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Copyright © 2011 Carlene Pierce
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DEDICATION
I dedicate this book to my parents,
Clavis & Eleanor Warren.
Thank you for your unconditional love,
support, encouragement and prayers.
CONTENTS
1 David’s Dilemma 7
2 Faith Comes By Hearing 9
3 The Word of God 11
4 My Tongue, The Pen of a Ready
Writer
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5 Asking 21
6 Because Christ Lives In Me 25
7 Because I Am In Christ 35
8 Blood of Jesus 49
9 Fear Not 57
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Holy Spirit
Peace
Strength
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DAVID’S DILEMMA
1 Samuel 30 tells us that David and his men
returned to Ziklag to find their homes burned
and their families taken captive. The
Amalekites were responsible (v.1-4). Facing
the tragedy of losing their homes and families,
David and his men “lifted up their voice and
wept, until they had no more power to weep”
(v.4). “David was greatly distressed because
the people spoke of stoning him, because the
soul of all the people was grieved” (v6).
“But David encouraged himself in the Lord his
God” (v.6)
Who encouraged David?
David encouraged David.
We all experience times in our lives when we
have the opportunity to be discouraged,
depressed, distressed.
Jesus tells us that “in the world ye shall have
tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world.” (John 16:33) “It is
impossible but that offences will come.”
(Luke 17:1)
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Paul tells us “all that will live godly in Christ
Jesus shall suffer persecution.”
(2 Timothy 3:12)
The Bible lets us know that in this world there
will be inevitable struggles for those who
believe in Christ. We may be criticized,
misunderstood or hurt because of what we
believe and how we live. Opportunities will
arise to take offense or to be angry or depressed
or sad or bitter with life, with circumstances,
with other people or even with God.
We can learn from David’s experience. He was initially “greatly distressed,” but then he did what we should all do. He encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
The dictionary defines to encourage as “to
inspire with courage or hope; to spur on”. In
times of discouragement, we can spur ourselves
on with remembrance of God’s promises of His
love and care for us. One way to keep ourselves
inspired with hope and courage is by
acknowledging truths from God’s Word.
When we acknowledge something, we
recognize it as genuine or valid; we admit that
it is real or true.
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FAITH COMES BY HEARING
Faith comes by hearing God’s Word. As we
acknowledge, out loud, truths from God’s
Word, faith comes.
Romans 10:17: “So then faith cometh by
hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Jeremiah 23:28: “... he that hath my word, let
him speak my word faithfully...”
Job 22:28: “Thou shalt also decree a thing,
and it shall be established unto thee: and the
light shall shine upon thy ways.”
Proverbs 18:21: “Death and life are in the
power of the tongue . . .”
Acknowledging, out loud, truths from God’s
Word, is one way we can overcome.
Revelation 12:11b “And they overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of
their testimony;”
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THE WORD OF GOD
The Word of God is pure.
Psalm 12:6: “The words of the LORD are pure
words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth,
purified seven times.”
Psalm 119:140: “Thy word is very pure:
therefore thy servant loveth it.”
The Word of God is right.
Psalm 33:4: “For the word of the LORD is
right; and all his works are done in truth.”
The Word of God creates.
Psalm 33:6: “By the word of the LORD were
the heavens made; and all the host of them by
the breath of his mouth.”
The Word of God heals.
Psalm 107:20: “He sent his word, and healed
them, and delivered them from their
destructions.”
The Word of God is sweet.
Psalm 119:103: “How sweet are thy words
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unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my
mouth!”
The Word of God is a lamp to my feet.
Psalm 119:105: “Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet, and a light unto my path.”
The Word of God is a light to my path.
Psalm 119:105: “Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet, and a light unto my path.
The Word of God is true.
Psalm 119:160: “Thy word is true from the
beginning: and every one of thy righteous
judgments endureth forever”
The Word Of God is health to my flesh.
Proverbs 4:20-23: “My son, attend to my
words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let
them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in
the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto
those that find them, and health to all their
flesh.”
The Word of God does not return void.
Isaiah 55:11: “So shall my word be that goeth
forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto
me void, but it shall accomplish that which I
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please, and it shall prosper in the thing
whereto I sent it.”
The Word of God accomplishes what He
pleases.
Isaiah 55:11
The Word of God prospers in the thing
for which He sent it.
Isaiah 55:11
The Word of God is like fire.
Jeremiah 23:29: “Is not my word like as a
fire? Saith the LORD; and like a hammer that
breaketh the rock in pieces?”
The Word of God is like a hammer.
Jeremiah 23:29
The Word of God is eternal.
Isaiah 40:8: “The grass withereth, the flower
fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand
forever.”
The Word of God is spirit and is life.
