Believing and Enjoying the Truth About God 1

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1 Believing and Enjoying the Truth About God 1 Barry Hall (These scriptures may be hard for you to deeply believe at first. Even so, read them out loud. Ascribe glory to God by impressing the greatness of these truths on your heart. Purpose to listen to what you are saying. Eventually, your heart will hear. You will believe. And, your delight in God will increase.)... (Your name), delight in the truth about God! I can trust God because He does not lie. IT IS WRITTEN that He is...god, who cannot lie... (Titus 1:2). (pause to feel reassured by it!)...has He spoken, and will He not make it good? (Num. 23:19). (pause to feel reassured by it!) God is not a man, that He should lie... (Num. 23:19). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)...the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect (Rom. 12:2). (pause to hear it)... (Your name), delight that it is safe for me to trust God because He is holy, righteous, and very good. Heart, rest into believing that God is good to me. I love the truth that...the Lord is good... (Psa. 135:3). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)...holy is He. (Psa. 99:3). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness... (Psa. 11:7). (pause to feel reassured by it!) You are good and do good... (Psa. 119:68). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting and His faithfulness to all generations. (Psa. 100:5). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!) O taste and see that the Lord is good; how blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! (Psa. 34:8).... (Your name), I love the truth that I don t have to stay away from God because He forgives me freely. I rest into receiving the touch of God s cleansing on me and in me....you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive... (Psa. 86:5). And, I love the truth! If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!) God says to me that I...am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins (Isa. 43:25). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!) I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud, and your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you (Isa. 44:22). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)... (Your name), delight in the truth that I don t have to be afraid to get close to God because God is kind, slow to anger, and compassionate. Heart, it is safer to trust God than to trust in earthly things or in myself. Heart, rest into believing and let yourself feel joy about God. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate (Psa. 116:5). (pause to hear it)...you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness (Psa. 86:15 NIV). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...his anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime... (Psa. 30:5). (pause to hear it) The Lord s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail (Lam. 3:22). How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God... (Psa. 36:7). (pause to feel confidence from it!)

2 Believing and Enjoying the Truth About God 2... (Your name), I am humbling myself into believing and loving that truths apply to me... God...has not despised...the afflicted; neither has He hidden His face from him... (Psa. 22:24). God promised with an...everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants... (Gen. 17:7; and also Gal. 3:29). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped... (Psa. 28:7). (pause to feel reassured by it!)...jesus prayed,...of those whom You [Father] have given Me I lost not one (John 18:9).... (Your name), it IS the truth that I don t have to be afraid to let God draw near to me. Heart, rest into believing that God will not abandon or betray His people and God will not abandon or betray me. God says to me that...i will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you (Heb. 13:5). He is...the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls (1 Peter 2:25). And, I love the truth about MY God!...God said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people (2Cor 6:16). My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people" (Ezek. 37:27). I will also walk among you and be your God... (Lev. 26:12)....the Lord will not abandon His people, nor will He forsake [us, as] His inheritance (Psa. 94:14)....the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name... (1 Sam. 12:22).;...those who know Your name will put their trust in You, for You...have not forsaken those who seek You (Psa. 9:10). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...he will not fail you... (Deut. 4:31). My God is not like other people who have failed me. I will trust Him....He...is called Faithful and True... (Rev. 19:11). (pause to love the God who is close!)... (Your name), enjoy the truth I don t have to be afraid to draw near to God. God is loving and He takes pleasure in His people. Heart, this IS the truth! God loves and He takes pleasure in me!...the Lord loves His people... (2 Chron. 2:11). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)...the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you (Deut. 23:5). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)...the Lord takes pleasure in His people... (Psa. 149:4). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)...great is your love toward me... (Psa. 86:13 NIV). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)...he will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. (Zeph. 3:17 NIV).;...love is from God... (1 John 4:7). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...heart, delight that I don t have to stay away when I am hurting because God comforts His people. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit (Psa. 34:18). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...god...comforts the depressed... (2 Cor. 7:6); As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you... (Isa. 66:13). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...i, am He who comforts you... (Isa. 51:12);...the Father of mercies and God of all comfort (2 Cor. 1:3). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)

3 Believing and Enjoying the Truth About God 3... (Your name), rest into loving the truth that I don t have to protect myself from believing God s love for me. God s perfect love for me casts out my fears! (1 John 4:18). (pause to believe, and love the truth!) God s love for me IS patient and kind! (1 Cor 13:4 RSV). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!) God s love looks for ways of being constructive with me! (1 Cor. 13:5a Phillips). (pause to hear it) For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines...he disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness...afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness (Heb. 12:6,10,11). God does NOT get irritated in His love for me! (1 Cor 13:5 The Living Bible). (pause to hear and love it) God s love for me is NOT condemning in any way! (Rom. 8:1). And, I love the truth about God! God s love for me is NOT like a roaring lion that is seeking to devour me! (1 Peter 5:8). God knows everything about me, yet still, God deeply loves me I cannot escape it! (Psa. 139). God s love does not decrease when I fail! (1 Cor. 13:8; Romans 5:8; Romans 8:36-39). (pause to hear it) God s love for me does not increase when I succeed! (Eph. 3:17-19). (pause to feel reassured by it!) God s love for me is good. God s love is good enough for me to trust! (Psa. 34:8; John 15:9)....my faith and my trust in God s love causes Him to feel pleasure! And without faith it is impossible to please Him... (Heb. 11:6). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. (Psa. 149:4). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!) I turn my heart to abide inside Your love. I rest into receiving the touch of God s love all around and in me. keep yourselves in the love of God... (Jude 1:21). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)...god is love, and the one who abides in love, abides in God and God abides in him (1 John 4:16)....abide in My love. (John 15:9). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!) May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. (Psa. 33:22 NIV). You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. (Deut. 6:5). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...cling to Him. (Deut. 13:4). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...the Lord longs to be gracious to you...he waits on high to have compassion on you... (Isa. 30:18). 'For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and...of Judah cling to Me,' declares the Lord, 'that they might be for Me a people, for renown, for praise and for glory; but they did not listen.' (Jer. 13:11). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)... (Your name), I love that I can receive from the radiance of God like a sponge. I CAN draw near to God and my need is so great, that the more I love and enjoy being secure and strong in God s presence, the more it helps motivate me to keep the drinking straw of my inner being, pointed toward the closeness of the Lord and His kingdom 24 hours-a-day. (pause to hear, believe, and love the closeness of God and the kingdom of God, all around you here!)

