SEPTEMBER 20

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

Joshua 21:45

“Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.”

Isaiah 55:11

“So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

Deuteronomy 7:9

“Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;”

2 Timothy 2:13

“If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.”

Jeremiah 29:11

“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.”

2 Peter 1:4

“by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”

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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.

Have you indulged the idea that under your present trial, whatever it may be, God will desert you?  My dear widowed sister or brother, do not fear that the Lord will forsake you now that your spouse is dead.

  Did He choose you before the foundation of the world? (Ephesians 1:4).  Is He going to desert you now?  Do you think you will ever have to ask, with the psalmist, “Has His mercy ceased forever?  Has His promise failed forevermore?  Has God forgotten to be gracious?  Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies?” Ps 77:8-9.

If you talk that way, ask the Lord why He ever began His work of love on you if He did not intend to finish it.

Or was it His intention to forget you?  If that was His intention, would He have ever started with you?  He knew all along that would happen and all that you would do. 

Nothing is a surprise to Him.  Known to the Lord from the beginning were all your trials and all your sins. Nevertheless, He still loved you.  In the foresight of all that was to happen, do not think that He will now or ever forget you.  He will not!  If He so loved you, even when you were dead in sins, will He deny you anything that is for His glory and your good?

You have been praying, but you fear that the mercy asked will never come.  If He loved you when you were a mass of corruption, will He not answer your prayers now that He has made you an heir of heaven?  Beloved, be of good comfort.  Do not let depression or unbelief cross your mind.  He loves you so much that He has made great sacrifices for you.  He blesses you daily, and He will not be in heaven without you if you have made Him your Lord and Savior and are living for Him.

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