Who is God to You?

He is my Healer (Psalms 103:3) 

He is Redeemer (Isaiah 59:20) 

He is my Deliverer (Psalms 70:5) 

He is my Strength (Psalms 43:2)

 He is my Shelter (Joel 3:16) 

He is my Friend (John 15:15)

 He is my Advocate (I John 2:1)

 He is my Restorer (Psalms 23:3)

 He is my Everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6)

 He is Love (I John 4:16) 

He is my Mediator (I Timothy 2:5-6)

 He is my Stronghold (Nahum 1:7) 

He is Bread of Life (John 6:35)

 He is my Hiding Place (Psalms 32:7) 

He is the Everlasting Light (Isaiah 60:20)

 He is a Strong Tower (Proverbs 18:10)

 He is my Resting Place (Jeremiah 50:6) 

He is the Spirit of Truth (John 16:13) 

He is my Refuge from the Storm (Isaiah 25:4)

He is Eternal Life (I John 5:20)

He is the Lord Who Provides (Genesis 22:14)

He is the Lord of Peace (2 Thessalonians 3:16)

He is the Living Water (John 4:10) 

He is my Shield (Psalms 144:2) 

He is my Husband (Isaiah 54:5) 

He is my Helper (Hebrews 13:6) 

He is my Wonderful Counselor (Isaiah 9:6) 

He is the Lord Who Heals (Exodus 15:26) 

He is my Hope (Psalms 71:5) 

He is the God of Comfort (Romans 15:5) 

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Running Toward the Goal (Philippians 3:12-16) Good News Translation

12 I do not claim that I have already succeeded or have already become perfect. I keep striving to win the prize for which Christ Jesus has already won me to himself.
13  Of course, my brother, I really do not think that  have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.
14 So I run straight toward the goal in order to win the prize, which is God's call through Christ Jesus to the life above.
15 All of us who spiritually mature should have this same attitude. But if some of you have a different attitude, God will make this clear to you.
16 However that may be, let us go forward according to the same rules we have followed until now.

God's Mercy is Abundant (Ephesians 2:4-10) Good News Translation

4    But God's mercy is so abundant, and His love for us is to so great,
5    that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. It is by God's grace that you have been saved. 
6    In our union with Christ Jesus he raised us up with him to rule with him in the heavenly world.
7    He did this to demonstrate for all time to come the extraordinary greatness of his grace in the love he showed us in Christ Jesus.
8-9  For it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your efforts, but God's gift so that no one can boast about it.
10   God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do.

God's Words Give Life and Health to Anyone Who Understands Them (Proverbs 4:23-27) Good News Translation

23  Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts,
24  Never say anything that isn't true.  Have nothing to do with lies and misleading words.
25  Look straight ahead with honest confidence; don't hang your head in shame.
26  Plan carefully what you do, and whatever you do will turn out right.
37  Avoid evil and walk straight ahead.  Don't go one step off the right way.

God Has the Last Word (Proverbs16:1-2) Good News Translation

1  You may make your plans, but God has the last word.
2  You may think everything you do is right, but the Lord judges your motives.
3  Ask God to bless your plans, and you will be successful in carrying them out.
4  Everything the Lord has made has its destiny; and the destiny of the wicked is destruction.

Faith and Action (James 2:14-20) Good News Translation

14  My brother, what is it for someone to say that he has faith if his actions do not prove it? Can that faith save him?
15  Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need clothes and don't hve enough to eat.
16  What good is there in your saving to them, "God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!"---if you don't give them the necessities of life? 
17  So it is with faith; if it is alone and includes no actions, then it is dead.
18  But someone will say, "One person has faith, another has actions."  My answer is, "Show me how anyone can have faith by my actions."
19  Do you believe that there is only one God? Good! The demons also believe--and tremble with fear.
20  You fool! Do you want to be shown that faith without actions is useless?

