DECEMBER 7

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

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Psalm 30:11

“You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;  You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,”

Psalm 34:18

“The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit.”

Psalm 40:2

“He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock,

and established my steps.”

Isaiah 40:31

“But those who wait on the Lord  shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary,  they shall walk and not faint.”

1Peter 5:6

“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,”

2Timothy 1:7

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

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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.

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PASTOR SPURGEON:

Romans 8:37 ~ ~ “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”

The diamonds of divine promises glisten brightly when placed in the setting of personal trials.  I thank God that I have undergone fearful depression.  I know the borders of despair and the horrible brink of that dark gulf into which my feet have almost gone.

Because of this, I have been able to help brothers and sisters in the same condition.  I believe that the Christians’ darkest and most dreadful experiences will lead them to follow Christ and become fishers of men as Jesus said in Mark 1:17.  Keep close to your Lord and He will make every step a blessing.

The Holy Scripture is full of narratives of trials.  Your life will be as garnished with trials, like a rose with thorns, but provision is made in the Word for Satan’s assaults.

Confidently believe that Scripture’s wise plan is not in vain.  You will have to battle the same spiritual foes that assailed and buffeted saints in days past, but spiritual armor will be your safeguard in times of attack. (study Ephesians 6)

Ephesians 6:11:

“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”

As the Holy Spirit sanctifies us in our spirit, soul, and body, we become more like the Master.  We are conformed to Him not only in holiness and spirituality, but also in our experience of conflict, sorrow, agony, and triumph.  Jesus was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin (Hebrews 4:15).  Now we are to be made like Him.  The Savior’s public life begins and ends with trials.  It commences in the wilderness in a contest with Satan in Matthew 4:1, and it ends in Gethsemane in a dreadful battle with the powers of darkness in John 17.

If the Lord’s victory was won on Golgotha in blood and wounds, surely our crown will not be won without wrestling and overcoming.  We must fight if we would reign, and through the same conflicts that brought the Savior His crown, we will obtain the palm-branch of everlasting victory.

Revelation 7:9

“After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,”

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