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"Life is passing me by"
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Joel 2:25 "
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives 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."
Haggai 2:9 "
My life in Christ can only get better. There are greater opportunities and fruitfulness ahead as I remain connected to Christ.
Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
John 10:10 "
My greatest opportunities and blessings are safely in Christ, whom I partake by faith.
Acts 1:7 "And he said unto them,
My life is in the safe hands of my almighty and all-loving father. I trust in Him in all that I do not understand and I cast all my concerns on Him
Philippians 1:6 "Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:"
Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
It is impossible for life to pass me by if I diligently seek God by faith.
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
My ability to see and appreciate God's mercy is all that Matters.
2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
Romans 8:37 "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."
2Corinthians 2:14 "Now thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the fragrance of his knowledge by us in every place."
"I've missed my best opportunities"
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Joel 2:25 "
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives 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."
What brings fulfilment to life is what I have in my life by faith in Jesus. I have the best of all lives and opportunities even the life of God through faith in Christ.
Haggai 2:9 "
My life in Christ can only get better. There are greater opportunities and fruitfulness ahead as I remain in Christ.
Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
John 10:10 "
My greatest opportunities and blessings are safely in Christ whom I partake by faith.
Acts 1:7 "And he said unto them,
My life is in the secure hands of my almighty and all-loving father. I trust in Him in all that I do not understand and I cast all my concerns on Him
Philippians 1:6 "Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:"
Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
It is impossible for life to pass me by because I diligently seek God by faith.
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
My ability to receive and appreciate God's mercy is all that Matters.
2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
Romans 8:37 "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."
2Corinthians 2:14 "Now thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the fragrance of his knowledge by us in every place."
"I have wasted my life"
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Joel 2:25 "
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives 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."
What brings fulfilment to people's life is what I have in my life by faith in Jesus. I have the best of all lives and opportunities even the life of God through faith in Christ.
Haggai 2:9 "
My life in Christ can only get better. There are greater opportunities and fruitfulness ahead whiles I remain in Christ.
Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
John 10:10 "
My greatest opportunities and blessings are securely in Christ whom I partake by faith.
Acts 1:7 "And he said unto them,
My life is in the safe hands of the almighty and all-loving father. I trust in Him in all that I do not understand and I cast all my concerns on Him
Philippians 1:6 "Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:"
Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
It is not possible for life to pass me by if I diligently seek God by faith.
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
My ability to perceive and appreciate God's mercy is all that Matters.
2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
Romans 8:37 "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."
2Corinthians 2:14 "Now thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the fragrance of his knowledge by us in every place."
"It is too late for things to turn out for good"
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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."
All things including time are programmed to work for my good.
2Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
Habakkuk 2:3 "
Ecclesiastes 9:11 "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all."
Understanding and respect for time is the source for success. To say that it is too late shows lack of understanding and respect for time for time is meant to be our helper.
Job 7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling?
Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"
Acts 1:7 "And he said unto them,
It is not for me to determine whether something is late or not.
2Peter 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
Just as it seems a long time for God to fulfil His promises God can also bring something to pass that will seem to man to take a long time to fulfil.
James 1:4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing."
The fulfilment of God's promises does not make you perfect but being perfect fulfils God's promises to you. God always aims at making you perfect.
"It has taken too much time; it will not work out for good"
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Hebrews 6:12 "That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Acts 1:7 "And he said unto them,
Hebrews 6:15 "And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise."
2Peter 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
What we perceive has taken a long time takes only a little time in God's eyes. God's persppective of time is the best to settle for.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"
Isaiah 40:30 "Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:"
Anything that requires waiting comes with it a great reward worth waiting for.
Galatians 6:9 "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
Waiting is of well doing. I shouldn't be weary of waiting because well doing is the key to the well of blessings.
Galatians 5:22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"
God has put in me the ability to wait and expects me to wait for His promises. Waiting expresses the attributes of God in me.
James 1:4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing."
"My circumstances are not changing for good it will not work"
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Isaiah 41:18 "
Romans 4:18 "Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken,
The worst cannot withhold God's best which is appropriated through faith.
