Life's Serious Ups and Downs. 1

Sins and Solutions. 1

Living a victorious life. 5

Christian living is a choice. 5

Believe in others. 5

God will lead you. 5

God will protect you. 5

God wants us to be happy. 5

Rejection for the cause of Christ 6

Pray for one another 6

Living The Christian Life. 6

A Life of Prayer 7

When we fail how do we recover?. 8

When a Christian sins. 8

Sinning is about making bad choices. 8

True Repentance. 8

The Christian Sabbath. 9

Love and  Courtship. 9

Broken promises and hearts. 9

Divorce. 10

God's Word concerning separation and/or divorce. 10

Why me, Lord?. 10

Getting over it 10

Confess sin to Jesus to be forgiven. 10

Start over trusting God. 11

Life's Serious Ups and Downs

Sins and Solutions

From The Four Trains to Hell

- by Don Giddens 1966.

 

Isaiah 33. 14.  The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

 

Repent? From what exactly should we repent? There are several lists in the New Testament of people who should NOT think they are going to Heaven! Let's not fool ourselves. If we are on this lists we had better get off today by submitting to the righteousness of Christ! Repent and believe.

 

1 Corinthians 6. 9.  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

  10.  Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the Kingdom of God.

 

Galatians 5. 19.  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,  20.  Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,  21.  Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.

 

Colossian 3. 5.  Mortify [1]therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

 6.  For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

 

Revelation  21. 8.  But the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Revelation 9.21.Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

 

We will divide these into four lists naming the sins and giving the solutions from the Bible:

 

 

I.  Sins of Unbelief and solutions

  1. Idolatry
  2. Witchcraft
  3. Fearful
  4. Unbelieving
  5. Liars
  6. Covetousness

II.  Sins of Hatred

  1. Hatred
  2. Variance
  3. Wrath
  4. Strife
  5. Seditions
  6. Heresies
  7. Murderers

III.  Sins of Substance Abuse

  1. Sorcerers
  2. Drunkards
  3. Revilers

IV.  Sins of Immorality

  1. Adultery
  2. Fornication
  3. Lasciviousness
  4. Uncleanness
  5. Inordinate affection
  6. Evil concupiscence
  7. Whoremongers
  8. Effeminate
  9. Abusers

 

Some Have Believed in Vain

 

Some Have Not Truly Repented

 

2 Corinthians 12. 21.  And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

 

Perhaps Continuous Self-Destructive Sinfulness Means They Have Received the Grace of God in Vain

 

2  Corinthians 6. 1.  We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 2.  (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

 3.  Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

 

Some Have Not Truly Believed

 

1 Corinthians 15.1.  Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

 2.  By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

 3.  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;

 

Some Are Still Depending on  Keeping the Law

 

Galatians 2. 21.  I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

 

Galatians 5. 4.  Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

 

Let us search our souls for any of these besetting sins, repent, and trust Jesus for deliverance. This is the victory that overcomes the world- even our faith.

 

I. Sins of Unbelief

 

In this group are all who refused to believe the death of the SON of GOD on the Cross was not enough for them to go to Heaven.  Seeing the Creation and the Creator was not enough to convince them to trust Him with their eternal souls. They walked by the outstretched arms of the CHRIST accusing Him of rank blasphemy. Who can forgive sins but God?

They are  doomed by the demons of unbelief and must repent and believe to be saved.

 

 Destination the Lake of Fire

Idolatry- Having gods, substitutes for GOD, image-worship, and Religious leader-worship. "Tags" I believe in God and (tag).[2]

Works salvation-justified by the law.[3]

Fearful- deilos, full of dread.

Abominable- bdelusso, Stink, disgusting. They are so bad they stink to GOD.

Unbelieving- apistos, no faith

Liars- pseudos, false

Coveteousness- - pleonektes, too eager for gain, even willing to defraud.

and pleonexia, greediness, cannot get enough. Coveteousness is idolatry.[4]

Thieves- kleptes, kleptomaniacs.

Extortioners- harpax, rapacious, ravening, plunderers.

 

II.  People who are consumed with the Sins of Hatred

Hatred- echthra, enmity, hostile.

Variance-eris, fighting

Emulations- zelos, explosive  jealousy Wrath- thumos, explosive anger

Strife- eritheia, contentious intrigue

Seditions- dichostsis, devisive

Heresies- hair-splitters, sects

Murderers-phoneus, intentional murder

Revilers- loidoros, abusive

 

III.  People who do not quit Sins of Substance Abuse

Sorcerers- pharmakeia  and pharmakeus (KJV sorcerer, witchcraft or sorcery), anyone who makes, sells, or uses mind-dominating, life-destroying drugs.

Drunkards- methe, and methusos- one who destroys his  life with alcohol.

