Family of God: Re: [FamilyofGod] Naomi is Back with a Relish!!!

Shirley, hon. When your husband says those things that make you begin to doubt who you are in Christ. PLEASE I encourage you to keep this e-mail and look at what it says, look up the Scriptures too, please. I know this is really long, lol. Bare with me. There was a lot of stuff to write down.

Who I am in Christ

I am accepted...

John 1:12 I am God's child.
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God
John 15:15 As a disciple, I am a friend of Jesus Christ.
I no longer call you servants, because aservant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called youfriends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made knownto you..
Romans 5:1 I have been justified.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 6:17 I am united with the Lord, and I am one with Him in spirit.
But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 I have been bought with a price and I belong to God.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
1 Corinthians 12:27 I am a member of Christ's body.
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
Ephesians 1:3-8 I have been chosen by God and adopted as His child.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
Colossians 1:13-14 I have been redeemed and forgive of all my sins.
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 2:9-10 I am complete in Christ.
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.
Hebrews 4:14-16 I have direct access to the throne of grace through Jesus Christ.
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we areyet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

I am secure...

Romans 8:1 I am free from condemnation.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:28 I am assured that God works for my good in all circumstances.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:31-39 I am free from any condemnation brought against me and I cannot be separated from the love of God.
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us allhow will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who diedmore than that, who was raised to lifeis at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:"For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughter"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Corinthians 1:21-22 I have been established, anointed and sealed by God.
Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
Colossians 3:1-4 I am hidden with Christ in God.
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Philippians 1:6 I am confident that God will complete the good work He started in me.
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:20 I am a citizen of heaven.
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Timothy 1:7 I have not been given a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind.
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
1 John 5:18 I am born of God and the evil one cannot touch me.
We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one whowas born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him.

I am significant...

John 15:5 I am a branch of Jesus Christ, the true vine, and a channel of His life.
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I inhim, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:16 I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bearfruitfruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever youask in my name.
1 Corinthians 3:16 I am God's temple.
Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?
2 Corinthians 5:17-21 I am a minister of reconciliation for God.
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: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Ephesians 2:6 I am seated with Jesus Christ in the heavenly realm.
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
Ephesians 2:10 I am God's workmanship.
For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 3:12 I may approach God with freedom and confidence.
In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Who Am I in Christ?

I am a child of God; God is spiritually my Father.
Romans 8:14,15
because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
Galatians 3:26
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus
John 1:12
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God
I am a new creation in Christ; old things have passed away and all things have become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
I am in Christ.
Galatians 3:26,28
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
I am an heir with the Father and a joint heir with Christ.
Galatians 4:6.7
Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, " So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.
Romans 8:17
Now if we are children, then we are heirsheirs of God and co-heirswith Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we mayalso share in his glory.
I am reconciled to God and am an ambassador of reconciliation for Him.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
I am a saint.
Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
1 Corinthians 1:2
to the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ their Lord and ours:
Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:
I am God's workmanship, created in Christ for good works.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
I am a citizen of heaven.
Ephesians 2:19
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household
Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ
I am a member of Christ's body.
1 Corinthians 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him.
1 Corinthians 6:17
But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
I am the temple of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?
1 Corinthians6:19
Do you not know that your body is a templeof the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? Youare not your own.
I am a friend of Christ.
John 15:15
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know hismaster's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everythingthat I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
I am a slave of righteousness.
Romans 6:18
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God
I am the righteousness of God in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
I am enslaved to God.
Romans 6:22
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves toGod, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternallife.
I am chosen and ordained by Christ to bear fruit.
John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bearfruitfruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever youask in my name.
I am a prisoner of Christ..
Ephesians 3:1
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles
Ephesians 4:1
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
I am righteous and holy.
Ephesians 4:24
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
I am hidden with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:3
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
I am the salt of the earth.
Matthew 5:13
"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness,how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything,except to be thrown out and trampled by men."
I am the light of the world.
Matthew 5:14
"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden."
I am part of the true vine.
John 15:1-2
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful."
I am filled with the divine nature of Christ and escape the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2 Peter 1:4
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, sothat through them you may participate in the divine nature and escapethe corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
I am an expression of the life of Christ.
Colossians 3:4
When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved.
Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clotheyourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience
1 Thessalonians 1:4
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you
I am a child of light.
1 Thessalonians 5:5
You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
I am a partaker of a heavenly calling.
Hebrews 3:1
Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
I am more than a conqueror though Christ.
Romans 8:37
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
I am a partaker with Christ and share in His life.
Hebrews 3:14
We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first
I am one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house.
1 Peter 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to Godthrough Jesus Christ.
I am a chosen generation, a royal priest hood, a holy nation.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priest hood, a holy nation, apeople belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him whocalled you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
I am the devil's enemy.
1 Peter 5:8
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
I am born again by the Spirit of God.
John 3:3-6
In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again" "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
I am an alien and a stranger to this world.
1 Peter 2:11
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
I am a child of God who always triumphs in Christ and releases His fragrance in every place.
2 Corinthians 2:14
But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession inChrist and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledgeof him.
I am seated in heavenly places in Christ.
Ephesians 2:6
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus
I am saved by grace.
Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faithand this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God
I am a recipient of every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places
in Christ.
Ephesians 1-6 (The Whole book!)
I am redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.
Revelations 5:9
And they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for Godfrom every tribe and language and people and nation."
I am part of the Bride of Christ and am making myself ready of Him.
Revelations 19:7
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
I am a true worshiper who worships the Father in spirit and in truth.
John 4:24
God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.

