DECEMBER 9

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

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1 Corinthians 10:13

“No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”

Psalm 51:6

“Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,  And in secret You will make wisdom known to me.”

Psalm 31:3

“For You are my rock and my fortress; For the sake of Your name You will lead me and guide me.”

Hebrews 4:16

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”

Psalm 119:65

“You have dealt well with Your  servant, O Lord, according to Your word.”

I Thessalonians 5:24

“Faithful is he that calls you, who also will do it.”

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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:

God is true to His promises.  “God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able.” ~ ~ 1 Corinthians 10:13.

“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” ~ ~Hebrews 13:5

“God is able” and He will fulfill His promises, and Christ is God.  “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.  And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.”  ~ ~ John 10:27-28.

“God is faithful,” and God will fulfill these promises.

You have often heard this promise, “As your days, so shall your strength be.” (Deuteronomy 33:25).  Do you believe it?  Or will you make God a liar?  If you believe it, then banish all dark depression with this blessed little sentence, “God is faithful.”

God sends our trials at the right time.  If He puts an extra burden on us in one way, He takes something off in another.  John Bradford, the famous martyr, suffered with rheumatism and depression, in which I can greatly sympathize.  Yet when they imprisoned him in a foul damp dungeon, and he knew that he would never come out except to die, Bradford wrote, “It is a singular thing that ever since I have been in this prison and have had other trials to bear, I have had no touch of my rheumatism or depression.”

How blessed, and you will find that this is true, “God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make a way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”  (1 Corinthians 10:13).

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