My Help Comes From The Lord

The Maker of Heaven and Earth

                                      - Psalm 121:2
 

The YES of Scripture

Can God be Trusted?    YES!
     Do not let your hearts be troubled.
      Trust in God; trust also in me.  

                                                   ~John 14:1

Is God Reliable?    YES!
     He who sent me is reliable.  

                                                   ~ John 8:26

Is God Faithful?    YES! 
    God, who has called you

        into fellowship with His Son, 

            Jesus Christ our Lord,

                 is faithful.    ~ 1 Corinthians 1:9

Does God care about me?    YES!
    Cast all your anxieties on Him
         because He cares for you 

                                  ~ 1 Peter 5:7

    I have loved you with an    

           everlasting love 
                                   ~ Jeremiah 31:3

    The eternal God is your refuge,
         and underneath are the 

                Everlasting Arms
                                  ~ Deuteronomy 33:27
 

God Is Faithful

The enemy wants me to be mad at God
       for doing "evil" toward me.
The enemy wants me to think that I can't trust
     a horrible monster-God like that 
          who does such "evil" things to me.

But what does God's Word 
     say about evil?

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord
Keep your tongue from evil
Turn from evil and do good
Turn! Turn from your evil ways!
Seek good, not evil
Hate evil, love good
Your eyes are too pure to look on evil
Deliver us from the evil one
Light has come into the world, 

     but men loved 
        darkness instead of light because 
              their deeds were evil
For what I do in not the good 

              I want to do; no, 
        the evil I do not want to do ~ 
             this I keep on doing
Hate what is evil; cling to 

              what is good
Do not be overcome by evil, 
        but overcome evil with good
Love does not delight in evil
Our struggle is against the 

                spiritual forces
         of evil in the heavenly realms
Avoid every kind of evil
God cannot be tempted by evil
The face of the Lord is against 
        those who do evil 

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God, who has called you 

             into fellowship
      with His son Jesus Christ,
               Is Faithful.
                               ~ 1 Corinthians 1:9
 

When We Forget

When we are afraid
When we panic
When we don't understand
     We forget
          about God's Character
          about God's Faithfulness
          about God's Salvation

And we listen
    to the enemy's lie
        that God is really
             a horrible monster after all

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday  
       and today and forever. 
                                      ~ Hebrews 13:8
 

My Help Comes From The Lord

When circumstances take a 
        turn for the worst,
   It's easy to believe that God 
          has taken a turn for the worst.

He hasn't.

I stretch out my hand to Thee ~
     no other helper.

My help comes from the Lord,
      the Maker of Heaven and Earth.
 

I Am Afraid That...

I am afraid that God is going to

              abandon me...
        I will never leave you 
            nor forsake you

  In an impossible situation... 
        With God all things 

               are possible

     With no help...  
             God is our refuge 

                 and strength, 
                     and ever-present help
                            in trouble.

The DO NOTS of the Bible

DO NOT fear
DO NOT be dismayed
DO NOT be terrified
DO NOT be discouraged
DO NOT be anxious about anything
DO NOT fret
DO NOT worry about tomorrow
DO NOT let your hearts be troubled
DO NOT be afraid

       ~ Isaiah 41:10, Joshua 1:9, Philippians 4:6,  
               Psalm 37:8, Matthew 6:34, John 14:27 
 

The Attributes of God

SOVEREIGNTY
     GREATNESS
           GLORY 

Eternal    Faithful    Good
Gracious    Holy    Immutable
Independent    Just    Loving
Merciful    Omnipotent    
Omnipresent    Omniscient
Patient    Perfect    Trustworthy
Truth    Unity    Wisdom

            ...and so much more...
 

Fear vs. Faith

FEAR comes through the emotions
          FAITH comes through

                the Word of God

FEAR doesn't  trust God
          FAITH trusts God

FEAR demands to see
          FAITH doesn't have to see

FEAR fixes its eyes on the problems
         FAITH fixes its eyes on Jesus

FEAR ignores Romans 8:28
         FAITH believes Romans 8:28

FEAR tries to hang on in its 

                own strength
         FAITH rests in the 

                Everlasting Arms

FEAR demands that its will be done
          FAITH desires that 

                  God's will be done

FEAR has clenched fists
          FAITH has open hands

FEAR is disobedience
          FAITH is the way to please God

FEAR is of the world, the flesh, 

                and the Devil
         FAITH is authored and 

                perfected  by Jesus Christ

Fix Your Eyes On Jesus

Let us run with perseverance

    the race marked out for us.

Let us Fix Our Eyes On Jesus,

    the author and perfecter of our faith. 

                                                 – Hebrews 12:2

 

Fix Your Thoughts On Jesus,

    the apostle and high priest whom we confess. 

                                                  – Hebrews 3:1

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,

    Set Your Hearts On Things Above,

        where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

Set Your Minds On Things Above,

    Not On Earthly Things.

For you died, and your life is now hidden 

    with Christ in God.

When Christ, who is your life, appears,

    then you also will appear with Him in glory. 

                                                   – Colossians 3:1-4

Therefore, we do not lose heart.

Thought outwardly we are wasting away,

    yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

For our light and momentary troubles

    are achieving for us an eternal glory

        that far outweighs them all.

So we Fix Our Eyes not on what is seen,

    but on what is unseen.

For what is seen is temporary,

    but what is unseen is eternal.

                                     – 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Then Peter got down out of the boat,

    walked on the  water and came toward Jesus.

But When He Saw The Wind, He Was Afraid

    and, beginning to sink, cried out, 

        "Lord, save me!"

Immediately Jesus reached out His hand 

        and caught him.

"You of little faith," He said, "why did you doubt?"

                                           – Matthew 14:29-31

 Turn your eyes upon Jesus,

    look full in His wonderful face,

and the things of earth will grow strangely dim

    in the light of His glory and grace.

Satan wants us to Doubt the Word of God.

He wants to Distract us from spiritual things.

He wants to Disable us in the Lord's service.

He wants to Destroy us physically.

His primary strategy:  Deception.

The only way to avoid these tactics is

to keep our eyes on Jesus and not on the problem.

                                               – Dr. Charles Stanley

Many believers gaze at their problems and

        glance at the Lord.

We need to gaze at the Lord and 

       glance at our problems. 

                                               - quoted by Joni Earekson Tada

When we are blind-sided:

* Focus on the cause of the anxiety

    (becomes a magnet)

            or

* Focus on God

    (when you take your focus off God,

        you will be thrown off balance) 

                                               – Dr. Charles Stanley

How shall we fix our eyes on things unseen?

There is no other answer but faith,

faith in the character of God Himself.

That and no other is the anchor for our souls. 

                                                  – Elisabeth Elliot