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Living a victorious life. 1

Christian living is a choice.. 1

Believe in others. 2

God will lead you.. 2

God will protect you.. 3

God wants us to be happy.. 3

Rejection for the cause of Christ. 4

Pray for one another. 4

Living The Christian Life.. 4

A Life of Prayer. 8

When we fail how do we recover?. 11

When a Christian sins. 12

Sinning is about making bad choices. 13

True Repentance.. 13

The Christian Sabbath.. 14

Love and  Courtship.. 15

Broken promises and hearts. 15

Divorce. 17

God's Word concerning separation and/or divorce.. 17

Why me, Lord?.. 18

Getting over it. 18

Confess sin to Jesus to be forgiven.. 20

Start over trusting God.. 20

 

 

 

 

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.