God's Plan Revealed (Ephesian 3:1-13) New Living Translation

1   When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the benefit of you Gentiles . . .
2    assuming, by the way, that you know God gave me the special responsibility of extending his grace to you Gentiles.
3    As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me.
4    As you read what I have written, you will understand my insight into this plan regarding Christ.
5    God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now by his Spirit he has revealed it to his holy apostles and prophets.
6   And this is God’s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus.
7   By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News.
8   Though I am the least deserving of all God’s people, he graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.
9    I was chosen to explain to everyone this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.
10  God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
11  This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.
12  Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.
13  So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.
(copied from Daily Bible Reading)

There Is One Lord, One Faith, And One Spirit (Ephesians 4:2-7 & 4:17-19) Good News Translation

Ephesians 4:2-7
2   Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your loveby being
tolerant with one another.
3   Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by
means of the peace that bind you together.
4   There is one body and one Spirit, just as there is one hope to
which God has called you.
5   There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6   there is one God and Father of all mankind, who is Lord of
all, works through all, and is in all.
7   Each one of us has received a special gift in proportion to
what Christ has given.

Ephesians 4:17-19
17 In the Lord's name, then, I warn you: do not continue to live
like the heathen, whose thoughts are worthless
18 and whose minds are in the dark. They have no part in the life
that God gives, for they are completely ignorant and stubborn.
19 They have lost all feeling of shame; they give themselves over
to vice and do all sorts of indecent things without restraint.

Do Not Be Deceived, NO One Makes a Fool of God (Galatians 6:3-8) Good News Translation

3  If someone thinks he is something when he really is nothing,
he is only deceiving himself.
4  Each one should judge his own conduct. If it is good, then he
can be proud of what he himself has done without having to compare
it with what someone else has done.
5   For everyone has to carry his own load.
6   The man who is being taught the Christian message should share
all the good things he has with his teacher.
7   Do not decieve yourselves; no one make a fool of God. A person
will reap exactly what he plants.
8   If he plants in the field of his natural desires, from it he will gather
the harvest of death;  if he plants in the field of the Spirit, from the
Spirit he will gather the harvest of eternal life.

Don't Allow Anyone to Condemn You (Colossians 2:16-19) Good New Translation

16  So let no one make rules about what you eat or drink or about holy days
or the New Moon Festival or the Sabbath.
17  All such things are only a shadow of things in the future; the reality is
Christ.
18  Do not allow yourselves to be condemned by anyone who claims to be 
superior because of special visions and who insists on false humility and
the worship of angels. For no reason at all, such a person is all puffed up by
his human way of thinking
19  and has stopped holding on to Christ, who is the head of the body.  Under
Christ's control the whole body is nourished and held together by its joints
and ligaments, and it grows as God wants it to grow. 

We Love because God Loves Us (I John 4:19-21) Good News Translation

19 We love because God first loved us.
20  If someone says he loves God, but hates
his brother, he is a liar. For he cannot love God,
who he has not seen, if he does not love his brother
whom he has seen.
21  The command that Christ has given us is this:
whoever loves God must Love his brother also.

Your Thought Life (Proverbs 4:6-13 & 23-27) Good News Translation

6    Do not abandom wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and
she will keep you safe.
7    Getting wisdom is the most important thing you do. Whatever
else you get, get insight.
8    Love wisdom, and she will make you great. Embrace her, and
she will bring you honor.
9    She will be your crowning glory.
10  Listen to me, son. Take seriously what I am telling you, and you
will live a long life.
11   I have taught you wisdom and the right way to live.
12   Nothing will stand in your way if you walk wisely, and you will
not stumble when you run.
13   Always, remember what you have learned. Your education is your
life--guard it well.
23  Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.
24  Never say anything that isn't true.  Have nothing to do with lies
and misleading words.
25  Look straight ahead with honest confidence; don't hang our head
in shame.
26  Plan carefully what you do, and whatever you do will turn out
right.
27  Avoid evil and walk straight ahead.  Don't go one step off the
right way.

Salvation is for All (Romans 10:3-4 & 10-12) Good ...

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Salvation is for All (Romans 10:3-4 & 10-12) Good News Translation

3   They have not known the way in which God puts people right
himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and
so they did not submit themselves to God's way of putting people
right.
4   For Christ has brought the Law to an end, so that everyone who
believes is put right with God.
10  For it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our
confession that we are saved.
11  The scripture says, "Whoever believe in him will not be 
disappointed."  
12  This includes everyone, because there is no difference 
between Jews and Gentiles; God is the same Lord of all and 
richly blesses all who call to him.
 