John 6:63: “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the
flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak
unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
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Quickeneth: to cause to live, make alive, give
life
The Word of God cleanses.
John 15:3: “Now ye are clean through the
word which I have spoken unto you.”
Ephesians 5:26: “That he might sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing of water by the
word,”
The Word of God sanctifies.
John 17:17: “Sanctify them through thy truth:
thy word is truth.”
1 Timothy 4:4-5: “For every creature of God is
good, and nothing to be refused, if it be
received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified
by the word of God and prayer.”
The Word of God builds me up.
Acts 20:32: “And now, brethren, I commend
you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up, and to give you
an inheritance among all them which are
sanctified.”
The Word of God is living and powerful.
Hebrews 4:12: “For the word of God is quick,
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and powerful, and sharper than any two-
edged sword, piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints
and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.”
The Word of God is sharp.
Hebrews 4:12
The Word of God pierces to the division
of soul and spirit and of the joints and
marrow.
Hebrews 4: 12
The Word of God is a discerner of the
thought and intents of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
The Word of God is good
Hebrews 6:5: “And have tasted the good word
of God, and the powers of the world to come,”
The Word of God is like seed.
1 Peter 1:23: “Being born again, not of
corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the
word of God, which liveth and abideth
forever.”
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Luke 8:11: “Now the parable is this: The seed
is the word of God.”
The Word of God is like a mirror.
James 1:22-25: “But be ye doers of the word,
and not hearers only, deceiving your own
selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a
doer, he is like unto a man beholding his
natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way,
and straightway forgetteth what manner of
man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of
liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a
forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this
man shall be blessed in his deed.”
God’s angels hearken to the voice of His
word.
Psalm 103:20: “Bless the LORD, ye his angels,
that excel in strength, that do his
commandments, hearkening unto the voice of
his word.”
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MY TONGUE, THE PEN OF A READY
WRITER
Psalm 45:1: “My heart is inditing a good
matter: I speak of the things which I have
made touching the king: my tongue is the pen
of a ready writer..”
Indite: To put down in writing; compose and
write
Proverbs 3:1-3: “ 1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:”
These verses state that the tongue is a pen and
the heart is a tablet. When I speak the Word of
God out loud, I am writing it on my own heart.
When I acknowledge a truth in God’s Word in
the first person I am boldly stating that I am
the one that it applies to.
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ASKING
YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION Horatio R. Palmer, 1868
Refrain
Ask the Savior to help you,
Comfort, strengthen and keep you;
He is willing to aid you,
He will carry you through.
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I can ask and it shall be given to me; seek, and I shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to me.
Matthew 7:7-8: “Ask, and it shall be given
you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall
be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh
it shall be opened.”
I am confident that God hears me when
I ask anything according to His will .
And if I know that He hears me,
whatsoever I ask, I know that I have the
petitions that I desired of Him”
1 John 5:14-15: “And this is the confidence that
we have in him, that, if we ask any thing
according to his will, he heareth us: and if we
know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we
know that we have the petitions that we
desired of him.”
All things whatsoever I ask in prayer,
believing, I shall receive.
Matthew 21:22: “And all things, whatsoever
ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall
receive.”
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Whatsoever I shall ask in Jesus’ name, that will He do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 14:13: “And whatsoever ye shall ask in
my name, that will I do, that the Father may
be glorified in the Son.”
If I ask anything in Jesus’ name, He will
do it.
John 14:14: “If ye shall ask any thing in my
name, I will do it.”
If I abide in Jesus Christ, and His words
abide in me, I shall ask what I will, and it
shall done for me.
John 15:7: “If ye abide in me, and my words
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you. “
The Father will give me whatsoever I ask
in Jesus’ name.
John 16:23: “. . . Whatsoever ye shall ask the
Father in my name, he will give it you.
I can ask and receive that my joy may be
full.
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John 16:24b: “. . . ask, and ye shall receive,
that your joy may be full.”
God is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that I ask or think, according to
the power that works in me.
Ephesians 3:20: “Now unto him that is able to
do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask
or think, according to the power that worketh
in us,”
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BECAUSE CHRIST LIVES IN ME
CHRIST LIVETH IN ME Daniel W. Whittle, pub.1891
Once far from God and dead in sin,
No light my heart could see;
But in God’s Word the light I found,
Now Christ liveth in me.
Refrain:
Christ liveth in me,
Christ liveth in me,
Oh! What a salvation this,
That Christ liveth in me.
As rays of light from yonder sun,
The flow’rs of earth set free,
So life and light and love came forth
From Christ living in me.
As lives the flow’r within the seed,
As in the cone the tree,
So, praise the God of truth and grace,
His Spirit dwelleth in me.
