Assurance of Salvation

John 14: 1-4

1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

John 17: 1-2, 12

1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, 2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.

12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

Romans 8: 1-2, 29-32

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these

He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

Salvation Scriptures

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Romans 6: 23 …for the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our lord.

John 3: 3 Jesus answered and said to him,, “most assuredly I say to you, unless a man is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John 14: 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.”

2 Cor 5: 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

Romans 10: 9 - 11 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”

Revelation 3: 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him and he with me.

Hebrews 9:27-28 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

Acts 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”[Jesus Christ]

John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

John 6:35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.”

In these scriptures you have met Jesus If your heart was open, and if you repented of your sin, you asked Him to come in. The work of saving you is now His.

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Read these out loud. If they don’t make sense at first, read them again.

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Please write the answer to the question: what does this mean to you?

Romans 6: 23 …for the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our lord.
Please write the answer to the question: what does this mean to you?

Please notice the word sin instead of sins. That means that for one sin God could send me to hell. Death means hell. Jesus gave us the way out of hell.

John 3: 3 Jesus answered and said to him,, “most assuredly I say to you, unless a man is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Can you answer the question: why did Jesus come to die?

My answer to you is that Jesus came to die for the sin mentioned in the last verse. But until we repent of our sin – turn away - and receive Jesus and what He has done for us, we cannot have friendship with God or go to heaven. Will you do that – now?

John 14: 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.”
Please write the answer to the question: what does this mean to you?

2 Cor 5: 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
Please write the answer to the question: what does this mean to you?

Romans 10: 9 - 11 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
Please write the answer to the question: what does this mean to you?

Revelation 3: 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him and he with me.
Please write the answer to the question: what does this mean to you?

Now answer the following questions:

1. Are you a sinner?

2. Do you believe Jesus died on the cross for you and rose again?

3. Are you willing to surrender your life to Christ?

4. Are you ready to invite Jesus into your life and into your heart?

(from Bill Fay’s “Share Jesus Without Fear”)

Inheritance

We freely inherit all things

Ps 49:10

So now brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Acts 20:32

To open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they might receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.
Acts 26:18
(Paul remembering what Jesus said to him)

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children then heirs – heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ if indeed we suffer with Him that we may also be glorified together.
Romans 8: 16,17
I like to say: “I’m a joint heir with Jesus Christ – the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords”

In Him we were made God’s heritage and obtained an inheritance because we had been chosen and appointed beforehand according to His will. This is so that we who first hoped in Christ would live to the praise of His glory. In Him you trusted after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. You were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the *guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession - to the praise of His glory!
Ephesians 1: 11-14
*The Holy Spirit is the down-payment

For if the inheritance is of the law it is no longer of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise….and if you are Christ’s then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
Gal 3:18, 29

That the gentiles should be fellow heirs and of the same body and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel.
Ephesians 3:6

In my father’s house are many mansions. If it were not so I would not have told you I go to prepare a place for you.
John 14:2

But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God for he has prepared a city for them.
Heb 11:16

Then the King will say to those on His right hand, “Come you blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”
Matthew 25:34

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. By His boundless mercy we have been born again to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you.
1 Peter 1:3,4

But as it is written, “Eye has not seen, not ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.
1 Cor 2:9

And whatever you do, do it heartily as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance, for you serve the Lord Christ.
Col 3:23, 24

Wait on the Lord and keep His way and He shall exalt you to inherit the land.
Psalm 37:34

This is the work of God - that you believe.
John 6:29

Isaiah 45:5
I am the Lord, and there is no other. There is no God besides me. I gird you, though you have not known me.

***We are already in the heavenly places; heaven is now as well as later.

God's Words When You Are....Under Attack

ATTACK back

Exodus 33:14
My presence goes with you and I will give you rest.