4 Believing and Enjoying the Truth About God 4... (Your name), God IS our healer. So, rejoice in the truth that the radiance of the Holy Spirit is pouring out all around God. And since...we...receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Gal 3:14), I am RESTING into believing and receiving the touch of God s healing power all around and in me. IT IS WRITTEN that...i, the Lord, am your healer (Exo. 15:26). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!) You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him (Acts 10:38). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...the Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8)....all the people were trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all (Luke 6:19). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...he saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick (Mat. 14:14). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever (Heb. 13:8). (pause to hear and love it) Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits; who pardons all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases (Psa. 103:2,3; see also Mat. 8:16,17 and Isa. 53:4,5). (pause to feel confidence from it!)... (Your name), delight in the truth that I don t have to hide when I feel insecure! God is a refuge of strength and power for His people. And Lord, I am trusting that I am protected by YOUR presence. The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble (Psa. 9:9 NIV). God is to us a God of deliverances... (Psa. 68:20). And, I love the truth about God! The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread? (Psa. 27:1). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!) The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runs into it and is safe (Prov. 18:10). It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man (Psa. 118:8). (pause to hear and love it)... (Your name), God does NOT give the glory from our worship to any other (Isa 42:8). But God DOES give the glory of His presence because the Lord gives grace and glory (Psa. 84:11). And since God wants US to be His glory here on earth (Jer 13:11), I am trusting that the glory of God is with me! The glory of God distinguishes us from other people (Exo 33:15-18)! Heart, the glory of God is what makes me special!...as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and...of Judah cling to Me, declares the Lord, that they might be for Me a people, for renown, for praise and for glory; but they did not listen (Jer 13:11). The Lord bless you...the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace (Num. 6:24-26 NIV). (pause to feel confidence from it!)...the Lord gives grace and glory; no good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly (Psa. 84:11). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...the God of all grace... (1 Peter 5:11);...your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom (Luke 12:32). (pause to hear and love it)...the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His... (2 Chron. 16:9). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!) O God, You are awesome from Your sanctuary...god...himself gives strength and power to the people... (Psa. 68:35). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)

5 Believing and Enjoying the Truth About God 5... (Your name), delight in the truth that I don t have to avoid God even when others hurt me. (pause to hear, believe, and love it as the truth!) God is a righteous judge... (Psa. 7:11). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!)...his judgements are true and righteous... (Rev. 19:2). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)...the Lord is a God of justice; how blessed are all those who long for Him (Isa. 30:18). Behold, these are the wicked; and always at ease, they have increased in wealth...when I pondered to understand this, it was troublesome in my sight until I came into the sanctuary of God; then I perceived their end (Psa. 73:12 and 16,17). (pause to hear, believe, and love the truth!)... (Your name), I don t have to stay away from God because Jesus is the righteousness I need inside me, AND when God s presence touches my body, His cleansing makes me holy on the outside also. I rest into believing it as the truth because IT IS WRITTEN that I am...sanctified by faith in [Jesus Christ] (Acts 26:18). So, I rest into receiving the touch of God s holiness all around and in me. Heart, believe it because IT IS WRITTEN that...i am the Lord who sanctifies you (Lev. 22:32). God has promised and He won t hold back:...i will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols (Ezek. 36:25). Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely... (1 Thess. 5:23)....draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water (Heb. 10:22). (pause to hear it) Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies (Rom. 10:33).... (Your name), it is best to turn my heart toward God. My God is greater than all the other gods!...i know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all the gods (Psa. 135:5). (pause to hear)...i, the Lord, am the first, and with the last. I am He (Isa. 41:4). And, I love the truth about God!...you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God (Exo. 34:14). (We get jealous because we can t get. God gets jealous because He can t give.)...it is Heaven that rules (Dan. 4:26). And, I love the truth about God!... (Your name), it is right and safe for me to trust that God wants to draw near and have relationship with me. Heart, let yourself find courage and feel joy because of these truths!...god is Light...if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another... (1 John 1:5,7);...as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him (Col. 2:6 ). The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all (2 Cor. 13:14). (pause to hear, believe, and love the God who is close!) God is spirit... (John 4:24); Now the Lord is the Spirit... (2 Cor. 3:17). (pause to feel reassured by it!)...they shall call His name Immanuel, which translated means, God with us. (Mat. 1:23)...have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus...draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean and our bodies washed... (Heb. 10:19, 22). Draw near to God and He will draw near to you... (James 4:8; also Heb. 4:16). (pause to hear it)