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With longing all my heart is filled,
That like Him I may be,
As on the wondrous thought I dwell
That Christ liveth in me.
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I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I
live; yet not I but Christ lives in me: and
the life I now live in the flesh I live by the
faith of the Son of God, who loved me
and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20: “I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth
in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved
me, and gave himself for me.”
Everyone dies because we come from
Adam, even so in Christ I am made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:22: “For as in Adam all die,
even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”
Christ is my life.
Colossians 3:4: “When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with
him in glory.”
I hear Jesus’ word. I believe on Jesus. I
have everlasting life. I am not
condemned for my sins. I have passed
from death into life.
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John 5:24: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that heareth my word, and believeth on him
that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall
not come into condemnation; but is passed
from death unto life.”
John 6:47: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”
I live because Jesus Christ lives.
John 14:19: “Yet a little while, and the world
seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I
live, ye shall live also.
Christ’s life is the source of my light.
John 1:4: “In him was life; and the life was the
light of men.”
It is of the LORD’s mercies that I am not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is His faithfulness.
Lamentations 3: 22-23: “It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. “
I am the salt of the earth.
Matthew 5:13: “Ye are the salt of the earth:
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but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith
shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for
nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden
under foot of men.”
I am the light of the world.
Matthew 5:14: “Ye are the light of the world. A
city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”
I have boldness and access to God with
confidence by faith in Christ.
Ephesians 3:12: “In whom we have boldness
and access with confidence by the faith of him.
Romans 5:2: “By whom also we have access
by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and
rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Hebrews 4:16: “Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
I am being changed into Christ’s image.
2 Corinthians 3:18: “But we all, with open face
beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord,
are changed into the same image from glory
to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord”
Philippians 1:6: “Being confident of this very
thing, that he which hath begun a good work
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in you will perform it until the day of Jesus
Christ:”
According to the riches of God’s glory, I
am strengthened with might by his Spirit
in my inner man.
Ephesians 3:16: “That he would grant you,
according to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened with might by his Spirit in the
inner man;”
Christ dwells in my heart by faith.
Ephesians 3:17a: “That Christ may dwell in
your hearts by faith;”
I am rooted and grounded in love.
Ephesians 3:17b: “That ye, being rooted and
grounded in love,
The love of God is shed abroad in my
heart by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 5:5: “. . . the love of God is shed
abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which
is given unto us.”
God is working in me both to will and to
do His good pleasure.
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Philippians 2:13: “For it is God which worketh
in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure.”
I can do all things through Christ who
strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth me.”
I let the word of Christ dwell in me richly
in all wisdom.
Colossians 3:16a: “Let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom:”
The Lord strengthens and fixes my heart
unblameable in holiness before God my
Father at the coming of my Lord Jesus
Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:13: “To the end he may
stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness
before God, even our Father, at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.”
Stablish: set fast; fix; to strengthen; make firm
The Lord is faithful. He strengthens me
and keeps me from evil.
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2 Thessalonians 3:3: “But the Lord is faithful,
who shall stablish you, and keep you from
evil.”
The Holy Scriptures are able to make me
wise for salvation through faith in Christ
Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:15: “. . . thou hast known the holy
scriptures, which are able to make thee wise
unto salvation through faith which is in Christ
Jesus.”
I am a partaker of His divine nature.
2 Peter 1:4: “Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious promises: that
by these ye might be partakers of the divine
nature, having escaped the corruption that is
in the world through lust.”
If I lack wisdom, I can ask God and He
liberally gives me wisdom and doesn’t
scold me for asking.
James 1:5: “If any of you lack wisdom, let him
ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,
and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”
Upbraid – scold
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Jesus has been made unto me wisdom.
1 Corinthians 1:30: “But of him are ye in
Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us
wisdom and righteousness, and sanctification,
and redemption:"
All that I have comes from God. God is
good and the giver of all good things. He
daily loads me with benefits.
1 Chronicles 29:14: “ . . .For all things come of
thee, and of thine own have we given thee.”
James 1:17: “Every good gift and every perfect
gift is from above, and cometh down from the
Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning. “
Psalm 68:19: “Blessed be the Lord, who daily
loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our
salvation.”
The LORD redeems my life from
destruction; He crowns me with
lovingkindness and tender mercies.
Psalm 103:4: “Who redeemeth thy life from
destruction; who crowneth thee with
lovingkindness and tender mercies;”
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God has given me all things that pertain
to life and godliness. He supplies all my
needs according to His riches in glory by
Christ Jesus.
2 Peter 1:3: “According as his divine power
hath given unto us all things that pertain unto
life and godliness . . . “
Philippians 4:19: “But my God shall supply all
your need according to his riches in glory by
Christ Jesus.”
