Think About Such Things

 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things - Philippians 4:8.

Whatever is true

                As our mouth speaks out of the fullness of heart, we should think about things that are true. keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies – Psalm 34:13.

Whatever is noble

               We need to think honorably towards all people. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others - Philippians 2:3,4.

Whatever is right

                  Our thoughts need to feed on things that are righteous. The memory of the righteous is blessed - Proverbs 10:7.

Whatever is pure

                  Let us allow only pure thoughts into our minds. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God - Matthew 5:8.

Whatever is lovely

               Let our thoughts be always lovely. A cheerful heart is good medicine - Proverbs 17:22.

Whatever is admirable

                    Let our thoughts admire the beauty of God’s creation, our relationships and the privileges given by God. As to these things which you now admire, the time is coming when there will not be one stone left here upon another which will not be pulled down - Luke 21:6.  

Whatever is excellent

                     Let us allow only excellent thoughts that are of good quality into our mind. As someone thinks within himself, so he is - Proverbs 23:7.

Whatever is praiseworthy

                     Let us thank and praise God for all the blessings He had showered upon us. Instead of grumbling, may we fill our thoughts that are praiseworthy. Let us be grateful to the people around us. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds - Psalm 9:1.                                                         

                                       

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to think about things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

I Will Make Them Rejoice

                          For I will turn their mourning to joy, Will comfort them, And make them rejoice rather than sorrow - Jeremiah 31:13.

                     God fills our mouth with laughing and lips with rejoicing. He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing - Job 8:21. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing - Psalm 126:2. All our days of sorrow will be ended and He will make us glad. For the Lord will be your everlasting light, And the days of your mourning shall be ended - Isaiah 60:20. Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, The years in which we have seen evil - Psalm 90:15. Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory - Revelation 19:7.

                 Let us rejoice in the Lord always and do not be anxious about anything as our Lord is near. Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:4-7.  And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior - Luke 1:47. God will make us rejoice as we seek Him. But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you may those who long for your saving help always say, “The Lord is great!” Psalm 70:4.

                Let us rejoice and be glad each day that is made by the Lord. This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it - Psalm 118:24. You make the outgoings of the morning and evening rejoice - Psalm 65:8. But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me - Psalm 13:5-6. Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs - Isaiah 61:7.                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for making us to rejoice. Let us rejoice in You always and praise Your name. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

God Never Fails

                  Every morning He brings His justice to light; He never fails - Zephaniah 3:5.

                    God’s Word never fails. All the promises of the Lord are ‘Yes’ and ‘Amen’. Isaiah 55:11 says that “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”  Nothing can stop God’s word coming true. Mathew 24:35 says that “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.” God’s word stands for ever and ever. His promises in our life never fails.

           God’s compassions never fail. Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not -Lamentations 3:22. He is our loving father and His love never fails. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever- Psalm 107:1. His unfailing love is priceless. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! - Psalm 36:7. His love for us never fails.

                  God never fails and He never fails us. Let us face each day with hope and assurance as He never fails. None of His promises fail in our life. Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses - 1 Kings 8:56.  Let us always trust God who never fails.                                              

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Your amazing love never fails. We thank You for never failing us. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Be Righteous

 For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield. Psalm 5:12.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous - proverbs 10:6.

The Lord is far from the wicked but He hears the prayer of the righteous - Proverbs 10:3.

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective - James 5:16.

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry - Psalm 34:15.

He delivers them from all their afflictions. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all - Psalm 34:19.

No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly - Psalm 84:11.

The generation of righteous are blessed and his descendants will be mighty on earth. The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him - Proverbs 20:7.

His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed - Psalm 112:2.

The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe - Proverbs 18:10.

The memory of the righteous is blessed - Proverbs 10:7.

The mouth of the righteous is a well of life - Proverbs 10:11.

The righteous has an everlasting foundation - Proverbs 10:25.

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him - 1 John 2:29.

Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart - 2 Timothy 2:22.

And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God - Romans 6:13.

And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness - Romans 6:18.

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age - Titus 2:12.

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother - 1 John 3:10.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled - Matthew 5:6.

But the path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day - Proverbs 4:18.

Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? -  Romans 6:16.

Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness. - 2 Corinthians 9:10.

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit - Romans 14:17.

Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness - Ephesians 6:14.

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom - Hebrews 1:8.

And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith - Philippians 3:9.                                             

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us walk in righteous paths. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Power To Save Souls

 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls - James 1:21.

               The Word of God has power to save souls. It is living and powerful. For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart - Hebrews 4:12. So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God -  Romans 10:17.

              When Peter preached the Word of God, about three thousand souls were saved. Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call” - Acts 2:38,39. Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them - Acts 2:41.

              Additional 5000 men came to faith in Christ when Peter preached the Word. However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand - Acts 4:4. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved - Acts 2:47. Let us preach and spread the Word of God that has power to save souls. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek - Romans 1:16.

                                                        

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to preach Your living Word that has power to save souls. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Wise Speaking

                                     The tongue of the wise promotes health - Proverbs 12:18.

              Wise speaking brings healing. Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones - Proverbs 16:24. In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise - Proverbs 10:19. He who has knowledge spares his words - Proverbs 17:27. The tongue of the righteous is choice silver - Proverbs 10:20.

           The more our heart is right, the more our words also will be wise. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks - Matthew 12:34. Let us choose our words wisely and carefully. The heart of the wise teaches his mouth and adds learning to his lips- Proverbs 16:23. The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom - Proverbs 10:31.

             Let us watch our tongue and speak words that would uplift and bless others. Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen - Ephesians 4:29. Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips - Psalm 141:3.

                                                 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us speak wisely to others. Help us to watch the words that come out of our mouth. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

The Promise Keeper

With Your mouth You have promised and with Your hand You have fulfilled it - 1 Kings 8:24. 

                Our God is faithful to keep all His promises. He who promised is faithful - Hebrews 10:23. He is the promise keeper. His promises never fail. And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed - Joshua 23:14. For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us - 2 Corinthians 1:20. Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; everyone was fulfilled - Joshua 21:45.

                  God promised to Moses that He will deliver the Israelites from the slavery of Egypt. Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment - Exodus 6:6. God fulfilled His promise by delivering the Israelites from slavery in Egypt after 430 years of captivity. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years - on that very same day - it came to pass that all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt - Exodus 12:41.

              God will fulfill all His promises in our life. The LORD is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all he has made - Psalm 145:13. The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled” - Jeremiah 1:12. He will never leave us nor forsake us until He had done what He had promised. Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you - Genesis 28:15.                                                     

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the Promise Keeper. We thank You for fulfilling all Your promises in our life. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.