MY RELATIONSHIP
I am reconciled to God - 2 Cor 5:18
I'm a child of God - He is my Father - 1 Jn 3:1,2
I am a saint - Eph 1:1; 1 Cor 1:2; Phil 1:1
I am Christ's friend - Jn 15:15
I am a fellow citizen in God's kingdom - Eph 2:19
I am born of God - 1 Jn 4:7
I have been brought near to Christ - Eph 2:13
I have been adopted by God - Rom 8:15
I'm to be righteous and holy like God - Eph 4:24
I have direct access to God - Eph 2:18

MY INHERITANCE
I am a citizen of heaven - Phil 3:20
I am an heir of God - Rom 8:17
I've been rescued from Satan's domain - Col 1:13
I am a joint heir with Christ - Rom 8:17; Gal 4:7
I am hidden with Christ in God - Col 3:3
I am blessed with every spiritual blessing - Eph 1:3
I am chosen of God - holy, beloved - Col 3:12
I am a child of promise - Rom 9:8; Gal 3:14
I am a child of light, not darkness - 1 Thess 5:5
I've been given great promises - 2 Pet 1:4
I am a partaker of Christ - Heb 3:14
I'm one of God's living stones - 1 Pet 2:5

MY TRANSFORMATION
I'm a member of a royal priesthood - 1 Pet 2:9
I'm redeemed and forgiven - Eph 1:6-8
I'm to be a stranger to this world - 1 Pet 2:11
I've been justified - made righteous - Rom 5:1
I'm an enemy of the devil - 1 Pet 5:8
I have eternal life - Jn 5:24
I died w/Christ to the power of sin - Rom 6:1-6

MY CALLING
I am free from condemnation - Rom 8:1
I am to be salt on the earth - Mt 5:13
I have received the Spirit of God -1 Cor 2:12
I am to be light in the world - Mt 5:14
I have been given the mind of Christ - 1 Cor 2:16
I'm chosen and appointed to bear fruit - Jn 15:16
I have been crucified with Christ - Gal 2:20
I am called to do the works of Christ - Jn 14:12
I am a new creation - 2 Cor 5:17
I am to do what Christ commanded His disciples -     Mt 28:20
I have been made alive with Christ - Eph 2:5
I have been given spiritual authority - Lk 10:19
I am God's workmanship - Eph 2:10
Signs should accompany my work - Mk 16:17-20
I have received fullness in Christ - Col 2:10
I am a minister of a new covenant - 2 Cor 3:6
I am a minister of reconciliation -   2 Cor 5:18,19

MY POSITION
I am to be an expression of life in Christ - Col 3:4
I am connected to the true vine - Jn 15:1,5
I am a partaker of a heavenly calling -   Heb 3:1
I'm a willing slave of righeousness - Rom 6:18,22
I am a temple of God - 1 Cor 3:16; 6:19
I am one spirit with the Lord - 1 Cor 6:17
I am a member of Christ's body - 1 Cor 12:27

