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coram_deo 09-Jul-21, 10:45	Great Memory Verses The Holy Bible is full of verses, passages and Psalms that can be committed to memory and spoken (prayed) aloud when one is feeling anxious, worried, depressed, fearful, etc. No matter the situation, God’s Word and its promises are the antidote. “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11) “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105) This thread will devoted to great memory verses that can be spoken (prayed) aloud. Here is the first: “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” (Isaiah 41:10)
coram_deo 09-Jul-21, 10:49	“The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.” (Zephaniah 3:17)
coram_deo 09-Jul-21, 10:53	When one is under spiritual attack… “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.” (Isaiah 54:17)
coram_deo 09-Jul-21, 11:04	When one is fearful of lack: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1) This whole Psalm, penned by David, a shepherd, slayer of Goliath and future king of Israel, is great and often memorized by Christians. David, in fact, wrote many of the Bible’s 150 Psalms and God Himself described David as “a man after mine own heart.” David wasn’t perfect, but he sought, relied upon, trusted and loved God and sought to do His will and repented when he sinned against Him.
coram_deo 09-Jul-21, 12:52	Romans 8:1 is one of the greatest verses in the Holy Bible (imo.) "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." (Romans 8:1) I quoted the English Standard Version of the Bible in citing this verse because many Biblical scholars (and enthusiasts) believe translators responsible for the King James Version (my favorite version) incorrectly appended a phrase at the end of this verse. Most versions of the Bible are very similar to the ESV. Why is this verse so great? Commentary from Bibleref.com explains: “In crystal-clear language, the Bible indicates there is absolutely no condemnation for those of us who are in Christ Jesus. None. Zero. Paul's statement leaves no room for even a tiny bit of condemnation to sneak in. In short, if you are ‘in Christ Jesus,’ God will never, ever condemn you for any sin whatsoever. The condition of this statement, however, is crucial: salvation is for those who place their faith in Christ (Romans 3:23–26). There is no other way (Acts 4:12), and those who reject this salvation will not be rescued from condemnation (John 3:18).” “When we place our faith in Christ, God so closely identifies us with His Son that He gives us credit for Jesus' sinless, righteous life, and He accepts Jesus' death as payment for our death-deserving sin. Paul put it this way in 2 Corinthians 5:21: ‘For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.’ So if God is judging us on the basis of Jesus' righteousness, how could we ever be condemned? God would never condemn Jesus, so He will never condemn those who are seen by God as being in Christ. And how do we come to be ‘in Christ’? Only by faith (Romans 5:1, Ephesians 2:8–9).” “Context Summary Romans 8:1–11 begins with an enormous declaration about the grace of God: There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. After describing how this is possible, thanks to the life and death of Jesus, Paul compares two kinds of life. One is life in the Holy Spirit, for those who are in Christ, the other is a life lived according to the flesh. Those in the flesh, meaning non-Christians, are hostile to God. Christians have the Spirit; those who do not are not Christians. Because the Spirit is in us, we will be resurrected from the dead as Jesus was.” www.bibleref.com
coram_deo 10-Jul-21, 18:43	I haven’t memorized this verse (yet,) but I like this verse so much I had the book, chapter and verse (Isaiah 43:2) printed on a shirt above a photo I took of a jetty going into Long Island Sound. “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.” (Isaiah 43:2) There’s a good account of the truth of this verse in Daniel chapter 3 where Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are thrown into a burning fiery furnace on the order of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, because they failed to worship a golden image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. From the book of Daniel: “And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.” (Daniel 3:23-29)
coram_deo 10-Jul-21, 20:33	Some more great verses from Isaiah: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9) Men and women, imo, are at a huge disadvantage in trying to know why God does what He does and allows what He allows because they know next to nothing about the spiritual realm. And when that realm manifests itself in the world which they know, they dismiss the manifestations as inventions for nefarious purposes, such as publicity and money. Maybe understanding that God knows far more than humans and that life on earth is a precursor to life in eternity explains these verses from the Gospel of Matthew: “And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:2-3) Or these verses from Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth: “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.” (1 Corinthians 1:18-29)
coram_deo 11-Jul-21, 04:45	“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:57)
coram_deo 12-Jul-21, 18:30	“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.” (Psalm 34:19)
coram_deo 13-Jul-21, 05:24	Not so much a memory verse, but a verse that is profoundly true. “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” (1 Corinthians 2:14)
coram_deo 13-Jul-21, 05:27	“My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.” (Psalm 62:5-6)
coram_deo 13-Jul-21, 05:29	“The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.” (Exodus 14:14)
coram_deo 13-Jul-21, 07:32	Not so much a memory verse, but a great verse nevertheless: “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” (Romans 12:2) And these verses are like it: “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” (1 John 2:15-17)
coram_deo 14-Jul-21, 10:48	Some great healing verses, which I’ve found to be very effective when spoken aloud: “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.” (Jeremiah 17:14) “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” (Romans 8:11) “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5) “…Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.” (Matthew 8:17) “O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.” (Psalm 30:2) “With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.” (Psalm 91:16) “Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.” (1 John 4:17)
