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Romans 7 21 So I find this law
at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner
being I delight in God's law; 23 but I see another
law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my
mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my
members. 24 What a wretched man
I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to
God--through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a
slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. Dear Lord I thank You for
forgiving me and saving me from my sin. Lord
remove my sinful nature too. I thank You that
through Jesus Christ You can give me victory. Jeremiah 1 17 "Get yourself
ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be
terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them. 18 Today I have made
you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against
the whole land--against the
kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land. 19 They will fight
against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will
rescue you," declares the LORD. Dear Lord, I thank You for
You have made me strong and You are with me and You will rescue me. Jeremiah 1520 I will make you a
wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight
against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to rescue and
save you," declares the LORD. 21 "I will save you
from the hands of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the
cruel." Thank You Lord for Your promise
to be with me and rescue me from my trouble and trials and foes too. Psalm 116 1 I love the LORD, for
he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. 2 Because he turned
his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The cords of death
entangled me, the anguish of the grave came upon me; I was overcome by
trouble and sorrow. 4 Then I called on the
name of the LORD: "O LORD, save me!" 5 The LORD is gracious
and righteous; our God is full of compassion. 6 The LORD protects
the simplehearted; when I was in great need, he saved me. 7 Be at rest once
more, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you. 8 For you, O LORD,
have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from
stumbling, 9 that I may walk
before the LORD in the land of the living. 10 I believed;
therefore I said, "I am greatly afflicted." 12 How can I repay the
LORD for all his goodness to me? 13 I will lift up the
cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. 14 I will fulfill my
vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people. 16 O LORD, truly I am
your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant ; you have
freed me from my chains. 17 I will sacrifice a
thank offering to you and call on the name of the LORD. 18 I will fulfill my
vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people, 19 in the courts of
the house of the LORD-- in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD. Dear Lord, I love
You, for You have heard my voice; You have heard my cry for mercy. Because You turned to me, I will call on You as long
as I live. The cords of death entangled me, the
anguish of the grave came upon me; I was overcome by trouble and sorrow. Then I called on Your name: "O LORD, save me!" O! LORD, You are
gracious and righteous; You are a God full of compassion. You protect
the simple-hearted; when I was in great need, You saved me. My soul will be at rest once more, for the LORD has
been good to me. You, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death, my
eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before the
LORD in the land of the living. I thank You Lord and trust in You
alone. Mark 9 "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" Dear Lord, I trust in You. But when troubles and trials come, my faith fails
and doubts arise. Especially, O! Lord, when I am
sorely tried and there is no answer from You or help when I cry out, I
am puzzled. But help my unbelief and enable me
to keep on praying and not faint. Romans 12 21 Do not be overcome
by evil, but overcome evil with good. Lord, I am always tempted to
react quickly and return evil for evil. But You
have taught me to love even my
enemies and pray for them and do good to them. But the natural human
instinct in me is too strong and I need the help of Your Spirit to obey
and overcome the evil and do good at all times even to those who do
evil to me. John 16 33 Jesus said, "I
have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this
world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." Dear Lord, I am puzzled when
people preach and teach that
Jesus will solve all my problems if I simply trust in Him. They say
everything will be all right and God will give me health, wealth and
prosperity if only I trust in Him. Lord, but what You said is that “in this world I will have trouble”. How true it is! But I thank You for Your
encouragement and promise, “But take heart! I have overcome the
world.” Revelation 3 21 To him who
overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I
overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 He who has an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." Dear Lord, help me to overcome
all temptations and trial by Your presence and power and sit with You
on Your throne as You have promised. Revelation 17 14 They will make
war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is
Lord of lords and King of kings--and with him will be his called,
chosen and faithful followers." Dear Lord, I thank You for You
have chosen me and called me to follow You. Only help me to be faithful
in my following You closely, come what may!
31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God
is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up
for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us
all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has
chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who
died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of
God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or
sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all
day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any
powers, 39 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. Dear Lord, grant me the sure
conviction that NOTHING in all the world will ever be able to separate
me from Your Love to me, though my love may fail! Father God, Your love
for me was so great that You gave Your only Son Jesus for me to die for
my sins. I am persuaded that You will not
withhold anything that is good for me. Thank You Lord. Revelation 12 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "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. 11 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. 12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in
them! Dear God, I am weak and sinful. Often I am overcome by self, sin, the world and
Satan. Thank You for Your love from which
nothing or no one can separate me. I thank You
for You have overcome all and You can help me overcome too! I can be an
overcomer through Your blood and Your Word. Amen. |