Rely On The Lord Isaiah 50:10 Psalms 71:5-8 Numbers 20:15-16 1 Chronicles 5:20 Psalms 22:4-5 Psalms 55:16-19 2 Chronicles 14:11 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 1 John 4:13-16 Psalms 20 7-8 10.14.20

 

RELY ON THE LORD

BREAD

¹⁰ Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the word of his servant?  Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.   Isaiah 50:10 (NIV)

 

⁵ For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.  ⁶ From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.  I will ever praise you. ⁷ I have become like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.  ⁸ My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.  Psalms 71:5-8 (NIV)

 

¹⁵ Our forefathers went down into Egypt, and we lived there many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, ¹⁶ but when we cried out to the LORD, he heard our cry and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt.  Numbers 20:15-16 (NIV)

 

²⁰ They were helped in fighting them, and God handed the Hagrites and all their allies over to them, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him.   1 Chronicles 5:20 (NIV)

 

⁴ In you our fathers put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. ⁵ They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.  Psalms 22:4-5 (NIV)

 

¹⁶ But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.  ¹⁷ Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.  ¹⁸ He ransoms me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. ¹⁹ God, who is enthroned forever, will hear them and afflict them-- Selah men who never change their ways and have no fear of God.  Psalms 55:16-19 (NIV)

 

¹¹ Then Asa called to the LORD his God and said, “LORD, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. O LORD, you are our God; do not let man prevail against you.”  2 Chronicles 14:11 (NIV)

 

⁸ We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. ⁹ Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. ¹⁰ He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us.   2 Corinthians 1:8-10 (NIV)

 

¹³ We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. ¹⁴ And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. ¹⁵ If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. ¹⁶ And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.  1 John 4:13-16 (NIV)

⁷ Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.  ⁸ They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.  Psalms 20:7-8 (NIV)

 

BUTTER

 

“Abraham’s faith seemed to be in a thorough correspondence with the power and constant faithfulness of Jehovah.   In the outward circumstances in which he was placed, he had not the greatest cause to expect the fulfillment of the promise.  Yet he believed the Word of the Lord, and looked forward to the time when his seed should be as the stars of heaven for multitude.  O my soul, thou hast not one single promise only, like Abraham, but a thousand promises, and many patterns of faithful believers before thee:  it behooves thee, therefore, to rely with confidence upon the Word of God.  And though He delayeth His help, and the evil seemeth to grow worse and worse, be not weak, but rather strong, and rejoice, since the most glorious promises of God are generally fulfilled in such a wondrous manner that He steps forth to save us at a time when there is the least appearance of it.  He commonly brings His help in our greatest extremity, that His finger may plainly appear in our deliverance.  And this method He chooses that we may not trust upon anything that we see or feel, as we are always apt to do, but only upon the bare Word, which we may depend upon in every state.”  K.H. Von Bogatzky

 

“Satan has, in fact, a plan against the saints of the Most High, which is to wear them out.  What is meant by this phrase, ‘wear out’?  It has in it the idea of reducing this minute, then reducing a little further the next minute.  Reduce a little today, reduce a little tomorrow.  Thus, the wearing out is almost imperceptible; nevertheless, it is reducing.  The wearing down is scarcely an activity of which one is conscious, yet the end result is that there is nothing left.  He will take away your prayer life little by little and cause you to trust God less and less and yourself more and more, a little at a time.  He will make you feel somewhat cleverer than before.  Step by step, you are misled to rely more on your own gift, and step by step, your heart is enticed away from the Lord.  Now, were Satan to strike the children of God with great force at one time, they would know exactly how to resist the enemy since they would immediately recognize his work.  He uses the method of gradualism to wear down the people of God.”   Watchman Nee

“God is looking for courageous believers who will rely on His power to work in and through them to accomplish all He has planned for them to do. He is scouting for followers who will obey Him regardless of their present fears or past failures. He is looking for men and women who know they are good enough because of His power working in them and through them. God chooses to do extraordinary work through ordinary people who will bring glory to His name.  Men and women who know they are not good enough in their own strength but are incredibly powerful in God’s strength, slay the giants of this world.”  Sharon Jaynes

“Only a fraction of the present body of professing Christians are solidly appropriating the justifying work of Christ in their lives.  Many have so light an apprehension of God’s holiness and of the extent and guilt of their sin that consciously they see little need for justification, although below the surface of their lives they are deeply guilt-ridden and insecure.  Many others have a theoretical commitment to this doctrine, but in their day-to-day existence they rely on their sanctification for justification….drawing their assurance of acceptance with God from their sincerity…their recent religious performance or the relative infrequency of their conscious, willful disobedience.  Few start each day with a thoroughgoing stand upon Luther’s platform: you are accepted, looking outward in faith and claiming the wholly alien righteousness of Christ as the only ground for acceptance, relaxing in that quality of trust which will produce increasing sanctification as faith is active in love and gratitude.”    Richard Lovelace

 

“We need to feel our need. Where real need is not felt, there is rarely any real praying. Our places of desperation are the places of God’s revelation of His power.”  Jon Bloom

“To understand and embrace God’s vision, we must first ask Him for it. The Bible tells us we have not because we ask not--and sometimes when we do ask, we ask with selfish rather than God-honoring motives. But God promises us, ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know’ (Jeremiah 33:3). God wishes to reveal Himself to us, but we must first ask with pure motives and persistence.  The word for ‘call’ in this verse means to do so continuously. We are commanded to ask continuously until God reveals His vision to us. Persistence teaches us to rely on God while He is shaping our hearts to delight in Him.  God does a wonderful work in us when we seek His will. As we seek Him for His will, we learn who He is and begin to delight in Him and His will rather than our own. As He becomes the desire of our hearts, we are aligned and ready to receive His will and vision for our lives.”   Michael Youssef

“Go with what you know to be true instead of being paralyzed with what you do not know.  This is essential in the walk of faith.  Not everything has a clear green light.  Instead of sitting at the water’s edge, terrified on the shores of indecision - stagnant - waiting blithely for a miracle, get up, start working with what you know to do and go forward.  Simply keep doing the next right thing.  God loves it when we move in faith.  We may not have all the answers but He surely does.”   BHY

“To serve and honor God at every turn in life, we must follow the voice of the Holy Spirit and not our flesh. In our desire to live holy and righteous lives, we must determine to rely upon Him for guidance and direction. When we do, we will avoid potential pitfalls and heartache.”  Michael Youssef

“When your perceptions tell you something different than God’s promises, always, always, always trust God’s promises over your perceptions.”  Jon Bloom

“How much do you value who God is? How much do you value what God has done for you? How much do you rely daily on what God promises to do for you? How much worth do you place on your relationship with Him?”   Michael Youssef

“I Myself am the direct Source and the only Source of eternal life.  Every other well is dry.  Every other pursuit is vain.”  Frances J. Roberts

 

HEART SAVOR

 

·         Those who rely on God will renew their strength.

·         God helps the powerless against the mighty.

·         God is the Source of all strength and all wisdom.