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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Depending on God... to Overcome Life's Challenges

This is part of a series of favorite bible verses, by topic. I have found that arranging them by topic has been such a blessing to me and hope it blesses others too.

Deuteronomy 1:21
 See, the LORD your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

Deuteronomy 20:4 
For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory."

Jeremiah 17:7-8 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. 
It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. 
It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”

Psalm 37: 3, 5-6 Trust in the LORD and do good; 
 dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Commit your way to the LORD; 
 trust in him and he will do this: 
He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, 
 your vindication like the noonday sun.

Psalm 44:6-8 I do not trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory; but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame. In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever.

Psalm 86:11 Teach me your way, LORD, 
that I may rely on your faithfulness; 
give me an undivided heart, 
that I may fear your name.


Matthew 11:28 
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Mark 14:38
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.

Luke 10:19 
I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

Luke 22:40
 On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."

Luke 22:46
 "Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation."

1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace ...

Galatians 5:16-17
 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.

Ephesians 4:22-24
 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Hebrews 12:3
 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

James 1:12-15
 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

1 Peter 5:8-10
 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

1 John 2:12-15 
I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children, because you have known the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

1 John 4:4
 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

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