I am the salt of the earth. Matthew 5:13

I am the light of the world. Matthew 5:14

I am a child of God. John 1:12

I am part of the true vine, a channel of Christ's life. John 15:1,5

I am Christ's friend. John 15:15

I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit. John 15:16

I am a slave of righteousness. Romans 6:18

I am enslaved to God. Romans 6:22

I am a son of God; God is spiritually my Father. Romans 8:14,15; Galatians 3:26; 4:6

I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him. Romans 8:17

I am a temple--a dwelling place--of God. His Spirit and His life dwell in me. 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19

I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him. 1 Corinthians 6:17

I am a member of Christ's Body. 1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 5:30

I am a new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17

I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

I am a son of God and one in Christ. Galatians 3:26,28

I am an heir of God since I am a son of God. Galatians 4:6,7

I am a saint. Ephesians 1:1; 1 Corinthians1:2; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:2

I am God's workmanship--His handiwork--born anew in Christ to do His work. Ephesians 2:10

I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God's family. Ephesians 2:19

I am a prisoner of Christ. Ephesians 3:1; 4:1

I am righteous and holy. Ephesians 4:24

I am a citizen of heaven, seated in heaven right now. Philippians 3:20; Ephesians 2:6

I am hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:3

I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life. Colossians 3:4

I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved. Colossians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:4

I am a son of light and not of darkness. 1 Thessalonians 5:5

I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling. Hebrews 3:1

I am a partaker of Christ; I share in His life. Hebrews 3:14

I am one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house. 1 Peter 2:5

I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession. 1 Peter 2:9-10

I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live. 1 Peter 2:11

I am an enemy of the devil. 1 Peter 5:8

I am a child of God and will resemble Christ when He returns. 1 John 3:1-2

I am born of God, and the evil one--the devil--cannot touch me. 1 John 5:18

I am not the great "I AM" (Exodus 3:14; John 8:24,28,58), but by the grace of God I am what I am. 1 Corinthians 15:10

by the grace of God I have been justified--completely forgiven and made righteous. Romans 5:1

I died with Christ and died to the power of sin's rule over my life. Romans 6:1-6

I am free forever from condemnation. Romans 8:1

I have been placed into Christ by God's doing. 1 Corinthians 1:30

I have received the Spirit of God into my life that I might know the things freely given to me by God. 1 Corinthians 2:12

I have been given the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16

I have been bought with a price; I am not my own; I belong to God. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

I have been established, anointed and sealed by God in Christ, and I have been given the Holy Spirit as a pledge guaranteeing my inheritance to come. 2 Corinthians 1:21; Ephesians 1:13-14

Since I have died, I no longer live for myself, but for Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15

I have been made righteous. 2 Corinthians 5:21

I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I am now living is Christ's life. Galatians 2:20

I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing. Ephesians 1:3

I was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and am without blame before Him. Ephesians 1:4

I was predestined--determined by God--to be adopted as God's son. Ephesians 1:5

I have been redeemed and forgiven, and I am a recipient of His lavish grace. Ephesians 1:8

I have been made alive together with Christ. Ephesians 2:5

I have been raised up and seated with Christ in heaven. Ephesians 2:6

I have direct access to God through the Spirit. Ephesians 2:18

I may approach God with boldness, freedom and confidence. Ephesians 3:12

I have been rescued from the domain of satan's rule and transferred to the kingdom of Christ. Colossians 1:13

I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins. The debt against me has been cancelled. Colossians 1:14

Christ Himself is in me. Colossians 1:27

I am firmly rooted in Christ and am now being built in Him. Colossians 2:7

I have been spiritually circumcised. My old unregenerate nature has been removed. Colossians 2:11

I have been made complete in Christ. Colossians 2:10

I have been buried, raised and made alive with Christ. Colossians 2:12-13

I died with Christ and I have been raised up with Christ. My life is now hidden with Christ in God. Christ is now my life. Colossians 3:1-4

I have been given a spirit of power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7

I have been saved and set apart according to God's doing. 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:5

Because I am sanctified and am one with the Sanctifier, He is not ashamed to call me brother. Hebrews 2:11

I have the right to come boldly before the throne of God to find mercy and grace in time of need. Hebrews 4:16

I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God by which I am a partaker of God's divine nature. 2 Peter 1:4

