Unless otherwise noted, Scriptures are in the King James Verson
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1. GOD IS ALWAYS WITH ME
John 14:16,18 – “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you forever; … I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” Isaiah 51:12 - “I, even I, am he that comforteth you…” Psalm 31:24 – “Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.” Psalm 147:1,3 – “Praise ye the LORD; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.” Psalm 22:24 – “For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.” Isaiah 40:29 – “He giveth power to the faint, and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.” 1 Peter 3:12 – “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.” Psalm 32:8 – “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” Psalm 73:23-24 – “Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.” Isaiah 30:21 – “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it,” when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” Hebrews 13:5 – “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have; for he hath said, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Exodus 33:14-15 – “And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.” And he said unto him, “If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.” 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.” Deuteronomy 31:8 - “And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee. he will be with thee, neither forsake thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.” John Wesley quote – “The best of all is, God is with us.” |
2. GOD CARES ABOUT ME
1 John 3:1 – “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God...” 1 Peter 5:7 – “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” Nahum 1:7 NIV – “The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.” 2 Corinthians 1:3 – “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort.” Romans 8:28 – “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Matthew 5:4 – “Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 6:25-34 - “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Psalm 86:15 – “But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering and plenteous in mercy and truth.” Matthew 15:32 – “Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.” Matthew 14:14 – “And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.” Mark 1:41 – “And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.” Psalm 111:4 – “He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered; The LORD is gracious and full of compassion.” Isaiah 49:14-16 - “But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.” |
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3. GOD NEVER LIES AND ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES
Hebrews 11:1 – “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:11 – “Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.” Hebrews 6:17-18 - “Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:” Psalms 119:140 NIV – “Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.” 1 Kings 8:56 – “Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised; there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.” Joshua 21:43-45 – “And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.” Joshua 23:14 - “And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth; and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.” Titus 1:2 - “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.” Deuteronomy 7:9 – “Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keeps covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.” Hebrews 6:11-12 - “And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” 2 Corinthians 1:20-22 - “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.” Psalms 145:13-14 NIV - “Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does. The Lord upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.” 2 Peter 1:3-4 - “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 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.” 2 Timothy 2:13 – “If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful; he cannot deny Himself.” Romans 4:16-21 - “Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.” Hebrews 10:23 - “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised).” |
4. GOD IS GOOD AND HAS GOOD PLANNED FOR ME
Romans 8:28 - “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Psalm 52:1 – “Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endureth continually.” 2 Samuel 7:28 - “And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant.” Psalm 65:11 – “Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness.” Psalm 21:3 – “For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness; thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.” 2 Chronicles 6:41 - “Now therefore, arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength; let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.” Psalm 23:6 – “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.” Psalm 145:7 – “They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.” Psalm 25:7 – “Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.” Psalm 33:5 – “He loveth righteousness and judgment; the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.” Psalm 65:4 – “Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts; we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.” Psalm 68:9-10 - “Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. Thy congregation hath dwelt therein; thou, O God, hast provided of thy goodness for the poor.” Psalm 107:8, 15, 21, & 31 – “Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!” Psalm 107:9 – “For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.” Isaiah 63:7 – “I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.” Psalm 103:2-3 NLT – “Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.” Jeremiah 31:14 – “And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.” Romans 11:22 – “Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness; thou also shalt be cut off.” Jeremiah 31:12 – “Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and the herd; and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.” Jeremiah 33:9 – “And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them; and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.” 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 84:11 – “For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” Numbers 6:24-27 - “The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.” |
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5. GOD HIMSELF MOVES ON BEHALF OF HIS PEOPLE