God's Mercy (Romans 9:14-18) & (Exodus 9:12 & Exodus 33:19) Good News Translation

Romans 9:14-18
14  Shall we say, then, that God is unjust? Not at all.
15  For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on anyone I wish."
I will take pity on anyone I wish."
16  So then, everything depends, not on what man wants or does,
but only on God's mercy.
17  For the scripture says to the king of Egypt, "I made you king in
order to use you to show my power and to spread my fame over the
whole world."
18  So then, God has mercy on anyone he wishes, and he makes
stubborn anyone he wishes.

Exodus 9:12
12   But the Lord made the king stubborn and, just as the Lord had
said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 33:19
19  The Lord answered, "I will make all my splendor pass before you and
in my presence I will pronounce my sacred name. I am the Lord, and I show
compassion and pity on those I choose.

God's Mercy and His Love (Ephesians 2:4-10) Good News Translation

4     But God's mercy is so abundant, and his love for us is so great,
5     that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought
       us to life with Christ.  It is by God's grace that you have been saved.
6     In our union with Christ Jesus he raised us up with him to rule with
       him in the heavenly world.
7     He did this to demonstrate for all time to come the extraordinary
       greatness of his grace in the love he showed us in Christ Jesus.
8-9  For it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith. It
        is not the result of your own efforts, but God's gift, so that no one
        can boast about it.
10    God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he
         has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared
         for us to do.

You Must Allow the Word to Change Your Thinking (Roman 12:2, Philippians 2:5 & 4:8) Good News Translation

Roman 12:2

2   Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform
you inwardly by a complete change of your mind.  Then you will be able to know the
will of God---what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect.

Philippians 2:5

 5  The attitude you should have is the one that Christ Jesus had: He always had the

nature of God, but he did not think that by force he should try to become equal with 

God.

Philippians 4:8-9

8   In conclusion, my brothers fill your mind with those things that are good and that 

deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and honorable.  

9   Put into practice what you learned and received from me both, from my words

and from my actions.  And the God who gives us peace will be with you.

God's Love in Christ Jesus (Roman 8:31-39) Good News Translation

31 In view of all of this, what can we say? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 Certainly not God, who did not even keep back his own Son, but offered him for us all! He gave us his Son---will he not also freely give us all things?
33 Who will accuse God chosen people? God himself declares them not guilty!
34 Who, then, will condemn them? Not Christ Jesus, who died, or rather, who was raised to life and is at the right side of God, pleading with him for us!
35 Who then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death?
36 As he scripture says, "For your sake we are in danger of death at all times; we are treated like sheep that are going to be slaughtered."
37 No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!
38 For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future,
39 neither the world above nor the world below---there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.

God Gives You Power (Deuteronomy 8:17-18) & Proverbs 16:1-6)Good News Translation

Deuteronomy 8:17-18

17  So then, you must never think that you have made yourselves wealthy by your own power and strength.
18   Remember that it is the Lord your God who gives you the power to become rich.

Proverbs 16:1-6

1   We may make our plans, but God has the last word.

2    You may think everything you do is right, but the Lord judges your motives.

3   As the Lord to bless your plans, and you will be successful in carrying them out.

4   Everything the Lord has mad has it destiny; and the destiny of the wicked is destruction.

5   The Lord hates everyone who is arrogant; he will never let them escape punishment.

6    Be loyal and faithful, and God will forgive your sin. Have reverence for the Lord with

nothing evil will happen to you.

Choose the Good Life and Reject Evil (Deuteronomy 30:15-20) Good News Translation

15  "Today I am giving you a choice between good and evil, between life and death.
16   If you obey the commandments of the Lord our God, which I give you today,
if you love him, obey him, and keep all of his laws, then you will prosper and become
a nation of people.  The Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are about to
occupy.
17   But if you disobey and refuse to listen, and are led away to worship other gods,
18   you will be destroyed---I warn you here and now. You will not live long in that land
across the Jordan that you are about to occupy.
19   I am now giving you the choice between life and death, between God's blessings and
God's curse, and I call heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Choose life.
20   Love the Lord your God, obey him and be faithful to him, and then you and your
descendants will live long in the land that he promised to give your ancestors, Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob."

The title, "Choose the Good Life and Reject Evil" is from Dr. Sammie Holloway, the Senior

Pastor of Breath of Life Christian Center's (BOLCC) sermon series.