Jun 26 2008
Thursday, June 26th
Reading for today: Genesis 50:7-14, Acts 28:1-10
“‘But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on a fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand. So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ‘No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.’ But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.’” Acts 28:3-5
As we go through ministry and serving God, we can expect to be attacked, but because we are children of God, we can serve without fear. God is mightier than any attack that comes against us. We mustn’t whine, complain or step back, but move forward and shake it off. We know ultimately God is in control and greater than anything or anyone who comes against us.
GOD’S PROMISES–FEAR
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”
Psalm 23:4
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 6:23
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.”
John 3:16-17
“For such is God, our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death.”
Psalm 48:14
“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38-39
“O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 Corinthians 15:55-57
“He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces…”
Isaiah 25:8
“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death — that is, the devil — and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.”
Hebrews 2:14-15 (NIV)
“But God will redeem my soul from the grave; He will surely take me to himself.”
Psalm 49:15
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
Psalm 73:26
“The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, but the righteous has a refuge when he dies.”
Proverbs 14:32
“For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace.”
Romans 8:6