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BECAUSE I AM IN CHRIST
ALL THINGS IN JESUS Harry Dixon Loes (1915)
Friends all around me are trying to find
What the heart yearns for, by sin undermined;
I have the secret, I know where 'tis found:
Only true pleasures in Jesus abound.
Refrain:
All that I want is in Jesus.
He satisfies, joy He supplies;
Life would be worthless without Him;
All things in Jesus I find.
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Some carry burdens whose weight has for years
Crushed them with sorrow and blinded with
tears.
Yet One stands ready to help them just now,
If they will humbly in penitence bow.
No other name thrills the joy chords within,
And through none else is remission of sin.
He knows the pain of the heart sorely tried.
Both need and want will by Him be supplied.
Jesus is all this poor world needs today.
Blindly they strive, for sin darkens their way.
O to draw back the grim curtains of night,
One glimpse of Jesus and all will be bright
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I am born again of incorruptible seed by
the Word of God, which liveth and
abideth forever.
1 Peter 1:23: “Being born again, not of
corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the
word of God, which liveth and abideth
forever.”
My sins are forgiven.
1 John 2:12: “I write unto you, little children,
because your sins are forgiven you for his
name's sake.”
God has removed my transgressions
from me as far as the east is from the
west.
Psalm 103:12: “As far as the east is from the
west, so far hath he removed our
transgressions from us.”
I am justified freely by God’s grace
through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus:
Romans 3:24: “Being justified freely by his
grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus:”
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Justified - To declare free of blame; to declare
innocent or guiltless; “just as if I never sinned”
I am in Christ Jesus. I am not
condemned.
Romans 8:1: “There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ
Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after
the Spirit.”
I believe on Jesus. If I continue in His
word, the truth I know shall make me
free.
John 8:31-32: “Then said Jesus to those Jews
which believed on him, If ye continue in my
word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye
shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free.”
The law of the Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus has made me free from the law of
sin and death.
Romans 8:2: “For the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the
law of sin and death.”
In all things I am more than a conqueror
through Christ who loved me.
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Romans 8:37: “Nay, in all these things we are
more than conquerors through him that loved
us.”
Nothing shall be able to separate me
from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus my Lord.
Romans 8:38-39: “For I am persuaded, that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor
any other creature, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus
our Lord.”
God establishes me in Christ and has
anointed me.
2 Corinthians 1:21: “Now he which stablisheth
us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is
God;”
My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 6:19: “What? know ye not that
your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost
which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye
are not your own?”
I always triumph in Christ.
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2 Corinthians 2:14: “Now thanks be unto God,
which always causeth us to triumph in Christ,
and maketh manifest the savour of his
knowledge by us in every place.”
I am a new creation in Christ; my dead,
sinful spirit is passed away; my spirit is
all new.
2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore if any man be
in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become
new.”
I am reconciled to God by Christ Jesus.
2 Corinthians 5:18: “And all things are of God,
who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus
Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of
reconciliation;”
God was in Christ, reconciling me to
Himself, no longer counting my sins
(trespasses) against me; and has
committed to me the word of
reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:19: “To wit, that God was in
Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not
imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath
committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”
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I am the righteousness of God in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:21: “For he hath made him to
be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might
be made the righteousness of God in him.”
I am blessed with faithful Abraham.
Galatians 3:9: “So then they which be of faith
are blessed with faithful Abraham.”
Deuteronomy 28:1-14: “And it shall come to
pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the
voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to
do all his commandments which I command
thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set
thee on high above all nations of the earth:
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and
overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the
voice of the LORD thy God.
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed
shalt thou be in the field.
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the
fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle,
the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy
sheep.
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and
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blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise
up against thee to be smitten before thy face:
they shall come out against thee one way, and
flee before thee seven ways.
The LORD shall command the blessing upon
thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou
settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee
in the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee.
The LORD shall establish thee an holy people
unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if
thou shalt keep the commandments of the
LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
And all people of the earth shall see that thou
art called by the name of the LORD; and they
shall be afraid of thee.
And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in
goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit
of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in
the land which the LORD sware unto thy
fathers to give thee.
The LORD shall open unto thee his good
treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy
land in his season, and to bless all the work of
thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many
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nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
And the LORD shall make thee the head, and
not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and
thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken
unto the commandments of the LORD thy God,
which I command thee this day, to observe
and to do them:
And thou shalt not go aside from any of the
words which I command thee this day, to the
right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods
to serve them.
Christ redeemed me from the curse of
the law.
Galatians 3:13: “Christ hath redeemed us from
the curse of the law, being made a curse for
us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that
hangeth on a tree:”
I am a child of God by faith in Christ
Jesus.