Psalm 68:19 NIV – “Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.” Psalm 138:8 – “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me; thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.” Philippians 1:6 - “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Deuteronomy 1:30 - “The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes.” Deuteronomy 3:22 - “Ye shall not fear them; for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.” 1 Samuel 17:47 NIV - “All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give all of you into our hands." Isaiah 49:23 - “… And thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.” Deuteronomy 20:4 - “For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.” Joshua 23:10 - “One man of you shall chase a thousand; for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.” Nehemiah 4:20 - “… Our God shall fight for us.” Psalm 56:9 - “When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back; this I know, for God is for me.” 2 Chronicles 20:15, 17 – “…Thus saith the Lord unto you, be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.’…“Ye shall not need to fight in this battle, set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you…” Exodus 14:13 - “Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you today.” Isaiah 41:20 - “That they may see, and know, and consider and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.” |
6. GOD'S GRACE WILL CARRY ME THROUGH PAIN AND DESPAIR
Psalm 103:13-14 - “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” Psalm 40:2 NLT – “He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along.” 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, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” Psalm 9:10 – “And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.” Psalm 68:9 – “Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.” Isaiah 54:10 – “For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.” Lamentations 3:21-26 – “This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 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. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.” Psalm 86:15-17 – “But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me. Lamentations 3:31-32 – “For the Lord will not cast off for ever; But though he causes grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.” Isaiah 48:10 – “Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Psalm 94:18-19 – “When I said, My foot slippeth, thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.” Psalm 25:16-18 NIV – “Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish. Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.” Psalm 130:5-6 – “I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word I do hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning; I say, more than they that watch for the morning.” Psalm 143:7-8 – “Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.” Psalm 3:5 – “I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for the Lord sustained me.” Romans 12:12 – “Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.” Psalm 138:3 – “In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthendst me with strength in my soul.” James 5:11 – “Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.” Jeremiah 17:14 – “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved. For thou art my praise.” Psalm 138:8 – “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me; thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.” Romans 15:13 – “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.” Hebrews 11:1 – “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Romans 8:17 NIV - “Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” Isaiah 61:3 – “To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.” Psalm 46:5 – “God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, and that right early.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 – “And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” |
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7. GOD IS IN CONTROL - SURRENDER AND OBEY
Proverbs 19:21 HCSB – “Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the Lord’s decree will prevail.” Proverbs 16:4, 9 HCSB – “The Lord has prepared everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster…A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps.” Isaiah 45:6-7 HCSB – “so that all may know from the rising of the sun to its setting that there is no one but Me. I am Yahweh, and there is no other. I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I, Yahweh, do all these things..” Psalm 115:3 HCSB – “Our God is in the heavens; and does whatever he pleases.” Job 12:10 HCSB – “The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.” Romans 9:21 HCSB- “Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor? Exodus 9:16 HCSB – “However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you My power and to make My name known in all the earth.” Hebrews 2:8 HCSB – “And subjected everything under his feet. For in subjecting everything to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. As it is, we do not yet see everything subjected to him.” Proverbs 21:1 HCSB – “A king's heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand; He directs it wherever He chooses.” Revelation 4:11 HCSB – “Our Lord and God, You are worthy to receive glory and honor and power, because You have created all things, and because of Your will they exist and were created.” Daniel 4:35 HCSB – “All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does what He wants with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can hold back His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?” Isaiah 14:24, 27 HCSB – “The Lord of hosts has sworn: “As I have purposed, so it will be, as I have planned it, so it will happen…The Lord of Hosts Himself has planned it; therefore who can stand in its way? It is His hand that is outstretched, so who can turn it back?” Isaiah 45:12 HCSB – “I made the earth and created man on it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.” Genesis 50:20 – “But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.” |
8. GOD LOVES ME PERSONALLY
Romans 5:8 – “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” John 15:9-10 – “As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.” Psalm 116:1-2 – “I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.” Psalm 90:14 NIV – “Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.” 1 Peter 2:9 – “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.” Jeremiah 31:3 – The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” Ezekiel 16:8 – “Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.” Luke 6:35 – “But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.” Romans 8:32 – “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” John 14:21, 23 –“He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him…Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” Romans 8:35, 38-39 – “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?...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.” 1 John 3:16 – “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13 HCSB – “Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited, does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.…Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 John 4:9-10 - “In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” Ephesians 5:2 – “And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.” Ephesians 3:14-21 – “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. 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, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” |
