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St Stephen's Anglican Church Kambah Where to find it in the scriptures? |
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Anxiety and Worry
" Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Phil. 4
"The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord; he is their stronghold in time of trouble. The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him." Psa 37
"... who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith .... may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory, and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed." 1 Peter 5-7
Assurance
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so I would have told you. ... I am the way and the truth and the life." John 14
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. ... For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. ... Now if we are children , then we are heirs - heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory." Romans 8
"... for everyone born of God has overcome the world, even our faith. ... This is the assurance we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked for." 1John5
Beattitudes
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matt 5
Courage
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1
Comfort
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows." 2 Cor 1
Devil
"Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals The Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say,'You must not eat from any tree in the garden?'" Gen 3
"How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn!" Isa 14
"Therefore rejoice you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short." Rev 12
Death
"For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. ... The last enemy to be destroyed is death. For he 'has put everything under his feet'." 1 Cor 15
"We believe tthat Jesus dies and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him." 1 Thes 4
"To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life." Rev 21-22
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death , I will fear no evil, ..." Psa 23
Depression
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psa 34
"Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will praise him, my saviour and my God." Psa 42
"Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me;" Psa 43
Education
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. ...Do what is right and good in the Lord's sight." Deut 6
Faith
" Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. .... And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. ... By faith Abraham, even though he was past age ... was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who has made the promise." Hebrews 11
"The righteous will live by faith." Gal 3
"... by faith we might receive the promise of the spirit Gal 3
"Faith by itself, if not accompanied by action, is dead." James 2
Family
"However each one of you must love his wife as himself, and the wife must respect her husband. ... Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right; ... Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." Eph 5-6
Fear
"The Lord will keep you from all harm- he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and for evermore." Psa 121
Forgiveness of Sin
"Have mercy on me, O God , according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin." Psa 51
"Peter replied, "Repent and be baptised, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven." Acts 2
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin." 1John 1
Fruitful Life in Christ
"If you remain in meand my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples." John 15
"... know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ." Gal 2
"... I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient; bearing with one another in love." Eph 4
Grace
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this is not from yourselves, it is a gift from God - not by works, so that no-one can boast" Eph 2
Gratitude
"And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. ... The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit." Phil 4
"Let the peace of Christ
rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And
be thankful. ... And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him."
Greatest Commandments
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. ... 'Love your neighbour as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12
God's will for you
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation - but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live." Rom 8
"Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it." Rom 12
"Now you brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise." Gal 4
Guidance
"Let love and faithfulness never leave you.... Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding .... Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil." Prov 3
"Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. ... Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like." James 1
Guilt
"Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. ... Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place." psa 51
"Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. He forgives all my sins and heals my diseases; he redeems my life from the pit and crowns me with love and compassion." Psa 103
Hopelessness
"Rejoice in the Lord Always. I will say it again: Rejoice! ... And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Phil 4
"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." John 15
Heaven
"I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine om it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp." Rev 21
"The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him." Rev:22
Hyprocrites
"So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hyprocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honoured by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full." Mat 6
Illegal or legal drug taking
Gal 5:
19: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20: Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies,
21: Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I
tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such
things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. The word "witchcraft" used here is from the
Greek word pharmakeia {far-mak-i'-ah}.This is where the word
"Pharmacy"comes from.Drug store.Bingo!! Don't go there,for it's of
the devil.