2Chronicles 20:15 "And he said, Hearken you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat, Thus says the LORD unto you,
I have all that it takes to make things work because God is for me.
Hebrews 6:12 "That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Psalm 34:5 "They looked unto him, and were radiant: and their faces were not ashamed."
Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him,
Zechariah 4:10 "
The beginning and outlook of things does not determine the end. It is my faith in God.
"I feel tired, exhausted and weary, confused"
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2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
Isaiah 54:10 "
All things notwithstanding I have access to peace through the covenant of faith towards God.
Nehemiah 8:10 "Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet wine, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be you grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
Psalm 27:1 A Psalm of David. 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 26:4 Trust in the LORD forever: for in the LORD GOD is everlasting strength:
Psalm 18:32 "It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect."
1Corinthians 13:7 "Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Psalm 23:3 He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
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."
"The persecutions are unbearable"
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1Peter 4:14 "If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified."
Persecutions for Christ's sake glorifies me and brings evil upon my persecutors.
Hebrews 13:5 "Let your conduct be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said,
Persecutions can't take the most important thing in my life which is God's presence but can make the most of the most important thing in my life.
Psalm 27:1 A Psalm of David. 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 41:11 "
John 16:33 "
Persecutions have no real power to harm me.
Psalm 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Psalm 55:22 "Cast your burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never permit the righteous to be moved."
Proverbs 24:16 "For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall by calamity."
2Corinthians 4:17 "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"
Matthew 5:10
Matthew 5:11 "
You receive the great honour of God's honourable before God when you bear persecutions for His name's sake. God's honourable people are made through persecution.
1Peter 3:14 "But if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and,
James 1:12 "Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him."
Bearing persecutions is a sure way of proving your love for God which shall be greatly rewarded.
James 1:2 "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials;"
Persecutions enrich your joy in the Lord making your joy in the Lord to count more.
Psalm 18:17 "He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them who hated me: for they were too strong for me."
Psalm 35:10 "All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto you, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that plunders him?"
"How can everything work out for good when all things seem to be against me"
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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."
The love I have for God will cause all things to work out God's good purpose for my life.
1John 5:4 "For whoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith."
Nothing can work against anyone who walks by faith in God's love. I walk in faith in God's love nothing can work against me.
2Corinthians 4:18 "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."
The things that work against me are temporal but the things that work for me are eternal.
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 death."
I have all that it takes to overcome anything that seemingly works against me.
Romans 8:31 "What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?"
God who is the source of all power and all things is for me. Nothing can succeed which is against me.
Romans 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
My God is a God of peace. He will destroy anything that contends against me or strives to take away my peace.
1John 5:5 "Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?"
Nothing can overcome me because I believe in the Son of God who has overcome all things.
"My reasoning tells me that it is impossible"
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2Corinthians 5:7 "(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"
As children of God we should not walk by what we see with our minds eye but should walk by what we see with the eyes our spiritual senses which function through faith.
Isaiah 55:9 "
Faith is God's high way for accomplishing high things. What is impossible in the reasoning of men is possible with God's high ways for that which lies in the ability of men is lower than that which lies in the ability of God.
Habakkuk 2:4 "
Any reasoning of the soul that rebels against faith is not upright.Revasoning is from the soul. A true trait of the unjust is to lift up their reasoning/soul above their faith but the just always lift up their faith in God above their reasoning.
Hebrews 11:33 "Who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,"
Men accomplished great and seeming impossible things only through faith and not through reasoning.
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding.
1Corinthians 2:14 "But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
The soul or reasoning cannot receive anything spiritual because the things of the spirit will always be considered as impossible to our reasoning/soul. We need to believe that a thing is possible to receive it.
Galatians 5:25 "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."
I have not been called to live a life of reasoning but a life of faith for you need faith to walk in the spirit.
Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
As a child of God I am led by the Spirit through the way of faith in God to accomplish seeming impossible things and not by reasoning to accomplish seeming possible things.
"I have forgotten about my desires, I don't think they can materialize"
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Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
Mark 11:24 "
John 16:24 "
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.
The upright walk is about walking and asking God in faith in His goodness. This shall always be rewarded.
