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HANDY LITTLE CHART - GOD HAS A POSITIVE ANSWER: 

YOU SAY

GOD SAYS

BIBLE VERSES

You say: 'It's impossible'

God says: All things are possible

(Luke 18:27)

You say: 'I'm too tired'

God says: I will give you rest

(Matthew 11:28-30)

You say: 'Nobody really loves me'

God says: I love you

(John 3:1 6 & John 3:34 )

You say: 'I can't go on'

God says: My grace is sufficient

(II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

You say: 'I can't figure things out'

God says: I will direct your steps

(Proverbs 3:5- 6)

You say: 'I can't do it'

God says: You can do all things

(Philippians 4:13)

You say: 'I'm not able'

God says: I am able

(II Corinthians 9:8)

You say: 'It's not worth it'

God says: It will be worth it

(Roman 8:28 )

You say: 'I can't forgive myself'

God says: I Forgive you

(I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)

You say: 'I can't manage'

God says: I will supply all your needs

(Philippians 4:19)

You say: 'I'm afraid'

God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear

(II Timothy 1:7)

You say: 'I'm always worried and frustrated'

God says: Cast all your cares on ME

(I Peter 5:7)

You say: 'I'm not smart enough'

God says: I give you wisdom

(I Corinthians 1:30)

You say: 'I feel all alone'

God says: I will never leave you or forsake you

(Hebrews 13:5)

God determines who walks into your life....it's up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go.'

 
ETERNALLY SAFE 
The true children of God are, according to the Scriptures, ETERNALLY SAFE because: 
 
1.They are born not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible.  1 Peter.1:23 "Being
    born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever".  
 
2.His sheep shall never perish.  John.10:28 "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, 
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand".  
 
3. There lives are hid with Christ in God.  Colossians.3:3 "For ye are dead, and
your life is hid with Christ in God".  
 
4. They are chosen in Him before the foundation of the world.  Ephesians.1:4
"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and without blame before him in love".  
 
5. They are already seated in the heavenlies in Christ.  Ephesians.1:3, 2:6 "Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ".  "And hath raised us up together,
and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus".  
 
6. They are already sealed by the Spirit until the day of redemption. 
Ephesians.4:30 "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto
the day of redemption".  
 
7. The Lord knows them that are His.  2 Timothy.2:19 "Nevertheless the foundation of
God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let
every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 
Num 16:5, 26".  
 
8. Having begun it, He will preform it.  Philippians.1:6 "Being confident of this
very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the
day of Jesus Christ".  
 
9. They are already living stones in the spiritual building of God of which Christ
himself is the Chief Cornerstone.  1 Peter.2:5, Ephesians.2:20, 22 "Ye also, as
lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up
spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ"..  "And are built upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner
stone; 
Ps 118:22 Matt 21:42 Mark 12:10 Luke 20:17 Acts 4:11 1 Pet 2:7".  "In whom ye also
are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit"..  
 
10. They are numbers of the Body of Christ, each with a peculiar function - without
the least member, the Body would not be complete.  1 Corinthians..12:12-27 "For as
the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being
many, are one body: so also is Christ".  "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into
one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been
all made to drink into one Spirit".  "For the body is not one member, but many". 
"If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it
therefore not of the body?.  "And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I
am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?  " 
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing,
where were the smelling?  "But now hath God set the members every one of them in the
body, as it hath pleased him".  "And if they were all one member, where were the
body?  "But now are they many members, yet but one body".  "And the eye cannot say
unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no
need of you".  "Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more
feeble, are necessary".  "And those members of the body, which we think to be less
honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have
more abundant comeliness".  "For our comely parts have no need: but God hath
tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which
lacked".  "That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should
have the same care one for another".  "And whether one
 member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the
members rejoice with it".  "Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in
particular".  
 
11. They are kept by the power of God.  1 Peter. 1:4 "To an inheritance
incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for
you".  
 
12. The inheritance is reserved for them.  1 Peter.1:4 "To an inheritance
incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for
you".  
 