1. Why should I say I can't when the Bible says I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength?

Philippians 4:13

2. Why should I lack when I know that God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus? Philippians 4:19

3. Why should I fear when the Bible says God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind?

2 Timothy 1:7

4. Why should I lack faith to fulfill my calling knowing that God has allotted to me a measure of faith? Romans 12:3

5. Why should I be weak when the Bible says that the Lord is the strength of my life and that I will display strength and t take action because I know God? Psalm 27:1; Daniel 11:32

6. Why should I allow satan supremacy over my life when He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world?

1 John 4:4

7. Why should I accept defeat when the Bible says that God always leads me in triumph? 2 Corinthians 2:14

8. Why should I lack wisdom when Christ became wisdom to me from God and God gives wisdom to me generously when I ask Him for it? 1 Corinthians 1:30; James 1:5

9. Why should I be depressed when I can recall to mind God's lovingkindness, compassion and faithfulness and have hope? Lamentations 3:21-23

10. Why should I worry and fret when I can cast all my anxiety on Christ who cares for me? 1 Peter 5:7

11. Why should I ever be in bondage knowing that there is liberty where the spirit of the Lord is? Galatians 5:1

12. Why should I feel condemned when the Bible says I am not condemned because I am in Christ? Romans 8:1

13. Why should I feel alone when Jesus said He is with me always and He will never leave me nor forsake me?

Matthew 28:20; Hebrews 13:5

14. Why should I feel accursed or feel that I am the victim of bad luck when the Bible says that Christ redeemed me from the curse of the law that I might receive His ..Spirit? Galatians 3:13-14

15. Why should I be discontented when I, like Paul, can learn to be content in all my circumstances? Philippians 4:11

16. Why should I feel worthless when Christ became sin on my behalf that I might become the righteousness of God in him? 2 Corinthians 5:21

17. Why should I have a persecution complex knowing that nobody can be against me when God is for me? Romans 8:31

18. Why should I be confused when God is the author of peace and He gives me knowledge through His indwelling Spirit? 1 Corinthians 14:33; 2:12

19. Why should I feel like a failure when I am a conqueror in all things through Christ? Romans 8:37

20. Why should I let the pressures of life bother me when I can take courage knowing that Jesus has overcome the world and its tribulations? John 16:33

SOME PRAISE VERSES (NIV):

ME (First person)

The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; they will bring glory to your name.

The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High.

Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!

You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!

Praise be to the LORD, who rescued me.

I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of my God!

I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.

The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God, the Rock, my Savior!

Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen. Praise the LORD.

May all the kings of the earth praise you, O LORD, when they hear the words of your mouth.

Praise be to you, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

Now, our God, I give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.

I praise you for the splendor of your holiness. I give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever.

I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.

I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.

The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!

Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; I will sing and praise your might.

Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel.

I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you.

My feet stand on level ground; in the great assembly I will praise the LORD.

Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy.

Praise be to the LORD, for he showed his wonderful love to me.

I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

I will give you thanks in the great assembly; among throngs of people I will praise you.

He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

In God I make my boast all day long, and I will praise your name forever.

For God is the King of all the earth; I sing to him a psalm of praise.

Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints.

I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O LORD, for it is good.

When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?

Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll -- are they not in your record? Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me. In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise--in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? I am under vows to you, O God; I will present my thank offerings to you. For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

O my Strength, I sing praise to you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God.

I ever sing praise to your name and fulfill my vows day after day.

I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.

My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.

I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother's womb. I will ever praise you.

My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.

But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you-- I, whom you have redeemed.

As for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.

Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.

I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise.

Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the LORD or fully declare his praise? Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right. Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them, that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise.

Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.

Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.

I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked are no more. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD.

O God, whom I praise, do not remain silent.

With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD; in the great throng I will praise him..

Praise the LORD. I will extol the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.

Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees.

Accept, O LORD, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws.

Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.

May my lips overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees.

Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.

I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; before the "gods" I will sing your praise.

I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.

Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever.

Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever.

Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.

All you have made will praise you, O LORD; your saints will extol you.

My mouth will speak in praise of the LORD. Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever.

Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.

O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.

Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.

I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.

I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to your name.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts me in all my troubles, so that I can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort I myself have received from God..

You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

Great is my LORD, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them.

Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name. Bring an offering and come before him; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.

Save us, O God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, that we may glory in your praise.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.

Sing to the LORD, you saints of his; praise his holy name.

Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him; let all the upright in heart praise him!

Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled.

Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious!

All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name.

Praise our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard;

May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.

Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds -- his name is the LORD-- and rejoice before him.

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.

Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord.

Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.

Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.

Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.

For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.

Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.

Let them praise your great and awesome name--he is holy.

Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy.

Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.

Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:

The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death. So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.

Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.

Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.

Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion.

He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy.. He gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for--that they might keep his precepts and observe his laws. Praise the LORD.

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.

Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, Amen! Praise the LORD.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.

Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands.

Praise the LORD. Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD.

It is we who extol the LORD, both now and forevermore. Praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD in the courts of the house of the LORD-- in your midst, O Jerusalem.

Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.

Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool.

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, you servants of the LORD, you who minister in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD.

Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.

O house of Israel, praise the LORD; O house of Aaron, praise the LORD; O house of Levi, praise the LORD; you who fear him, praise the LORD. Praise be to the LORD from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.

Sing to the LORD! Give praise to the LORD! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.

Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his.

Praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble..

Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people.

Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and sing praises to him, all you peoples.

WHOLE SECTIONS

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God.. It is he who made us, and we are his ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the heights above.

Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his heavenly hosts.

Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars.

Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he commanded and they were created. He set them in place for ever and ever; he gave a decree that will never pass away.

Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths, lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding, you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds, kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth, young men and maidens, old men and children.

Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his splendor is above the earth and the heavens. He has raised up for his people a horn, the praise of all his saints, of Israel, the people close to his heart.

Praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints. Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King. Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation. Let the saints rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, to carry out the sentence written against them. This is the glory of all his saints. Praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.

Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,

praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute,

praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will--to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment--to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you, 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--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

THE END (Revelation)

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being. You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth. Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise! To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever! Amen. Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen! The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever. We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign. Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water. Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages. Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed. Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are your judgments. Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, both small and great! Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen

(Exodus 15:2) (Exodus 18:10) (Deuteronomy 32:3) (2 Samuel 22:4) (2 Samuel 22:47) (1 Chronicles 16:9)

(1 Chronicles16:25)(1 Chronicles 16:29) (1 Chronicles 16:35) Chronicles 16:36) (1 Chronicles 29:10 (1 Chronicles 29:13) (2 Chronicles 20:21) (Nehemiah 9:6) (Psalm 7:17) (Psalm 9:1) (Psalm 9:2) (Psalm 16:7) (Psalm 18:3) (Psalm 18:46) (Psalm 21:13) (Psalm 22:3) (Psalm 22:22) (Psalm 26:12) (Psalm 28:6) (Psalm 29:2) (Psalm 30:4) (Psalm 31:21) (Psalm 34:1) (Psalm 35:18) (Psalm 40:3) (Psalm 41:13) (Psalm 42:11) (Psalm 43:5) (Psalm 44:8) (Psalm 47:7) (Psalm 48:1) (Psalm 48:10) (Psalm 51:15) (Psalm 52:9) (Psalm 54:6) (Psalm 56:3 - 13) (Psalm 59:17) (Psalm 61:8) (Psalm 63:4) (Psalm 63:5) (Psalm 64:10) (Psalm 65:1) (Psalm 66:2) (Psalm 66:4) (Psalm 66:8) (Psalm 66:17) (Psalm 66:20) (Psalm 67:3) (Psalm 68:4) (Psalm 68:19) (Psalm 68:32) (Psalm 68:35) (Psalm 69:30) (Psalm 69:34) (Psalm 71:6) (Psalm 71:8) (Psalm 71:14) (Psalm 71:23) (Psalm 72:18) (Psalm 72:19) (Psalm 74:21) (Psalm 75:9) (Psalm 79:13) (Psalm 86:9) (Psalm 86:12) (Psalm 89:5) (Psalm 89:52) (Psalm 92:1) (Psalm 95:6) (Psalm 96:2) (Psalm 96:4) (Psalm 96:9) (Psalm 97:12) (Psalm 99:3) (Psalm 99:5) (Psalm 99:9) (Psalm 100:1 - 5) (Psalm 101:1) (Psalm 102:18 - 22) (Psalm 103:1 - 2) (Psalm 103:20 - 22) (Psalm 104:1) (Psalm 104:33) (Psalm 104:35) (Psalm 105:2) (Psalm 105:43 - 45) (Psalm 106:1 - 5) (Psalm 106:47) (Psalm 106:48) (Psalm 109:1) (Psalm 109:30) (Psalm 111:1) (Psalm 111:10) (Psalm 112:1) (Psalm 113:1) (Psalm 113:9) (Psalm 115:18) (Psalm 116:19) (Psalm 117:1) (Psalm 117:2) (Psalm 119:7) (Psalm 119:12) (Psalm 119:108) (Psalm 119:164) (Psalm 119:171) (Psalm 119:175) (Psalm 132:7) (Psalm 134:1) (Psalm 134:2) (Psalm 135:1- 3) (Psalm 135:19 - 21) (Psalm 138:1) (Psalm 138:2) (Psalm 138:4) (Psalm 139:14) (Psalm 142:7) (Psalm 144:1) (Psalm 145:1) (Psalm 145:2) (Psalm 145:3) (Psalm 145:10) (Psalm 145:21) (Psalm 146:1) (Psalm 146:2) (Psalm 146:10) (Psalm 147:1) (Psalm 147:12) (Psalms 148, 149, 150) (Isaiah 25:1) (Jeremiah 17:14) (Jeremiah 20:13) (Luke 1:68) (Luke 10:21) (Romans 15:9) (Romans 15:11) (2 Corinthians 1:3 - 4) Eph 1:3 - 14) (1 Peter 1:3 - 9) (Revelation 4:8 - 11; 5:9 - 14; 7:10-12; 11:15 - 17; 12:10 - 12; 14:7; 15:3 - 4; 16:7; 19:5 - 7; 21:3 - 4; 22:20 - 21)

