HOW TO REPLACE FEAR

2 TIMOTHY 1:7  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

1 JOHN 4:18  There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:

HEBREWS 13:6 … The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

ISAIAH 41:10  Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; …

ISAIAH 43:1  But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, ,,, and he that formed thee, … Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, … thou art mine.

DO YOU KNOW YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS?

1 TIMOTHY 4:14   Neglect not the gift that is in thee, …

2 TIMOTHY 1:6  … stir up the gift of God, which is in thee …

1 CORINTHIANS 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

1 CORINTHIANS 12:31  But covet earnestly the best gifts: …

1 CORINTHIANS 14:1  Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, …

EPHESIANS 4:7-13  7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 … When he ascended up on high, he … gave gifts unto men. 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, …

ROMANS 1:7,11  7 … Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 11 …  I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

SHADOWS                                                                                 

What do I see,  

What can it possibly be?

Day is passing, night closing in,

The bell tis about ready to ring.

Day is gone, night is falling,

Our Lord is calling.

A new day upon us is dawning.

Look at the hourglass, how the sand falls so steadily! 

With the lower half now almost full, not much on top to see.

Does each grain measured consist of days, months, or years?

All I know is that the time of Jesus return is ever drawing near.

Are our houses in order, our scruples proper, tidy, and washed?

Have we done as instructed by our Lord as to counting the cost?

We must this day ask forgiveness of any wrongdoing on our part.

Believing God will answer our prayer for a clean and new loving heart.

Father, thank you for another day of life on this earth here which we live,

A crown we desire, that when gathered in heaven, to our God we can give.

God’s love so amazing one cannot begin to measure length, width, not depth.

Let all the saints sing on high Gods praises loud and strong with our every breath.

Author, by the grace of God,

Sharon Rose Lawless    August 31, 2023  

WHO ARE WE FOLLOWING?

1 TIMOTHY 4:1  … in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4  3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; … 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, …

2 PETER 2:1-2  1 … there shall be false teachers among you, … even denying the Lord that bought them, ,,, 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

MATTHEW 24:5  … many shall come in my name, … and shall deceive many.

JOHN 17:17  Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

PSALM 119:160  Thy word is true from the beginning: …

JOHN 14:6  Jesus saith … I am the way, the truth, and the life: …

THINK ON THIS, GOD DIED FOR ME

1 TIMOTHY 3:16  … God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

HEBREWS 1:8  But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: …

MATTHEW 1:23  Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

REVELATION 21:6  … I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

JOHN 14:9  Jesus saith he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; …

JOHN 14:6 …Jesus … the way, the truth, and the life. …

GOD’S PLAN TO SAVE ALL

1 TIMOTHY 2:3-4  3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

TITUS 2:11  For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

MATTHEW 1:21  And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

REVELATION 22:17  … whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

LUKE 9:56  For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. …

1 TIMOTHY 1:15  … Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; …

JOSHUA 24:15  … choose you this day whom ye will serve; … but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Nothing shall separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

ROMANS 8: 35-39 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

WANT PEACE?

2 THESSALONIANS 3:16   Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:23  And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; …

HEBREWS 13:20-21  20  Now the God of peace, … 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; …

JOHN 14:27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: …

WAITING IS ALMOST OVER

2 THESSALONIANS 3:5  And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

2 PETER 3:9  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

HEBREWS 10:36-37  36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

1 THESSALONIANS 1:10  … wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

COLOSSIANS 3:4  When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

REVELATION 22:20  He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.