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11 I will
remember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. 12 I will meditate on all your
works and consider all your mighty deeds. 13 Your ways, O God, are holy. What god is so great as
our God? Psalms 77:11-13 (NIV)
5 I
remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what
your hands have done. 6 I
spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Psalms 143:5-6 (NIV)
9 Only
be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things
your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach
them to your children and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood
before the Lord your God at Horeb,
when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that
they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them
to their children.” Deuteronomy 4:9-10
(NIV)
4 Hear, O
Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give
you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when
you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when
you get up. 8 Tie
them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes
of your houses and on your gates. 10 When the Lord
your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob, to give you--a land with large, flourishing cities you did not
build, 11 houses
filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not
dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant--then when you eat and
are satisfied, 12 be
careful that you do not forget the Lord,
who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. Deuteronomy 6:4-12 (NIV)
8 “Remember
this, fix it in mind, take it to heart, you rebels. 9 Remember the former things,
those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none
like me. 10 I make
known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I
say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.” Isaiah 46:8-10 (NIV)
8 Give
thanks to the Lord, call on his
name; make known among the nations what he has done. 9 Sing to him, sing praise to
him; tell of all his wonderful acts. 10 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who
seek the Lord rejoice. 11 Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face
always. 12 Remember
the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounce. 1 Chronicles
16:8-12 (NIV)
14 When
the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. 15 And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before
I suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds
fulfillment in the kingdom of God.” 17 After taking the cup, he gave
thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you.
18 For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the
vine until the kingdom of God comes.” 19 And he took bread, gave thanks
and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my
body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 20 In the same way, after the
supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new
covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. 21 But
the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. 22 The
Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him.” Luke 22:14-22 (NIV)
19 I
remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. 20 I well remember them, and my
soul is downcast within me. 21 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 22 Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness. 24 I say
to myself, “The Lord is my
portion; therefore I will wait for him.” 25 The Lord
is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; 26 it is good to wait quietly for
the salvation of the Lord. Lamentations 3:19-26 (NIV)
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“I remember two things: that I
am a great sinner, and that Christ is a great Savior.” John Newton
“So
if you find yourself in a difficult spot, remember: you are there by God’s appointment, in His
keeping, under His training, and for His time.
And all evidence to the contrary, there’s no better place to be.” Robert
J. Morgan
“Remember
Whose you are and Whom you serve.” Oswald
Chambers
“Sometimes the enemy seems to get an
advantage over us; but the battle is not over yet. At last thou shalt
have the victory, and carry the day for all that. In hard struggles
remember the power of Christ, who, in his resurrection, broke through
everything. With him thou canst also break through, and be more than
conqueror. Yea, in every conflict, if thy faith be firm, thou canst be
sure of victory beforehand; for faith engages Christ’s power, and his power
ensureth victory; it is as impossible for thine enemies to keep thee always in
bonds, as it was impossible that Christ could be kept in the grave by the
stone, seal, and keepers. Nay, the greater their force is, the more
glorious will be the victory of Christ over them.” K. H.
Von Bogatzky
“It is
impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is
omnipotent.” Jeremy Taylor
“God wants us to
reconnect with the powerful and timeless things He has done in the past,
enabling us to build on them rather than always starting over. He not only desires that we be encouraged by
remembering His past faithfulness, but also to realize that the promises and
anointings released during those seasons are still available today.” Dutch
Sheets
“And
we do well to remember that this gracious God, who has condescended to place
His almighty power at the command of believing prayer looks not lightly on the
blood guiltiness of those who neglect to avail themselves of it for the benefit
of the perishing….” Hudson Taylor
“One reason we
don’t grow in ordinary, grateful obedience as we should is that we’ve got
amnesia; we’ve forgotten that we are cleansed from our sins. In other words,
ongoing failure in sanctification (the slow process of change into
Christlikeness) is the direct result of failing to remember God’s love for us
in the gospel. If we lack the comfort and assurance that his love and cleansing
are meant to supply, our failures will handcuff us to yesterday’s sins, and we
won’t have faith or courage to fight against them, or the love for God that’s meant
to empower this war. If we fail to remember our justification, redemption, and
reconciliation, we’ll struggle in our sanctification.” Elyse Fitzpatrick
“You see, we all
have what Paul Tripp calls ‘Gospel amnesia.’
We (probably) know the truth; we just don’t allow the truth to set us
free, to quote Jesus. We have to
remember that every hardship in life and ministry—marriage conflicts, parenting
questions, financial struggles, fear of the future, loss of vision or focus,
divisiveness in leadership, etc.—is an opportunity to apply the gospel. Even saying it like that is wrong. We don’t “apply the gospel” to the issues of
life, as if it was a mathematical formula.
The gospel is not a principle to master or a procedure to follow. The gospel is life. It is how we live life as a believer. It is how we relate to ourselves, to God, and
to each other. The Scriptures put it
like this: “The just shall live by faith” (Hab. 2:4; Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11; Heb.
10:38). The just, the righteous, the
people of God, live only by faith. We
don’t live by effort or insight or emotion; we live by faith in the work of
Another, and his name is Jesus.” Dr. Tom Wood
“As a general principle, if we would
exercise our memories more wisely, we might, in our very darkest distress,
strike a match that would instantaneously kindle the lamp of comfort. There is no need for God to create a new
thing upon the earth in order to restore believers’ joy; if they would
prayerfully rake the ashes of the past, they would find light for the present;
and if they would turn to the book of truth and the throne of grace, their
candle would soon shine as before. Let
us then remember the loving-kindness of the Lord and rehearse His deeds of
grace. Let us open the volume of
recollection, which so richly illuminated with memories of His mercy, and we
will soon be happy. When the Divine
Comforter bends memory to His service, it is then the greatest earthly comfort
we can know.” C. H. Spurgeon
HEART
SAVOR
- · God desires for me to remember all His gracious and merciful acts towards me in the past. He was faithful then, He will be faithful now.
- · Remembering His goodness keeps my murmuring at bay.
- · God always has my best interest at heart – always.