I pray that ____ will love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our strength and with all our mind; and love our neighbor as ourselves.

(adapted from Luke 10:27)

I pray that ____ will watch and pray so that we will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak. (adapted from Matthew 26:41)

I pray that all of us may be one, Father, just as You are in Christ and He is in You. May the Father and Son also be in ____ so that the world may believe that the Father has sent Jesus. He has given us the glory that you, Father, gave Jesus, that we may be one as You are one: Jesus in us and God in Jesus. May we be brought to complete unity to let the world know that God sent Jesus and has loved us even as the Father has loved the Son. (adapted from John 17:21-23)

Grace and peace to ____ from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank you, God, because of Your grace given us in Christ Jesus. For in You we have been enriched in every way--in all our speaking and in all our knowledge--because Christ's testimony was confirmed in us. Therefore we do not lack any spiritual gift as we eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. You will keep us strong to the end, so that we will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Father, you who have called us into fellowship with Your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, are faithful.

(adapted from 1 Corinthians 1:3-9)

I am asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give ____ the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so we may know Him better. I pray also that the eyes of our hearts may be enlightened in order that we may know the hope to which You have called us, the riches of Your glorious inheritance in the saints, and your incomparably great power for us who believe.

(adapted from Ephesians 1:17-19)

I pray that out of the Father's glorious riches he may strengthen ____ with power through his Spirit in our beings, so that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith. And I pray that we, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that we may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

(adapted from Ephesians 3:16-21)

And this is my prayer: that the love of ____ may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that we may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ--to the glory and praise of God. (adapted from Philippians 1:9-11)

Dear Father, please fill ____ with the knowledge of Your will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And I pray this in order that we may live lives worthy of You and may please You in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of You, being strengthened with all power according to Your glorious might so that we may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. (adapted from Colossians 1:9-12)

pray for ____, that our God may count us worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of ours and every act prompted by our faith. I pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in us, and we in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. (adapted from 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12)

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved ____ and by his grace has given us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage our hearts and strengthen us in every good deed and word. (adapted from 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

May the Lord direct ____ hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.

(adapted from 2 Thessalonians 3:5)

Now may the Lord of peace himself give ____ peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with each of us. (adapted from 2 Thessalonians 3:16)

May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip ____ with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (adapted from Hebrews 13:20-21)

Psalm 139:1b-18,22,23

Quoted from the New International Version

O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. You hem me in--behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me," even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.

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.