Revilers- komos, to carouse

 

 

IV. People who  do  not quit the  Sins of Immorality

Adultery- porneia, sexual sin outside marriage

with porneia. Moichos, male paramour

Fornication- pornos, and porneia, debauchers, sexual sin before marriage

Lasciviousness- aselgeia, wantoness- to revel unrestrainedly in lewdness.

Uncleanness- akatharsia, impurity.

Inordinate affection- pathos, passion.

Evil concupiscence- epithumia, lust after the unforbidden.

Whoremongers- sex for pay

Effeminate- malakos, a catamite, homosexuals

Abusers of themselves with mankind- homosexuality. moichos, Arsenokoites- sodomites.

 

If you do not find yourself guilty of any of these sins, check Romans 1. You might be there? Or just go look in the mirror of the Ten Commandments.

 

How can we escape the judgment? How can we quit!

 

Repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ today.

 

We overcome by 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.

 5.  Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

 

You might do as I, pray this prayer, telling Jesus how sorry we are.

 

Lord Jesus,

I find myself a horrible sinner in Thy sight, according to Thy Word.

I am a (name your dominating sin that is destroying your life and relationships).

According to Thy Word, I should not fool myself into thinking I am going to Heaven. I am a sorry, rotten, sinner who only deserves Hell for Eternity.

Jesus , I believe you died on the cross for sinners and rose again to give them Thy perfect righteousness. At this point, I turn from my sin of _____________

with all my heart. Save me from___________ and the dreadful penalty it will cost me if I do not truly repent.

Thank you for dying on the cross for ________, my sin.

Thank you for dying in my place for _________.

Cleanse me from _________________!

 

Jesus, make me whole. Save me.

 

Now, I am trusting thy word, John 3.15

5.  That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

 16.  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

I do not believe in myself or any One but Thee.

 

According to John 3.16, I am going to Heaven by faith believing.

 

Titus 3. 5.  Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.

 

Renew me everyday, Jesus. Empty me of  my sinfulness, and fill me with Thy  Holy Spirit everyday.

 

Amen.

 

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.

 

 

Living a victorious life

Matthew 5. 6.  Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Christian living is a choice

Exodus 32. 26.  Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me.

1 Kings 18.21.  And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. Jesus said we could not serve God and mammon- so, we must decide which one we will serve today.

Psalm 122.1. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

Galatians 5. 5.  For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. We have not yet reached what we shall be.

Believe in others

Genesis 37. 5.  And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. -Believe in your Christian brothers.. Encourage them to reach their dreams.

God has a plan for you

Genesis 45. 5.  Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. God has a purpose in our life. When people hurt us it is for God to guide us where He wills to make us more like Jesus.

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:

Believing in others should include our children.

Philippians 2. 3.  Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

God will lead you

Exodus 23. 20.  Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. -Trust God to lead and bless.

Exodus 40. 38.  For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Exodus 23. 20.  Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. -Trust God to lead and bless.

Joshua 1.11 Within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan

Joshua 9. 14.  And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord. Ask God to lead you day by day.

1 Samuel 1.15. I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

1 Samuel 30.6. David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

Psalm 37.23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

Psalm 119.133. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Proverbs 3.6. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 4. 18.  But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

God will protect you

Exodus 23. 20.  Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. -Trust God to lead and bless.

1 Samuel 1.15. I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

1 Samuel 7.12.called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

2 Chronicles 20.15. 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.

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?

Isaiah 12. 2.  Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

 

God wants us to be happy

Deuteronomy 12. 8 Thou shalt rejoice before the LORD.

1 Samuel 30.6. David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

Psalm 37.3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.  4.  Delight thyself also in the Lord: and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  5.  Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and He shall bring it to pass.

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.

Lamentations 3. 31.  For the Lord will not cast off for ever:  32.  But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33.  For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. 34.  To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. 35.  To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, 36.  To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

Romans 5. 11.  And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

 

 

Rejection for the cause of Christ

1 Samuel 8. 7.  And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Psalm 27.10. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

Pray for one another

1 Samuel 12. 23.  Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you.

 

Living The Christian Life

The Christian life is a life of trust

Psalm 37.7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Psalm 46.1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 56.3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

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.

Psalm 116.9.  I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Proverbs 3.5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Isaiah 1. 18.  Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isaiah 12. 2.  Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

 

The Christian life is a life of Repentance

Toward God...Exodus 32. 26.  Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me.

Confess Nehemiah 9.1.  Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.  2.  And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.  3.  And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.

Psalm 37.3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.  4.  Delight thyself also in the Lord: and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  5.  Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and He shall bring it to pass.

Psalm 37.24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

Psalm 51.12. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Psalm 103.12.  As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions  from us.

