TODAY'S LESSON: TURN A FROWN UPSIDE DOWN
PSALM 51:12
RESTORE UNTO ME THE JOY OF THY SALVATION;AND UPHOLD ME WITH THY FREE SPIRIT.
LOOKING AT THE WORLD TODAY WE SEE THAT THERE AREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF REASONS TO SMILE, BUT LET'S SEE HOW MANY WE CAN FIND IN GOD'S WORD.
GOD'S WORD IS FULL OF ALL KINDS OF REASONS TO SMILE;THE GREATEST BEING
JOHN 3:16
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.
HERE ARE NINE MORE.
BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT:
FOR THEIR'S IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN:
FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED.
BLESSED ARE THE MEEK:
FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.
BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS:
FOR THEY SHALL BE FILLED.
BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL:
FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY.
BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART:
FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD.
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS:
FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE:
FOR THEIR'S IS THE KINDOM OF HEAVEN.
BLESSED ARE YE, WHEN MEN SHALL REVILE YOU, AND PERSECUTE YOU, AND SHALL SAY ALL MANNER OF EVIL AGAINST YOU FALSELY, FOR MY SAKE.
THESE ARE THE BEATITUDES,
LISTED IN
MATTHEW 5:3-11
JESUS WENT ON TO SAY IN VERSE 12:
REJOICE, AND BE EXCEEDING GLAD: FOR GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN: FOR SO PERSECUTED THEY THE PROPHETS WHICH WERE BEFORE YOU.
ROMANS 8:31
WHAT SHALL WE THEN SAY TO THESE THINGS?
IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?
ROMANS 8:37
NAY, IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US.
REVELATION 21:4
AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES;AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NEITHER SORROW, NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN: FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY.
REVELATION 21:5b
BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW.
ISAIAH 40:31
BUT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGH;THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES;THEY SHALL RUN, AND NOT BE WEARY;AND THEY SHALL WALK, AND NOT FAINT.
JOHN 10:28-39
AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE;AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH, NEITHER SHALL ANY MAN PLUCK THEM OUT OF MY HAND..
MY FATHER, WHICH GAVE THEM ME, IS GREATER THAN ALL;AND NO MAN IS ABLE TO PLUCK THEM OUT OF MY FATHER'S HAND.
ISN'T IT GREAT TO KNOW THAT GOD REALLY DOES HAVE THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS!