Psalm 143:12
The Lord destroys the enemies of my soul

1 John 4:4
I am of God, His little child, and have overcome all evil spirits because greater is Jesus Christ who is within me than he who is in the world.
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Zech. 4:6
...not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit says the Lord.

Romans 8:27
We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

2 Cor. 2:14
But thanks be unto God who in Christ always leads us in victory.

Romans 8: 1,2
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Jesus Christ, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set us free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 5:1
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained an introduction by faith to the grace in which we stand, and we exult in our hope of sharing in the glory of God.

Luke 10:19
Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

1 John 3:8
The Son of God appeared for this purpose, that He might destroy the works of the devil

John 10:10
The thief comes to steal, to kill and to destroy, but I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly.

Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even unto death.

2 COR 10:4,5 Our weapons are mighty casting down every thought that exalts itself against God
verse 6: you will avenge disobedience when your obedience is complete

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We demolish
arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
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Romans 8:37 Version 1
In all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

Romans 8:37-39 Version 2
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am sure that neither life, nor death, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation is able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God's Words When You Are Tempted or Have Trials

1 Cor 10: 12, 13
No temptation is too great because God will provide a way of escape and all your brothers and sisters around the world have the same exact temptations.

Hebrews 4: 14-16
Jesus our high priest was tempted in all areas the same as we, though without sinning, and can sympathize with our weaknesses. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace to find mercy and grace to help us in time of need.

Hebrews 2:18
Because He Himself has been tempted, He is able to nurture those who are tempted.

2nd Peter 2: 9
The Lord knows just how to get you out of trouble when you’re tempted.

Romans 6:14
Sin has no more power over you, because you are no longer under the law but under grace.

Psalm 119:11
I have hidden Your word in my heart so that I will not sin against You.

James 1:13,14
God doesn’t tempt us. We are lured and tempted by our own desires.

Proverbs 28:13
You cannot progress or prosper by being in denial about your sin. If you face them, confess and forsake them, God will show mercy.

1 John 1:9
What has the power to cleanse us from sin? Confessing our sins. He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Peter 5: 8,9
Be sober, be vigilant because your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking what he may devour. Resist him firm in your faith knowing that the same experience of suffering belongs to your brethren throughout the world.

Ephesians 6
Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Stand therefore, having the girdle of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the helmet of salvation, the shoes of the gospel of peace, the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, and above all, take the shield of faith. With this you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

James 4: 7
Submit yourself to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you.

1 John 4: 4
Greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
(Jesus said, be of good cheer – I have overcome the world)

James 1: 2,3,12
Be happy when you encounter various temptations and trials. The trying of your faith develops patience. The man who endures trials will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Jude 24, 25
To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you blameless before His presence with great joy, to the only wise God, our Saviour, be glory and majesty.

Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience, by his blood, and our bodies washed with pure water.

1 Peter 1: 6,7
You are full of joy even though it may be necessary for a season that you are weighed down with many trials and temptations, because the trying of your faith, being more precious than gold, which is an element in the earth that does not last forever, will bring you to praise and honor and glory when Jesus Christ appears.

God's Words for when you are afraid....

PSALM 46
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be moved,
And though the mountains be toppled into the depths of the sea.

Though its waters rage and foam and though the mountains tremble at its tumult.
The Lord of Hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our stronghold.

Come now and look upon the works of the Lord, what awesome things He has done on the earth.

It is He who makes wars to cease in all the world. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear, and burns the shields with fire.

Be still then and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.

The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our stronghold.

PS 27:1 Version 1
The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?

Ps 27:1-6, Version 2
The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh [or to devour my mind], my adversaries and enemies, they stumbled and fell. Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear. Though war arise against me, in spite of this I shall be confident.

One thing I have desired of the Lord, that I will seek, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple. For in the time of trouble He will hide me in His pavilion, in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me. He shall set me high upon a rock.

And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me. Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle. I will sing, yes I will sing praises to the Lord.

2 Tim 1:17
God has not given us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love, and of a sound mind.

Is. 26:3
You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.