Proverbs 23:18 For surely there is a future hope; and your expectation shall not be cut off.
2Corinthians 8:15 "As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack."
It is not about what I have or don't have but about having God. Reval lack is the lack of God and not the lack of things.
Luke 22:35 "And he said unto them,
I can't lack anything for God owns everything I need.
Nehemiah 9:21 "Yea, forty years did you sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not."
Job 36:11 "If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures."
We obey God by walking and asking in faith in His riches for our lives.
"I am giving up, it is just unbearable"
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1Corinthians 10:13 "There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it."
Anything that tempts you to give up is under your control. Your way of escape is the way of faith in the faithful God.
2Peter 2:9 "The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:"
Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
Proverbs 24:16 "For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall by calamity."
I am the righteousness of God It can only be unbearable for the wicked.
Job 5:19 "He shall deliver you in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch you."
Psalm 91:10 "There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling."
Proverbs 12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with trouble.
Matthew 11:30 "
Any burden that seems unbearable is evidence that we are not carrying the yoke of Christ for His yoke is easy because no ill shall befall the righteous so I must and can bear it is the yoke of faith.
Isaiah 58:6 "
Troubles only overwhelm the wicked and Burdens will become unbearable when there is no repentance from dead works unto faith in righteousness of God.
Isaiah 10:27 "And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing."
The absence of the power of God through faith gives way to unbearable burdens
Matthew 23:4 "
"I cannot make it because nobody has been able to make it"
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John 14:12 "
The father is the source of everything. Greater works is possible because I have full access through my faith in Christ to the source of all things.
Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
Jesus paid the price to be at God's right hand (the position of infinite power) and I am the vessel for the expression of this infinite power. My ability depends on His infinite ability.
2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
It is never about My ability but it is all about God's ability in me.
Haggai 2:9 "
The glory of the former is the least ordained glory for the latter. My life is the latter and it is greater than what I have heard and known; which is the former.
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
It is not about My limitations but all about what I can access by faith in the riches freely given in Christ.
Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
I have received mercy to prevail by my faith in Christ.
Daniel 11:32 "And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flattery: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and take action."
God is known experientially only by the covenant of faith towards God. I do exploits because I have faith towards God
Matthew 17:20 "And Jesus said unto them,
Jesus has said nothing shall be impossible to me.
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.
The upright walk is a walk of faith-Heb.11:6. Therefore nothing good can be denied me because I walk by faith.
Psalm 2:8 "
"It is impossible for anybody to achieve that"
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John 14:12 "
The father is the source of all things. Greater works is possible because I have full access through my faith in Christ to the source of all things.
Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
Jesus paid the price to be at the right hand of God (the position of infinite power) and I am the vessel for the expression of this infinite power. My ability depends on His infinite ability.
2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
It is never about My ability, but it is all about God's ability in me.
Haggai 2:9 "
The glory of the former is the least glory ordained for the latter. My life is the latter and it is greater than what I have heard and known; which is the former.
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
It is never about My limitations but all about what I access by faith in the riches freely given in Christ.
Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
I have God's mercy to prevail by my faith in Christ.
Daniel 11:32 "And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flattery: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and take action."
God is only known experientially by the covenant of faith towards God. I do exploits because I have faith towards God
Matthew 17:20 "And Jesus said unto them,
Jesus has said that nothing shall be impossible to me.
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.
The upright walk is a walk of faith-Heb.11:6. No good thing can be denied me because I walk by faith.
Psalm 2:8 "
"I don't have enough faith to receive this"
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Romans 1:17 "For in it is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."
I am the righteousness of God In Christ I have been justified.The inherent nature/quality of the Just is faith.
Romans 12:3 "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith."
He that put that desire has also put the measure of faith needed to realise it.
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives 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."
I don't live by any faith of my own but Christ's faith for I have been crucified along with my weak natural faith.
2Corinthians 4:13 "We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;"
I have the same quality of faith Jesus expressed.
Romans 10:17 "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
Ephesians 1:3 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:"
faith is one of the spiritual blessings I have been blessed with.