Galatians 3:26: “For ye are all the children of
God by faith in Christ Jesus.”
God has blessed me with all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
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Ephesians 1:3: “Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us
with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places
in Christ:”
God has chosen me in Christ before the
foundation of the world, that I should be
holy and without blame before Him in
love.
Ephesians 1:4: “According as he hath chosen
us in him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and without blame
before him in love:”
I am accepted in the beloved.
Ephesians 1:6: “To the praise of the glory of
his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted
in the beloved.”
I am sealed with the Holy Spirit of
promise.
Ephesians 1:13: “In whom ye also trusted,
after that ye heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation: in whom also after
that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy
Spirit of promise,”
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But God, who is rich in mercy, because
of His great love with which He loved
me, even when I was dead in trespasses,
made me alive together with Christ (by
grace I have been saved),
Ephesians 2:4-5: “But God, who is rich in
mercy, because of His great love with which
He loved us, even when we were dead in
trespasses, made us alive together with Christ
(by grace you have been saved), “
God raised me up together, and made
me sit together in the heavenly places in
Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He
might show the exceeding riches of His
grace in His kindness toward me in
Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:6-7: “And raised us up together,
and made us sit together in the heavenly
places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come
He might show the exceeding riches of His
grace in His kindness toward us in Christ
Jesus.”
I am God’s workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus for good works
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Ephesians 2:10: “For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto
good works, which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them.”
But now in Christ, I who was once far
from God, have been made near by the
blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:13: “But now in Christ Jesus ye
who sometimes were far off are made nigh by
the blood of Christ.”
I have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:16: “For who hath known the
mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?
but we have the mind of Christ.”
Philippians 2:5: “Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus:”
I press toward the mark for the prize of
the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:14: “I press toward the mark for
the prize of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus.”
I am qualified to share His inheritance.
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Colossians 1:12: “Thanks unto the Father,
which hath made us meet to be partakers of
the inheritance of the saints in light:”
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I am rooted and built up in Christ and
made firm in the faith, abounding with
gratitude.
Colossians 2:7: “Rooted and built up in him,
and stablished in the faith, as ye have been
taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.”
Stablished: made firm
I am complete in Christ.
Colossians 2:10: “And ye are complete in him,
which is the head of all principality and
power:”
My life is hid with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:3: “For ye are dead, and your life
is hid with Christ in God.”
I have purpose. God saved me, and
called me with an holy calling, not
according to my works, but according to
His own purpose and grace, which was
given to me in Christ Jesus before the
world began.
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2 Timothy 1:9: “Who hath saved us, and called
us with an holy calling, not according to our
works, but according to his own purpose and
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus
before the world began,”
I am healed by the stripes of Jesus.
1 Peter 2:24: “Who his own self bare our sins
in his own body on the tree, that we, being
dead to sins, should live unto righteousness:
by whose stripes ye were healed.”
Isaiah 53:5: “But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was
upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
Greater is He that is in me than he that is
in the world.
1 John 4:4: “Ye are of God, little children, and
have overcome them: because greater is he
that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
I am born of God. I overcome the world.
The victory that overcomes the word is
my faith.
1 John 5:4: “For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this is the victory
that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
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BLOOD OF JESUS
PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS
BLOOD OF JESUS
By Miss F. R. Havergal (1836-1879)
Precious, precious blood of Jesus,
Shed on Calvary!
Shed for rebels, shed for sinners,
Shed for me.
Precious, precious blood of Jesus!
All the price is paid;
Perfect pardon now is offered,
Peace is made.
Precious, precious blood of Jesus,
Jesus, God's own Son!
Telling that the work is finished;
All is done.
Though thy sins are red like crimson,
Deep in scarlet glow,
Jesus' precious blood can make them
White as snow.
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Precious blood, whose full atonement
Bringeth us to God!
Precious blood, our song and glory,
Praise and laud!
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Life is in the blood.
Leviticus 17:11a: “For the life of the flesh is in
the blood:”
The Blood of Jesus is the Blood of the
new covenant that was shed for me.
Luke 22:20: “Likewise also the cup after
supper, saying, This cup is the new testament
in my blood, which is shed for you.”
The Blood of Jesus pays for my sins.
Matthew 26:28: “For this is my blood of the
new testament, which is shed for many for the
remission of sins.”
Remission - forgiveness or pardon, of sins
(letting them go as if they had never been
committed)
I have been forgiven of my sins as if they have
never been committed.
I have been bought with a price,
purchased with the precious Blood of
Jesus; therefore, I glorify God in my
body and spirit which are God’s.
Acts 20:28: “...feed the church of God, which
he hath purchased with his own blood.”
