SEPTEMBER 3

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

Jeremiah 29:11-13

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Col. 1:17

 And He Himself existed and is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. [His is the controlling, cohesive force of the universe.] (amplified)

Malachi 3:6

For I am the LORD, I do not change; ….

Lamentations 3:25-26

The LORD is good to those who wait for Him,

To the soul who seeks Him.

 It is good that one should hope and wait quietly

For the salvation of the LORD.

Ephes. 1:19

 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

Psalm 115:13

He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

Psalm6:9

The LORD has heard my supplication;  The LORD will received my prayer.

Matthew 7:11

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Luke 12:7

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

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This month we will read choices from  Charles Spurgeon’s (known affectionately as the “prince of preachers”)  devotional, “Beside Still Waters.”   It’s no secret that this world system is getting more evil by the day.  We have to stand strong in the Lord and look to Him more than ever to get through, and to be guided through, what is in the future……..known and allowed  by Him alone…..as well as whatever personal things we are experiencing in our lives.

God is so great and mighty that all things are little to Him.  There are worlds so enormous that human reckoning cannot estimate their size; the stars are so numerous that we have to leave them uncounted. Yet all these must be as a drop in a bucket to Him.  Since all things are little to Him, it follows that nothing is more than little to God.

If divine observation and care is extended to creatures, then it must be given to the insignificant and the weak.  Why?  When compared with Him, everything is insignificant and weak.

If you want proof that the Lord considers the lesser things, look at creation.  The great and mighty God displays His greatness as much in tiny objects as in magnificent worlds that He has fashioned.  Myriads of creatures play in a single drop of water, and in each drop omnipotence is readily seen.  For each of these creatures, so small that they can only be observed by a microscope, God finds food and puts life-force in every part of their organization.  God sees to everything that concerns a gnat or fly as surely as He watches over seraphim and cherubim!  He guards the earth’s worms and the brook’s minnows.

Since He does this, He will deal tenderly with you, for He will despise none that seek Him.  He who takes care of gnats and flies will hear your prayer.  “He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; nor has He hidden His face from him.” (Ps 22:24).

Some of you have been in deep waters through pain, poverty and bereavement.  Loved ones and friends have forsaken you – but not God.  He will hear the prayer of the humble heart.  God will not forsake you.  He is very near your distress.

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