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 works in us,"
God's faith living in me is potent enough to deliver more than I can grasp with the mind.
Romans 10:8 "But what says it? The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;"
faith is the easiest to come by. I have easy access to faith.
1Corinthians 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
My spirit is one with the Spirit of faith that is in Christ.
1Corinthians 12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
I have the source of faith in me.
John 16:23 "
All the faith you need to receive answers to prayer is total conviction in the power of the name of Jesus. That is what the Son gave to us to enable us access answers.
Luke 11:13 "
"I am sad and frustrated because nothing is working for me"
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Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice."
The Lord is the all-time source of my joy.
Psalm 4:6 "There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us."
I have the greatest thing anyone can ever have-God's joy. It is greater than any of my desires.
Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fullness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
The fullness of joy is always in me because God is always with me.
Psalm 17:15 "As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness."
Joy is the result of beholding the face of God in the right attitude of faith.
John 15:11 "
The joy that lives in the heart of God lives in me.
John 17:13 "
The joy of the Lord overwhelms completely the world of sadness around me.
Habakkuk 3:17 "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be on the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:"
Genesis 15:1 "After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying,
I have something far greater than the fulfilment of my desires-God Himself.
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 forever.
My eternal dwelling place is goodness and mercy.
John 10:10 "
I have more than enough more than my desires by faith in Christ.
"This person, these people are not worth my time and effort"
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Mark 12:31 "
It is a great commandment to love my neighbour. The greater the commandment I obey the greater my reward.
Proverbs 24:23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have partiality in judgment.
To consider the seeming worthless person is the way I become truly wise.
Romans 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
I do not have respect of persons because God's life that in me has no respect for persons.
James 2:5 "Hearken, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him?"
The seemingly worthless need more attention from me
Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith in Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
Galatians 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
What I do for any I do for Christ.
1Corinthians 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
Matthew 25:40 "
Mark 9:41 "
Matthew 11:19 "
Matthew 18:10 "
Psalm 41:1 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Proverbs 14:21 "He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he."
Matthew 19:30
"I don't think this pain will ever go away"
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Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
My walk with God is a walk from all pain
Isaiah 53:4 "Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted."
Christ has borne all my pain.
Ezekiel 36:26 "
God has replaced my heart of pain with a new heart filled with the spirit of gladness.
2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
In Christ I am a new creature immune to pain. All my pain has passed away.
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 works in us,"
The power of God in my life is able to take away any pain that seems impossible to take away.
Proverbs 23:7 "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you."
The pain is at the mercy of my thoughts.
Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him,
There is nothing my faith in Christ cannot destroy.
Mark 10:27 "And Jesus looking upon them said,
2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
I have full access to the grace that takes away all pain
Isaiah 43:18 "
Jeremiah 31:13 "
2Corinthians 1:3 "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;"
2Corinthians 1:4 "Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted of God."
Psalm 30:11 "You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;"
Isaiah 61:3 "
God is able to make right anything that has caused me pain.
2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
"Nothing good can ever amount from my life"
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Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
My life is the unfolding of the unending and ever-increasing glory of Christ.
Jeremiah 29:11 "
2Peter 1:3 "According as his divine power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who has called us to glory and virtue:"
God has called and equipped me to live a life of glory and virtue.
Colossians 1:27 "To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:"
Everything good can come out of my life because Christ has come into my life.
Romans 5:5 And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.
My glory is sure because God's love for me is sure.
Deuteronomy 28:12 "The LORD shall open unto you his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend unto many nations, and you shall not borrow."
God has stored great things in me. His command to me is to believe and live in His love by faith in order to bring out all His goodness in me. Rom 8:37 Nay in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Philippians 1:6 "Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:"
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 works in us,"
2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
2Corinthians 4:17 "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"
"I don't have the resources to get it done"
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2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
I have all things needed for every good work in God.
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
I shall receive all supplies necessary not because of my condition but according to my faith in my riches in Christ.
Matthew 6:33 "
The kingdom is sought by faith. Because I have sought the kingdom I have all resources
John 15:7 "
Christ is my all-sufficient resource.
