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“IT IS FINISHED”  –  “HE HAS RISEN”

 

Genesis 50:20   You meant it to harm me but God used it for my good.

 

Exodus 33:14     My Presence will go with you and I will give you rest.

 

Leviticus 17:6     The fragrance of obedience which chooses to die to the

                                flesh is satisfying to God.

 

Numbers 6:24-26   The Lord will bless me, keep me and make His face to

                                shine upon me.

 

Deuteronomy 33:27    The eternal God is my Refuge and I am sheltered in

                             the loving arms of my heavenly Father.

 

Joshua 1:8      Meditation on God’s Word brings spiritual success.

 

Judges 21:25    Disaster!  Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

                         Not my will but God’s will in everything.

 

Ruth 4:13       God always rewards obedience and His plans never fail.

 

1 Samuel 15:22    Sacrifice can never substitute for obedience.

 

2 Samuel      The right thing done in the wrong way is disobedience

                      and brings judgment.

 

1 Kings 3:11    God richly blessed Solomon because he asked wisely,

                   not selfishly.

 

2 Kings 6:16      Those with us are more than with them because Jesus

                               plus nothing equals everything.

 

1 Chronicles 28:9    I must seek the Lord continually and focus on Him

                    because He searches my heart and mind and

                    understands my wandering thoughts.

 

2 Chronicles 16:9    The Lord shows Himself strong on behalf of those

                    who obey Him.

 

Ezra 7:1         When I seek and obey the Lord’s will, the good of

                     my God is upon me.

 

Nehemiah8:10       The joy of the Lord is my strength.

 

Esther 4:14         Wherever I am, I am there for such a time as this.

 

Job 42:10        God meets my needs when I pray for others.

 

Psalms 40:17          The Lord takes thought and plans for me.

 

Proverbs 3:5-6       If I trust the Lord and not in my own understanding

                              He will direct my way.

 

Ecclesiastes 3:1        God’s timing is established and always perfect.

 

Song of Solomon 2:8        From the hills of heaven the bridegroom is coming

                              for me.

 

Isaiah 41:10         God will strengthen, uphold me so I have no need to

                               fear because He is my God, circumstances are not

                                my god.

 

Jeremiah 29:11      God knows the thoughts He has for me, all plans

                               for my good.

 

Lamentations 3:21-25      Every morning and all day I experience God’s mercy

                              and unfailing compassion.

 

Ezekiel 11:5          The Lord knows everything I think and all that

                               comes into my mind.

 

Daniel 4:17, Daniel 4:34        My security is in and is as certain as God’s

                              complete overall Sovereignty.

 

Hosea 4:6             I can destroy myself by a lack of knowledge of

                       God’s Word.

 

Joel 2:14           The Lord will provide everything I need to

                        serve Him - - - no excuses.

 

Amos  5:8, Amos 5:13        God Who made Pleiades, Orion, the stars

and the constellations tells me to hate the evil and love

                        the good.

 

Obadiah .3        must beware of pride because it can deceive me

                        into substituting the devil’s lie for God’s truth.

 

Jonah 1:17         I have to watch out because if I disobey God

                        there is a huge fish ready and waiting to swallow me.

 

Micah 4:2      The Lord teaches me His way so I can walk in His paths.

 

Nahum 1:3-5        God controls the weather and has a purpose in

                         everything He sends.  I must be alert to His

                         alarm clocks.

 

Habakkuk 3:17-19    No grain in the field, no fruit on the trees – I will

                         still rejoice in my God and make spiritual progress.

 

Zephaniah  3:17     The Lord my God is always with me.  He is Almighty

                         and He will have joy in the revelation of His Son

                         in me.

 

Haggai 2:22        I am assured that all the wickedness of this world

                         and all God-hating nations will be overthrown.  I can

                         wait because I know God reigns supreme over all.

 

Zachariah 4:6      The Lord says – not by might nor by power but by

                        My Spirit.  I’m so thankful that the Holy Spirit is

                        my ever-present, never-failing Almighty Friend

                        within me.