pharmakeia {far-mak-i'-ah} from
5332; n f AV -
sorcery 2, witchcraft 1; 3 1) the use or the administering of drugs 2)
poisoning
3) sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry
and
fostered by it 4) metaph. the deceptions and seductions of idolatry
Inferiority
"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in everyway, just as we are - yet was without sin." Heb 4
"And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Phil 4
"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Psa 139
Illness
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Cor 12
Joy
"Rejoice in the Lord Always, I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all." Phil 4
Justification
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ..." Romans 5
Judging Others
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Mat 7
Judgement
"The King will reply. 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me. .... Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." Mat25
"The dead are judged according to what they have done as recorded in the books." Rev 20
Knowing God
"What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord..." Phil 3
Love
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ... Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not selfseeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth." 1 Cor 13
"A new commandment I give unto you. Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. All men will know that you are my disciples if you love one another." John 13
"This is my command: Love each other." John 15
Marriage
"It is good for a man not to marry. But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband." 1 Cor 7
"... husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ... For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." Eph 5
New Birth
"I tell you the truth,
unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the
New Life
"So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. ... See to it that no-one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. ... When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature. God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, ..." Col 2
"We live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. ... Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come. All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation." 2 Cor 5
Overcoming
" ... for everyone born of God has overcome the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God." 1John 5
Prayer
"When you pray go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." Mat 6
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." Mark 11
"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being." Eph 3
Physical illness
"Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love." Psa 6
"But you, O Lord, have mercy on me; raise me up, that I may repay them.." Psa 41
Problems come your way
"... let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sone. For what son is not disciplined by his father? ... but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness." Heb 12
Resurrection
"For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. ... The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable." 1 Cor 15
Sin
"Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot our my transgressions, Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin." Psa 51
"While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5
Salvation
"God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact. ... Repent and be baptised, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Acts 2
"He than brought them out and asked, 'Men, what must I do to be saved'. They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved - you and your household." Acts 16
"For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life." Rom 5
"We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. ... The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. ... For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Rom 6
"Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation." Isa 12
Spirit filled life
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death." Rom 8
Suffering trials
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, ... For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows." 2 Cor 1
"Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." James 1
Temptation
"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." 1 Cor 10
Unity
"Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." Eph 4
"If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose." Phil 2
"I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. ... I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one. John 17
"If we are united with him in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection." Rom 6
Victory
"For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of Sonship. ... No in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." Rom 6-8
Word of God
"How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.' Psa 119
"For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith." Heb 4
Wisdom
"Let love and faithfulness never leave you ... Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; ... Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. ... Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, ...By wisdom the Lord laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; ... The wise inherit honour, but fools he holds up to shame." Prov 3
"We do however speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, ... we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden ... but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit." 1 Cor 2
Youth
"Remember your creator in the days of your youth..." Eccl 12
"Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace..." 2Tim2
We cannot know or understand all that God is doing in our world. But we can understand our responsibilities before Him. Those duties are spelled out inGod's Word. The Bible clearly tells us:
Worship God, not idols (Ex. 20:3-4).
Honor your parents (Eph. 6:1-3).
Do not murder (Ex. 20:13).
Do not commit adultery (Heb. 13:4).
Do not lie (Ex. 20:16; Eph. 4:15,25).
Do not covet (Ex. 20:17;
Do not lust (Mt. 5:27-28).
Forgive others (Mk. 11:25; Eph. 4:32).
Love God and your neighbor (Mk. 12:28-31).
Be holy (1 Pet. 1:16).
Do not marry an unbeliever (1 Cor. 7:39; 2 Cor. 6:14-15).
Help a brother in need (1 Jn. 3:16-19).
Don't take a Christian to court (1 Cor. 6:1-8).
Do not steal (Eph. 4:28).
Be reconciled quickly to the person with whom you have a dispute (Mt.
5:23-24).
Tell the truth (Prov. 12:22).
It is in those areas that God offers general guidelines in His Word. For
example, the Bible offers these principles:
Don't try to get rich quick (Prov. 28:22).
Put your treasures in heaven (Mt. 6:20).
Don't follow the crowd (
Be subject to authorities (
Choose the best (Phil. 4:8).
Work for God, not your boss (Col. 3:23).
Be faithful (1 Cor. 4:2).
Don't be enslaved (1 Cor. 6:12).
Treat your body as God's temple (1 Cor. 6:19-20).
Glorify God in everything (1 Cor. 10:31).
Live by grace, not legalism (Gal. 5:1-6).
Don't give Satan opportunity (Eph. 4:27).
Use your tongue to edify (Eph. 4:29).
Seek the good of others (Phil. 2:3-4).
Work hard (1 Th. 4:11-12).
Your answers to the following questions should help you evaluate your ability
to make a God-honoring decision when faced with difficult
choices.
Have I asked for God's help?
Do I show my trust for God with every area of my life, not merely this
decision?
Do I obey God's clearly revealed will?
Am I operating on the basis of good reasons rather than changing
feelings?
Am I filling my mind with God's Word so that my mind is being
transformed?
Are there biblical commands or principles that apply to my specific situation?
What are the alternatives and consequences of each possible option? How
do these fare when evaluated by what the Bible says?
Do my abilities and weaknesses have a bearing on the decision?
How?
What decision will glorify God, build me up spiritually, and edify
others?
Have I sought out worthy advisors?
Have I carefully evaluated the advice, not merely accepted or rejected
it?
Is this decision a matter of my own freedom?
Do I have peace that my decision is right?
Would waiting be profitable or detrimental?
Am I determined to obey and please God?
