Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Comfort in our time of need

here's some of my favorite verses:

"what time I am afraid I will trust in Thee. In God, whose word I praise, In God I trust I will not be afraid. what can mortal man do to me?"
- Psalm 56:3-4

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God. To those who are the called according to His Purpose. For whom He forknew He also predestined to the image of His son that He might be the first born among many"
- Romans 8:28-29

"I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation"
- Romans 1:16

"For by grace are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God. not of works lest any man should boast"
- Ephesians 2:8-9

Psalm 56:3-4 tells me that I shouldn't be afraid of anything of this world because in Christ it can't hurt me. This verse gives me joy when I am afriad because it helps me not be afraid anymore and makes me focus on God

Romans 8:28-29 helps me when things aren't going to good. I fell off my bike 8 months ago and got 10 stitches in my chin, broke my finger, got 1 stitch in my leg, and had scrapes all over. It was a really hard time for me because I could barely move and I felt so miserable and the only thing that really helped me was knowing that God had a plan for it to happen and that He knew from the foundation of the world that that was going to happen to me. I remember the first thing that I thought of when I fell off my bike was not the pain but it was that God had a plan and that somehow it would work out for my good and I think it did. it was then that I started realizing how much God has done for me and I felt more and more convicted of my sin. I had stoped listening to secular music for a while and praying more. But then I started doing all that stuff again like listening to the secular music and just having a bad attitude and thinking only of myself and not God. With my Dad being the pastor of our church I always knew the right things to say and stuff so I always just thought that I was saved. but just recently was when I felt a big change in my life more than I ever have, and praise the Lord, I think he really saved me and I'm getting baptized soon.

Romans 1:16 should be the ideal verse for every Christian because we shouldn't be ashamed of His gospel and we should stand for the Truth

Ephesians 2:8-9 just gives us comfort because we know that we didn't do anything to deserve salvation but God was merciful and put His grace and love upon us. It was all His work so no one can brag or boast about what they have done for salvation because we can't do anything. it's all Christ

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey!
Thank You for those encouraging verses.... I'll remember them whenever I see God.

York

Anonymous said...

heyy wassup??? this is celeste are you coming to cecelias party tomorrow??? ttul buhbye

*~*Celeste*~*

Jesusfreakinpink said...

Awesome verses and testamony!!