for a short time.
You will be rewarded. The Lord will bless you in His time.
Stay strong in the Lord and the power of His might.
Ask BIG, and don’t be afraid.
You don’t have what you desire because you don’t ask him. He gives us everything because he is our source of blessing, so ask. And when you ask, do it in detail. Every little thing awakes his ear. He loves to know you can trust him, and you believe he can do whatever you ask for. He is faithful.
Jesus said, ” Ask and it shall be given unto you. Everyone who asks receives.”
That person who comes to him he will not cast away or cast aside. He loves freely and fully. Ask and approach him with all reverence and boldness, knowing he will reward you.
With God, all things are possible.
(Adapted from James 4 verse 2 and Matthew 7 verse 7 and 8.), Matthew 19 verse 26.)
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People may voice their disapproval with you when you walk in faith with the Lord.
Don’t worry about them.
Keep believing in the Lord and trust him where you can not trace Him.
He will keep you safe and be your salvation forever.
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Isaiah 51: 7
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His ways are not our ways.
Rest assured God is in control.
His thoughts are not our thoughts.
The finite can never understand the infinite .
He can do anything beyond whatever we think or ask.
He is God.
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When you have confidence in the Lord your strength is renewed, boldness is acquired, and words open doors.
The Lord is a light for your feet, and a guide for your path.
In the Lord you can trust.
In the Lord you can find rest.
In the Lord there is peace.
With the Lord there is power, and there is safety.
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, be not ye afraid of them remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your house. Nehemiah 4 verse 14.
Ye shall not fear them; for the Lord your God he shall fight for you. Deuteronomy 3:22
We have confidence in God knowing He defends us and fights all our battles.
He is worthy to be praised.
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