Ps 34: 4, 6,
I sought the Lord and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. This poor man cried and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God, ( I will praise His word), in God I have put my trust. I will not fear. What can man do to me? What can the devil do to me? (Ps. 56: 3,4) In God I have put my trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
vs. 11

...my soul trusts in You; and in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by. Ps. 57: 1

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. Fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears has not been perfected in love. 1 John 4: 18

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul. Ps. 94: 19

Phil 4: 6, 7
Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. And God's peace, which transcends all understanding, shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Ps. 121: 7
The Lord will protect you from all evil, the Lord will preserve your soul. The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in from this day forward.

Isaiah 54:11, 14, 17
O you afflicted one, tossed with tempest and not comforted, behold I will set your stones with colorful gems and lay your foundations with sapphires.
In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear, and from terror for it shall not come near you.

Behold, I have created the blacksmith who blows the coals in the fire, who brings forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the spoiler to destroy.
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from me, says the Lord.

Strong's definition:
No apparatus, armor, or any weapon formed against me shall prosper, advance, break out, make progress, or be caused to succeed. Every tongue - whether it be man or beast, fire to burn, water to drown, any evil gossip or wedge that would arise - come on the scene, trying to establish itself, impose itself, erect, arouse or stir up against me, I condemn, cause and declare it guilty and wrong and it is departed from me. This is my heritage, portion and possession as a servant and child of the King - belonging to the kingdom of my heavenly Father. And my God says, "This righteousness and justice is of me - you are vindicated and you will prosper."

Joshua 1:9 NASB
Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.

PS 91
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, "My refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust." For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper, and from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge. His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark. You will not be afraid of the terror by night, or of the arrow that flies by day, of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or of the destruction that lays waste at noon. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not approach you.

IS. 41: 10

Fear not for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Behold, all those who were incensed against you shall be ashamed and disgraced. They shall be as nothing, and those who strive with you shall perish. You shall seek them and not find them-those who contended with you, those who war against you shall be as nothing, as a nonexistent thing.

For I, the Lord Your God will hold your right hand, saying to you, fear not, I will help you.

Adventure, part 2.....

On that initial visit to Montana, when I was in crisis, when I got to one particular town, I bound the principalities and powers that hovered over it. It was a nice town. It just had those characteristics of some small towns in Montana – immobilized, afraid, no change for a long time, lack of resources.

I had this enormous peace entering it, knowing that I had dealt with the enemy, and I was still in crisis. I hung out at a bar to get to know the locals (well, Jesus did it!)

Later, when I embarked on my real adventure, and with no mania, I passed through that town. It was Sunday and a pastor invited me to his church that morning. I was visiting with the pastor after the service and he confided in me: “I have just started seeing God really move in this town, since the end of 2003.” That was when I had come and bound the principalities.

I’m not saying anything, but I’m just sayin’ – you never know…..

I didn’t say anything to the pastor.

That was when I was on my way to camp out in western Montana. I had put my house on interest only, had put it up for sale and was living off the equity. Don’t try this at home. I knew that I would get my house sold in time to pay it off, and I did. I got it sold before housing prices plummeted. I got a good price and just in time. They had just told me I couldn’t live off my credit anymore.

I trusted God every step of the way.

In western Montana, I found an area west of Bozeman that was spiritually “light” and naturally beautiful and just camped out there for most of the summer, enjoying the locals.

I was off medication.

I kept returning home to take care of the house, sometimes having to do more repairs and decorating to improve it for selling, then set out again, heading for another part of the United States, traveling everywhere with my two cats.

We went to the Grand Canyon, where my one cat, Tubby attracted so much attention as I walked him on a leash that people were oogling him instead of looking at the Grand Canyon!

At one point we went to Mexico, briefly, where I got lost coming back. God helped me find my way back without knowing Spanish.

I visited family and friends I hadn’t seen in twenty years!