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1 Corinthians 6:20, 7:23: “For ye are bought
with a price: therefore glorify God in your
body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”
The Blood of Jesus cleanses me from all
sin.
1 John 1:7: “But if we walk in the light, as he is
in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son
cleanseth us from all sin.”
The blood washes away my sins.
Revelation 1:5: “And from Jesus Christ, who is
the faithful witness, and the first begotten of
the dead, and the prince of the kings of the
earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us
from our sins in his own blood.”
The Blood of Jesus justifies me before a
holy God and saves me from His wrath.
Romans 5:9: “Much more then, being now
justified by his blood, we shall be saved from
wrath through him.”
Justify - to render righteous; to free of the guilt
and penalty attached to grievous sin;
The Blood of Jesus redeems me.
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Ephesians 1:7: “In whom we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace.”
Colossians 1:14: “In whom we have
redemption through his blood, even the
forgiveness of sins:”
Hebrews 9:12: “Neither by the blood of goats
and calves, but by his own blood he entered in
once into the holy place, having obtained
eternal redemption for us.”
I was not redeemed with corruptible
things, as silver and gold, but with the
precious blood of Christ.
1 Peter 1:18-20: “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,”
The Blood of Jesus brought me, a
Gentile, into a relationship with God
that I could not have had before.
Ephesians 2:11-16: ” ... ye being in time past
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Gentiles in the flesh ...without Christ, being
aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and
strangers from the covenants of promise,
having no hope, and without God in the
world: But now in Christ Jesus...are made
nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our
peace, who hath made both one, and hath
broken down the middle wall of partition
between us; Having abolished in his flesh the
enmity, even the law of commandments
contained in ordinances; for to make in
himself of twain one new man, so making
peace; And that he might reconcile both unto
God in one body by the cross, having slain the
enmity thereby.”
The Blood of Jesus brought me peace.
Colossians 1:20: “And, having made peace
through the blood of his cross, by him to
reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say,
whether they be things in earth, or things in
heaven.”
The Blood of Jesus purges my
conscience from dead works to serve the
living God.
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Hebrews 9:14: “How much more shall the
blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without spot to God, purge
your conscience from dead works to serve the
living God?”
My heart is sprinkled from an evil
conscience by the Blood of Jesus.
Hebrews 10:21-22: “And having an high priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
The Blood of Jesus allows me to enter into the holiest place before the throne of God.
Hebrews 10:19: “Having therefore, brethren,
boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood
of Jesus.”
Through the Blood of the everlasting
covenant, God makes me perfect in
every good work to do His will, working
in me that which is pleasing in His sight
through Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 13:20-21: “Now the God of peace, that
brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great shepherd of the sheep, through the
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blood of the everlasting covenant, make you
perfect in every good work to do his will,
working in you that which is well pleasing in
his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be
glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
Through the Blood of Jesus, I have been
delivered from the power of darkness
and have been translated into the
kingdom of his dear Son.
Colossians 1:13: “Who hath delivered us from
the power of darkness, and hath translated us
into the kingdom of his dear Son:”
I overcome the devil by the Blood of
Jesus and the Word of my testimony.
Revelation 12:11: “And they overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of
their testimony; and they loved not their lives
unto the death.”
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FEAR NOT
FEAR NOT, O LITTLE FLOCK
Words: Attributed variously to King Gustavus Adolphus of
Sweden, Jacob Fabricius (1593-1654) or Johann M. Altenburg
(1584-1640); Translated from German to English by Cather-
ine Winkworth, Lyra Germanica, 1855.
Fear not, O little flock, the foe
Who madly seeks your overthrow;
Dread not his rage and power;
What though your courage sometimes faints?
His seeming triumph o'er God's saints
Lasts but a little hour.
Fear not, be strong! your cause belongs
To Him Who can avenge your wrongs;
Leave all to Him, your Lord;
Though hidden yet from mortal eyes,
Salvation shall for you arise;
He girdeth on His sword!
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As true as God's own promise stands,
Not earth nor hell with all their bands
Against us shall prevail;
The Lord shall mock them from His throne;
God is with us; we are His own;
Our victory cannot fail!
Amen, Lord Jesus, grant our prayer!
Great Captain, now thine arm make bare;
Thy church with strength defend;
So shall thy saints and martyrs raise
A joyful chorus to Thy praise,
Through ages without end.
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I will not fear or be discouraged, for the Lord goes before me. He will be with me; He will neither fail me nor forsake me.
Deuteronomy 31:8: “And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed”
Even when I’m walking through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; His rod and staff comfort me.
Psalm 23:4: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me .”
The LORD is my light and my salvation. The LORD is the strength of my life. Whom shall I fear?
