I
AM WITH YOU
BREAD
10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed,
for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with
my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10
(NIV)
1 But now, this is what the LORD says-- he who created
you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I
have summoned you by name; you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and
when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk
through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. 3 For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your
Savior. Isaiah 43:1-3 (NIV)
17 “The
LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in
you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
7 To keep me from becoming conceited because of these
surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a
messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away
from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace
is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s
power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in
weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For
when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians
12:7-10 (NIV)
7 You
are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with
songs of deliverance. Selah 8 I
will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you
and watch over you. Psalms 32:7-8 (NIV)
28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is
the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow
tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 29 He
gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even
youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but
those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings
like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:28-31 (NIV)
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. Romans 8:31-39 (NIV)
15 “If you love me, you will obey
what I command. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give
you another Counselor to be with you forever-- 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it
neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and
will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come
to you. John 14:15-18 (NIV)
BUTTER
“So by all means fight unbelief with every promise in
the book. But it helps to have one central, default weapon. And for me that has
been Isaiah 41:10, ‘Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your
God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my
righteous right hand.’ Precious,
precious promise!” John
Piper
“Sharing with
others about the Love of God manifest in countless ways - taking TIME to BE
with and for people through prayer, encouraging words and even a kind
smile. Somehow Grace is transmitted through these humble, ‘ordinary’
acts — and Power is released that changes lives. What
honour has been mine to meet with innumerable people and see them take hold of
the Word of God, and the ways of God, and thereby reap the changes in
their lives which they so wanted and needed. Amazing, gracious, kind
and faithful Jesus. The unswerving faithfulness of God; His unceasing Love
and heart toward us —— His GRACE ever-present; even when we
cannot see or recognise it. In every minute, every moment, there
with arms outstretched ——Jesus!” Paula
Kirby
“Jesus
embraces us with an unconditional love; one that will never cease. Just when we
think there is no hope, no understanding, and no way out of our predicament,
our loving Lord speaks words of affirmation and encouragement to our hearts.” Michael
Youssef
“Fear is nothing more than false evidence that
appears real. One of your enemy’s greatest deceptions is that I am not in
control. In truth, I am with you always, so you never have to fear. I am your
heavenly Father, and I will prepare the way and protect you wherever I take
you. Would you be willing to take a chance and trust Me, the God who loves you,
to lead you through this life? If you accept my invitation to live without fear
and totally surrendered to me, you will experience real life transformation, which
only I can work inside of you. You will find the courage to step out and do
something so much bigger and better than you could ever have imagined. Your
soul will soar, and your faith will be energized and exercised. In the end, you
will leave a legacy of faith for all who have watched you live for Me.” Sheri Rose Shepherd
“Just as a Momma rushes to the
side of her wailing child, the Lord ever harkens His ear to His lamenting
‘sheep’. He is a ‘with us’ God, staying
by our side as we walk through our valleys of Baca (tears) and never leaves us
nor forsakes us. He will either change
our circumstances or change us in our circumstances – either way the blessings
He bestows as we call out to Him are totally other worldly. He is the Ultimate Healer of the broken and
contrite heart.” BHY
“Throughout Scripture God speaks through
kings and queens, princes and prophets, poets and pilgrims. He speaks through
weather patterns, barnyard animals and even the stars in the sky. God is not
only creative, but He is persistent in getting our attention and communicating
with us.” The Sacred Echo by Margaret Feinberg
“When we are in a dark place we are not to
despair rather look for patches of God-light for they are most assuredly
there. He is supremely close to His
children as they walk through their Valley of Baca’s (tears) taking them from
strength to strength. His Presence is
continually with us and even more so in our darkest hours. Further, He has purpose in each circumstance He allows in the lives of His
heirs of mercy. He can be fully trusted.”
BHY
“If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer, His grace sufficient, His promise unchangeable.” John Newton
HEART SAVOR
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God is for us not against us. If God is on our side, who can be against us?
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The God of all creation is not only for us, He is with
us, He rejoices over us with singing and He will never leave us nor forsake
us. We can rest secure in Him for He
shields us all day long. And the one the
Lord loves, rests between His shoulders.
Amazing. Simply amazing. Oh, the wonder of it all.
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His grace is sufficient to meet every need. Every. Need.