Psalm 107.19. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Proverbs 28 13.  He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Ezekiel 18. 30. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.  31.  Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32.  For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Matthew 4. 17.  From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

2 Corinthians 7. 10.  For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.  11.  For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

The Christian life is a life of Obedience

Exodus 35. 21.  And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing.

2 Kings 5.13. My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean. -God's answers may seem simple but they work.

Psalm 19.14. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer.

Psalm 122.1. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

Psalm 126.5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Psalm 126.6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Proverbs 3.10. Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase:  10.  So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty.

Proverbs 3.6. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 4. 23.  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 11. 30.  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Isaiah 6. 8.  Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Matthew 4. 19.  And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

 

The Christian Life is a life of Joy

Nehemiah 8.10. The joy of the Lord is your strength.

Psalm 27.14. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Psalm 30.5. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Psalm 119.165. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Philippians 4. 4.  Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

The Christian life is a life of Victory

Deuteronomy 6. 23.  And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in.

Deuteronomy 30. 6.  And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Joshua 1.8.  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Joshua 1.11 Within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan.

Joshua 10. 12. Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.  13.  And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed. God answers prayer.

1 Samuel 7.12.called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

1 Samuel 17.26. who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? - David before he killed Goliath.

2 Kings 2.14.   And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. The God of Elijah is alive today- do something in His Name.

Psalm 34.17. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalm 71.16. I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. My life verse. Don Giddens.

Psalm 119.133. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Isaiah 40. 31. 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.

Daniel 3. 29b. There is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

 

 

The Christian follows Christ

Deuteronomy  13.1.  If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and  2.  And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;  3.  Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.  We are not to  listen to false prophets even if they have signs. It is a test! Only a test!

Deuteronomy 18. 18.  I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. Deuteronomy 30. 6.  And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

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?

Psalm 37.23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

Proverbs 4. 18.  But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Lamentations 3. 22.  It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.  23.  They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Trust God's mercy and follow Him.

 

 

A Life of Prayer

God answers prayer

Joshua 10. 12. Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.  13.  And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed. God answers prayer.

1 Samuel 7.12.called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

1 Samuel 30.6. David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

2 Chronicles 16.9. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him .-Secrets of answered prayer- God is watching for someone somewhere to trust Him.

Isaiah 37. 14.Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

Jeremiah 33. 3.  Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Matthew 7.7.  Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:  8.  For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.  9.  Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?  10.  Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?  11.  If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?.

 

Pray and believe

1 Kings 18. 41. for there is a sound of abundance of rain.  42.  So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees. Elijah knew who gave rain and who withheld it, as well as every blessing. Pray believing today for something so far you have never had the answer. Believe it. And wait for the manifestation of it.

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?

Psalm 37.3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.  4.  Delight thyself also in the Lord: and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  5.  Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and He shall bring it to pass.

Psalm 86.17. Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.

Proverbs 4. 18.  But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Isaiah 51. 12.  I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;  13.  And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?  14.  The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.  15.  But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.  16.  And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

Philippians 4. 6.  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  7.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Ask big things from God; expect big things from God.

Joshua 14. 12.  Now therefore give me this mountain.

Joshua 10. 12. Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.  13.  And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed. God answers prayer.

Joshua 21. 45.  There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

1 Samuel 7.12.called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

1 Samuel 17.26. who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? - David before he killed Goliath

1 Samuel 30.6. David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

2 Kings 2.14.   And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. The God of Elijah is alive today- do something in His Name..

2 Chronicles 20.15. 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.

2 Chronicles 25.10. And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.

Psalm 71.16. I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. My life verse. Don Giddens.

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.

Daniel 3. 29b. There is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

Daniel 11.32b. The people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

Daniel 12. 3.  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever

 

The Christian is not judgmental

Matthew 7. 1.  Judge not, that ye be not judged.

John 8.  He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

1 Corinthians 4. 5.  Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

 

When we fail how do we recover?

1 Corinthians 10. 13.  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

When a Christian sins

2 Samuel 12. 13.  And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord.

2 Chronicles 15.2. the Lord is with you, while ye be with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you. God's answer to the prayer may be no. Why?.

Psalm 34.17. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalm 37.24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

Psalm 46.1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 51.1. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 51.12. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Psalm 103.12.  As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions  from us.

Psalm 107.19. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Proverbs 24. 16.  For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 28 13.  He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy..

1 Corinthians 6. 18.  Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.  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?  20.  For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Galatians 6. 1.  Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

1 John 1.9.  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Sinning is about making bad choices

I Thessalonians 4. 7.  For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.  8.  He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit.

True Repentance

2 Corinthians 7.11.  For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

Hebrews 12 . 1.  Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,  2.  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.  3.  For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.  4.  Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

2 Peter 3. 9.  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Trust God for forgiveness and deliverance

Psalm 130.3.  If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?  4.  But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Proverbs 3.5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Lamentations 3. 22.  It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.  23.  They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Trust God's mercy and follow Him.