Deuteronomy 8:18 "But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore unto your fathers, as it is this day."
God will give me supplies because I am a partaker in the covenant of faith that is founded/works on the honour of God's Great name.
2Peter 1:3 "According as his divine power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who has called us to glory and virtue:"
Because I know Christ by faith I cannot lack anything.
"I cannot control my mind and my thoughts"
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2Corinthians 10:4 "(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)"
I have greater control over my mind than any other power through faith in God's power.
Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
My mind is already free and under my control. All I need to do is to maintain my mind in that liberty by faith.
2Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
It is not about my control but all about the Spirit's control over my mind through faith.
1John 4:13 "By this we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit."
Because I dwell in God my mind is shielded from any controlling force.
1Corinthians 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
God's influence over my mind is more powerful.
1Corinthians 2:16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."
The mind of Christ is the most powerful mind. I have the mind of Christ.
2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
I have a sound mind full of power faith and under the influence of God's love.
Proverbs 23:7 "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you."
I think godly thoughts; my mind is under the control of godly thoughts because I am God's son.
"I have made too many mistakes in this, forget it"
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2Corinthians 12:9 "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
Mistakes are indication that you already have the victory in God. Because you have not recognised it you are fighting with yourself. God's grace is the victory.
2Corinthians 13:4 "For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you."
Romans 5:5 And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.
The love of God overwhelms all my mistakes.
Proverbs 24:16 "For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall by calamity."
The nature of the righteous is a 'never giving' up nature.
Philippians 3:9 "And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:"
It is not about my works but the works of God through my faith.
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."
There are no mistakes in God's plan for my life. I key myself into this plan by my love for Him through faith in His love for me.
2Timothy 1:9 "Who has saved us, and called us with a 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,"
God foresaw all my mistakes ahead of time and provided perfect solutions and adjustments needed for perfect results. I key myself into this grace by faith in Christ.
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
Making it is not rooted in the number of mistakes you don't make but the mercy God shows to you by your faith in Him.
1Corinthians 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
God's wisdom is revealed in His ability to turn mistakes around for good.
Hebrews 10:17
My mistakes do not have to determine what I can achieve in God.
"I cannot keep my mind peaceful"
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Colossians 3:15 "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you are called in one body; and be thankful."
I already have peace in my mind and I must let that peace rule by faith.
Romans 14:17 "For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit."
God rules in me by faith and His rule is seen in peace of mind.
Luke 17:21 "
God's kingdom of peace dwells in my mind by faith.
Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
I exchange every trouble in my mind for the peace of God by faith and I thank God for His peace.
John 14:27 "
The power to keep my mind in peace is in me by faith.
Hebrews 4:3 "For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said,
I enter into the world of peace by faith.
2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
"The Christian life is too difficult to live"
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Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives 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."
The Christian life can only be difficult when I rely on myself because it is all about Christ.
Matthew 11:29 "
The Christian life exchanges every difficult burden on me for the lighter burden of faith and trust in God.
2Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
I have received the Spirit of freedom from burdens of life by making Christ Lord over my life.
Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
Romans 1:17 "For in it is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."
The Christian life puts no hard demands on me but allows me to successfully demand all things by faith. The real demand is the demand of faith.
Philippians 1:6 "Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:"
The Christian life is lived with God's own ability.
Philippians 1:12 "But I wish you to understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have served rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;"
Every seeming bad thing that happens to a Christian makes His life exceedingly much easier in the end.
"Even if I change, it won't last"
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2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
Whatever thing that is accomplished by the spirit of power lasts the longest.
Jeremiah 29:11 "
God has programmed every stage of my life to end in immovable peace and glory.
Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him,
My everlasting change is in my everlasting faith.
Jude 1:24 "Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,"
God will keep me from falling back if I keep my faith in God's ability in keeping me from falling back.
Romans 16:25 "Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,"
The truth of God's ability to keep me from falling is sure and existed even before the universe.
John 8:36 "
The change that comes from Jesus lasts forever.
Hebrews 3:14 "For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;"
A lasting change depends on a lasting confidence in Christ.
"I can't change"
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Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him,
My change is at the mercy of my faith.
2Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
To the degree my focus and faith on God's Spirit is unchanging to the same degree I will change.
2Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
There are infinite possibilities of change because the Spirit of change lives in and works in me by faith.
2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
God's Spirit in me has enough love and power to transform my form into God's own form as I allow Him to keep my mind sound by faith.
2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
To the extent my life is in Christ by faith; to that same extent I will experience change.
Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Change is not self-produced but God-produced through faith.
1Corinthians 4:20 "For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."
The rule of God in my life through faith always brings great changes.
2Corinthians 4:16 "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."
The life of faith is an ever changing forward moving life where the bad things perish and the good things are ever renewed; changes in both directions.
Proverbs 23:7 "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you."
Change is at the mercy of my thought and not at my being tough.
Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
Colossians 3:10 "And have put on the new man, that is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:"
My life is programmed in God unto progressive positive change through the progressive knowledge or faith in Christ.
"Will I ever get ahead"
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Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
My life is a life of faith and every life of faith is an ever moving life of glory.
2Corinthians 4:16 "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."
The life of faith always keeps me ahead and my limitations behind.
1Thessalonians 3:12 "And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:"
Love is the evidence of the life of God. As I increase in my love through faith I move ahead in my experience of the life of God.
Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him,
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 who are sanctified."
The word of grace is the word of faith. As I grow in faith I move ahead in the experience of grace.
Psalm 27:1 A Psalm of David. 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?
2Corinthians 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
The Spirit of God moves me ahead all the time by faith.
"I don't know anything about this, I am sure to fail"
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Psalm 144:1 "A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:"
John 14:26 "
1John 2:27 "But the anointing which you have received of him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him."
My success in a thing is not rooted in my knowledge about the thing but rooted in my knowledge of the Spirit of God who knows everything about everything
2Corinthians 5:7 "(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"
The believer should not just succeed in what he/she knows but in what he/she does not know through faith
Daniel 11:32 "And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flattery: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and take action."
1Corinthians 2:16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."
There is hope for success in any project because I have access to the the mind that knows all things
Romans 14:23 "And he that doubts is condemned if he eats, because he eats not of faith: for whatever is not of faith is sin."
What we don't know gives us the opportunity to walk by faith which is the key to success in a project and not knowledge. Until we do things out of faith we cannot succeed in anything.
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
It always requires the mercies of God for the completion of any task.
"last time when I prayed, nothing happened, why should I believe in prayer"
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2Corinthians 13:14 "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen."
Proayer is not meant for gains but for love and fellowship to God which produces gains
James 5:16 "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."
Something great always happens when a righteous man prays righteously
"This problem is too big for me to handle"
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Daniel 11:32 "And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flattery: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and take action."
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives 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."
Psalm 35:10 "All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto you, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that plunders him?"
Deuteronomy 2:36 "From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:"
1Corinthians 10:13 "There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it."
Genesis 18:14 "
Jeremiah 32:17 "Ah Lord GOD! behold, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm, and there is nothing too hard for you:"
Genesis 1:26 "And God said,
"I will never give it out to anyone becos anytime i do so people misuse it"
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Galatians 6:10 "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith."
Matthew 5:44 "
Psalm 62:11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God.
1Peter 4:10 "As every man has received a gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."
1Corinthians 4:2 "Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."
1Corinthians 13:4 "Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,"
1Corinthians 13:7 ,7 "Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.",8 "Love never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away."
"There is so much to do, when will I finish"
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Revelation 1:8 "
Philippians 2:12 ,12 "Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.",13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
2Peter 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
Psalm 84:10 "For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness."
1Corinthians 13:7 "Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
"I don't think I have a great destiny bcos I don't get prophecies like others"
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2Peter 1:19 "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which you do well that you take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:"
The bible is the original and most potent source of prophecy for every Child of God
Romans 15:8 "Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:"
2Corinthians 1:20 "For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us."
2Peter 1:4 "By which are given unto us exceedingly great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."