 

Malachi 3:6, Malachi 3:16     Because God never changes I know that

His promise will never fail.  As I spend time in meditating on the

                     Lord and His Word, He writes my name in the Book

                        Of Remembrance.  I can’t lose for winning!

 

Matthew 28:19    I am responsible to do my part in taking the Gospel

                        to the whole world.

 

Mark 4:10         I must take time to be alone with the Lord so that  

                        He can expound to me the Truth of God’s Holy Word

                       

Luke 11:9-10      I must be faithful in prayer and keep on asking,

                        Seeking and knocking.

 

John 15:7             If I abide in Jesus and He in me, every request

                        will be granted because it will be in accordance

                        with God’s will and accomplished in His perfect

                        way and time.

 

Acts 4:19         It is always better for me to obey God rather

                        than men whatever the consequences.

 

Romans 8:38-39        Nothing can ever separate me from God’s love.

 

1 Corinthians 1:30    Jesus Christ is made to me wisdom, righteousness,

                       redemption.  He is all I need.  It’s all about Jesus.

 

2 Corinthians 5:21      The great exchange!  God made Jesus to be sin

                        for me so that I could be made the righteousness

                        of God in Him.

 

Galatians 2:20     I am crucified with Christ and yet I live – a

                        completely new life!

 

Ephesians 5:18    I must be being filled with the Holy Spirit continually

                        in order to do what pleases God.

 

Philippians 4:6     I am anxious about nothing.  I can spend my time

                        more profitably in faith and gratitude because I

                        know I have infinite security in the ownership of

                        the Master.

 

Colossians 3:4      Christ is my life and He lives His life in me to

                            conquer and be victorious.

 

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17      I know that Jesus is coming for me and I’m

                        expecting Him any time soon.

 

2 Thessalonians 3:16     he Lord gives me His kingdom peace at all times,

                        in all ways, in all circumstances and conditions.

 

1 Timothy 4:1      In perilous, savage times I’m not to look at just what

                        is happening but to see what God is accomplishing by

                        what He is causing to happen.

 

2 Timothy 3:16     God’s Word profits me in every way and I would be

                         a fool to neglect it.

 

Titus 3:5          It is never by my righteousness but only by God’s

                        mercy that I have all the high and holy privileges

                        which the Lord makes available to His children.

 

PHILEMON 1     I will never stop praying for loved ones because

                        God can transform someone who is unprofitable

                        into a person who is very profitable.

 

Hebrews 10:19    Only by the Blood of Jesus do I have confidence

                           to enter the Holy of Holies, the throne room 

                           where God dwells in eternity.  This is where I can

                           by faith prostrate myself before the Throne of

                           grace and present my requests.

 

James 5:17-18         If I pray in heart to heart relationship with 

                            Jesus, my fervent prayers can release God’s

                            energy to fulfill my requests.

 

1 Peter 4:2        My desire is to be and be for only what God wills.

 

2 Peter 3:13       As the world gets darker I have the assurance

                             of a new heaven and a new earth.

 

1 John 5:4          My faith is the overcoming victory which

                             conquers all the deceptive evils of this present,

                             temporary, Satan-controlled world system.

                             Every plague and calamity reveals the destruction

                             caused by human choice.  That’s why God allows

                             free-will choice to be temporary.

 

2 John 2        Because of the Truth which is in my heart

                             forever, I can discern error and dwell in

                             obedient love.

 

3 John 2              As my soul prospers I notice that I am

                             strengthened in every way.

 

Jude 24                   As I trust, obey and abide in the Lord Jesus,

                             He keeps me from falling.

 

Revelation 19:16     He is King of kings and Lord of lords and He will

                             make all things new.  Even now I walk and talk

                             with the King and I am determined to judge all

                             things, everything in the light of eternal values.

 

To sum up all this, we have the most critically essential 6

words, the world-changing words of stupendous Truth which

have sounded over all the passing centuries, eternal Truth

both in prophecy and history, through all of human existence.

The last 3 words would never, could never have been spoken if

the first 3 words had not been said.

 

                                 IT IS FINISHED – HE HAS RISEN   

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