Lamentations 3. 31.  For the Lord will not cast off for ever:  32.  But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33.  For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. 34.  To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. 35.  To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, 36.  To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

Lamentations 3. 39.  Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40.  Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. 41.  Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

When others sin, forgive, comfort, and confirm your love toward them.

2 Corinthians 2. 7.  So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.  8.  Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

 

The Last Step of tough love

1 Corinthians 5.5.  To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

 

Why some do not repent and believe-

2 Corinthians 3.  But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:  4.  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

 

The Christian Sabbath

Lamentations 2.6.   And He hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: He hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

Several times in the Old Testament the Bible mentions the 8th day Sabbath, 15 day Sabbaths, 22nd day Sabbaths, the Year of Jubilee (seven sabbaths of years PLUS one)-

These are all examples of  the Christian 8th day Sabbath- Sunday. Don Giddens. Sunday is the New Sabbath.

Mark 2. 27.  And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:  28.  Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Romans 14. 5.  One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Colossians 2. 16.  Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days.

 

Love and  Courtship

Date and Marry an Overcoming Christian

1 Kings 11.1. Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

The Lord gives the best to them who leave the choice to Him.     Psalm 27.14. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Psalm 37.3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.  4.  Delight thyself also in the Lord: and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  5.  Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and He shall bring it to pass.

2 Corinthians 6. 14.  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

 

Broken promises and hearts

Psalm 51.17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalm 55.22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Admit it when you are wrong 2 Samuel 12. 13.  And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord.

2 Chronicles 15.2. the Lord is with you, while ye be with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you. God's answer to the prayer may be no. Why?.

 

Psalm 30.5. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Psalm 37.24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

Psalm 46.1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 56.3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Psalm 107.19. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Psalm 138.3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Psalm 147.3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.  4.  He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

Proverbs 3.6. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Why me, Lord?

Proverbs 1. 25.   But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:  26.  I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

When it's because of your sin

Psalm 51.1. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 51.12. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Proverbs 28 13.  He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy..

 

What now?

Proverbs 4. 23.  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Jeremiah 3. 22.  Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 33. 3.  Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Lamentations 3. 22.  It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.  23.  They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Trust God's mercy and follow Him.

Lamentations 3. 31.  For the Lord will not cast off for ever:  32.  But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33.  For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. 34.  To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. 35.  To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, 36.  To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

 Divorce

God's Word concerning separation and/or divorce

Malachi 2.13.  And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that He regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.  14.  Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.  15.  And did not He make one? Yet had He the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That He might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 

Matthew 5. 31.  It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:  32.  But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

1 Corinthians 7. 15.  But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage[5] in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

Divorce and Remarriage

1 Corinthians 7. 28.  But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. Marriage or remarriage is not a sin. DLG

1 Corinthians 7. 8.  I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.  9.  But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. (in lust)

1 Corinthians 9. 27.  But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Premarital Sex

1 Corinthians 7. 36.  But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

Why me, Lord?

Proverbs 1.25.  But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Proverbs 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Proverbs 21. 9.  It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Getting over it

Psalm 37.7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Psalm 37.24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

Psalm 46.1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 56.3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Psalm 107.19. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Psalm 119.133. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalm 141.3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Psalm 147.3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.  4.  He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

Proverbs 4. 23.  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Isaiah 40. 31. 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.

Isaiah 43.2.  When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Isaiah 53. 3. .  He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.  4.  Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. Jesus carried our sorrows on the Cross- we do not have to carry them!

Isaiah 63. 9.  In all their affliction He was afflicted

When you feel like this- Lamentations 1.16.  For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. Pray, "Holy Comforter, comfort me." and He will.

Lamentations 3. 22.  It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.  23.  They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Trust God's mercy and follow Him.

 

 

Confess sin to Jesus to be forgiven.

2 Samuel 12. 13.  And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord.

2 Chronicles 15.2. the Lord is with you, while ye be with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you. God's answer to the prayer may be no. Why?.

Psalm 34.17. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalm 37.3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.  4.  Delight thyself also in the Lord: and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.  5.  Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and He shall bring it to pass.

Psalm 51.1. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 51.12. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Psalm 103.12.  As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions  from us.

Proverbs 28 13.  He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy..

Lamentations 3. 39.  Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?  40.  Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. 41.  Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

Start over trusting God

Psalm 130.3.  If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?  4.  But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Daniel 3. 29b. There is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

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.

 

 



[1] Put to death

[2] Acts. 4.12

[3] Galatians 5.4

[4] Colossians 3.5

[5] Not under bondage- Does this not mean the bonds of marriage? If they want to leave, let them, and you are no longer bound to them in marriage. DLG