DECEMBER 14

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

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Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”

Psalm 21:4

“He asked for life from You, You gave it to him, Length of days forever and ever.”

Matthew 26:41

“Keep watching and praying, so that you do not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Psalm 5:2

“Listen to the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to You I pray.”

Psalm 5:3

“In the morning, Lord, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will present my prayer to You and be on the watch.”

Psalm 6:9

“The Lord has heard my pleading, The Lord receives my prayer.”

Psalm 32:6

“Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found;”

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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:

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I have attempted some things that were far beyond my capacity, but because I rely on the Lord I have never failed.  As a church, we have never hesitated to attempt great things for God, and we have accomplished all that we proposed.  I have sought God’s aid, assistance, and help in many undertakings, and He has heard my prayers!  Not now and then, not once or twice, but so often that it has become a habit to spread my case before God with the absolute certainty that whatever I ask He will give.

It is not a perhaps or a possibility.  I know that my Lord answers me.  I dare not doubt; it would be folly if I did.  Just as a certain amount of leverage will lift a weight, so too a certain amount of prayer will get anything from God.  As rain clouds bring showers, prayer brings blessings.  As spring scatters flowers about, earnest prayer ensures mercies.  There is profit in all labor, but most of all in the work of intercession.  I am sure of this and have reaped it.

I put my trust in the Queen’s money, because when I produce the cash I have never failed to buy what I want.  In the same way, I put my trust in God’s promises, and I will continue to do so, for God hears prayer.  Remember, however, that it must be offered in submission to God’s will.  Never pray without inserting this clause…….and mean it!  “Nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”  (Jesus said in Matthew 26:39).

He does not always literally give what we ask for, but He does give what is best.  If He does not give the mercy we ask for in silver, He provides it in gold.  If He does not take away the thorn in the flesh, He says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”  As He did to Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:9. 

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