coram_deo 15-Jul-21, 12:55	“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:” (Isaiah 26:3-4)
coram_deo 15-Jul-21, 12:56	“Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.” (Psalm 68:19)
coram_deo 16-Jul-21, 12:35	“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21) This is the New International Version of this verse because the King James Version has an awkward clause placement. “in him” refers to the indwelt Holy Spirit (imo) This is referenced, among many other places, in Romans 8: “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” (Romans 8:9-11)
coram_deo 17-Jul-21, 08:40	Also from Romans 8: “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39)
coram_deo 17-Jul-21, 08:44	“Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.” (Psalm 150:6)
coram_deo 18-Jul-21, 10:05	“It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23)
coram_deo 18-Jul-21, 10:07	“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)
coram_deo 18-Jul-21, 14:07	“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.” (Psalm 19:14) Similar verse: “Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.” (Psalm 141:3)
coram_deo 21-Jul-21, 07:01	“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” (John 3:16-17) “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” (John 3:36)
coram_deo 23-Jul-21, 07:21	“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.” (Isaiah 12:2)
coram_deo 23-Jul-21, 07:23	“Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.” (Jeremiah 17:5-8)
coram_deo 23-Jul-21, 07:25	“From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised.” (Psalm 113:3)
coram_deo 23-Jul-21, 07:28	The shortest Psalm, which occurs at the halfway point of the Holy Bible (by chapters.) “O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.” (Psalm 117)
coram_deo 24-Jul-21, 16:57	“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” (Hebrews 11:6) Why is faith so important? I think this is a good analogy: Suppose you promised your child a bike for his birthday. But rather than having faith he would receive that bike, your child started to demand your bank account and credit card statements, and questioned how much overtime you had scheduled and what your monthly salary was. Wouldn’t you be insulted? Your child is essentially calling you a liar and demanding you prove you’re trustworthy. Also, people exercise faith every day - when they drive their cars, when they fly on airplanes, etc. They have faith that other human beings have properly trained the airline pilots, that the airplane pilots aren’t under the influence of drugs or alcohol, that other motorists on the road passed driving tests and have licenses, that other motorists on the road aren’t drunk. Now I suppose there’s a self-regulating principle involved with trusting humans - an incompetent or drunk pilot or motorist likely will wind up killing himself also if he kills you. But then you’re assuming (placing faith in) his caring about his own demise. Maybe a better example in this day and age is trusting employees of public spaces (like gyms and restaurants) to have properly cleaned them. God has revealed His existence through nature and the Holy Bible. As to whether He’s a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him, I guess you have to seek Him to find out. Just some thoughts.
coram_deo 25-Jul-21, 09:09	“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
coram_deo 25-Jul-21, 17:16	“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6) Good commentary: “Is Jesus the only way to Heaven? Yes, Jesus is the only way to heaven. Such an exclusive statement may confuse, surprise, or even offend, but it is true nonetheless. The Bible teaches that there is no other way to salvation than through Jesus Christ. Jesus Himself says in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” He is not a way, as in one of many; He is the way, as in the one and only. No one, regardless of reputation, achievement, special knowledge, or personal holiness, can come to God the Father except through Jesus. Jesus is the only way to heaven for several reasons. Jesus was “chosen by God” to be the Savior (1 Peter 2:4). Jesus is the only One to have come down from heaven and returned there (John 3:13). He is the only person to have lived a perfect human life (Hebrews 4:15). He is the only sacrifice for sin (1 John 2:2; Hebrews 10:26). He alone fulfilled the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 5:17). He is the only man to have conquered death forever (Hebrews 2:14–15). He is the only Mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5). He is the only man whom God has “exalted . . . to the highest place” (Philippians 2:9). Jesus spoke of Himself as the only way to heaven in several places besides John 14:6. He presented Himself as the object of faith in Matthew 7:21–27. He said His words are life (John 6:63). He promised that those who believe in Him will have eternal life (John 3:14–15). He is the gate of the sheep (John 10:7); the bread of life (John 6:35); and the resurrection (John 11:25). No one else can rightly claim those titles. The apostles’ preaching focused on the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Peter, speaking to the Sanhedrin, clearly proclaimed Jesus as the only way to heaven: “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Paul, speaking to the synagogue in Antioch, singled out Jesus as the Savior: “I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin” (Acts 13:38–39). John, writing to the church at large, specifies the name of Christ as the basis of our forgiveness: “I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name” (1 John 2:12). No one but Jesus can forgive sin. Eternal life in heaven is made possible only through Christ. Jesus prayed, “Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” (John 17:3). To receive God’s free gift of salvation, we must look to Jesus and Jesus alone. We must trust in Jesus’ death on the cross as our payment for sin and in His resurrection. “This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe” (Romans 3:22). At one point in Jesus’ ministry, many of the crowd were turning their backs on Him and leaving in hopes of finding another savior. Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” (John 6:67, ESV). Peter’s reply is exactly right: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God” (John 6:68–69, ESV). May we all share Peter’s faith that eternal life resides only in Jesus Christ. Have you made a decision for Christ because of what you have read here? If so, please click on the “I have accepted Christ today” button below.” (But first you have to click the link!) www.gotquestions.org
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