Participants: Jill Morikone
Series Code: HLFT
Program Code: HLFT000010B
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00:01 Welcome back. Today concludes our several programs
00:04 dealing with sadness. 00:06 We talked about the sadness, the loss that we each experience, 00:09 and how God wants to work in our lives to bring deliverance. 00:13 This is our application section. 00:16 And I have some 3 x 5 cards here on the table in front of me. 00:20 Remember, during the program I discussed writing out 00:24 specific Bible promises. 00:26 You can pick whatever one you'd like. 00:28 I would like to encourage you this week to write out five 00:32 different Bible promises. 00:34 Pick five different ones and write them out. 00:37 I have a couple written out here, and I broke them up 00:40 into three different categories. 00:42 The first category is joy. 00:43 Maybe look up some Scriptures dealing with joy. 00:47 If you say, Jill I don't even know my Bible. 00:49 I don't even know where I would find Scriptures on joy. 00:52 Here's a couple of references: Psalm 16:11. 00:56 That could be one that you choose this week. 00:58 It says, You will show me the path of life: 01:01 in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand 01:05 are pleasures forevermore. 01:08 Now the next one I'm going to write out here. 01:10 This also deals with joy. 01:13 I'll put joy at the top. 01:15 It'll remind me this is my Scripture promise about joy. 01:18 And it's, we're going to do Nehemiah 8:10. 01:23 And what does it say? 01:24 We talked about it during the program. 01:26 The joy of the Lord makes me weak, makes me tired? No. 01:33 The joy of the Lord is my strength. 01:36 I love that promise, so it's beautiful. 01:39 The joy of Lord is my strength. 01:42 These are promises on surrender. 01:44 First category might be joy. 01:47 The next category might be surrender. 01:49 Here's some promises on surrender. 01:51 Romans 8:28. We know that all things work together for good 01:56 to those who love Him, to those who are called 01:58 according to His purpose. 02:00 What does that mean? 02:01 I can trust God with whatever is happening in my life. 02:06 What about another promise? 02:08 This is Romans 8:35-39. 02:11 Who shall separate us from the love of God? 02:13 shall tribulation, or distress, or nakedness, 02:15 or peril, or sword? No. 02:17 In all these things we are more than conquerors 02:22 through Him that loved us. 02:25 You could choose to write one out, maybe Philippians 4:11. 02:29 I like this one. Philippians 4:11. 02:34 I have learned in whatever state I am in to be content. 02:39 Here I'm just writing, I have learned to be content. 02:45 Now you could paraphrase, or you could choose 02:47 to write out the whole promise. 02:49 The point is to fill your mind, your heart, 02:53 with the Word of God. 02:54 That's the second category. 02:56 The third category would be giving thanks. 02:59 This one is 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18. 03:03 Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. 03:06 In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God 03:10 in Christ Jesus concerning you. 03:12 Now remember, we said during the program it doesn't mean that 03:15 everything is thankworthy; that we shouldn't give 03:19 thanks for everything. 03:20 We just give thanks in all things, because God is working 03:25 a beautiful thing out in our lives. 03:27 So this week write out some of those promises. 03:31 I have some written out here. 03:33 Take them out. Write out five. 03:35 Take them out during the week. 03:37 Work on memorizing those promises, committing the Word 03:40 of God into your heart, and into your life. 03:43 In addition, share one of your promises with someone else. 03:48 Pull out your promise and tell someone else. 03:51 You know what God's doing in my life? 03:53 You know what promise God gave me this week? 03:56 You know what God showed me? what's really helped me 04:01 in my own journey? 04:02 Share that with somebody else. 04:05 And then, as you do that, it will encourage them. 04:09 You could share it with somebody else who's struggling, 04:12 someone else who's having a hard time. 04:14 You could choose to share it with someone who even asks you 04:18 how you're doing with your own sorrow and loss. 04:21 Pick out your promise, and share with them a promise 04:24 from the Word of God. 04:25 Our next program together we're going to deal with 04:29 the topic of purity. 04:30 Purity is a sensitive topic, and we want to make sure 04:34 we handle it gently. 04:35 But we want to share principles from the Word of God that we can 04:40 use as women to break free from any of those chains 04:43 that bind us, and to enable us to walk in purity. 04:46 Our closing Scripture is Romans 15:13. 04:50 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace 04:53 in believing, that you may abound in hope, 04:56 by the power of the Holy Spirit. |
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