Every promise in the bible which are essentially promises of greatness are accessible to every Child of faith
"Even if I preach to him, he will not accept my message, why bother"
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John 16:8 "
Ezekiel 33:8 "
My responsibility is to preach the word and not to convert and the Spirit's responsibility is to convert the sinner with the word
Isaiah 55:11 "
God's word always accomplishes something when preached
"Even the best of my plans has failed I give up"
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Jeremiah 29:11 "
God's plans for my life which is appropriated through faith in God is what my trust must be in and not in the best of plans I can come out with
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives 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."
John 14:6 "Jesus said unto him,
Proverbs 3:5 ,5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding.,6 "In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths."
Faith in Christ is the best plan that I can have. Until my plans translates to faith in Christ it can never be a good plan.
"Nobody believes in what I am doing"
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Romans 3:3 ,3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?,4 "God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That you might be justified in your sayings, and might overcome when you are judged."
The only thing that counts is God's view on what I am doing because the greatness of my venture depends on God's view of it. What men believe or do not believe about my venture does not change the greatness of what I do.
The greatness of whatever I do does not depend on the greatness of peoples faith in it but on the greatness of my faith(as inspired by God) in it
Mark 11:23 "
It is the faith of God that determines the value of a thing and not people
"My only source of help is gone, I give up"
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Psalm 124:8 "Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth."
God is my most reliable source of help because not only is His name faithful to all who call upon Him but He created the universe and thus has everything that runs in it including my problems under His control.
Jeremiah 29:11 "
What I need to fulfill to be assured of help is My partaking of the grace of God through my faith in Jesus. This is so because God's grace is my only unfailing and reliable source of help. I know that what the grace of God begins will never be left incomplete but be completed by the same grace notwithstanding oppositions
Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
In all things our focus must be on Jesus because He is the author and finisher of all good things in my life as a believer.
Hebrews 13:5 "Let your conduct be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said,
God has promised that He will never leave us nor forsake us so we are assured that no Matter what we seem to be going through He is with us and that He will take us to that expected end.
Philippians 4:19 ,19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.,20 Now unto God and our Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Every son's glory and prosperity is ever fathers joy glory and prosperity. God who is our loving Father desires that we will prosper so He is committed to providing our needs in every situation.It is the joy and glory of God to help me in all things
Genesis 22:14 "And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen."
It is our faith in the name or identity of the Lord as our provider which is the source of all our provisions.
1Thessalonians 5:24 "Faithful is he that calls you, who also will do it."
God doesn't call us as believers to disappoint us but calls us so He can be our reliable faithful and unfailing source of help. Our call as believers is a call to believe in God as our Help in all things.
Philippians 1:6 ,6 "Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:",7 "Even as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; since as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my grace."
Psalm 46:1 "To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah. A song upon alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."
"It is good but I don't think it is worth the effort in getting it"
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Isaiah 55:8 ,8 "
1John 2:27 "But the anointing which you have received of him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him."
The worth of a thing and the way to do it is not defined by my thoughts but defined by God's thoughts which is freely accessible though the Spirit of God who is in every child of God
John 4:34 "Jesus said unto them,
The love we have for doing a work is more important than the gains we perceive we will get from it because things that we do for the sake of our love for them are things that impart strength and life to our lives
Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be put to forced labor.
In all we do we need to be motivated by the love for work and not the love for rest because with diligence comes worthy rewards
Hebrews 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Every kind of work God has entrusted to us is what God uses to make us more perfect in walking in His will
Proverbs 12:27 The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are precious.
"I have committed this sin, I should as well commit that sin also"
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John 8:34 "Jesus answered them,
The more we sin the more we come under the power and control of sin and the more we are under sin's control the more it becomes difficult to be free from it's control
"Despite the encouragement, I failed, why sh'd I take any encouragement serious"
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Proverbs 13:12 "Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life."
John 15:1 "
My connection to Christ who is the tree of life is the key to my unfailing source of encouragement and success. As sure as my connection to Christ is is as sure as my success is.
"I have grown up with this, I can't change from it"
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2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
In Christ Jesus I can be free from anything and have a brand new and glorious beginning
"I don't see any good future in what I am giving myself to. It is a waste of time"
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John 15:7 "
The good future of a thing or project is not dependent on the thing or the project but fully dependent on the abiding of the word of faith in my heart through my meditation of God's word of faith.