In Arizona I was camping out alone, because it was January, and discovered at 3:00 AM that I had accidentally pitched my tent over a sprinkler that went off. God wanted me to have a cold shower!

The desert winds also blew everything so my tent and my belongings practically blew away!

There was a sign at an Arizona rest area that warned against “Serpents and Scorpions” and I thought about that verse that says “nothing shall by any means hurt you.”

In Arizona I also met a lady who invited me to stay at her place in Phoenix, which was beautiful! It was next to an orange orchard and had a pool. She was nice and an opportunity to share my faith.

Whenever I returned to Minneapolis, the heavy principalities over it were so evident, and I would brace myself. But I began to see it as a challenge to embrace.

My adventure came to an abrupt end when I had another manic episode! I was completely off medication and not using wisdom. I wasn’t having a solid quiet time with God every day, getting into the Word. I wasn’t in a constant fellowship with believers. Duh!

Those are the Basic Maintenance 101 for every Christian. I was relying on prophetic “knowing” and not on other ways of knowing. Besides, that kind of prophetic knowing may just as well be shut off.

When I got manic, I was promptly sent back home, to Minneapolis. Since then, I’ve been operating just fine without thinking much about the powers that be, and that’s just fine with me!

When God Let Me Go On An Adventure!

I finally let loose and went on an adventure after asking God if it was OK. I hemmed and hawed and tried to argue against it, but really argued for it, until I finally just went for it. I finally realized that God put the desires I had within me, and that my desires were good.

I realize now that the truth that was inspiring me is actually found in the bible. I have to admit that I went wild with it and that it got out of hand. I lost balanced wisdom and my adventure ended up in tragedy. But between the pain that preceded embarking on my adventure, and the not so happy end was a lot of fun! Here is the story….

I took off for Montana when things got intense in Minneapolis, a rather large city. I was aware that the city was heavy with demonic forces within, and as I got closer to God and dealt with the roots of the mental illness that plagued me, the city grew more and more oppressive.

As soon as I had a problem with mental illness, the police in Minneapolis would promptly hand me over to a hospital, where the atmosphere was unbearably intense, with other sick people to contend with. The "care" was sometimes not so careful.

When I didn't want to take extra sleep medication one night, but chose to sing and pray, the night nurse called the guards, who came and pinned me down, and stabbed me in the butt with a needle.

The next time I had trouble with my mind, it seemed like a good idea to avoid doctors and hospitals, so I took off in a car into the country west of Minnesota. I went all the way to Montana and there encountered the people of small towns – some small towns, not the freaky ones. I found that they dealt with me in a crisis mode much more patiently. Some police sat down and talked with me, and listened. They didn’t take me to a hospital.

They recommended I talk to some health care workers, who sat and talked with me rationally, and then sent me on my way.

The treatment I received in small towns was so compassionate. Also, the atmosphere in the small towns was so much better. There I felt released from the oppression of the city, and I started to feel better mentally and emotionally. I didn’t need to go to a hospital. I overcame fear and got over my bout with mania.

This taught me that there are spiritual forces over a city, especially certain cities, because of the type of people living in them. These forces can be heavy and demonic. This exists because the people in those cities collectively choose death. Some cities are more life oriented because the people have collectively moved more toward the light.

A certain Samaritan town that Jesus visited was collectively given over to unbelief. His disciples’ idea was that he should rain fire and brimstone on the city like Sodom and Gomorrah, after they tried to perform miracles there, and Jesus rebuked them and said He had come to bring life and not death. It shows how a whole town or city can be taken over by either good or evil. (See Luke 9: 51-56)

Notice also that Jesus pronounced judgment on whole cities – Chorazin and Bethsaida, because of their unbelief, in Luke 10: 13-15.

I became aware of this phenomenon (not the passages at that time) as I took off and went traveling, out of desperation, away from my city. I noticed how some towns had a certain peace about them, and there was light there, and others had a feeling of oppression.