There is no greater love than this, to give up your life willingly for others.

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Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 12:53:53 PM
Subject: Re: [FamilyofGod] Naomi is Back with a Relish!!!

Maybe they are just afraid to share because when we share what we know people tend to reject it and try to convince us that we are not good enough for God. i know that we are to witness i used to go witnessing all the time. i guess the God rejectors and mocker should bother me by there negative responses. but they just what to say to get us felling defeated. but then they ddid the same thing to jesus christ and all the great men and women of God. even in the christian chat rooms. got me to be careful about what i share anywhere. might offend some one. i love peeps with the love God has given me to love it. when i tell my husband i am an ambassador for christ he ascoffs and says things that make me doubt who i am in christ. but i didn't make up the fact of being an abassador for christ it is right ther in 2nd corinthians5: 21&22

love u,
Shirley La Fave

From: Naomi Martin <choir_girl_2009@ yahoo.com>
To: FamilyofGod@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 5:10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [FamilyofGod] Naomi is Back with a Relish!!!

yeah, I remember Wanda. :) I don't understand either.. Why would anyone not want to share what God's given?

There is no greater love than this, to give up your life willingly for others.

From: Wanda Ward <angelina56p47@ yahoo..com>
To: FamilyofGod@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 5:00:47 PM
Subject: Re: [FamilyofGod] Naomi is Back with a Relish!!!

Remember, the scripture says that Moses was the finger of God when he wrote the ten commandments. I believe that my poems and songs are all given to me for everyone to be able to enjoy, I don't understand why people have a problem with sharing what God gave them in the first place.

wanda

From: Naomi Martin <choir_girl_2009@ yahoo..com>
To: FamilyofGod@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 3:48:47 PM
Subject: Re: [FamilyofGod] Naomi is Back with a Relish!!!

I realized while I was there Richard that it is God and God alone that can sustain me and give me the life I want. Even in the midst of the toughest storms He can be my peace and comfort. He is my calm. He is my fierce protector, my greatest Love, my everything. He ALONE. That is how I want to live my life from now on. A smile and gentle word no matter what I'm facing and transparency to God and my brothers and sisters. I've learned that that alone makes the world stop in wonder and ask "Why are you that way? Look at all you've been through." Smile, I'm glad you like the poetry, though the work isn't mine, it's God's. He wrote it, He just chose me as His pencil, and as God's poetry they really in all honesty belong to every believer that sees them. That's why I don't copy right my work, because it doesn't really belong to me, I just was the pencil that wrote it. (Hugs)
Glad to be back!

There is no greater love than this, to give up your life willingly for others.

From: datadoctorusa <richard@datadoctoru sa.com>
To: FamilyofGod@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 12:54:45 PM
Subject: [FamilyofGod] Naomi is Back with a Relish!!!

You seem to be a lot better this week. Glad to see you out of the hospital and home again. Really enjoy your poetry and post's to the FOG

May God bless and keep you healthy.

Richard

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--- In FamilyofGod@ yahoogroups. com, Naomi Martin <choir_girl_2009@ ...> wrote:
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> Honey,
> there is NOTHING wrong with you, that is a lie from the pit. You are a wonderful person. I'll be the first to tell you that for the longest time I had the hardest time in the world really loving and trusting the believers and God even, every time I would get to really love them, I would get wounded and hurt. It turns out, for me even though I had thought there was something wrong with me, it was my past. I hadn't let go of it and there was so much pain I was hanging on to, it was preventing me from being totally honest and loving with the people I wanted to be honest and really loving toward. Honey, when you get a chance, I want you to look at my poems, really read them. I think some of them might help you a little and, if you would like. You can e-mail me privately and we can talk ok?
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> www.poetrypoem. com/mypoetry841
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> Love you much,
> Naomi
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> There is no greater love than this, to give up your life willingly for others.
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> From: chellb8887 no_reply@yahoogroup s.com
> To: FamilyofGod@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 7:36:32 AM
> Subject: [FamilyofGod] My Beloved Friends
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> There something wrong with me, I want to love the Jesus and all of you
> a lot, but then when I do, it turns into pain, I have to keep it a certain level. I don't know why this happens
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> Thank you for replys to the angelic experiences. I have one myself,
> Number 44 appears to me a lot. I always smile at it.
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