13. God's people are a gift to Christ.  John.17:6-7 "I have manifested thy name unto
the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them
me; and they have kept thy word".  "Now they have known that all things whatsoever
thou hast given me are of thee".  
 
14. Backsliding is a sin, but the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from
all sin.  1 John.1:7 "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from
all sin".  
 
15. He is able to save to the uttermost.  Hebrews.7:25 "Wherefore he is able also to
save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make
intercession for them".  
 
16. By one offering He has perfected forever them that are sanctified. 
Hebrews.10:10-14 "By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the
body of Jesus Christ once for all".  "And every priest standeth daily ministering
and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins".  "But
this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the
right hand of God".  "From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his
footstool".  "For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are
sanctified".  
 
17. Who He foreknew he also predestinates, calls, justifies and glorifies. 
Romans.8:28-32 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are the called according to his purpose".  "For whom he did
foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he
might be the firstborn among many brethren".  "Moreover whom he did predestinate,
them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he
justified, them he also glorified".  "
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?  "
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not
with him also freely give us all things?  
 
18. He gives His sheep everlasting or eternal life.  John.10:28 "And I give unto
them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out
of my hand".  
 
19. Christ dwells in them.  2 John.2 "For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us,
and shall be with us for ever".  
 
20. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance (Change of Purpose).. 
Romans.11:29 "For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance"..

                          THE LAMININ CROSS THAT HOLDS US TOGETHER

 

 

This is a pretty neat story and an interesting thing that few of us know. It's brief, so please read. (FROM A DOCTOR)  

A couple of days ago I was running (I use that term very loosely) on my treadmill, watching a DVD sermon by Louie Giglio... And I was BLOWN AWAY!  I want to share what I learned.... But I fear not being able to convey it as well as I want. I will share anyway.

He (Louie) was talking about how inconceivably BIG our God is... How He spoke the universe into being... How He breathes stars out of His mouth that are huge raging balls of fire.. . Etc. Etc. Then He went on to speak of how this star-breathing, universe creating God ALSO knitted our human bodies together with amazing detail and wonder. At this point I am LOVING it (fascinating from a medical standpoint, you know.) .... And I was remembering how I was constantly amazed during medical school as I learned more and more about God's handiwork. I remember so many times thinking..... 'How can ANYONE deny that a Creator did all of this???'

Louie went on to talk about how we can trust that the God who created all this, also has the power to hold it all together when things seem to be falling apart...how our loving Creator is also our sustainer.

And then I lost my breath. And it wasn't because I was running my treadmill, either!!!
It was because he started talking about laminin. I knew about laminin. Here is how Wikipedia describes them: 'Laminins are a family of proteins that are an integral part of the structural scaffolding of basement membranes in almost every animal tissue.' You see.... Laminins are what hold us together.... LITERALLY. They are cell adhesion molecules. They are what holds one cell of our bodies to the next cell. Without them, we would literally fall apart. And I knew all this already. But what I didn't know is what they LOOKED LIKE..

But now I do.  And I have thought about it a thousand times since (already)....
Here is what the structure of laminin looks like... AND THIS IS NOT a 'Christian portrayal' of it.... If you look up laminin in any scientific/medical piece of literature, this is what you will see....

                                                                    

 

Now tell me that our God is not the coolest!!!  Amazing.
The glue that holds us together.... ALL of us.... Is in the shape of the cross.
Immediately Colossians 1:15-17 comes to mind.

'He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
For by him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible
And invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;
All things were created by him and for him.
He is before all things, and in him
All things HOLD TOGETHER. '
Colossians 1:15-17
Call me crazy. I just think that is very, very, very cool.
Thousands of years before the world knew anything about laminin,
Paul penned those words. And now we see that from a very LITERAL standpoint, we are held together... One cell to another... By the cross.

You would never in a quadrillion years convince me that is anything
Other than the mark of a Creator who knew EXACTLY what laminin
'glue' would look like long before Adam breathed his first breath!!

 

 

 
 

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