After this initial experience, I was dying to go traveling and find the places in America where people were living in the light. I was more interested in the small towns, not the cities, after that good experience in Montana.

There are many things I observed in my travels: how just driving through a town late at night, there would be a light fragrance blanketing a city that was living in the light; how as I left my city, the spiritual forces lifted off me as I drove away, like mosquitoes lifting off a body.

Positive Cities:

Chicago (surprisingly enough!)
Dallas
Kansas City

Negative:

Lincoln, Nebraska
Fargo

To be continued….

God's Words When You Are Wounded Emotionally

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Ps 147

The spirit of the Lord is upon me because He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to set the captives free.
Is 61

Behold, You desire truth in the inward man. In the hidden part you will make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean. Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness that the bones [that are broken] may rejoice. Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart oh God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and uphold me by Your generous spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways and sinners shall be converted to You.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart. These oh God You will not despise.
Psalm 51

For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, then I could bear it, nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, then I could hide from him. But it is you a man my equal, my companion and my acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together and walked to the house of God in the throng.

He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, for there were many against me.

Cast your burden upon the Lord and He shall sustain you. He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove. I would fly away and be at rest. Indeed I would wander afar off and remain in the wilderness, I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest…for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Ps 55

Be merciful to me oh God for man would swallow me up. Fighting all day he oppresses me. My enemies would hound me all day, for there are many who fight against me oh God.

Whenever I am afraid I will trust in you. In God (I will praise his word) in God I have put my trust I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?
You number my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in Your book? When I cry out to You, then my enemies will turn back. This I know because God is for me. In God, I will praise his word, in God I will put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

You have delivered my soul from death. Have you not kept my feet from falling that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
Ps 56

Be merciful to me oh God for my soul trusts in You and in the shadow of your wings I will make my refuge until these calamities have passed by.

I will cry out to God most High, to God who performs all things for me. He shall send from heaven and save me. He reproaches the one who would swallow me up. God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.

My soul is among lions.

I will sing and give praise.
Ps 57

I will wait for You oh You his strength. For God is my defense. My God of mercy shall come to meet me.
Ps 59

Oh God You have cast us off. You have broken us down. You have been displeased. Oh restore us again. You have made the earth tremble. You have broken it. Heal its branches, for it is shaking. You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine of confusion.
Ps 60

Hear my cry, oh God. Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to you. when my heart is overwhelmed. Oh lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For You have been a shelter for me, a strong tower against the enemy. I will abide in Your tabernacle forever. I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. For you God have heard me.
Ps 61

Truly my soul waits silently for God. From Him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation. He is my defense. I shall not be greatly moved. My soul! Wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation. He is my defense. I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and glory. The rock of my strength and my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us.
If riches increase, do not set your heart on them. Power belongs to God. Also to you Lord belongs mercy. I did not invent mercy.
Ps 62

My soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you, in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you, thus I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips. Ps 63

For this reason I bow my knees to the father of our Lord Jesus Christ from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might through his spirit in the inner man. That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, that you being rooted and grounded in love may have the power to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth. That you may know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works within us, to him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3

God's Words For Provision and Prosperity

You must read these out loud. I know it sounds crazy, but the Word Of God has power, and if you read His word out loud, it brings power into your life to bring about the changes related to the thing that the words are referring to.

These scriptures can transform your finances. These scriptures can drive away the things that tear you down financially and build you up financially. These scriptures can bring good things into your life that produce the financial blessing that God would give to you as one who inherits the blessings of Abraham.

Of course, it does not eliminate the basic things necessary for financial prosperity:

1. Hearing God's voice

2. Heeding the commandments of the Lord

3. Obeying the Lord

Here are the scriptures and confessions:

The Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they gave them what they asked. And they stripped the Egyptians (of these things.) EXODUS 12:36

Deuteronomy 8:18 Amp
But you shall earnestly remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers as it is this day.

