Encouragement and Tools to Abide in God's Word
Romans 10:15 in the NIV: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.”
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Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” And he laid his hands on them and went away.– Matthew 19:13-15 (ESV)
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”
Let the house of Aaron say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”
Let those who fear the Lord say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”
Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free.– Psalm 118:1-5 (ESV)
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MEMORIZE
Plan A:
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
James 1:5-6
Plan B:
for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
James 1:3
MEDITATE
We face many temptations to disbelieve God’s goodness. But the more we believe—counting it all as joy—the more complete we become in our faith.
Yet until we reach our fullness, we continue to need more wisdom.
If you memorized Isaiah 55 with us, remember where we go when in need: “Come, everyone who thirsts…come to me; hear, that your soul may live” (Isaiah 55:1-3).
James emphasizes it also: Go to the source! Go to Wisdom Himself. And ask. God is a giver. He won’t turn you down. And He won’t be stingy.
Confidently ask the right One about the right thing. You can’t overestimate God’s goodness. Believe that you will see it (Psalm 27:13).
PRAY
Lord,
I believe that you are wise. I believe that you are good. I believe that you are giving. I approach Your throne boldly for wisdom this week. Thank you for what you’ll give me.
QUESTION
In what areas do you need wisdom this week? Please share in the comments.
The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!– Psalm 34:7-8 (ESV)
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“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
– Psalm 46:10 (ESV)
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Because God is love, we can fully trust Him. His will toward us will always be based on this fact of His nature. Isn’t it humbling and reassuring that we serve such a loving God?
13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. (1 John 4:13-16, ESV)
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There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
– Romans 8:1-11 (ESV)
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25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:25-34, NIV
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8The LORD judges the peoples;
judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.
9Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous—
you who test the minds and hearts,c
O righteous God!
10My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
11God is a righteous judge,
and a God who feels indignation every day.17I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness,
and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High. (Psa 7:8-11, and Psa 7:17)
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