Psalm 27:1: “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4: “I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.”
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I do not fear evil tidings; my heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. My heart is established, I shall not be afraid while I wait to see my desire upon my enemies.
Psalm 112:7-8: “He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.”
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear.
Psalm 118:6: “The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?”
Because I listen to the Lord, I shall live in safety and be quiet from fear of evil.
Proverbs 1:33: “But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.”
When I lie down, I shall not be afraid. I shall lie down, my sleep shall be sweet.
Proverbs 3:24: “When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.”
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I shall fear not or be dismayed. For the Lord is with me. He will strengthen me and the Lord will help me. He will hold me up with His right hand of righteousness.
Isaiah 41:10: “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; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
The LORD, my God, will hold my right hand, saying to me, Fear not, I will help you.
Isaiah 41:13: “For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.”
I will not fear the reproach of men or be afraid of their verbal abuse. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment; the worm shall devour them like wool. But God’s righteousness shall last forever, His salvation from generation to generation.
Isaiah 51:7-8: “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. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my
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righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.”
Revilings – verbal abuse
I will not fear, for I am greatly loved by God. I shall be at peace, and be strong!
Daniel 10:19: “And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.”
Jesus has given me His peace. I will not let my heart be troubled or afraid.
John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
I have not received a spirit that makes me a slave to fear, but I have received the Spirit of adoption. And by Him, I cry, “Abba, Father!”
Romans 8:15: “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”
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I will be anxious for nothing, but I will pray about everything, with thanksgiving. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7: “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
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HOLY SPIRIT
LET THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDE Edwin F. Parry (1850 - 1935)
Let the Holy Spirit's promptings Be your daily, constant guide; Let its peaceful, heav'nly power Ever in your heart abide. It will lead in duty's pathway, And will never let you stray; It will keep you from all danger, And from ev'ry evil way.
Let the Holy Spirit guard you In each act, and word and thought; Never make a single effort Till the Spirit's aid you've sought. Cherish it as your companion; Heed its sweet and still small voice; Ever listen to its dictates, Then through life you will rejoice.
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit, Or it will not with you stay; But that it may dwell within you
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To your heav'nly Father pray. Ask in faith and He will answer, And will bless you from above; He will send His Holy Spirit, Which will fill your soul with love.
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The Holy Spirit is my Teacher.
Luke 12:12: “For the Holy Ghost shall teach
you in the same hour what ye ought to say.”
The Holy Spirit will guide me into all
truth.
John 16:13: “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:
for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
and he will shew you things to come.”
The Holy Spirit will show me things to
come.
John 16:13
The Holy Spirit is my Comforter.
John 14:26: “But the Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name, he shall teach you all things, and bring
all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I
have said unto you.”
I receive power from the Holy Spirit.
Acts 1:8: “But ye shall receive power, after
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye
shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto
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the uttermost part of the earth.”
The Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus
from the dead dwells in me and gives life
to my mortal body.
Romans 8:11: “But if the Spirit of him that
raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he
that raised up Christ from the dead shall also
quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that
dwelleth in you.”
Quicken: to cause to live, make alive, give life
The Holy Spirit helps me in my
weakness.
Romans 8:26: “ Likewise the Spirit also
helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what
we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit
itself maketh intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered.”
Infirmity – weakness
The Holy Spirit intercedes for me.
Romans 8:26
God reveals things to me by the Holy
Spirit.
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1 Corinthians 2:10: “But God hath revealed
them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of
God.”
The Holy Spirit empowers me to have
victory over my flesh.
Romans 8:4, 13: “4That the righteousness of
the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 13For if ye
live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye
through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the
body, ye shall live.”
Galatians 5:16, 25: “16This I say then, Walk in
the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the
lust of the flesh. 25If we live in the Spirit, let us
also walk in the Spirit.”
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PEACE
O THE PEACE FOR EVER
FLOWING
By A. P. Cecil (1841-1889)
O the peace forever flowing
From God's thoughts of His own Son,
O the peace of simply knowing,
On the cross that all was done.
Peace with God—for Christ in heaven
Object is of faith to me:
Peace with God—the Lord is risen,
Righteousness now counts me free.
Peace with God—for Christ's in glory;
God is just and God is love;
O how blessed is the story,
That we're brought to God above!
Jesus, Savior, we adore Thee,
Christ of God, anointed One!
We confess Thee Lord of glory,
Fruits of victory Thou hast won.
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I will lay myself down in peace and
sleep, for you, Lord alone, make me live
in safety.
Psalms 4:8: “I will both lay me down in peace,
and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me
dwell in safety.”
I have great peace because I love God’s
law. Nothing causes me to stumble.