And the Lord shall make you the head, and not the tail, and you shall be above only and not beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you this day and are watchful to do them. Deuteronomy 28:13 Amp

Joshua 1:8
This book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success.

2 Samuel 22: 17, 20
He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.
He brought me forth also into a large place: He delivered me because He delighted in me.

Proverbs 8: 18
Wisdom speaks: Riches and honor are with me, yea, durable riches and righteousness. KJV

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the Lord of hosts. The glory of this house shall be greater than of the former, says the Lord of hosts: and in this place I will give peace, says the Lord of hosts. Haggai 2:8,9

Father, you said through Jesus that you don't want me to worry about my life, about basic provisions such as food and clothing. I resist negative feelings in the name of Jesus and stand on your word. You feed the birds and cloth the beautiful flowers, and you can take care of me, made in your image.

Everyone needs and desires many of the same things, especially food and clothing and shelter, and you promised to provide everything, absolutely everything, if I put your kingdom and your righteousness first. Matthew 6:25-33 Marie's paraphrase

Eph 3:20
I do put those things first. Thank you for giving me far more abundantly than all I ask or think.

I will no longer waste my time and energy struggling to "make a living." I give and you give back to me. I have many talents, but I will cut things down to the most essential. I'll use only the most important ones. I will receive my wages from you, Lord, who owns the cattle on a thousand hills. You pay high dividends for desiring You, for following You, for righteousness, for caring for others, for giving to others, for praying, for living life to Your glory. I will do the work of God, which is to believe. John 6:29

The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not be in want! I shall not live in lack. Psalm 23:1

And God is able to make all grace abound towards you; that you always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. 2 Cor 9:8
I have everything I need to perform every good work which You, Lord, have given me to do.

Eph 3:20
..by the power within us, he is able to do...far over and above all that we ask or think.

Phil 4:19
But my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

...He brings out those who are bound into prosperity... Ps 68: 6

Zechariah 3:4
See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes.

God will supply all I need and more, because He is rich and gives richly. I am giving to Him, cheerfully, and He will give back. I am not robbing God, and He is not robbing me. I always have enough. Everything I put my hand to prospers just as if I were an original child of Abraham.

I rebuke the devourer who devours my finances, by the blood of the Lamb. I give and it is given unto me. Luke 6:38, Phil 4:19, Mal 3:10-12

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor that you through his poverty might become rich! Through Your poverty, Jesus, I am now rich. 2 Cor. 8: 9

Romans 8: 17
I am a joint heir with Jesus Christ, and He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords!

I have suffered with Christ, and now I am glorified with Him.

The money comes NOW that God has promised!
Satan, take your hands off my money! The wealth of the wicked is transferred to me, who is not the wicked, but the just!

Satan, the debts are cancelled, NOW!

The house yields the maximum amount! The right buyers come to purchase the house.

I can do anything, through Christ, who is my strength. Phil 4:13

I lend but I do not borrow anymore!

Is 61
I have been sent to preach good news to the poor. I AM NOT POOR! I AM RICH!

Lord, I am very very weak, but Your strength has come in and taken the place of each area of weakness, so that when I am weak I am actually strong.

The Lord’s blessing makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it. Prov 10:22

Poem: I lend and do not borrow
He makes rich and adds no sorrow!

The people of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts, the richest of the people. Ps 45:12

Ps 35:27
Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause; and let them say continually, “Let the LORD be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”

He raises the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap, that He may seat him with princes—with the princes of His people. Ps 113:7,8

I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread. Ps 132:15

If the ax is dull, and one does not sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength;
but wisdom brings success. Ecc. 10:10

“You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates. Deut. 14:14

So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD. Deut 8:3

The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous shows mercy and gives.
He is ever merciful, and lends; and his descendants are blessed. Psalm 37:21,26

The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. Deut. 28:12

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. Prov 22:7