Joshua 1:8 "
Psalm 1:2 ,2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night.,3 "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper."
Romans 10:8 "But what says it? The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;"
Psalm 33:9 "For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast."
The future of anything is not dependent on anything apart from the word of the Lord concerning that thing. It is not about the bad future I see but all about seeing the word of the Lord because the good future of anything depends on the word of the Lord concerning it
1Corinthians 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
The success or good future of a thing does not depend on the thing but fully depends on God for It is the wisdom of God to choose to manifest His glory even in weak and foolish things.
Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him,
The value of a thing is not in the thing but about the amount of faith placed on it
"Even if I help him, he will still fail, why bother"
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1Corinthians 13:8 "Love never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away."
Helping is an expression of love true love never fails to express itself and every expression of true love never fails to produce results. Love never fails because God is love and God never fails 1Jo 4:16
Mark 12:30 "
Helping others is the expression of love. Everything is a means to an end but love should be the means and the end of all things. Love is itself success.
1Timothy 1:5 "Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:"
"I quit because I don't have what it takes to complete it"
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Revelation 1:8 "
Christ is the reality of the beginning and the end of a project
Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Mark 11:23 "
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
"I did not start early I should as well forget about putting so much energy into it"
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Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"
Joshua 1:8 "
Success is rooted in God's word
Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
2Peter 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
Psalm 62:11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God.
"There is so much to do,where do I start"
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Psalm 18:32 "It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect."
Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
2Corinthians 5:7 "(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"
Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
"It is not good to always expect success lest you become disappointed"
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Jeremiah 29:11 "
Romans 5:5 And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.
Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."
Romans 8:37 "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."
1Corinthians 15:57 "But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
2Corinthians 2:14 "Now thanks be unto God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the fragrance of his knowledge by us in every place."
1Corinthians 13:7 "Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him,
Mark 11:23 "
James 1:6 ,6 "But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.",7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.
Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."
2Corinthians 1:20 "For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us."
"There are enough people doing this work,my efforts will be insignificant"
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2Corinthians 5:7 "(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"
1Corinthians 12:22 "Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:"
Joshua 1:8 "
Psalm 1:3 "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper."
Deuteronomy 28:13 "And the LORD shall make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if that you hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do them:"
"May be this is not meant for me, that is why I keep failing"
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Hebrews 10:35 ,35 "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward.",36 "For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise."
Habakkuk 2:3 "
Everything God-ordained for you also has a God-ordained time for manifestation
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Failure is not enough to dismiss chances of excelling in a field
"If this thing happens again, I will never do that again"
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Hebrews 10:35 ,35 "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward.",36 "For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise."
John 16:33 "
James 1:2 ,2 "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials;",3 "Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience.",4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing."
"I can't make a big impact because I don't have many people helping me"
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Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him,
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Psalm 62:11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God.
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 works in us,"
"I will postpone this because I don't have what it takes to do it soon enough"
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Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
"Even if I preach, I will make no impact or go far"
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Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"
1Corinthians 4:20 "For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."
Psalm 62:11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God.
1Corinthians 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
"I can't continue this any longer, I am burned out, I give up"
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Psalm 27:1 A Psalm of David. 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 18:32 "It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect."
"I don't plan because I have never fulfilled any I have done so far"
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Galatians 6:9 "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
Hebrews 6:12 "That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Hebrews 10:35 ,35 "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward.",36 "For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise."
"Even the people I respect so much don't believe I can do this"
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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 works in us,"
Romans 1:17 "For in it is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."
"nobody believes that I can do this/great things"
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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 works in us,"
Romans 1:17 "For in it is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."
"Even if I put in my effort, the results won't last, why bother"
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Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"
"Even if I succeed, the benefits will go to someone else, why bother"
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Philippians 2:3 ,3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.,4 "Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."
Romans 12:10 Be tender loving one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;
What brings fulfilment to in life is what I have in my life by faith in Jesus. I have the best of all lives and opportunities even the life of God through faith in Christ.