Psalms 119:165: “Great peace have they which
love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.”
The LORD will keep me in perfect peace,
because my mind is stayed on Him;
because I trust in Him.
Isaiah 26:3: “Thou wilt keep him in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because
he trusteth in thee.”
The Lord who has mercy on me has
promised that even if the mountains
should depart, and the hills are removed
but His kindness shall not depart from
me neither shall His covenant of peace
be removed.
Isaiah 54:10: “For the mountains shall depart,
and the hills be removed; but my kindness
shall not depart from thee, neither shall the
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covenant of my peace be removed, saith the
LORD that hath mercy on thee.”
The Lord is my Redeemer, the Holy One
of Israel: the Lord my God, who teaches
me to profit, who leads me by the way
that I should go. Because I have
hearkened to His commandments, I
have peace like a river, and
righteousness as the waves of the sea.
Isaiah 48:17, 18: “Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:”
The Lord brings us health and healing;
He reveals to us an abundance of peace
and truth.
Jeremiah 33:6: “Behold, I will bring it health
and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal
unto them the abundance of peace and truth.”
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Christ has left me His peace. His peace
He has given to me and not the peace
that the world gives. Therefore, I do not
let my heart be troubled, or let it be
afraid.
John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you, my peace
I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I
unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.”
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STRENGTH
I WILL GO
IN THE STRENGTH OF THE LORD
Words: Edward Turney, 1864.
I will go in the strength of the Lord,
In the path He hath marked for my feet:
I will follow the light of His Word,
Nor shrink from the dangers I meet.
His presence my steps shall attend:
His fullness my wants shall supply;
On Him, till my journey shall end,
My hope shall securely rely.
I will go in the strength of the Lord,
To the work He appoints me to do:
In the joy which His smile shall afford
My soul shall her vigor renew.
His wisdom will guard me from harm,
His pow’r my sufficiency prove;
I will trust His omnipotent arm,
I will rest in His covenant love.
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I will go in the strength of the Lord,
To each conflict which faith may require,
His grace, as my shield and reward,
My courage and zeal shall inspire.
If He issue the word of command
To meet and encounter the foe,
Though with sling and with stone in my hand,
In the strength of the Lord I will go.
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The LORD is my strength and my song;
he is become my salvation.
Exodus 15:2a: “The LORD is my strength and
song, and he is become my salvation:”
God is my strength and power: and he
makes my way perfect.
2 Samuel 22:33: “God is my strength and
power: and he maketh my way perfect.”
God has girded me with strength to
battle.
2 Samuel 22:40a: “For thou hast girded me
with strength to battle: ...”
I will seek the LORD and His strength, I
will seek His face continually.
1 Chronicles 16:11: “Seek the LORD and his
strength, seek his face continually.”
The joy of the LORD is my strength.
Nehemiah 8:10b: “. . . for the joy of the LORD
is your strength.”
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The LORD is my rock, and my fortress,
and my deliverer; my God, my strength,
in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the
horn of my salvation, and my high
tower.
Psalm 18:2: “The LORD is my rock, and my
fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my
strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler,
and the horn of my salvation, and my high
tower.”
It is God that girds me with strength,
and makes my way perfect.
Psalm 18:32: “It is God that girdeth me with
strength, and maketh my way perfect.”
Gird: encompass, equip, clothe
I wait on the LORD: I am of good
courage, and He strengthens my heart.
Psalm 27:14: “Wait on the LORD: be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I say, on the LORD.
The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped:
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Psalm 28:7: “The LORD is my strength and
my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am
helped...”
God is my refuge and strength, a very
present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1: “God is our refuge and strength, a
very present help in trouble.”
In quietness and in confidence shall be
my strength.
Isaiah 30:15: “For thus saith the Lord GOD, the
Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall
ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence
shall be your strength: and ye would not.
God gives power to the faint; and to
them that have no might he increases
strength.
Isaiah 40:29: “He giveth power to the faint;
and to them that have no might he increaseth
strength.”
I wait upon the LORD and He renews my
strength; I mount up with wings as an
eagle; I run, and I am not weary; and I
walk, and not faint.
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Isaiah 40:31: “But they that wait upon the
LORD shall renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run,
and not be weary; and they shall walk, and
not faint.”
God is my God: He strengthens me; He
helps me; He upholds me with the right
hand of His righteousness.
Isaiah 41:10: “. . . I am thy God: I will
strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I
will uphold thee with the right hand of my
righteousness.”
I am strong in the Lord, and in the
power of His might.
Ephesians 6:10: “Finally, my brethren, be
strong in the Lord, and in the power of his
might.”
I can do all things through Christ who
strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through
Christ which strengtheneth me.”